Patents Examined by Anne M Hines
  • Patent number: 11980084
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising a substrate; an organic light emitting element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the organic light emitting element; and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, covering the organic light emitting element, and bonding the substrate on which the organic light emitting element is formed with the encapsulation substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Son, Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11971624
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display unit emitting a green light having a first output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device and a second display unit emitting a blue light having a second output spectrum corresponding to the highest gray level of the display device. The first output spectrum has a main wave with a first peak. The second output spectrum has a main wave with a second peak and a sub wave with a sub peak. The second peak corresponds to a main wavelength, the sub peak corresponds to a sub wavelength, and the main wavelength is less than the sub wavelength. An intensity of the second peak is greater than an intensity of the sub peak and an intensity of the first peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jia-Yuan Chen, Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 11971623
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a display screen, a display device, and a method for manufacturing the display screen are disclosed. The display screen includes a display panel and a light bar. The light bar includes an array substrate and a plurality of light emitting elements, and a first gap is provided between two adjacent light emitting elements. A reflecting wall is arranged in the first gap between at least two adjacent light emitting elements. By arranging the reflecting wall, the side light of the light emitting elements can be reflected upwards, thereby reducing an emission angle of the light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS DISPLAY CO., LTD., TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huajun Lu, Juncheng Xiao, Hongyuan Xu
  • Patent number: 11966197
    Abstract: There is provided a lighting system for a vehicle. The lighting system comprises a holographic projector and a light distribution system. The holographic projector comprises a hologram engine and a spatial light modulator. The hologram engine is arranged to output holograms. The spatial light modulator is arranged to display each hologram and spatially-modulate light in accordance with each hologram. The spatially-modulated light forms a holographic reconstruction, corresponding to each hologram, on a replay plane. The light distribution system comprises a plurality of optical fibres. Each optical fibre comprises an input optically-coupled to respective sub-area of the replay plane and an output optically coupled with an illumination sub-system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Envisics Ltd
    Inventor: Jamieson Christmas
  • Patent number: 11965636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headlight (1), comprising a headlight housing (10) with a light exit opening (12), which is closed by means of a cover plate (11), at least one LED light source (21), which is arranged in at least one light module (20) positioned in the headlight housing (10) for generating a specified light distribution in front of the headlight (1), as well as a condensation protection device (30) with at least one air duct (40) for guiding air (41), as well as with at least one radiation emitter (60), wherein the at least one air duct (40) has an air entry opening (42) and at least one air exit opening (43), and the air exit opening (43) preferably faces the cover plate (11), as well as the air (41) guided in the air duct (40) can be heated up by means of the thermal radiation generated by the radiation emitter (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Zauner, Sebastian Godderidge
  • Patent number: 11966109
    Abstract: An electronic device may comprise a housing; an optical input/output device disposed inside the housing; an inner housing comprising a seating surface disposed inside the housing and including a hole to accommodate the optical input/output device, and a side wall protruding from the seating surface along the hole; a backlight module disposed on the seating surface and made of multiple layers, the backlight module comprising a first opening surrounding the side wall; a display panel disposed on the backlight module, the display panel comprising a first area corresponding to the hole area and a second area which surrounds the first area, and in which an active area is positioned; and a transparent plate disposed on the display panel. The side wall may comprise a first side surface facing the backlight module and may be black-processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Silkyu Lim, Dongpil Choi, Hyunchang Shin
  • Patent number: 11965639
    Abstract: A light source module provided includes a heat sink, a circuit board, a lamp shade, and a fixing member. The circuit board is provided with one side tightly attached to the heat sink, and the other side is provided with a plurality of light sources. The lamp shade is provided with a plurality of optical lenses, the plurality of the optical lenses are respectively formed by a plurality of recesses forming on a front surface of the lamp shade, and a plurality of arc protrusions corresponding to the plurality of the recess forming on a back surface of the lamp shade. The fixing member is configured to fix the lamp shade on the heat sink to receive the circuit board in a space defined by the lamp shade and heat sink. Further, a lighting apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUIZHOU HANXING OPTOELECTRONIC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hongge Wu
  • Patent number: 11960160
    Abstract: A spliced screen and a display terminal are disclosed. In the spliced screen, a structural component is disposed on two adjacent display panels and covers a splicing gap between the two adjacent display panels. A lamp plate is disposed on a surface of the structural component. When the spliced screen displays an image, a plurality of luminescent bodies disposed on the lamp plate close to the display panels also emit light, thereby preventing black strips from appearing on the image. In the spliced screen, a viewing angle of the display panels and a viewing angle of the lamp plate are same, so that a brightness of the display panels and a brightness of the lamp plates are same when the spliced screen is viewed from a lateral side. As such, display quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Bin Zhao, Juncheng Xiao, Hongyuan Xu, Huajun Lu
  • Patent number: 11958771
    Abstract: A glass has a coefficient of thermal expansion in a temperature range from 20° C. to 300° C. of 4.5 ppm/K or less, and a T4 temperature, defined as the temperature at which the glass has a viscosity of 104 dPa*s, at 1500° C. or more, and having a reboil propensity score of less than 10 measured in a reboil propensity test. The reboil propensity score is determined as a number of bubbles per glass rod formed from the glass after the reboil propensity test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andre Petershans, Carina Bronnbauer, Sebastian Heinl, Hans Lippert
  • Patent number: 11960169
