Patents by Inventor Yuichi Yanagisawa

Yuichi Yanagisawa 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: 10592193
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. To provide a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed. In a display device, a plurality of display panels are arranged to partly overlap one another. In two of the overlapping display panels, a display panel positioned on the display surface side includes a region transmitting visible light that is adjacent to a display portion, and the region transmitting visible light overlaps with a pixel of a display panel positioned on the lower side. Furthermore, in at least a display portion of the display panel placed on the lower side, an aperture ratio of the pixel overlapping with the region transmitting visible light of the display panel on the upper side is higher than an aperture ratio of another pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Nozomu Sugisawa, Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 10572211
    Abstract: Provided is a display device or a display system capable of displaying images along a curved surface, a display device or a display system capable of displaying images seamlessly in the form of a ring, or a display device or a display system that is suitable for increasing in size. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a first part and a second part and is flexible. The first part can display images. The second part can transmit visible light. The display panel is curved so that the second part and the first part overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshizumi, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Kei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200045807
    Abstract: To provide a circuit board in which a curvature of a display surface can be controlled, or to provide a highly portable circuit board. A circuit board includes a substrate with flexibility and a curvature control mechanism. The curvature control mechanism includes a first electromagnet and a second electromagnet provided over a first surface of the substrate, an insulating film provided over the first and second electromagnets, and wirings electrically connected to the first and second electromagnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Naoyuki SENDA, Yuichi YANAGISAWA
  • Publication number: 20200034105
    Abstract: Provided is a display device or a display system capable of displaying images along a curved surface, a display device or a display system capable of displaying images seamlessly in the form of a ring, or a display device or a display system that is suitable for increasing in size. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a first part and a second part and is flexible. The first part can display images. The second part can transmit visible light. The display panel is curved so that the second part and the first part overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Yuichi YANAGISAWA, Kei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10547831
    Abstract: To provide a display device that gives a viewer a strong stereoscopic effect or sense of depth in a two-dimensional image and a display device that gives a viewer a natural stereoscopic effect or sense of depth in a two-dimensional image, a display device includes a frame portion, and a display portion which has a display surface on a frame portion side and is located so as to be apart from the frame portion with a distance therebetween. The display portion overlaps with an opening of the frame portion, and an end portion of the display portion overlaps with the frame portion. The distance between the frame portion and the display portion is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Masao Kasuga, Hisao Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10534401
    Abstract: A display device or a display system with which a viewer can feel a strong or natural stereoscopic effect in a two-dimensional image and is less likely to be fatigued is provided. The display system includes a display portion, a detection portion, and a control portion. The display portion is flexible. The detection portion is configured to detect the conditions of a viewer's eye to obtain detection information and to supply the detection information to the control portion. The control portion is configured to extract information on the viewer's fatigue from the detection information and to change the curvature of the display portion on the basis of the information on the viewer's fatigue. The central angle of the curved surface of the display portion is preferably greater than or equal to 20° and less than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 10485100
    Abstract: To provide a circuit board in which a curvature of a display surface can be controlled, or to provide a highly portable circuit board. A circuit board includes a substrate with flexibility and a curvature control mechanism. The curvature control mechanism includes a first electromagnet and a second electromagnet provided over a first surface of the substrate, an insulating film provided over the first and second electromagnets, and wirings electrically connected to the first and second electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Senda, Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20190348481
    Abstract: A highly reliable display device. A first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate overlap each other with a display element positioned therebetween. Side surfaces of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate which overlap each other are covered with a high molecular material having a light-transmitting property. The high molecular material is more flexible than the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Takuya Kawata
  • Patent number: 10394284
    Abstract: An electronic device usable in a manner similar to reading a book and a novel electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes flexible first to n-th display panels (n is a natural number of 4 or more) and an shaft. The first to n-th display panels each include a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first and second surfaces are provided with the first and second display portions, respectively. The shaft includes an operating circuit, to which the first to n-th display panels are electrically connected. The first display panel and the second display panel nearest to the first display panel are fixed to the shaft so that an angle formed by straight lines connecting a portion where the first display panel projects from the shaft and the center of the shaft and connecting a portion where the second display panel projects from the shaft and the center of the shaft is (360/n)° in a cross-sectional view along a plane orthogonal to an extending direction of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Nozomu Sugisawa, Naoyuki Senda
  • Patent number: 10367043
    Abstract: A highly reliable display device. A first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate overlap each other with a display element positioned therebetween. Side surfaces of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate which overlap each other are covered with a high molecular material having a light-transmitting property. The high molecular material is more flexible than the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Takuya Kawata
  • Publication number: 20190163433
    Abstract: Provided is a display device or a display system capable of displaying images along a curved surface, a display device or a display system capable of displaying images seamlessly in the form of a ring, or a display device or a display system that is suitable for increasing in size. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a first part and a second part and is flexible. The first part can display images. The second part can transmit visible light. The display panel is curved so that the second part and the first part overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Yuichi YANAGISAWA, Kei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10198235
