Patents Assigned to Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
  • Display device including gate lines and gate lead-out lines formed in same layer
    Patent number: 10707243
    Abstract: Provided is a display device, including: a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of source lines extending in a second direction; a gate driver configured to output a gate signal; and a plurality of gate lead-out lines extending in the second direction and being configured to transmit the gate signal to the plurality of gate lines, in which each of the plurality of gate lines is electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of gate lead-out lines, and at least one of the plurality of gate lines is electrically connected to at least two of the plurality of gate lead-out lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kawamura, Hironori Yasukawa
  • Drive circuit having output transistor with on-resistance value and display device therewith
    Patent number: 10692457
    Abstract: A driving circuit including an output circuit that outputs a signal to a lead line electrically connected to a signal line provided in a display panel; and an output transistor that is provided in the output circuit and connected to an output terminal of the output circuit. An on-resistance value of the output transistor is set according to a resistance value of the lead line electrically connected to the output transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Masahiro Ishii, Kenta Endo, Tetsuo Fukami
  • Liquid crystal display device comprising a transparent reinforcement plate disposed between a first polarizer and a backlight unit
    Patent number: 10690956
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer interposed between a pair of transparent substrates; a backlight unit behind the liquid crystal cell; a polarizer on a surface of the liquid crystal cell, the surface opposing the backlight unit; a transparent reinforcement plate that is between the liquid crystal cell and the backlight unit and supports the polarizer; and an intermediate frame, which is a middle frame, including a protrusion protruding toward a space between the backlight unit and the transparent reinforcement plate. The transparent reinforcement plate rests on the protrusion of the intermediate frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoharu Notoshi, Ryosuke Yabuki
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10690971
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a counter substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. A scanning line, a video signal line, a thin film transistor connected to the scanning line and the video signal line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and a counter electrode are formed on the TFT substrate, and a columnar spacer formed on the counter substrate. The pixel and counter electrodes are transparent, and the liquid crystal layer is controlled by an electric field generated between the pixel and counter electrodes. The counter electrode contacts with a metal line having a first part which is extended in parallel with the scanning line and a second part which is extended in parallel with the video signal line, a width of the first part of the metal line being narrower than a width of the scanning line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10678358
    Abstract: A mobile phone is provided which includes a liquid crystal display device in which a front window and a touch panel are bonded together with an adhesive sheet, wherein a logo having plural layers is formed on a back side of the front window. A touch-panel flexible wiring substrate is mounted to the touch panel. A plane distance between an end portion of the plural layers of the logo and an end portion of the touch panel is set to greater than zero. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent a peeling stress on the adhesive sheet, even if a thickness of the adhesive sheet is smaller than the sum of a thickness of the touch-panel flexible wiring substrate and a thickness of the logo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10679574
    Abstract: A LCD device of display panels includes n-bit (n<m) driving first display panel that displays first image based on m-bit input image data, n-bit driving second display panel that displays second image based on the m-bit input image data, and image processor including first gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into n-bit gradation, second gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into m1-bit (m1?m) gradation, and extension processor that performs extension processing of extending gradation expression with the n bits on the input image data converted into the m1-bit gradation. The n-bit driving first display panel displays the first image based on the n-bit input image data, and the n-bit driving second display panel displays the second image based on the n-bit input image data subjected to the extension processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakanishi, Toshikazu Koudo, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10670912
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, a third glass substrate, a fourth glass substrate, a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the third glass substrate and the fourth glass substrate, a first polarizing plate formed on the first glass substrate, a second polarizing plate formed on the third glass substrate, and a bonding layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the third glass substrate. In planar view, the bonding layer is disposed outside the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the first glass substrate, and a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the third glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yasui, Takenori Yaguchi, Takaaki Kitada, Kazuhiko Tsuda, Takashi Kato, Hidenori Kikuchi, Naoki Terasawa, Katsuji Tanaka
  • Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing that
    Patent number: 10670922
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first alignment film formed over the first substrate, a second substrate, a second alignment film formed over the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a projecting portion formed over the second substrate. The first alignment film is a photo alignment film, and a thickness “d2” of the second alignment film over the projecting portion and a film thickness “d1” of a portion of the first alignment film facing the projecting portion satisfy formula (2), d2<d1??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Display device and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10656485
    Abstract: A display device includes a first translucent substrate, a second translucent substrate that is disposed on a display surface side while opposed to the first translucent substrate, and a first light reduction unit that reduces a transmission amount of visible light while overlapping a bright point defect portion in planar view in at least one of the first translucent substrate and the second translucent substrate. The first light reduction unit has a circular shape including a first region disposed in a center and a second region disposed around the first region, and transmittance to the visible light in the first region is higher than transmittance to the visible light in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Arai, Tatsuya Kawasaki
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10656481
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a display panel that includes four sides. One of the four sides has a cut edge. The display panel includes a display region in which an image is to be displayed; a non-display region that surrounds the display region and that includes a non-light transmitting layer that restricts light transmission therethrough; and a plurality of slits disposed in the non-light transmitting layer. An edge of the non-light transmitting layer is co-planar with the cut edge. The plurality of slits are parallel to the cut edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Ootsu, Hiroaki Iwato
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10649260
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an annular seal located between a first substrate and a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed in a space surrounded by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the annular seal. The first substrate includes a first metal layer, a first insulating layer covering the first metal layer, a second metal layer formed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer covering the second metal layer, a third metal layer formed on the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer covering the third metal layer, an alignment layer arranged on the third insulating layer, and a display region where a plurality of pixels are formed. At least one recessed groove is formed in the third insulating layer and is located at a region between the display region and the annular seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Iwato
