Patents by Inventor Yuji Iwaki
Yuji Iwaki 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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Patent number: 10607575Abstract: A novel display system is provided. The display system includes a display portion and a control portion. The control portion includes a controller and a memory device. The display portion has a function of displaying an image. The controller has a function of outputting a signal for controlling a refresh rate of the image. The memory device has a function of storing data including data indicating a recognition state of the image and data on whether a flicker is recognized in the recognition state by a user or not. The controller has a function of changing the refresh rate of the image with reference to the data stored in the memory device when data on whether a flicker is recognized or not is input by the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Iwaki, Hideaki Okamoto
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Publication number: 20200051211Abstract: An image processing method that generates high-resolution image data from low-resolution image data and an image receiving apparatus that is operated by the image processing method are provided. In the image processing method that generates high-resolution image data from low-resolution image data, the low-resolution image data is divided to generate a plurality of first image data, among the plurality of first image data, one of two adjacent image data is second image data, and the other is third image data. Surroundings of the second image data are supplemented with pixel data to generate fourth image data. The pixel data includes part of the third image data. A convolutional neural network using the fourth image data as an input is implemented, fifth image data is output from the convolutional neural network, and a plurality of the fifth image data is combined to generate high-resolution image data. The image receiving apparatus is operated by the image processing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Masataka SHIOKAWA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Yuji IWAKI, Hiromichi GODO
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Publication number: 20200027388Abstract: To provide a novel semiconductor device or display system. To provide a semiconductor device or display system that can display stereoscopic images. A signal generation unit has a function of, with the use of artificial intelligence, obtaining information on a scene of an image and information on a depth of the image and correcting image data on the basis of the information so that a stereoscopic effect is emphasized. An image signal obtained by the correction of the image data is supplied to a display unit, so that a stereoscopic image can be displayed on a display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Yuji IWAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20190371226Abstract: A novel semiconductor device or display system is provided. A pixel portion is divided into a plurality of regions, and correction in gray level utilizing artificial intelligence is performed in each of the regions. Specifically, learning of an artificial neural network is performed using data corresponding to an image that is actually displayed on a display portion and data corresponding to an ideal image that is intended to be displayed on the display portion as learning data and teacher data, respectively. Then, based on the result of the learning, the gray levels of pixels are corrected in each divided region, whereby a variation in gray level is compensated. Thus, display of a high-quality image becomes possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventor: Yuji IWAKI
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Patent number: 10497082Abstract: A novel information processing device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. Alternatively, a novel information processing device is provided. The novel information processing device includes an input portion supplying a map and a memory portion storing a program. The program includes interrupt processing in which a data set is generated from the map, a step of extracting a pattern from the data set generated through the interrupt processing, and a step of supplying instructions associated with a reference table when the extracted pattern is included in the reference table.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Iwaki, Katsuki Yanagawa
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Patent number: 10347212Abstract: An information processing device including a display unit and an input unit is driven by a first step of inputting an input signal from the input unit, a second step of starting to move an image displayed on the display unit, a third step of lowering luminance of the image, a fourth step of checking whether the image reaches a position of predetermined coordinates, a fifth step of increasing the luminance of the image in the case where the image reaches the position of the predetermined coordinates, and a sixth step of stopping moving the image so as to perform eye-friendly display with the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yuji Iwaki, Jiro Imada
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Patent number: 10222911Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device to which information can be input in low-illuminance conditions or at a location distant from the semiconductor device. An ultrasonic wave sensor is provided in the semiconductor device with a display region having photosensors. An object to be detected is detected by switching the photosensors and the ultrasonic wave sensor in accordance with illuminance around the semiconductor device or a distance between the semiconductor device and the object. The photosensors and the ultrasonic wave sensor can be used concurrently.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Iwaki, Katsuki Yanagawa
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Publication number: 20190005035Abstract: An information search system or an intellectual property information search system that is capable of highly accurate information search is provided. The intellectual property information search system includes a processing unit. First data and first reference analysis data are input to the processing unit. The first data includes first intellectual property information. The first reference analysis data includes plural pieces of second intellectual property information. The processing unit is configured to search the first reference analysis data for data similar to the first data to generate second data. The processing unit is configured to output the second data. The second data includes a piece of the second intellectual property information similar to the first intellectual property information and information showing the degree of similarity of the piece of the second intellectual property information to the first intellectual property information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yuji IWAKI, Hajime KIMURA, Yoshiaki OIKAWA, Natsuko TAKASE
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Patent number: 10163940Abstract: A highly reliable display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a first resin layer over the first substrate, a pixel portion and a terminal portion over the first resin layer, a second resin layer over the terminal portion, and a second substrate over the second resin layer. The pixel portion includes a transistor and a display element electrically connected to the transistor. The terminal portion includes a conductive layer. The first resin layer includes an opening. The conductive layer includes a first region that is exposed in the opening in the first resin layer. The second resin layer includes a region overlapping with the first region. The conductive layer is the same layer as at least one of a gate of the transistor and a source and a drain of the transistor.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Yuji Iwaki, Kensuke Yoshizumi, Mari Tateishi, Natsuko Takase
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Patent number: 10101628Abstract: Power consumption of a display device is reduced. The display quality of the display device is improved. A high-quality image is displayed regardless of a usage environment. A light-weight and non-breakable display device is provided. In the display device, a first display panel and a second display panel are bonded to each other with an adhesive layer. The first display panel includes first pixels that include reflective liquid crystal elements. The second display panel includes second pixels that include light-emitting elements. The first display panel includes a first resin layer positioned closest to the adhesive layer. The second display panel includes a second resin layer positioned closest to the adhesive layer. The thickness of each of the first resin layer and the second resin layer is 0.1 ?m or more and 3 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Daisuke Kubota, Kei Takahashi, Yuji Iwaki, Hisao Ikeda, Kohei Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10073571Abstract: To increase the detection sensitivity of a touch panel, increase the visibility of a touch panel, provide a bendable touch panel, provide a thin touch panel, or provide a lightweight touch panel. The touch sensor has a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an insulating layer. The first conductive layer includes a region between the first substrate and the second conductive layer. The insulating layer includes a region between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the insulating layer form a capacitor. The second conductive layer has an opening. The opening in the second conductive layer and the first conductive layer overlap with each other in a region.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyake, Yuji Iwaki, Hideaki Shishido, Kouhei Toyotaka, Koji Kusunoki