    Abstract: Provided is a display device or a display system capable of displaying images along a curved surface, a display device or a display system capable of displaying images seamlessly in the form of a ring, or a display device or a display system that is suitable for increasing in size. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a first part and a second part and is flexible. The first part can display images. The second part can transmit visible light. The display panel is curved so that the second part and the first part overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshizumi, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Kei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190008014
    Abstract: A display device that can display an image along a curved surface is provided. In the display device, a first display panel and a second display panel overlap each other with a light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. The light-transmitting layer is positioned on a display surface side of the first display panel, and on a side opposite to the display surface of the second display panel. The light-transmitting layer has an average transmittance of 80% or more with respect to light in the wavelength range of 450 nm to 700 nm and a refractive index higher than that of air. A display region of the first display panel overlaps a region transmitting visible light of the second display panel with the light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. It is preferred that the display region of the first display panel not overlap with a region blocking visible light of the second display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Nozomu SUGISAWA, Yuichi YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 10159135
    Abstract: A display device that can display an image along a curved surface is provided. In the display device, a first display panel and a second display panel overlap each other with a light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. The light-transmitting layer is positioned on a display surface side of the first display panel, and on a side opposite to the display surface of the second display panel. The light-transmitting layer has an average transmittance of 80% or more with respect to light in the wavelength range of 450 nm to 700 nm and a refractive index higher than that of air. A display region of the first display panel overlaps a region transmitting visible light of the second display panel with the light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. It is preferred that the display region of the first display panel not overlap with a region blocking visible light of the second display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Nozomu Sugisawa, Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20180307277
    Abstract: A display device or a display system with which a viewer can feel a strong or natural stereoscopic effect in a two-dimensional image and is less likely to be fatigued is provided. The display system includes a display portion, a detection portion, and a control portion. The display portion is flexible. The detection portion is configured to detect the conditions of a viewer's eye to obtain detection information and to supply the detection information to the control portion. The control portion is configured to extract information on the viewer's fatigue from the detection information and to change the curvature of the display portion on the basis of the information on the viewer's fatigue. The central angle of the curved surface of the display portion is preferably greater than or equal to 20° and less than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Yuichi YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 10056043
    Abstract: A display system including a display device and an image processing device is provided. The display device includes a second display panel overlapping with a first display panel on the display surface side. The second display panel has a region that transmits visible light adjacent to a display region. The region that transmits visible light of the second display panel overlaps with a display region of the first display panel, which makes a non-display region between display regions of two display panels in the display device small. The image processing device has a function of correcting the gray scale, which is included in image data, corresponding to at least one of a portion overlapping with the region that transmits visible light and a portion not overlapping with the region in the display region of the first display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Takesue, Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20180217800
    Abstract: Provided is a display device or a display system capable of displaying images along a curved surface, a display device or a display system capable of displaying images seamlessly in the form of a ring, or a display device or a display system that is suitable for increasing in size. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a first part and a second part and is flexible. The first part can display images. The second part can transmit visible light. The display panel is curved so that the second part and the first part overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Yuichi YANAGISAWA, Kei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10031554
    Abstract: A display device or a display system with which a viewer can feel a strong or natural stereoscopic effect in a two-dimensional image and is less likely to be fatigued is provided. The display system includes a display portion, a detection portion, and a control portion. The display portion is flexible. The detection portion is configured to detect the conditions of a viewer's eye to obtain detection information and to supply the detection information to the control portion. The control portion is configured to extract information on the viewer's fatigue from the detection information and to change the curvature of the display portion on the basis of the information on the viewer's fatigue. The central angle of the curved surface of the display portion is preferably greater than or equal to 20° and less than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20180196629
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. To provide a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed. In a display device, a plurality of display panels are arranged to partly overlap one another. In two of the overlapping display panels, a display panel positioned on the display surface side includes a region transmitting visible light that is adjacent to a display portion, and the region transmitting visible light overlaps with a pixel of a display panel positioned on the lower side. Furthermore, in at least a display portion of the display panel placed on the lower side, an aperture ratio of the pixel overlapping with the region transmitting visible light of the display panel on the upper side is higher than an aperture ratio of another pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Nozomu SUGISAWA, Yuichi YANAGISAWA
  • Publication number: 20180158885
    Abstract: A highly reliable display device. A first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate overlap each other with a display element positioned therebetween. Side surfaces of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate which overlap each other are covered with a high molecular material having a light-transmitting property. The high molecular material is more flexible than the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Takuya Kawata