Patents Examined by Alexander P Gross
  • Patent number: 11874492
    Abstract: An illumination device (10) is attached to a gaming machine island including a plurality of gaming machines (40), and comprises LEDs (21a) that emit light, light guide plates (20), a rotating body (23), a plate-shaped member (24), a motor (31), a lower case (13), and a control unit 17. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 hold an LED board 21 and the light guide plates 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, is connected to the rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 in a relatively rotatable state, and is installed on a gaming machine island that includes gaming machines 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono
  • Patent number: 11868006
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and an electronic equipment are provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and an adjustable diffusion sheet configured to improve a light transmissive rate of a light transmissive region. The adjustable diffusion sheet includes a first sub-section corresponding to the position of the light transmissive region. When the light transmissive region is in a transparent state, the first sub-section is in a transparent state. When the light transmissive region is in a display state, the first sub-section is in a fog state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaojun Hou, Quan Tang, Wei Cheng, Guanghui Liu
  • Patent number: 11869978
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device suitable for a thin film transistor which uses an oxide semiconductor. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light is used as an interlayer film which covers at least the oxide semiconductor layer. As the film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light, a coloring layer can be used and a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer is preferably used. An interlayer film which includes a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer and a light-blocking layer may be formed in order that the light-blocking layer is used as a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Ishitani, Daisuke Kubota
  • Patent number: 11868016
    Abstract: A light-emitting electrochromic device with both electrochromic properties and light-emitting properties is disclosed. The light-emitting electrochromic device also shows multiple color-switching properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AMBILIGHT INC.
    Inventor: Jianguo Mei
  • Patent number: 11867999
    Abstract: A color filter is provided. The color filter includes a substrate, a bank formed on a substrate to partition a plurality of pixel units into each other, a plurality of first structures formed on the pixel unit, and having a width narrower than a width of the pixel unit, and a height lower than a height of the bank, and an ink film filled in the pixel unit and having a height higher than the height of the first structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Seok Lee, Yoon-Ok Jang, Sung Ho Kim, Kwang Jun Choi, Hyun Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11841573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display panel, comprising a first substrate; a second substrate comprising a color resist layer, the color resist layer comprising a first color resist, a second color resist and a third color resist sequentially arranged in a first direction; and a display molecular layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first color resist comprises a plurality of first color resist stripes, the second color resist comprises at least one second color resist stripe, the third color resist comprises at least one third color resist stripe, and a volume of the first color resist stripe is smaller than a volume of the second color resist stripe and smaller than a volume of the third color resist stripe, wherein the first color resist is a green color resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ching Lin, Po-Chun Chiu
  • Patent number: 11841523
    Abstract: A diffractive optical waveguide and a display device for optical pupil expansion are provided. The diffractive optical waveguide comprises a waveguide substrate; a coupling-in grating; and a coupling-out grating comprising first, second, and third coupling-out gratings that are arranged successively in a first direction. The second coupling-out grating is corresponding to a region that includes a first edge and a second edge spaced in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second direction is orthogonal to the first direction. The first edge is closer to the coupling-in grating than the second edge. A first width of the first edge in the first direction is greater than a second width of the second edge in the first direction. The light output by the coupling-in grating is incident on the second coupling-out grating through the waveguide substrate, and is diffracted by the second coupling-out grating into a plurality of beam splits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JIAXING UPHOTON OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuming Song, Kehan Tian
  • Patent number: 11829014
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel; and a parallax formation panel disposed between the display panel and a viewpoint. The parallax formation panel includes first electrodes and second electrodes, the first electrodes being provided to be able to form light transmitting regions in accordance with positions of a plurality of predetermined viewpoints, the second electrodes being provided to be able to form light shielding regions that shield regions other than the light transmitting regions from light. A width of each first electrode in a first direction in which the plurality of viewpoints are arranged is longer than a length of each first electrode in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and extending along a display surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Shuji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11822191
