Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Aoki

Yoshinori Aoki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210223897
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region; detection electrodes arranged in a row-column configuration in the display region; and detection lines coupled to the respective detection electrodes. A shape of the substrate in a plan view includes a curve of a curved portion. The detection electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode having a shape different from that of the first electrode in a plan view. The second electrode is juxtaposed with the curved portion. The detection lines each include a first line coupled to the first electrode and a second line coupled to the second electrode. The second line passes from the display region across the peripheral region and extends to a position overlapping with the second electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Yoshinori AOKI, Kazune MATSUMURA, Masateru MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210210474
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate, a light emitting element and a plurality of transistors provided to each of the pixels, signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer provided in different layers in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and overlap at least partially in planar view, first gate electrodes each of which is provided in a region overlapping a part of the first semiconductor layer, a first insulating film provided between the first gate electrodes and the first semiconductor layer, and a second insulating film provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu IKEDA, Yasuhiro KANAYA, Yoshinori AOKI
  • Publication number: 20210210513
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate, a light emitting element and a plurality of transistors provided to each of the pixels, a plurality of signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, a power supply line configured to supply a drive potential to the pixels, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer provided in different layers in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a first insulating film provided between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a second insulating film provided between the second metal layer and the third metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu IKEDA, Yasuhiro KANAYA, Yoshinori AOKI
  • Patent number: 11005099
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes lithium nickel complex oxide, and the lithium nickel oxide has a layered rock-salt structure and is represented by a composition formula of LixNiyMzO2 (where M is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, Mg, Ca, Cr, Zr, Mo, Si, Ti, and Fe, and x, y, and z satisfy 0.95?x?1.05, 0.8?y?1, 0?z?0.2, and y+z=1). A half width n of a (104) diffraction peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern is 0.13° or less, and the content of the positive electrode active material with a particle size of 3.41 ?m or less is 2 volume % or less based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoharu Saitou, Yoshinori Aoki, Takeshi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 11003273
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region; detection electrodes arranged in a row-column configuration in the display region; and detection lines coupled to the respective detection electrodes. A shape of the substrate in a plan view includes a curve of a curved portion. The detection electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode having a shape different from that of the first electrode in a plan view. The second electrode is juxtaposed with the curved portion. The detection lines each include a first line coupled to the first electrode and a second line coupled to the second electrode. The second line passes from the display region across the peripheral region and extends to a position overlapping with the second electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Yoshinori Aoki, Kazune Matsumura, Masateru Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20210109622
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch panel display device includes sensor electrodes, an electrode driver, and lines for connection between the electrode driver and the sensor electrodes. The sensor electrodes include first and second electrodes. The lines include first and second lines connected to the first and second electrodes. The second line includes first portions drawn in a direction opposite to terminals of the electrode driver, and a second portion drawn in a direction to the terminals. The first portions are connected to one another via a coupling line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOKI, Hiroyuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20210109620
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a first substrate; detection electrodes arrayed in a matrix in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction above the first substrate; sensor wires coupled to one of the detection electrodes; pixels each including sub-pixels and arrayed in a matrix in the first and second directions; scanning lines scanning switching elements of the sub-pixels and extending in the first direction; and signal lines coupled to the switching elements and extending in the second direction. One of the sensor wires overlaps one of the signal lines. The sensor wires each have, at a part thereof, a coupling part coupled to the corresponding detection electrode. The pixels include a first pixel with the coupling part and a second pixel without the coupling part. The first and second pixels are alternately disposed in the first and second directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOKI, Yuji MAEDE, Jin HIROSAWA, Yuzo KANARI
  • Publication number: 20210098527
    Abstract: A display device, includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels provided on the substrate; and a plurality of light emitting elements provided in each of the pixels. A first distance between a top surface of the substrate and one of the light emitting elements in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate, in a center portion of a display region of the substrate, is different from a second distance between the top surface of the substrate and another one of the light emitting elements in the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate, in a periphery portion of the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Yoshinori Aoki, Akihiro Ogawa, Yasuhiro Kanaya
  • Publication number: 20210075013
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has lithium composite oxide particles containing 80 mol % or more but less than 100 mol % of Ni with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li. The lithium composite oxide particles include particles (32) having a stair-like structure in which three or more layers of a flat surface (30) having a periphery length of 1 ?m or more are layered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Saitou, Takeshi Ogasawara, Yoshinori Aoki, Tomoki Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20210057483
    Abstract: A display device comprises: a substrate; a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate; and a plurality of light emitting elements provided to the respective pixels. The light emitting elements include a plurality of first light emitting elements, a plurality of second light emitting elements, and a plurality of third light emitting elements, the first light emitting elements are arrayed on the substrate in a first direction and a second direction, the third light emitting element has a part not overlapping the first light emitting element or the second light emitting element when one of the pixels is viewed in the first direction, and the third light emitting element has a part not overlapping the first light emitting element or the second light emitting element when one of the pixels is viewed in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Masanobu IKEDA, Yoshinori AOKI, Akihiro OGAWA, Yasuhiro KANAYA
  • Patent number: 10921919
