Patents by Inventor Yoshitoshi Kida

Yoshitoshi Kida 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: 10234991
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of scanning lines provided over an insulating surface, a plurality of video signal lines provided, intersecting with the plurality of scanning lines, a display area including a plurality of pixels, each having a light emitting element and a transistor for controlling a current supplied to the light emitting element, provided at points of intersection between the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of video signal lines, and a touch sensor provided over the display area and having a drive electrode and a detection electrode which form an electrostatic capacitance with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Takayuki Nakanishi, Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Shuji Hayashi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20190050084
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a substrate having a long side and a short side, a plurality of driving electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the long side of the substrate, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the short side of the substrate, a control unit electrically coupled to each of the plurality of driving electrodes and which sequentially drives the plurality of driving electrodes, and a detection unit electrically coupled to each of the touch detection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20190050090
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of drive electrodes that face a plurality of pixel electrodes in an orthogonal direction to the surface of the substrate, and extend in a direction parallel to the direction in which a plurality of signal lines extend. The display device with a touch detection function also includes a scan driving unit that applies a touch drive signal to a signal line that faces, in an overlapping manner in the orthogonal direction, a drive electrode to which the touch drive signal is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi KIDA, Koji NOGUCHI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Kohei AZUMI
  • Patent number: 10203829
    Abstract: There are provide a display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10191586
    Abstract: In a display apparatus, a touch panel where driving and sensing electrodes face each other across a dielectric substance outputs a detection signal from the sensing electrode in synchronization with a driving signal applied to the driving electrode. A pointing device points to a position on a touch surface of the touch panel. A detection assisting device includes an inverting circuit for obtaining a detection driving signal corresponding to the driving signal and inverting the phase thereof to generate an inversion signal, and outputs the inversion signal to the sensing electrode via the pointing device. A control device applies the driving signal to the driving electrode, obtains the detection signal generated at the sensing electrode according to the mutual capacitance between the driving and sensing electrodes and the inversion signal, and detects the pointing device in contact with or proximity to the touch panel based on the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Makoto Hayashi, Kohei Azumi, Shinya Iuchi, Fumitaka Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20190018999
    Abstract: A display panel including a display function layer displaying an image in a display area, a cover member including a first face and a second face disposed on an opposite side of the first face and faces the display panel, and a fingerprint sensor including a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a sensor base and configured to detect unevenness of an object brought into contact with or approaching the first face of the cover member, a shield electrode disposed to face the plurality of first detection electrodes and configured to suppress a change in capacitance between the first detection electrodes and the shield electrode, and switching elements disposed in correspondence with the first detection electrodes, the fingerprint sensor being arranged between the cover member and the display panel and arranged to overlap with the display area when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first face are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Yoshitoshi Kida, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Yuji Suzuki, Shoji Hinata, Toshiya Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10175818
    Abstract: A display device is configured that the common electrode wiring layer is divided in a source wiring layer direction, the metal wiring layer is disposed above the source wiring layer at a position in contact with the upper part of the common electrode wiring layer, and the metal wiring layer is not disposed at a position where the common electrode wiring layer is divided. Alternatively, the metal wiring layer is not disposed at a position between the same colors as those at the division position of the common electrode wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shigesumi Araki, Mitsutaka Okita, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Publication number: 20190004360
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first basement, a first folding line and a second folding line. The first basement has a first area which is a display area including a display element, and a second area and a third area which are non-display areas and are adjacent to the first area. The first folding line is located at a border of the first area and the second area. The second folding line is located at a border of the first area and the third area. The first folding line extends in a first direction, and the second folding line extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro AOKI, Toshiya YAMAZAKI, Kazunori YAMAGUCHI, Toshihiro YANAGI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Shinichiro OKA, Hiroyuki KIMURA, Takashi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180356918
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detection device includes a drive electrode layer including a plurality of drive electrodes formed in stripes in an array direction; a plurality of touch detection electrodes that are arranged in a manner facing the plurality of drive electrodes and generate capacitance with the plurality of drive electrodes; and a touch detecting unit that applies a touch drive signal to the plurality of drive electrodes and detects a position of an object in contiguity with a touch detection area based on detection signals supplied from the plurality of touch detection electrodes. The plurality of the drive electrodes include an end drive electrode that is provided to at least one end in the array direction and has a larger width in the array direction than the width in the array direction of drive electrodes other than the end drive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 10146389
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of drive electrodes that face a plurality of pixel electrodes in an orthogonal direction to the surface of the substrate, and extend in a direction parallel to the direction in which a plurality of signal lines extend. The display device with a touch detection function also includes a scan driving unit that applies a touch drive signal to a signal line that faces, in an overlapping manner in the orthogonal direction, a drive electrode to which the touch drive signal is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 10139963