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have a display that displays computer-generated content for a user. The head-mounted device may have an optical system that directs the computer-generated content towards eye boxes for viewing by a user. The optical system may include a spatially addressable adjustable optical component. The adjustable optical component may have first and second electrodes and an electrically adjustable material between the first and second electrodes. The electrically adjustable material may include a transparent conductive material such as indium tin oxide that includes a pattern of segmented trenches configured to provide the transparent conductive material with electrical anisotropy. Contacts may be coupled to the transparent conductive material. Control circuitry can adjust the electrically adjustable material to form a spatially addressable light modulator or adjustable lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Khadijeh Bayat, Avery P. Yuen, Chaohao Wang, Runyu Zhang, Xianwei Zhao, Xiaokai Li, Yang Li, Zhibing Ge, Alex H. Pai
  • Patent number: 11809051
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate, and the base substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixels and a plurality of signal routing wires; where each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes an effective light-emitting region; an orthographic projection of the effective light-emitting region on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of one of the plurality of signal routing wires on the base substrate have a first overlapping region; and the first overlapping region is in a non-linear shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Xu, Wenchao Wang, Sang Jin Park, Baoqiang Wang, Honglin Zhang, Xiangnan Yun
  • Patent number: 11796731
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a display device including: a liquid crystal panel; and a backlight unit, in which the backlight unit includes one or more color conversion films, the liquid crystal panel or backlight unit includes a light absorption layer, and the color conversion film includes, during light irradiation, a first light emission peak in which a light emission peak having the largest height within a wavelength range of 500 nm to 560 nm is present within 520 nm to 535 nm and a full width at half maximum of the light emission peak is 50 nm or less and a second light emission peak in which a light emission peak having the largest height within a wavelength range of 600 nm to 780 nm is present within 625 nm to 640 nm and a full width at half maximum of the light emission peak is 60 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Nari Kim, Dong Mok Shin, Ji Ho Kim, Hye Mi Oh, Sung Yong Min
  • Patent number: 11782315
    Abstract: A system includes a spatial light modulator comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spatial light modulator is characterized by a first retardation and a first phase retardation and has a first slow axis for light propagation. A voltage source is configured to apply a drive voltage to the spatial light modulator and the first retardation of the spatial light modulator is a function of the drive voltage. A retarder is positioned external to the spatial light modulator and is characterized by a second retardation and a second phase retardation. The retarder includes a second slow axis for light propagation. The second retardation has a value such that all illumination wavelengths in a set of illumination wavelengths are above or below a phase retardation value of 0.25. The set of illumination wavelengths includes at least one illumination wavelength in each of at least three different color spectrums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas William Melena, Terry James Scheffer
  • Patent number: 11782279
    Abstract: An example apparatus may include a display, a beamsplitter having a first region and a second region, and a reflective polarizer. The reflectance of the second region of the beamsplitter may be appreciably greater than the reflectance of the first region; for example, at least approximately 20% greater. In some examples, the second region may be a peripheral region surrounding a generally centrally located first region. An example apparatus may be configured so that at least some light emitted by the display is transmitted through the first region of the beamsplitter, reflects from the reflective polarizer, reflects from the second region of the beamsplitter, and is then directed through the reflective polarizer to an eye of a user when the user wears the apparatus. Other devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Robin Sharma, Hannah Noble
  • Patent number: 11774776
    Abstract: The grating substrate includes a first base substrate and a plurality of grating units on the first base substrate. The grating unit includes two control layers, a barrier structure between the two control layers, and a plurality of movable particles in a closed cavity surrounded by the barrier structure and the two control layers. The two control layers include a first control layer and a second control layer. The first control layer is located on a side of the second control layer distal from the first base substrate, and the two control layers are configured to control movement of the plurality of particles. The particles satisfy at least one of the following conditions: the particles have a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the first control layer, or the particles are non-transparent particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: FUZHOU BUE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchang Tao, Zongxiang Li, Linlin Lin, Xinmao Qiu, Zuwen Liu, Jin Wang, Changhong Shi, Yaochao Lv, Jiamin Liao, Yao Liu, Xi Chen, Min Zhou, Guichun Hong, Zhendian Wu, Hao Cheng, Yawen Huang, Zihua Zhuang
