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).

  • Patent number: 10782547
    Abstract: A second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, the counter electrode is divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of the plurality of display lines in series, and the counter electrodes also serve as scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a counter electrode selector circuit that selects the counter electrodes. The counter electrode selector circuit includes an address decoder circuit that selects the counter electrodes of the respective blocks for a given period, and a selector circuit that applies a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrode of the block selected by the address decoder circuit, and applies a counter voltage to the counter electrodes of the blocks not selected by the address decoder circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Keita Sasanuma, Kazune Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20200295365
    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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoharu Saitou, Yoshinori Aoki, Takeshi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 10712856
    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: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Yuji Maede, Jin Hirosawa, Yuzo Kanari
  • Publication number: 20200174611
    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: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOKI, Hiroyuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20200159360
    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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Yoshinori AOKI
  • Patent number: 10635215
    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: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 10579189
    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: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190384447
    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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshinori AOKI
  • Patent number: 10483594
    Abstract: A positive electrode plate (11) includes a current collector (30) and a mixture layer (31) disposed on the current collector (30). The mixture layer (31) has a thin portion (32) with a thickness of less than 200 ?m disposed on an inner coil half of the current collector (30) and a thick portion (33) having a larger thickness than the thin portion (32), the thick portion (33) having a yield loop height H measured by a stiffness test of 6 mm<H<15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawada, Motoharu Saito, Kenichi Hotehama, Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190344789
    Abstract: A vehicle controlling device includes: a VSA-ECU that performs deceleration control of a host vehicle using an inter-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and another vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle; and an engine control unit that performs idling stop control of stopping drive of an engine as a driving source of the host vehicle upon satisfying stop conditions including a condition that vehicle speed of the host vehicle enters a predetermined low vehicle speed range and performs restart control of restarting the engine upon satisfying a predetermined restart condition. A power supply mounted on the host vehicle is used in common as a power supply used in executing the deceleration control and a power supply used in executing the restart control. The engine control unit prohibits execution of the idling stop control during execution of the deceleration control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOKI, Kohei HANADA, Tomoyuki SHINMURA
  • Publication number: 20190345887
    Abstract: A vehicle controlling device comprises: a VSA-ECU which controls deceleration of a host vehicle using an inter-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and another vehicle running ahead of the host vehicle; and an engine controller which performs idling stop control to stop drive of an engine as a driving power source of the host vehicle when a stop condition, inclusive of an entry of a vehicle speed of the host vehicle into a predetermined low vehicle speed range, is satisfied, and which performs restart control to restart the engine when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied. A power supply mounted on the host vehicle is used in common as a power supply used for the deceleration control and a power supply used for the restart control. While the idling stop control is on, the VSA-ECU disables execution of the deceleration control of the host vehicle using the inter-vehicle distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOKI, Kohei HANADA, Tomoyuki SHINMURA
  • Patent number: 10437383
    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: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Aoki
  • Patent number: 10409125
    Abstract: A display device includes, on an insulating substrate, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of sub-pixel regions each surrounded by a pair of scanning lines and a pair of signal lines, a plurality of semiconductor layers in the sub-pixel regions, and a base electrode connected to one end of the semiconductor layer. The other end of the same is connected to one of the pair of signal lines. When it is assumed that a signal connected to the semiconductor layer is a first signal line while a signal line not connected to the semiconductor layer is a second signal line in each sub-pixel region, a distance between the first signal line and the semiconductor layer is larger than a distance between the second signal line and the semiconductor layer at a connecting position between the semiconductor layer and the base electrode in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Motoharu Miyamoto, Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190265825
    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: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Yuji Maede, Jin Hirosawa, Yuzo Kanari
  • Publication number: 20190265824
    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: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Yoshinori AOKI, Kazune MATSUMURA, Masateru MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10394367
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel function, a second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each pixel has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, the counter electrode is divided into a plurality of blocks, and the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks are shared to the respective pixels of a plurality of display lines side by side, the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks is also used as scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a driver circuit is provided to apply a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks, and the driver circuit can adjust a supply start timing of the touch panel scanning voltage to be applied to the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shuuichirou Matsumoto, Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190250444
    Abstract: A second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, the counter electrode is divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of the plurality of display lines in series, and the counter electrodes also serve as scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a counter electrode selector circuit that selects the counter electrodes. The counter electrode selector circuit includes an address decoder circuit that selects the counter electrodes of the respective blocks for a given period, and a selector circuit that applies a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrode of the block selected by the address decoder circuit, and applies a counter voltage to the counter electrodes of the blocks not selected by the address decoder circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOKI, Keita SASANUMA, Kazune MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20190235694
    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: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190190018
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries that can reduce direct-current resistance while it contains a nickel-containing lithium transition metal oxide with a high Ni content. The positive electrode active material contains lithium borate and a nickel-containing lithium transition metal oxide (Ni?80 mol %) having a layered structure. The nickel-containing lithium transition metal oxide is composed of secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles. Lithium borate is attached to the surfaces of the primary particles. The proportion b of lithium borate with respect to the total molar amount of metal elements other than lithium in the nickel-containing lithium transition metal oxide is in the range of 0 mol %<b?0.5 mol % on a boron element basis. The porosity h of the secondary particles is in the range of 2%<h<6%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Motoharu Saitou, Takeshi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 10302984
    Abstract: A second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, the counter electrode is divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of the plurality of display liner in series, and the counter electrodes also serve as scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a counter electrode selector circuit that selects the counter electrodes. The counter electrode selector circuit includes an address decoder circuit that selects the counter electrodes of the respective blocks for a given period, and a selector circuit that applies a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrode of the block selected by the address decoder circuit, and applies a counter voltage to the counter electrodes of the blocks not selected by the address decoder circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Keita Sasanuma, Kazune Matsumura