    Abstract: A touch sensor that may detect an object away from the sensor is provided. The touch sensor includes one or more drive electrodes; one or more detection electrodes forming capacitance in cooperation with the respective drive electrodes; a detection circuit applying drive signals to the respective drive electrodes to detect the object based on detection signals obtained from the respective detection electrodes in response to the respective drive signals; and a controller controlling to change a range of electric flux lines generated between the drive electrodes and the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Kouji Noguchi, Tsutomu Harada, Takeya Takeuchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Takayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10133437
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a substrate having a long side and a short side, a plurality of driving electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the long side of the substrate, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the short side of the substrate, a control unit electrically coupled to each of the plurality of driving electrodes and which sequentially drives the plurality of driving electrodes, and a detection unit electrically coupled to each of the touch detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20180307360
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 10108839
    Abstract: A display panel including a display function layer displaying an image in a display area, a cover member including a first face and a second face disposed on an opposite side of the first face and faces the display panel, and a fingerprint sensor including a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a sensor base and configured to detect unevenness of an object brought into contact with or approaching the first face of the cover member, a shield electrode disposed to face the plurality of first detection electrodes and configured to suppress a change in capacitance between the first detection electrodes and the shield electrode, and switching elements disposed in correspondence with the first detection electrodes, the fingerprint sensor being arranged between the cover member and the display panel and arranged to overlap with the display area when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first face are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Yoshitoshi Kida, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Yuji Suzuki, Shoji Hinata, Toshiya Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20180299995
    Abstract: A common electrode for a display, which is originally provided in a liquid crystal display element, is also used as one (drive electrode) of a pair of electrodes for a touch sensor, and the other (detection-electrode-for-the-sensor) of the pair of electrodes is newly formed. An existing common drive signal as a drive signal for display is used in common for a drive signal for the touch sensor. A capacitance is formed between the common electrode and the detection-electrode-for-the-sensor, and touch detection is performed by utilizing a change of this capacitance caused by a finger touch of a user. Thus, a display device with a touch sensor is also applicable to a mobile device in which electric potential of the user is inconstant in many cases. The newly-provided electrode is only the detection-electrode-for-the-sensor, and it is unnecessary to newly prepare a drive signal for the touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Daisuke Takama, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 10095359
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detection device includes a drive electrode layer including a plurality of drive electrodes formed in stripes in an array direction; a plurality of touch detection electrodes that are arranged in a manner facing the plurality of drive electrodes and generate capacitance with the plurality of drive electrodes; and a touch detecting unit that applies a touch drive signal to the plurality of drive electrodes and detects a position of an object in contiguity with a touch detection area based on detection signals supplied from the plurality of touch detection electrodes. The plurality of the drive electrodes include an end drive electrode that is provided to at least one end in the array direction and has a larger width in the array direction than the width in the array direction of drive electrodes other than the end drive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 10088935
    Abstract: A sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel comprising a common electrode; a sensor comprising a plurality of detection electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the detection electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode which are opposed to the common electrode, are divided and extend in the first direction, each of the first electrode and the second electrode including a gradient in width in the first direction in the detection electrode, the gradient in width of the first electrode and the gradient in width of the second electrode being inclined in opposite directions; and a controller configured to effect switching to either a first mode or a second mode, and to control driving of the common electrode and the detection electrodes, wherein the sensor further comprises a dummy electrode disposed between neighboring detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20180260073
    Abstract: A display device including a display section having a plurality of pixel electrodes; and a plurality of drive electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged side-by-side in a second direction. Each of the drive electrodes has a width in the second direction corresponding to a size of the two or more pixel electrodes, and has one or more slits extending in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi, Takayuki Nakanishi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Publication number: 20180239468
    Abstract: There are provide a display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20180239479
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display system with a touch detection function includes a display apparatus with a touch detection function and a pointing device. The display apparatus with a touch detection function includes: a display device; a touch detecting device including transmission electrodes and reception electrodes; and a control circuit. The pointing device holds codes of binary or more corresponding to predetermined drawing functions, detects a transmission signal transmitted from the transmission electrodes, generates a generation signal by, based on the codes, inverting and amplifying the transmission signal with an amplification factor of at least one pulse out of the pulses being different from amplification factors of other pulses, and outputs the generation signal to the reception electrodes. The control circuit identifies a code included in the generation signal and performs a drawing function corresponding to the code at the position of the pointing device on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji SUZUKI, Yoshitoshi KIDA