Patents Examined by Donald L Raleigh
  • Patent number: 11943992
    Abstract: A display device includes an optical module, a light emitting structure, a lower substrate including a display area, and in order within the display area a first area corresponding to the optical module, second area adjacent to the optical module, and a third area including the light emitting structure, a light-transmitting filling layer in the first area and corresponding to the optical module, a light blocking layer in the second area and defining an opening corresponding to the light-transmitting filling layer in the first area, and an upper substrate facing the lower substrate with the light emitting structure and the light blocking layer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongbeom Hong, Yongsub Shim, Reehyang Kim, Youngjun Yoo
  • Patent number: 11934063
    Abstract: A system may have a display that includes a plurality of light sources such as light-emitting diodes. The display may be an exterior display that is routinely operated in daytime conditions where ambient light levels are very high. To increase contrast in an exterior display, the display may include a sunlight blocking element. A static sunlight blocking element may include a louver film with asymmetric light blocking portions. The system may include an ambient light sensor that is configured to determine ambient light levels. Based on the detected ambient light level, control circuitry in the system may adjust one or more adjustable components in the display. The display may include an adjustable diffuser that has at least two states with different haze levels. The display may include an adjustable tint layer that has at least two states with different transmission levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Zhan, Yu P Sun, Rong Liu, Yong Seok Choi, Joshua A Spechler, Jun Qi, Victor H Yin
  • Patent number: 11934078
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a photoresist layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a total reflection layer. Liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal cells have a first refractive index and a second refractive index. The first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index, and a refractive index of the total reflection units matches with the first refractive index. The display panel and the display device not only have advantages of low manufacturing cost and eye protection, but can also achieve color and dynamic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Deng, Rui He, Changchih Huang, Guanghui Liu
  • Patent number: 11934052
    Abstract: A verification fixture of a curved screen is disclosed. The verification fixture of the curved screen includes a support structure, a backlight module, and an adjusting module. The verification fixture of the curved screen can use the adjusting module to adjust positions of backlight blocks, thereby allowing the verification fixture of the curved screen to have curves having different target curvatures. Therefore, various backlight modules having different curvatures are not needed to assemble with display panels when performing a black screen test on the display panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Baolei Yang
  • Patent number: 11930128
    Abstract: There is provided a dual camera apparatus, an electronic apparatus including the same, and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The dual camera apparatus includes a first camera that acquires an entire image of a subject; and a second camera different than the first camera. The second camera includes a first light source, an optical element concentrates light emitted from the first light source onto a portion of a region of the subject and an image sensor that records spectrum information with respect to the portion of the region of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngzoon Yoon, Hyuck Choo
  • Patent number: 11925093
    Abstract: A color-converting substrate includes a color-converting part including a wavelength-converting particle configured to change a wavelength of an incident light to emit a light having a color different from the incident light, a color filter pattern filtering the light emitted from the color-converting part, and a light-reflective layer disposed between the color-converting part and the color filter pattern to selectively reflect a light having a wavelength same as the wavelength of the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunbae Park, Seunghee Lee, Wal Jun Kim, Kiwan Ahn, Joosun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11921373
    Abstract: A backlight includes an extended light source adapted to emit light. A reflective polarizer is disposed on the extended light source, such that for substantially normally incident light and for at least a first wavelength in a range from about 420 nanometer (nm) to about 650 nm, the reflective polarizer reflects at least 60% of the incident light having a first polarization state and transmits at least 60% of the incident light having an orthogonal second polarization state. A first prismatic film is disposed between the extended light source and the reflective polarizer. A retarder layer is disposed between the reflective polarizer and the first prismatic film, such that for substantially normally incident light at a wavelength of about 550 nm, the retarder layer has a retardance nW, where n is an integer ?1 and W is a wavelength between about 160 nm and about 300 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Kristy A. Gillette, Michelle L Toy, William Blake Kolb, Jonah Shaver, Jason S. Petaja
