Patents by Inventor Youhei Nakanishi
Youhei Nakanishi 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).
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Publication number: 20250098477Abstract: A light-emitting device includes at least one light-emitting region. The at least one light-emitting region includes: a lower electrode in plan view; an upper electrode provided across from at least one lower electrode including the lower electrode; and a plurality of functional layers stacked on top of another between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The plurality of functional layers include at least: a light-emitting layer provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode; and a first functional layer provided between the lower electrode and the light-emitting layer, and adjacent to the light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer contains quantum dots, ligands, and a photo-crosslinking agent. The first functional layer contains a photocurable resin. An end face of the light-emitting layer and an end face of the first functional layer are flush with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Youhei NAKANISHI, Takeshi ISHIDA, Alessandro MINOTTO, Peter Neil TAYLOR, Valerie BERRYMAN-BOUSQUET
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Patent number: 12212344Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor divides teacher data into character strings, calculates a score of each of the character strings based on at least an appearance frequency of each character string in the character strings, an appearance position of each of the character string in the character strings, and a length of each of the character strings, and determines a position of each of the character strings in a preset dictionary based on the score.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Youhei Fukazawa, Keiri Nakanishi, Sho Kodama
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Patent number: 12150331Abstract: Provided are a TFT layer, a light-emitting element layer provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements each including a first electrode, a function layer, and a second electrode, and a sealing layer configured to seal the light-emitting element layer. The second electrode is an electrode common to the plurality of light-emitting elements and including metal nanowires. The function layer includes a light-emitting layer and an electron transport layer provided between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode. The electron transport layer includes zinc oxide nanoparticles and a water soluble resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisayuki Utsumi, Youhei Nakanishi, Masayuki Kanehiro, Shota Okamoto, Hiroki Imabayashi
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Patent number: 12101968Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements including light-emitting elements configured to emit lights of luminescent colors different from each other, each light-emitting element being provided with a first electrode, a function layer including a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode in this order, the second electrode includes metal nanowires, and the light-emitting element layer is provided with a pixel bank segmenting the metal nanowires at least for each luminescent color.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Youhei Nakanishi
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Patent number: 12082430Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device including a light-emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a quantum dot layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein, in the quantum dot layer, quantum dots each including a core, a shell covering the core, and a ligand coordinated with a surface of the shell and having defect compensation properties are layered.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Imabayashi, Masayuki Kanehiro, Hisayuki Utsumi, Shota Okamoto, Youhei Nakanishi, Tatsuya Ryohwa, Kanako Nakata
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Publication number: 20240276852Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate layer; a thin film transistor layer provided on the base substrate layer; and a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin film transistor layer, the light-emitting element layer including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a common edge cover, a plurality of light-emitting function layers, and a common electrode layered in order corresponding to a plurality of subpixels constituting a display region, wherein the edge cover covers a peripheral edge portion of each of the pixel electrodes, in each of the subpixels, a portion of the plurality of pixel electrodes exposed from the edge cover constitutes a light-emitting region, and a portion of the plurality of pixel electrodes overlapping the edge cover constitutes a non-light-emitting region, and a reflective surface having an uneven shape is provided in the non-light-emitting region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventor: Youhei NAKANISHI
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Patent number: 12022673Abstract: A display device includes an anode electrode a cathode electrode a light-emitting layer, and an electron transport layer. The light-emitting layer is provided between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The electron transport layer is provided between the cathode electrode and the light-emitting layer. The electron transport layer includes a nanoparticle of a metal oxide, and an organic modifier configured to cover a surface of the nanoparticle and having electron donating characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisayuki Utsumi, Youhei Nakanishi, Masayuki Kanehiro, Shota Okamoto, Hiroki Imabayashi
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Publication number: 20240206235Abstract: A display device comprises a bank in which a plurality of holes are formed; and a plurality of light-emitting layers formed in the plurality of holes, wherein, among the plurality of light-emitting layers, a light-emitting layer, which is provided closer to a position in which the plurality of holes are low in density, exhibits a greater emission wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventor: Youhei NAKANISHI
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Patent number: 11963402Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements. The light-emitting element layer includes, for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements, a first electrode and a plurality of openings exposing the first electrode, and includes an edge cover covering an end portion of the first electrode, a plurality of light-emitting layers covering each of the plurality of openings, and a second electrode that is common to the plurality of light-emitting elements and covers the plurality of light-emitting layers. The second electrode includes a metal nanowire. Furthermore, the light-emitting element layer includes an auxiliary wiring line provided in a lattice pattern in a position overlapping the edge cover, and the auxiliary wiring line and the metal nanowire are electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Kanehiro, Youhei Nakanishi, Takeshi Ishida
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Patent number: 11957001Abstract: A bank has an opening including a first opening and a second opening. The second opening extends from the first opening in such a direction that the second opening overlaps the first electrode. The second opening at least partially overlaps the first electrode. The first electrode has an end close to the first opening and overlapping the second opening. The second opening has a maximum width smaller than a maximum width of the first opening. The widths are measured perpendicular to the direction in which the second opening extends from the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Youhei Nakanishi, Shota Okamoto