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight module, a preparation method thereof, and a display device. The backlight module includes a substrate, multiple light-emitting elements, a reflection structure and a rubber frame structure, and the multiple light-emitting elements, the reflection structure and the rubber frame structure are located on one side of the substrate. The multiple light-emitting elements and the reflection structure are located within a limited area of the rubber frame structure, and the reflection structure is located between every two adjacent light-emitting elements; and the reflection structure includes a first reflection surface adjacent to a light-emitting element, and the rubber frame structure includes a second reflection surface adjacent to the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Avic Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongyun Sun, Yankun Chu, Xiao Yang
  • Patent number: 11956565
    Abstract: A middle frame and a display device are provided. The middle frame includes a lamination surface, an outside face, and an inside face. A drainage trough is disposed on the lamination surface. A diversion groove and a sealant storage tank are disposed on the outside face. A width of the drainage trough is less than a width of the diversion groove. The width of the diversion groove is less than a width of the sealant storage tank. The above-described configuration can ensure a greatest degree of lamination area, ensuring reliability of lamination, preventing sealant from flowing into a display area, and increasing yield of a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Huizhou China Star Optoelectronics Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Baolei Yang
  • Patent number: 11947210
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates identifying an intended viewer and an unintended viewer of a liquid crystal display (LCD) using face recognition technology. Once identified the system may determine a face position for the unintended viewer. The system may modulate the voltage applied at a third electrode on the color filter layer of the LCD to achieve a certain off-axis contrast that may reduce the unintended viewer's visibility of the LCD without restricting the visibility of the intended viewer. Ultimately, the present disclosure provides enhanced privacy options for the intended viewer with a lightweight, inexpensive, and highly transportable system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Large, Neil Emerton, Sunando Sengupta
  • Patent number: 11947133
    Abstract: A lens array included in a display switching device according to one or more embodiments may include a portion having a greater average of curvature radii of microlenses at a greater distance from a predetermined lens reference position on a surface of the lens array including the microlenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinohara, Yuto Mori, Gouo Kurata, Tsuyoshi Arai, Hayato Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11950332
    Abstract: A resistor bypass circuit for a series lighting circuit includes a plurality of serially connected light sources and a bypass resistor being connected in parallel with at least one of the respective light sources, each respective light source being low wattage and being capable operating on a one hundred percent duty cycle as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seasonal Specialties, LLC
    Inventor: Steven J. Altamura
  • Patent number: 11940115
    Abstract: A light-emitting device (20) includes a light-emitting region (140). The light-emitting region (140) includes a plurality of light-emitting units (142) and a plurality of light-transmitting units (144), and each of the plurality of light-transmitting units (144) is located between the light-emitting elements (142) adjacent to each other. The light-emitting region (140) is located on a side of one surface (outer surface (202)) of a base material (200) having light-transmitting properties and has an inclination with respect to the one surface (outer surface (202)). The base material (200) is rear glass of an automobile. The base material (200) partitions a region outside a mobile object (region (RG1)) from a region inside the mobile object (region (RG2)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuaki Arai
  • Patent number: 11940692
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of first retaining walls, a second retaining wall, and a light emitting element. The first retaining walls are arranged on the substrate. The second retaining wall is arranged on the substrate and disposed within one of the first retaining walls. The light emitting element is arranged on the substrate and disposed between the second retaining wall and one of the first retaining walls adjacent to the second retaining wall. In a cross section, there are a first distance between the light emitting element and the one of the first retaining walls, and a second distance between the light emitting element and the second retaining wall, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Tsung Hsu, Chun-Fang Chen, Wei-Ning Shih
  • Patent number: 11940644
    Abstract: A performance of an apparatus is improved. A display apparatus includes: a light guide panel; a light source unit including a plurality of light emitting diode elements arranged in an X direction at a position facing a side surface of the light guide panel; and a plurality of lenses arranged in the X direction between the light guide panel and the light source unit and adhered to each other while sandwiching an adhesive layer allowing visible light to penetrate therethrough. Each of the plurality of lenses includes a surface facing the light source unit, a surface opposite to this surface, and a side surface (lens side surface) crossing these surfaces and being adhered to the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is arranged between the sides surfaces facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Motoki Tsuda, Kazuki Ichihara, Michikazu Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11937367
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radio frequency (RF) front-end structures, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an RF front-end package may include an RF package substrate including an embedded passive circuit element. At least a portion of the embedded passive circuit element may be included in a metal layer of the RF package substrate. The RF package substrate may also include a ground plane in the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sidharth Dalmia, Zhenguo Jiang, William J. Lambert, Kirthika Nahalingam, Swathi Vijayakumar
  • Patent number: 11934068
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display module and a manufacturing method thereof, and a mobile terminal. The display module includes a printed circuit board connected to a backlight flexible circuit board. A side of the backlight flexible circuit board connected to the printed circuit board comprises at least two first bonding regions, wherein each of the first bonding regions includes at least two first bonding terminals distributed therein, and wherein a distance between any two adjacent first bonding regions is greater than a distance between any two adjacent first bonding terminals in each of the first bonding regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pengfei Yu
  • Patent number: 11933489
    Abstract: An optical device includes a metal reflective layer substantially made of a metal material, a first light transmissive layer disposed on the metal reflective layer, an optical multilayer reflective film disposed on the first light transmissive layer and including a plurality of sublayers stacked on each other and having different refractive indexes, and a wavelength converting layer disposed on the optical multilayer reflective film and containing a fluorescent material capable of absorbing incident excitation light and generating fluorescent light having a lower energy. The wavelength converting layer is capable of generating mixed light containing the excitation light and the fluorescent light in response to irradiation with the excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokobayashi, Yasuyuki Kawakami, Yosuke Maemura, Hideaki Yamamoto, Keijiro Takashima, Ryosuke Kamakura