  • Patent number: 11921313
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a function display for selectively displaying symbols representing switching states for a motor vehicle including a light guide stack of at least two transparent or translucent, planar light guides arranged in an overlaid manner in a stacking direction, which are spaced apart by a transparent or translucent layer including a material that is optically thinner compared to the adjacent light guides so that the light guides have a main surface facing towards an observer and a main surface facing away from the observer that faces towards a light guide which is most closely adjacent in stacking direction; at least one light source per light guide arranged to couple light into the respective light guide via an end face; wherein one light-refractive and/or light-scattering microstructured portion per light guide, which is provided in or on the light guide, is provided for generating a symbol display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PREH GMBH
    Inventors: Dennis Loeppen, Björn Morber, Kilian Memmel
  • Patent number: 11912920
    Abstract: A quantum dot-polymer composite including a polymer matrix; and core-shell quantum dots dispersed in the polymer matrix, wherein the core-shell quantum dots include a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium, zinc, and phosphorus and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The core-shell quantum dots do not include cadmium, the core-shell quantum dots are configured to emit green light, the core-shell quantum dots have a mole ratio of phosphorus to indium of greater than or equal to about 0.75, and the core-shell quantum dots have a mole ratio of zinc to indium of greater than or equal to about 35, and a method of producing the core-shell quantum dots, and a display device including a light emitting element that includes the quantum dot-polymer composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taekhoon Kim, Nayoun Won, Tae Gon Kim, Mi Hye Lim, Shin Ae Jun, Shang Hyeun Park
  • Patent number: 11917857
    Abstract: Provided are a display module and display device. The display module includes a display panel, a cover plate and a conductive shielding layer. The conductive shielding layer is located on a side of the display panel, and the cover plate is located on a side of the display panel facing away from the conductive shielding layer. The display module includes a conductive film. The conductive film is located on a side of the cover plate facing the conductive shielding layer, and the conductive film is connected to the cover plate and the conductive shielding layer separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengming Li, Jiang Chen, Jun Huang
  • Patent number: 11914241
    Abstract: A high-brightness liquid crystal display device includes a display module; a temperature controller abutting a back surface of the display module, a first ventilation channel being formed in the temperature controller; and fans disposed on the display module in correspondence to the first ventilation channel of the temperature controller. The fans form an airflow that flows through the first ventilation channel, to adjust the temperature of the display module. According to the present invention, the temperature controller abuts the back surface of the display module to implement temperature control on the back surface of the display module. The back surface of the display module is a lamp panel, and the temperature controller abuts the lamp panel. The airflow formed by the fans quickly reduces and increases the temperature of the lamp panel, thereby ensuring that the lamp panel works at an appropriate environmental temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Keewin Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qianzhong Zhang, Wen Li, Feng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11914183
    Abstract: A display includes a stack that includes, from top to bottom: a display layer including an array of spaced pixels and/or spaced subpixels and an array of spaced transmission spaces, wherein each transmission space is defined by a spacing between a subset of the spaced pixels and/or spaced subpixels; a micro-lens array (MLA) layer including an array of micro-lenses, wherein each micro-lens includes a curved surface in alignment with a corresponding one of the transmission spaces; and a laser light emitting (LLE) layer including an array laser diodes, wherein each laser diode is positioned in alignment with one micro-lens of the MLA layer and the corresponding one of the transmission spaces of the display layer and the curved surfaces of the micro-lenses face the LLE layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: II-VI Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason O'Daniel, Pei-Song Cai, Francesco Schiattone
  • Patent number: 11906847
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light source, a color conversion sheet disposed above the light source for converting a color of light emitted from the light source, and at least one optical film is disposed over the color conversion sheet. The one optical film has a base film, a first pattern layer including first patterns on one surface of the base film, and a second pattern layer disposed on the other surface of the base film and including second patterns different from the first patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonuk Park, Byeonghun Lee
  • Patent number: 11906828
