Patents by Inventor Yosuke Hyodo

Yosuke Hyodo 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: 20240142830
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yasushi TOMIOKA, Yosuke HYODO, Hidehiro SONODA, Noboru KUNIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240114616
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a stretchable device includes: a resin base member; and a strain gauge, a signal line, and an output line stacked on the resin base member. The resin base member includes: a plurality of bodies disposed separately from each other; and a plurality of hinges that couple the bodies adjacently disposed while meandering in an intersecting direction intersecting an imaginary line that couples the bodies adjacently disposed. The hinges include a first hinge and a second hinge that couple the bodies adjacently disposed. A meander length of the second hinge in the intersecting direction is longer than a meander length of the first hinge in the intersecting direction. The strain gauge is provided to the first hinge. The signal line and the output line are provided to the second hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke HYODO, Takumi SANO, Hiroumi KINJO, Masatomo HISHINUMA
  • Patent number: 11906857
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Yosuke Hyodo, Hidehiro Sonoda, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 11874570
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and an adhesive layer which adheres the first and second display panels. The first display panel includes a first scanning line, a first signal line, a first pixel electrically connected to the first scanning line and the first signal line, and the first pixel includes a first pixel electrode including first line portions extending parallel to the first signal line. The second display panel includes a second scanning line, a second signal line, and a second pixel electrically connected to the second scanning line and the second signal line, and the second pixel includes a second pixel electrode including second line portions intersecting the second signal line in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Hyodo, Shinichiro Oka, Hirofumi Ohira
  • Publication number: 20240012300
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel, and a brightness adjusting panel stacked with the display panel, in which a first polarizing plate is adhered on an incident side of light of the brightness adjusting panel, scanning lines extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction, signal lines extend in the second direction and are arranged in the first direction, the signal lines extend in the second direction in repeating bending, a direction of bending tilts 15 degrees or more with respect to a polarizing axis of the first polarizing plate, a light shading film is famed under the signal line via an insulating film along the signal line and overlapping the signal line in a plan view on a same layer as the scanning lines are famed, and a width of the light shading film is larger than a width of the signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Yosuke HYODO
  • Publication number: 20240012301
    Abstract: An LCD includes a first LC panel with a first TFT substrate and a first counter substrate adhered together with a first sealing layer, first and second polarizers bonded to lower and upper surfaces of the first LC panel, a second LC panel with a second TFT substrate and a second counter substrate adhered together with a second sealing layer, and third and fourth polarizers bonded to lower and upper surfaces of the second LC panel. The first and second LC panels are arranged overlapping each other. The second counter substrate and the first TFT substrate are adhered together at their peripheral portions with a third sealing layer. The first and fourth polarizers are arranged on an inner side of the third sealing layer. The first and fourth polarizers are adhered together with an adhesive layer, or a high refractive oil exists between the first and fourth polarizers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Yosuke HYODO
  • Publication number: 20230288759
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yasushi TOMIOKA, Yosuke HYODO, Hidehiro SONODA, Noboru KUNIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230221603
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and an adhesive layer which adheres the first and second display panels. The first display panel includes a first scanning line, a first signal line, a first pixel electrically connected to the first scanning line and the first signal line, and the first pixel includes a first pixel electrode including first line portions extending parallel to the first signal line. The second display panel includes a second scanning line, a second signal line, and a second pixel electrically connected to the second scanning line and the second signal line, and the second pixel includes a second pixel electrode including second line portions intersecting the second signal line in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke HYODO, Shinichiro OKA, Hirofumi OHIRA
  • Patent number: 11668982
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the dimeter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Yosuke Hyodo, Hidehiro Sonoda, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 11630356
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and an adhesive layer which adheres the first and second display panels. The first display panel includes a first scanning line, a first signal line, a first pixel electrically connected to the first scanning line and the first signal line, and the first pixel includes a first pixel electrode including first line portions extending parallel to the first signal line. The second display panel includes a second scanning line, a second signal line, and a second pixel electrically connected to the second scanning line and the second signal line, and the second pixel includes a second pixel electrode including second line portions intersecting the second signal line in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Hyodo, Shinichiro Oka, Hirofumi Ohira
  • Publication number: 20230039923