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Publication number: 20240055551Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a bank provided with an opening including an opening sidewall that is inclined, a lower layer electrode provided with an inclined face and formed on the bank, closing the opening, a upper layer electrode provided with an inclined face and formed above the second electrode, and an EL layer provided with an inclined face and formed between the lower layer electrode and the upper layer electrode, adjacently to the lower layer electrode and the upper layer electrode. The light-emitting device further includes a first refractive index layer having a refractive index higher than 1.7, and a second refractive index layer having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the first refractive index layer. The first and second refractive index layers are formed in this order on the upper layer electrode at a through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Masayuki KANEHIRO, Youhei NAKANISHI, Shota OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11778843Abstract: A light-emitting element includes an anode, a hole transport layer, a quantum dot light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode, in this order. The electron transport layer includes a particulate metal oxide and a conductive resin that disperses the metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisayuki Utsumi, Youhei Nakanishi, Masayuki Kanehiro, Shota Okamoto, Hiroki Imabayashi, Tatsuya Ryohwa, Kanako Nakata
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Publication number: 20230276648Abstract: Provided are a support substrate, a thin-film transistor layer, a light emitter layer having a plurality of light emitters that emit mutually different colors of light, and a sealing layer sealing the light emitter layer. Each light emitter includes a first electrode, a hole transportation layer, an emissive layer, an electron transportation layer, and a second electrode. The electron transportation layer contains an oxide nanoparticle, a binder resin, and a photo-initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: HISAYUKI UTSUMI, MASAYUKI KANEHIRO, YOUHEI NAKANISHI
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Patent number: 11502266Abstract: Alight-emitting element includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, a light-emitting layer, a positive hole transport layer, and an electron transport layer. The light-emitting layer, the positive hole transport layer, and the electron transport layer are provided between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The light-emitting layer includes QD phosphor particles, a positive hole transport substance configured to transport positive holes transported thereto by the positive hole transport layer, an electron transport substance configured to transport electrons transported thereto by the electron transport layer, and a photosensitive host material.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tokiyoshi Umeda, Yuto Tsukamoto, Masayuki Kanehiro, Youhei Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20220293881Abstract: A display device comprises: a display region having a plurality of pixels; and a frame region, the display region including: a thin-film transistor layer; a light-emitting-element layer provided above the thin-film transistor layer; and a sealing layer provided above the light-emitting-element layer, the light-emitting-element layer including: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electron-transport layer provided between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode, and the electron-transport layer containing: nanoparticles of metal oxide; and a binding resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Hisayuki UTSUMI, Masayuki KANEHIRO, Youhei NAKANISHI, Yoshihiro UETA
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Publication number: 20220278189Abstract: A display device includes: a display region, a frame region, a thin-film transistor layer, and a light emitter layer including a plurality of light emitters each having a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode. The plurality of light emitters emits mutually different colors of light. The second electrode is shared among the plurality of light emitters and contains a metal nanowire. The frame region includes a bank having a frame shape surrounding the display region and defining an end of the second electrode. A conductive film is disposed closer to the display region than the bank is, the conductive film electrically connecting together the terminal section and the second electrode. The conductive film includes a contact portion being in contact with the metal nanowire. The contact portion has a plurality of asperities disposed on a contact surface being in contact with the metal nanowire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: YOUHEI NAKANISHI, MASAYUKI KANEHIRO
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Patent number: 11377591Abstract: A QD particle dispersion contains a surface modification compound that protects a surface of QD phosphor particles dispersed in a solvent. The surface modification compound includes a heteroatom-containing functional group and a chain-type saturated hydrocarbon group. The QD particle dispersion is configured such that the absolute value of a difference between the surface free energy of an underlayer that provides a foundation for forming a QD layer in the light-emitting element and the surface free energy of the QD layer is 5 mN/m or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kanako Nakata, Tatsuya Ryohwa, Hiroshi Fukunaga, Makoto Izumi, Youhei Nakanishi, Hisayuki Utsumi, Masayuki Kanehiro
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Publication number: 20220199716Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements including light-emitting elements configured to emit lights of luminescent colors different from each other, each light-emitting element being provided with a first electrode, a function layer including a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode in this order, the second electrode includes metal nanowires, and the light-emitting element layer is provided with a pixel bank segmenting the metal nanowires at least for each luminescent color.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventor: YOUHEI NAKANISHI
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Publication number: 20220173178Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements. The light-emitting element layer includes, for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements, a first electrode and a plurality of openings exposing the first electrode, and includes an edge cover covering an end portion of the first electrode, a plurality of light-emitting layers covering each of the plurality of openings, and a second electrode that is common to the plurality of light-emitting elements and covers the plurality of light-emitting layers. The second electrode includes a metal nanowire. Furthermore, the light-emitting element layer includes an auxiliary wiring line provided in a lattice pattern in a position overlapping the edge cover, and the auxiliary wiring line and the metal nanowire are electrically connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: MASAYUKI KANEHIRO, YOUHEI NAKANISHI, TAKESHI ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20220173348Abstract: Provided are a TFT layer, a light-emitting element layer provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements each including a first electrode, a function layer, and a second electrode, and a sealing layer configured to seal the light-emitting element layer. The second electrode is an electrode common to the plurality of light-emitting elements and including metal nanowires. The function layer includes a light-emitting layer and an electron transport layer provided between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode. The electron transport layer includes zinc oxide nanoparticles and a water soluble resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: HISAYUKI UTSUMI, YOUHEI NAKANISHI, MASAYUKI KANEHIRO, SHOTA OKAMOTO, HIROKI IMABAYASHI