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch panel display device includes sensor electrodes, an electrode driver, and lines for connection between the electrode driver and the sensor electrodes. The sensor electrodes include first and second electrodes. The lines include first and second lines connected to the first and second electrodes. The second line includes first portions drawn in a direction opposite to terminals of the electrode driver, and a second portion drawn in a direction to the terminals. The first portions are connected to one another via a coupling line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 10915197
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a first substrate; detection electrodes arrayed in a matrix in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction above the first substrate; sensor wires coupled to one of the detection electrodes; pixels each including sub-pixels and arrayed in a matrix in the first and second directions; scanning lines scanning switching elements of the sub-pixels and extending in the first direction; and signal lines coupled to the switching elements and extending in the second direction. One of the sensor wires overlaps one of the signal lines. The sensor wires each have, at a part thereof, a coupling part coupled to the corresponding detection electrode. The pixels include a first pixel with the coupling part and a second pixel without the coupling part. The first and second pixels are alternately disposed in the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Yuji Maede, Jin Hirosawa, Yuzo Kanari
  • Patent number: 10916768
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains silicon and lithium nickel complex oxide having a layered rock-salt structure and is composed of secondary particles formed of aggregated primary particles. Lithium nickel complex oxide contains 80 mol % or more of nickel, based on the total amount of metal excluding lithium, silicon content is 0.6 mass % or less based on the total amount of the positive electrode active material, and a porosity of the positive electrode active material is 0% or more and 1% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoharu Saitou, Yoshinori Aoki, Takeshi Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20210026481
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region; detection electrodes arranged in a row-column configuration in the display region; and detection lines coupled to the respective detection electrodes. A shape of the substrate in a plan view includes a curve of a curved portion. The detection electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode having a shape different from that of the first electrode in a plan view. The second electrode is juxtaposed with the curved portion. The detection lines each include a first line coupled to the first electrode and a second line coupled to the second electrode. The second line passes from the display region across the peripheral region and extends to a position overlapping with the second electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Yoshinori AOKI, Kazune MATSUMURA, Masateru MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10884542
    Abstract: A display device includes a first organic insulating layer covering video signal lines; a first metal layer provided above the first organic insulating layer; a first conductive layer provided above the first organic insulating layer and connected to a switching element via a first contact hole; a first inorganic insulating layer covering the first conductive layer and the first metal layer; a second conductive layer provided above the first inorganic insulating layer and connected to the first metal layer; a second inorganic insulating layer provided above the second conductive layer; a third conductive layer provided above the second inorganic insulating layer and connected to the first conductive layer via a second contact hole; and a fourth conductive layer provided above the second inorganic insulating layer, connected to the first metal layers via a third contact hole, and connected to the second conductive layer via a fourth contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200411564
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a switching element including a drain electrode, a first insulating film including a first through-hole penetrated to the drain electrode, and being formed of an organic insulating material, a first connection electrode which is in contact with the drain electrode at the first through-hole, and is formed of a metal material, a second insulating film which is located on the first insulating film, is formed of an organic insulating material, and includes a second through-hole penetrated to the first connection electrode, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the first connection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Motoharu MIYAMOTO, Yoshinori AOKI
  • Publication number: 20200395611
    Abstract: The positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized in having a Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide having a layered structure; the proportion of Ni in the lithium transition metal oxide being 91 to 96 mol % relative to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li; a transition metal being present in the Li layer of the layered structure at an amount of 1 to 2.5 mol % relative to the total number of moles of transition metals in the Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide; and the Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide being such that the half width n of the diffraction peak for the (208) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction is 0.30°?0?0.50°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Takeshi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 10838532
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region; detection electrodes arranged in a row-column configuration in the display region; and detection lines coupled to the respective detection electrodes. A shape of the substrate in a plan view includes a curve of a curved portion. The detection electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode having a shape different from that of the first electrode in a plan view. The second electrode is juxtaposed with the curved portion. The detection lines each include a first line coupled to the first electrode and a second line coupled to the second electrode. The second line passes from the display region across the peripheral region and extends to a position overlapping with the second electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Yoshinori Aoki, Kazune Matsumura, Masateru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10811439
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a switching element including a drain electrode, a first insulating film including a first through-hole penetrated to the drain electrode, and being formed of an organic insulating material, a first connection electrode which is in contact with the drain electrode at the first through-hole, and is formed of a metal material, a second insulating film which is located on the first insulating film, is formed of an organic insulating material, and includes a second through-hole penetrated to the first connection electrode, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the first connection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Motoharu Miyamoto, Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200301538
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a first substrate; detection electrodes arrayed in a matrix in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction above the first substrate; sensor wires coupled to one of the detection electrodes; pixels each including sub-pixels and arrayed in a matrix in the first and second directions; scanning lines scanning switching elements of the sub-pixels and extending in the first direction; and signal lines coupled to the switching elements and extending in the second direction. One of the sensor wires overlaps one of the signal lines. The sensor wires each have, at a part thereof, a coupling part coupled to the corresponding detection electrode. The pixels include a first pixel with the coupling part and a second pixel without the coupling part. The first and second pixels are alternately disposed in the first and second directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Yuji Maede, Jin Hirosawa, Yuzo Kanari