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10643518
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first display panel displaying a color image; a second display panel displaying a monochrome image; and an image processor generating first image data corresponding to the color image and second image data corresponding to the monochrome image based on an input video signal. The image processor generates the first image data and the second image data such that a graph representing transmittance of the first display panel for input gradation corresponding to the input video signal and a graph representing transmittance of the second display panel for the input gradation corresponding to the input video signal intersect each other at predetermined input gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Masahiro Ishii, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Ikuko Mori
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10642106
    Abstract: A column for defining the interval between a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate is formed at a crossing point between a drain line and a scanning line. At the crossing point where the column is formed, the drain line is formed to have a wider width to prevent light leakage. Further, at the crossing point where the column is formed, the scanning line is formed to have a narrower width to prevent increase of capacitance between the drain line and the scanning line. The column is formed at a crossing point corresponding to a specific color, e.g., a blue pixel B, so that a difference in transmittance and in characteristic of thin film transistors due to formation of the column is initially compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Tohru Sasaki, Tetsuya Nagata
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10642115
    Abstract: Examples of liquid crystal display devices are described herein. In an example, a liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The second substrate comprises a plurality of source lines, a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of source lines, and a plurality of pixels in a matrix arrangement. A pixel from the plurality of pixels being defined by two adjacent source lines and two adjacent gate lines. A pixel electrode formed in the pixel comprises a plurality of slits. The plurality of slits includes a first set of slit segments extending in a first direction, and a second set of slit segments extending in a second direction. Further, a first light blocking member extends along a common boundary area of the first set of slit segments and the second set of slit segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teruhisa Nakagawa
  • Display device with inspection transistor and method for inspecting display device
    Patent number: 10643514
    Abstract: A display device comprises: inspection transistors electrically connected to signal lines respectively; an inspection wiring through which an inspection signal is supplied to the inspection transistors; and an abnormality determination unit that determines whether the display panel is abnormal. The signal line is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the inspection transistor, and the abnormality determination unit determines whether the display panel is abnormal based on a voltage level of the inspection signal outputted from a source electrode of the inspection transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Goto, Masafumi Hirata
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10642105
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display region and a peripheral region, the display panel including a TFT substrate, a counter substrate fixed to the TFT substrate by seal material formed at the peripheral region, and liquid crystal interposed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. The TFT substrate includes an inorganic film and an organic film, with first column spacers being formed on the counter substrate. The organic film includes a first part which has an island-like shape formed at the peripheral region and a second part formed at the display region, and the seal material covers at least one of the first column spacers and the first part of the organic film, and is in contact with the inorganic film. The first part of the organic film is separated from the second part of the organic film of the organic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Nagami
  • Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10634954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device which is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal alignment film to which an alignment regulating force is imparted by a photo-alignment treatment, including: a film forming step of forming a film containing a polymer whose main chain is cleaved by irradiation with light; a photo-alignment step of imparting an alignment regulating force to the film formed in the film forming step by irradiation of the film with light in an atmosphere of a temperature lower than 100° C.; and a removing step of removing a low-molecular weight component generated by cleaving the main chain of the polymer through the light irradiation after the light irradiation. Also disclosed is a liquid crystal display device manufactured by the manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Uchino, Noboru Kunimatsu, Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Yuko Matsumoto, Tomio Yaguchi, Toshiki Kaneko, Jun Tanaka
  • Display panel with touch detection function
    Patent number: 10635231
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel including: a plurality of pixel electrodes divided into a plurality of groups; and a plurality of common electrodes arranged at a ratio of one to a plurality of pixel electrodes included in one of the plurality of groups. Each of a plurality of sensor electrode lines overlaps with corresponding one of a plurality of data signal lines in plan view. The plurality of sensor electrode lines and each of the plurality of common electrodes overlap each other in plan view. The each of the plurality of common electrodes is electrically connected to the plurality of sensor electrode lines. At least one insulating film is formed between each of a region between the data signal lines and the sensor electrode lines, a region between the sensor electrode lines and the common electrodes, and a region between the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Aoyama, Tetsuo Fukami, Daisuke Kajita, Kazushige Takagi
  • Display device, brightness defect correction method for display device, and brightness defect correction device for display device
    Patent number: 10634967
    Abstract: For suppressing a deterioration of display quality due to a luminance defect, a display device, a method of correcting a luminance defect and a luminance defect corrector are provided. The display device includes a first substrate (SUB1) having gate lines (GL), data lines (DL), pixel electrodes (PIT), and a common electrode (CIT) on a first glass substrate (GB1), and a second substrate (SUB2) having a plurality of optically transparent parts (CF) and a light shield part (BM) on a second glass substrate (GB2). The first or second glass substrate (GB1) or (GB2) contains a dimmer (10) including a plurality of dimming regions (20) that reduce the transmission of light. The dimmer (10) is formed to be superimposed on a trapped foreign matter (33) in plan view. This reduces the transmission of light from the luminance defect to suppress a deterioration of display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Mori, Shigeyuki Mori, Takao Tanaka, Kazuya Nakamura
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 10634961
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other with liquid crystal therebetween. A first pixel including a first TFT element and a first pixel electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer and disposed over the first substrate. A second pixel, adjacent to the first pixel, including a second TFT element and a second pixel electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer and disposed over the first substrate. A gate signal line disposed over the first substrate, is connected to the first and the second TFT elements. A drain signal line disposed over the first substrate and between the first and the second pixel electrodes, is connected to the second TFT element. A counter electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer and disposed over the first substrate, and is overlapped with the first and the second pixel electrodes and the drain signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kikuo Ono, Makoto Yoneya, Tsunenori Yamamoto, Junichi Hirakata, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi