# US 11,442,568 B2 · Sensor device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,442,568 B2 - Document ID: US11442568B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/328,409 - Filed: 2021-05-24 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-18 - Assignees: Japan Display Inc. - Applicants: Japan Display Inc. - Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa; Toshihiko Tanaka; Naoki Takada; Chihiro Tanaka; Koji Ishizaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442568B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G02F 1/133: Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements (arrangements or circuits for control of liquid crystal elements in a matrix, not structurally associated with these elements G09G3/36) - G02F 1/13338: {Input devices, e.g. touch panels} - G02F 1/1343: Electrodes {(reflective electrodes G02F1/133553)} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - G06F 3/0445: {using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer} - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract A sensor device is provided and includes electrodes each including first parts and a second part connected to the first parts, the first parts each extending in a first direction, the second part extending in a second direction different from the first direction; and a lead line including a third part connected to the second part and a fourth part connected to the third part, the third part extending in the first direction, the fourth part extending in a third direction different from the first direction, wherein the electrodes are arranged in the second direction, the second part is located between the lead line and the first parts, and the third part is located between the second part and the fourth part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sensor device comprising: electrodes each including first parts and a second part connected to the first parts, the first parts each extending in a first direction, the second part extending in a second direction different from the first direction; and a lead line including a third part connected to the second part and a fourth part connected to the third part, the third part extending in the first direction, the fourth part extending in a third direction different from the first direction, wherein the electrodes are arranged in the second direction, the second part is located between the lead line and the first parts, and the third part is located between the second part and the fourth part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein the second direction is a same as the third direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein a width of the third part is different from the fourth part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first parts includes line electrodes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The sensor device according to claim 4, wherein each of the line electrodes has a zigzag shape. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The sensor device according to claim 4, wherein each of the line electrodes has bent portions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein the second part includes line parts, and each of the line parts is narrower than the third part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The sensor device according to claim 7, wherein the line parts are arranged in the second direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The sensor device according to claim 7, wherein each of the line parts has a zigzag shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The sensor device according to claim 7, wherein each of the line parts has bent portions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The sensor device according to claim 7, wherein the third part faces at least one of the line parts and does not face some of the line parts. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The sensor device according to claim 7, wherein the third part faces all of the line parts included in one of the electrodes, and the one of the electrodes is connected to the third part. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein dummy electrodes are located between the second part and the fourth part, and are not connected to the electrodes and the lead line. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The sensor device according to claim 13, wherein the dummy electrodes are arranged in the first direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The sensor device according to claim 13, wherein the dummy electrodes are arranged along the third part. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The sensor device according to claim 13, wherein the dummy electrodes extend in the second direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein detection signals are detected by the electrodes. ### Claim 18 A sensor-equipped display device comprising: a display panel with pixels; detection electrodes each including first parts and a second part connected to the first parts, the first parts each extending in a first direction, the second part extending in a second direction different from the first direction; and a lead line including a third part connected to the second part and a fourth part connected to the third part, the third part extending in the first direction, the fourth part extending in a third direction different from the first direction, wherein the detection electrodes are arranged in the second direction, the second part is located between the lead line and the first parts, and the third part is located between the second part and the fourth part. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The sensor-equipped display device according to claim 18, wherein each of the first parts includes line electrodes, and each of the line electrodes has bent portions. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The sensor-equipped display device according to claim 18, wherein dummy electrodes are located between the second part and the fourth part, and are not connected to the electrodes and the lead line.