    Abstract: An optical element which can be utilized in various versions and implementations of switchable light filters having, in addition, polarization filters and/or other means for varying the polarization characteristics of light, for example, liquid crystal layers. A combination of switchable light filter and imaging display device makes possible a private viewing effect that can be switched on and off. The optical element comprises a first layer or a first layer and a plurality of further layers, each layer including a material with a plurality of light-absorbing transition dipole moments. At least in a first state, each transition dipole moment is oriented, with a tolerance of 10° at the maximum, parallel to a selectable preferential direction or fluctuates around it so that light which is incident in the optical element is transmitted or at least partially absorbed depending on its incident direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: siOPTICA GmbH
    Inventors: André Heber, Andreas Bregulla, Yannick Bourgin, Markus Klippstein
  • Patent number: 11906833
    Abstract: A display module includes a display unit for image displaying and provided with a light-emitting side, the display module further includes an outer encapsulation layer provided on the light-emitting side of the display unit, and is provided to cover at least an edge of the display unit; the outer encapsulation layer is made of self-healing glass material; and a traction assembly including a first connection piece and a second connection piece with magnetic adsorption, the display unit is provided with a splicing portion for splicing the display modules, the first connection piece and the second connection piece are provided in the splicing portion; the first connection piece and the second connection piece are used for providing the outer encapsulation layers of the two spliced display modules with required fusion force when the display modules are spliced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangchen Zhang, Yunyang Liu, Tingting Shen, Zhiwei Li, Li Lv, Ying Chen, Baohong Kang
  • Patent number: 11901154
    Abstract: An electron emission cathode which includes a base, a heater connected to the base, an electron emitter connected to the heater at a mounting location distal to the base, and a conical heat shield surrounding a portion of the heater, having a truncated cone shape comprising a narrow end oriented toward the base and a wide end oriented toward the electron emitter. The conical heat shield is configured to reflect heat radiated by the heater toward the electron emitter. The conical heat shield reduces an overheating required to bring the electron emitter to an emission temperature and reduces a heating power required to operate the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: NuFlare Technology, Inc., NuFlare Technology America, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Katsap
  • Patent number: 11887835
    Abstract: A plasma lamp is disclosed. The plasma lamp includes a gas containment structure configured to contain a gas and generate a plasma within the gas containment structure. The gas containment structure is formed from a glass material transparent to illumination from a pump laser and the broadband radiation emitted by the plasma. The gas containment structure includes a glass wall and the glass within the glass wall includes an OH concentration distribution that varies across a thickness of the glass wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: Oleg Khodykin, Ilya Bezel
  • Patent number: 11887834
    Abstract: An ultraviolet emitting device according to the present disclosure includes a lamp for mounting a discharge gas and an ultraviolet emission source therein, and a plurality of yarns formed by extending and aggregating carbon nanotubes in a first direction, and includes a first electrode at least partially exposed to the discharge gas within the lamp. Accordingly, electron emission efficiency of the first electrode is improved to achieve high efficiency, and durability is also improved to provide a long-life device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AweXome Ray, Inc.
    Inventors: Keun Soo Jeong, Young Bae Kim, Sang Hyuk Ha, Seung Woo Yi, Hong Soo Choi, Se Hoon Gihm
  • Patent number: 11877489
    Abstract: Devices, arrangements, and techniques are provided to improve the color saturation of displays such as OLED displays while avoiding or substantially reducing any increase in power consumption that typically would be associated with such increase in saturation. A three-subpixel per pixel red/green/blue (RGB) architecture is provided as well as a four sub-pixel approach which uses two red sub-pixels for each pixel (red/red/green/blue, or R1R2GB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Julia J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11860386
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying an image are disclosed. The apparatus includes microLED unit cells including sets of microLEDs each emitting light and at least one lens to control an emission angle and emission profile of the light emitted by the microLED unit cells. A display controller controls an intensity distribution of the microLED unit cells in accordance with first and second video data signals such that a first portion of the emitted light is emitted at a first emission angle with a first emission profile at a first observation angle relative to a display and a second portion of the emitted light is emitted at a second emission angle with a second emission profile at a second observation angle relative to the display. The first and second light portions form unrelated images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Willem Herman Sillevis Smitt, Charles André Schrama, Erno Fancsali