  • Patent number: 11747666
    Abstract: A windowing device includes: a windowing module including a dimming transparent substrate and a semiconductor temperature adjustment element, the dimming transparent substrate being provided with different light transmittances when the dimming transparent substrate has different adjustment parameters; a temperature adjustment circuitry configured to input a current to the semiconductor temperature adjustment element and adjust a temperature of the semiconductor temperature adjustment element; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of an environment where the windowing module is located; and a controller configured to input a circuitry adjustment signal to the temperature adjustment circuitry when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is beyond a predetermined temperature range, as to adjust a temperature of the dimming transparent substrate to be within the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongbo Wang, Jing Yu, Chen Meng, Wei Sun, Zhong Hu, Dahai Hu
  • Patent number: 11747625
    Abstract: A light combiner combines first light provided by a light source with second light containing an image of an exterior environment and provides the combined light to a user. The light combiner includes a transmissive optical device comprising a first surface on which the first light is incident and a second surface facing the first surface, and branching the first light in a plurality of directions to pass through the second surface, and a holographic optical device on a side of the transmissive optical device facing the second surface and spaced apart from the transmissive optical device. The holographic optical device diffracts light rays branched and transmitted by the transmissive optical device in the plurality of directions, to be respectively focused at a plurality of focal points different from each other and corresponding to the directions, and transmits the second light therethrough to travel toward the plurality of focal points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunil Kim, Wontaek Seo, Geeyoung Sung, Hoon Song, Hongseok Lee
  • Patent number: 11733565
    Abstract: A system includes a spatial light modulator comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spatial light modulator is characterized by a first retardation and a first phase retardation and has a first slow axis for light propagation. A voltage source is configured to apply a drive voltage to the spatial light modulator and the first retardation of the spatial light modulator is a function of the drive voltage. A retarder is positioned external to the spatial light modulator and is characterized by a second retardation and a second phase retardation. The retarder includes a second slow axis for light propagation. The second retardation has a value such that all illumination wavelengths in a set of illumination wavelengths are above or below a phase retardation value of 0.25. The set of illumination wavelengths includes at least one illumination wavelength in each of at least three different color spectrums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas William Melena, Terry James Scheffer
  • Patent number: 11719987
    Abstract: A transistor substrate is provided. The transistor substrate includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines. The scan lines intersect with the data lines to define a plurality of pixel units. One of the pixel units includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a switching transistor. The first electrode has a slit including a major axis portion and a curved portion connected to the major axis portion. One of the first electrode and the second electrode is used for receiving a pixel voltage signal, and the other is used for receiving a common voltage signal. The switching transistor includes a switching electrode. The switching electrode and the curved portion of the slit have an overlapping region, and an area of the overlapping region is 0.2 times to 0.8 times an area of the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yung-Shun Yang, Chun-Liang Lin, Yi-Ching Chen, Nai-Fang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11714302
    Abstract: An object is to provide an optical element in which a wavelength dependence of refraction of transmitted light is small, and a light guide element including the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Yukito Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11709404
    Abstract: A display device includes a base layer, a first pixel transistor, a first gate line, a first data line electrically connected to the first pixel transistor, a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first pixel transistor and overlapping the first data line in a plan view, and a porous layer. The porous layer is disposed between the first data line and the first pixel electrode and includes a matrix including a polymer resin and a plurality of void portions defined in the matrix. The display device is capable of displaying a sharp image because the porous layer alleviates or prevents a crosstalk between the first data line and the first pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyelim Jang, Young Gu Kim, Jiyun Park, Jongho Son, Jongmin Ok, Sun-Young Chang, Baekkyun Jeon, Kyungseon Tak