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Publication number: 20180113501Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device with lower power consumption is provided. The electronic device includes a display device and a touch sensor. In the case where the touch sensor senses no touch, the touch sensor is brought into a resting state or operated so as to perform a sensing operation at a reduced drive frequency. Also in the case where the touch sensor constantly senses touches and an image on the display device is not changed, the touch sensor is brought into the resting state or operated so as to perform the sensing operation at a reduced drive frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Yuji IWAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20180096670Abstract: A novel display system is provided. The display system includes a display portion and a control portion. The control portion includes a controller and a memory device. The display portion has a function of displaying an image. The controller has a function of outputting a signal for controlling a refresh rate of the image. The memory device has a function of storing data including data indicating a recognition state of the image and data on whether a flicker is recognized in the recognition state by a user or not. The controller has a function of changing the refresh rate of the image with reference to the data stored in the memory device when data on whether a flicker is recognized or not is input by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Yuji IWAKI, Hideaki OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 9933893Abstract: A method for driving an information processing device which is adaptable to a wider variety of input methods is provided. The coordinates of an operating body at a starting point in the XYZ space and the coordinates of the operating body at an ending point in the XYZ space after a certain period of time are obtained, and the Z coordinate at the ending point and the movement distance on the X-Y plane in the certain period of time are calculated. Then, a signal is output only in the case where both the distance from an operating surface to the operating body in the vertical direction and the movement distance in the horizontal direction exceed the respective threshold values. In this manner, input operation can be performed by a three-dimensional motion, which includes movement of the operating body in the vertical direction as well as in the horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuji Iwaki
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Patent number: 9851776Abstract: A low-power semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a movable portion, a plurality of scan line driver circuits, and a control portion. The movable portion includes a plurality of regions driven by the plurality of scan line driver circuits. One of the scan line driver circuits is electrically connected to another one of the scan line driver circuits adjacent to the scan line driver circuit through a switch. The control portion has a function of supplying a start pulse to one scan line driver circuit selected from the plurality of scan line driver circuits. The movable portion can be folded between the plurality of regions.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD.Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Yuji Iwaki
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Publication number: 20170365461Abstract: A display device which can display a clear image and can display an image with low power consumption is provided. The display device includes an arithmetic circuit having a function of generating first to third display data, a first display portion, and a second display portion. The arithmetic circuit has a function of detecting a color region and a gray-scale region of the generated first display data and generating the second display data corresponding to an image to be displayed on the first display portion and the third display data corresponding to an image to be displayed on the second display portion, on the basis of the detection results.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Yuji IWAKI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Kentaro HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170338246Abstract: A highly reliable display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a first resin layer over the first substrate, a pixel portion and a terminal portion over the first resin layer, a second resin layer over the terminal portion, and a second substrate over the second resin layer. The pixel portion includes a transistor and a display element electrically connected to the transistor. The terminal portion includes a conductive layer. The first resin layer includes an opening. The conductive layer includes a first region that is exposed in the opening in the first resin layer. The second resin layer includes a region overlapping with the first region. The conductive layer is the same layer as at least one of a gate of the transistor and a source and a drain of the transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Yuji IWAKI, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Mari TATEISHI, Natsuko TAKASE
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Publication number: 20170293171Abstract: Power consumption of a display device is reduced. The display quality of the display device is improved. A high-quality image is displayed regardless of a usage environment. A light-weight and non-breakable display device is provided. In the display device, a first display panel and a second display panel are bonded to each other with an adhesive layer. The first display panel includes first pixels that include reflective liquid crystal elements. The second display panel includes second pixels that include light-emitting elements. The first display panel includes a first resin layer positioned closest to the adhesive layer. The second display panel includes a second resin layer positioned closest to the adhesive layer. The thickness of each of the first resin layer and the second resin layer is 0.1 ?m or more and 3 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Daisuke KUBOTA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Yuji IWAKI, Hisao IKEDA, Kohei YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 9734901Abstract: The present invention provides a display device including a nonvolatile memory circuit to which data can be added without increasing the number of manufacturing steps, and an electronic appliance using the display device. A display device of the present invention has a memory circuit that includes a memory element with a simple structure in which an organic compound layer is interposed between a pair of conductive layers. According to the present invention having the above mentioned structure, a display device having a nonvolatile memory circuit to which data can be added can be provided without increasing the number of manufacturing steps.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuko Watanabe, Yasuyuki Arai, Hiroko Abe, Yuji Iwaki, Mikio Yukawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20170220188Abstract: A method for driving an information processing device which is adaptable to a wider variety of input methods is provided. The coordinates of an operating body at a starting point in the XYZ space and the coordinates of the operating body at an ending point in the XYZ space after a certain period of time are obtained, and the Z coordinate at the ending point and the movement distance on the X-Y plane in the certain period of time are calculated. Then, a signal is output only in the case where both the distance from an operating surface to the operating body in the vertical direction and the movement distance in the horizontal direction exceed the respective threshold values. In this manner, input operation can be performed by a three-dimensional motion, which includes movement of the operating body in the vertical direction as well as in the horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventor: Yuji IWAKI