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a display device a first panel includes a first polarizing plate, a second polarizing plate, and a first liquid crystal panel interposed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a second panel includes a third polarizing plate, a fourth polarizing plate, and a second liquid crystal panel interposed between the third polarizing plate and the fourth polarizing plat, and a polarizing plate, which is located second from a surface close to an illumination device and a surface closest to an observer, has an extinction ratio that is lower than that of each of the other polarizing plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tsutomu HARADA, Junji KOBASHI, Shinichiro OKA, Yosuke HYODO
  • Publication number: 20230020723
    Abstract: In a liquid Crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source to electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the dimeter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yasushi TOMIOKA, Yosuke HYODO, Hidehiro SONODA, Noboru KUNIMATSU
  • Patent number: 11556034
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and an adhesive layer. The first display panel includes a first light-shielding pattern. The first light-shielding pattern extend along first scanning lines and first signal lines. The second display panel includes a second light-shielding pattern. The second light-shielding pattern includes a first light-shielding portion extending along second scanning lines and second signal lines, and a second light-shielding portion overlapping first pixels of the first display panel in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yosuke Hyodo
  • Publication number: 20220397783
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and an adhesive layer which adheres the first and second display panels. The first display panel includes a first scanning line, a first signal line, a first pixel electrically connected to the first scanning line and the first signal line, and the first pixel includes a first pixel electrode including first line portions extending parallel to the first signal line. The second display panel includes a second scanning line, a second signal line, and a second pixel electrically connected to the second scanning line and the second signal line, and the second pixel includes a second pixel electrode including second line portions intersecting the second signal line in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke HYODO, Shinichiro OKA, Hirofumi OHIRA
  • Publication number: 20220350183
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and an adhesive layer. The first display panel includes a first substrate with a first terminal area in which a first terminal part is formed, and a second substrate which is opposed to the first substrate and has a thickness different from that of the first substrate. The second display panel includes a third substrate with a second terminal area in which a second terminal part is formed, and a fourth substrate which is opposed to the third substrate and has a thickness different from that of the third substrate. The first terminal area and the second terminal area do not overlap with each other in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke HYODO, Shinichiro OKA, Toshiharu MATSUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11480833
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Yosuke Hyodo, Hidehiro Sonoda, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 11442313
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first liquid crystal element opposed to a light emitting region, a second liquid crystal element including a first main surface and a second main surface, a first phase difference layer disposed on the second main surface, a second phase difference layer disposed on the second main surface and adjacent to the first phase difference layer, and a diffusion layer opposed to the first phase difference layer and the second phase difference layer. Each of the first liquid crystal element and the second liquid crystal element has a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, and is cured in a state in which an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules has continuously changed in plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Lu Jin, Yosuke Hyodo, Shinichiro Oka
  • Publication number: 20220187646
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first liquid crystal element opposed to a light emitting region, a second liquid crystal element including a first main surface and a second main surface, a first phase difference layer disposed on the second main surface, a second phase difference layer disposed on the second main surface and adjacent to the first phase difference layer, and a diffusion layer opposed to the first phase difference layer and the second phase difference layer. Each of the first liquid crystal element and the second liquid crystal element has a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, and is cured in a state in which an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules has continuously changed in plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Lu JIN, Yosuke HYODO, Shinichiro OKA
  • Publication number: 20220187643
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first display panel, a backlight and a second display panel. The first display panel includes a display area for displaying an image. The second display panel is provided between the first display panel and the backlight and controls brightness of the image displayed on the first display panel. The first display panel and the second display panel both include a liquid crystal layer. A first refractive index of a member provided between the liquid crystal layer of the second display panel and the liquid crystal layer of the first display panel is higher than a second refractive index of a member provided above the liquid crystal layer of the first display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yosuke HYODO
  • Publication number: 20220171223
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and an adhesive layer. The first display panel includes a first light-shielding pattern. The first light-shielding pattern extend along first scanning lines and first signal lines. The second display panel includes a second light-shielding pattern. The second light-shielding pattern includes a first light-shielding portion extending along second scanning lines and second signal lines, and a second light-shielding portion overlapping first pixels of the first display panel in planar view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yosuke HYODO