Patents Examined by Huyen Ngo
  • Patent number: 9983422
    Abstract: An LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate is provided with a first electrode thereon. The first electrode is provided with a plurality of stripe-like control electrodes for controlling a viewing angle of the LCD panel. The second substrate is provided with a second electrode and a third electrode thereon. The second electrode is a common electrode for inputting a common voltage to the LCD panel. The third electrode is a pixel electrode formed in each pixel of the LCD panel. When no bias voltage is applied to the stripe-like control electrodes of the first electrode, the LCD panel is displayed with a wide viewing angle; and when a bias voltage is applied to the stripe-like control electrodes of the first electrode, the LCD panel is displayed with a narrow viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: INFOVISION OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Chen Chung, Zifang Su, Mengqing Zhu
  • Patent number: 9958722
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel structure, comprising a pixel layer and data lines, wherein the pixel layer comprises a plurality of pixel areas, and each of the pixel areas comprises an upper area and a lower area, and one lateral side of the upper area and one lateral side of the lower area are respectively provided with one keel, and the pixel layer and the data lines are located in different layers, and projections of the data lines at the pixel layer coincide with the keels. By employing the keels in the pixel areas to cover the data lines under the pixel areas, the data lines can shield light for one lateral side of the pixel areas where the keels are provided for achieving the technical result of reducing the non-display area, increasing the display area and raising the aperture ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tien-Hao Chang, Huan Liu
  • Patent number: 9958742
    Abstract: The present application relates to an optical element. The exemplary optical element may have a variable transmittance by whether an external signal is applied or not. Also, since the optical element may apply the external signal by using a composite layer having a low transmittance to light in an infrared region, the optical element may block heat, and save energy. Such an optical element may be usefully employed in various optical devices, for example, a sunroof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Min, Eun Jung Lim, Dong Hyun Oh, Jung Woon Kim, Jung Sun You, Jin Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 9939688
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is provided, including: an array substrate; a color filter substrate opposite the array substrate, and a common electrode layer disposed on a side surface of the color filter substrate facing the array substrate of the color filter substrate; and a plurality of photo spacers disposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The common electrode layer of the color filter substrate has a plurality of openings, and one end of each of the photo spacers is located on a corresponding opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Cong Wang, Peng Du
  • Patent number: 9933676
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel (100) includes a pair of substrates (10, 30); a liquid crystal layer (40) provided between the pair of substrates; and a sealing member (42) provided so as to surround the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of pixels (P1, P2) are provided in a matrix in a region surrounded by the sealing member. Each of the plurality of pixels includes an oxide semiconductor TFT (5) provided in one substrate (10) of the pair of substrates; and a pixel electrode (19) provided in the one substrate and connected with the oxide semiconductor TFT. Each of the plurality of pixels is configured such that when the oxide semiconductor TFT is switched from an on-state to an off-state, a level of a voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal layer by use of the pixel electrode is shifted in a negative direction by a pull-in voltage ?Vd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuatsu Ito, Tadayoshi Miyamoto, Seiichi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9927562
    Abstract: A night vision imaging system (NVIS) compatible liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a backlight and an LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a color filter including a plurality of colored pixels. Each of the colored pixels in the plurality of colored pixels incorporates a near infrared (NIR) filter, capable of substantially blocking emissions from the backlight, including NIR emission between 650 nm and 930 nm, while maintaining high transmission of bands of visible light for producing a full color visual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: CEVIANS LLC
    Inventors: Eric Lemay, Valentina Krylova, Benjamin George Phipps
  • Patent number: 9927648
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a display panel, a method for manufacturing the display panel, a display device, and a method for manufacturing the display device, relating to the technical field of display, thereby solving the problem that the anti-reflection effect of AR film is poor, since attaching an AR film can only achieve a zero reflection within a narrow wavelength range. The method for manufacturing a display panel comprises forming a black matrix on a first surface of a base substrate, and defining a plurality of display units with the criss-cross black matrix; forming a photoresist on a second surface of the base substrate; performing a curing process for the photoresist corresponding to the position of the display units; removing the photoresist corresponding to the position of the black matrix; and performing a texturing process for a portion of the second surface of the base substrate corresponding to the position of the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanbing Wu
  • Patent number: 9921430
    Abstract: A display component includes a glass substrate GS including a display area AA and a non-display area NAA surrounding the display area AA, a color filter 29 overlapping a surface of the glass substrate GS in the display area AA, a CF board side alignment film 32 disposed in at least the display area AA to cover the color filter 29 and partially including a thickness variation portion 36 that gradually decreases thickness thereof toward an outer side, and a film forming control portion 37 disposed in the non-display area NAA to be next to the display area AA and overlapping the surface of the glass substrate GS and configured to form the CF board side alignment film 32 such that the thickness variation portion 36 is in the non-display area NAA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kida, Yutaka Sawayama, Hiroyuki Okazoe, Yoshiyuki Ihara
  • Patent number: 9910306
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a back light unit configured to provide light to the display panel, and a guide panel covering side surfaces of the display panel and the back light unit. The guide panel includes a dual partition wall structure of an inner partition wall and an outer partition wall, a first extension that is extending from and integral with the dual partition wall structure, and a second extension protruding in a direction perpendicular to the dual partition wall structure to be between the back light unit and the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: SuYoung An
  • Patent number: 9904131
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel and a LCD are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate parallel to each other, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises at least one reflective area and at least one transmission area arranged in an interleaved manner. A surface of the first substrate facing away the second substrate is configured with a metallic reflective layer of a wedged-shaped structure, the metallic reflective layer is arranged on the reflective area. A surface of the metallic reflective layer facing toward the liquid crystal layer is a plane, and a surface of the metallic reflective layer facing away the liquid crystal layer is a slope. A thickness of the metallic reflective layer has been gradually increased along a direction from the transmission area toward the reflective area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 9897859
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of regions arranged in an array including a first region and a second region, a first organic film on the first substrate, and a second organic film on the second substrate. In the first region, at least one stripe-shaped first electrode is formed having a first configuration direction, the first organic film has a polarization direction in a first direction and the second organic film has a polarization direction perpendicular to the first direction. In the second region, at least one stripe-shaped second electrode is formed having a second configuration direction, the first organic film has a polarization direction in a second direction and the second organic film has a polarization direction perpendicular to the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shulin Yao, Long Zhang, Ting Zhou, Poping Shen
  • Patent number: 9897843
    Abstract: The viewing angle enhancement film contains a substrate and a prism layer fixedly attached to the substrate. A light emission face of the prism layer contacts a light incident face of the substrate. The prism layer and the substrate are both made of transparent materials. Multiple separate triangular prisms are configured along a light incident face of the prism layer with a flat face between neighboring triangular prisms. The TFT-LCD device contains a first polarizer film, a LCD panel, a color filter film, a second polarizer film, and a viewing angle enhancement film described above, arranged sequentially along a light propagation direction. A light incident face of the viewing angle enhancement film faces a light emission face of the second polarizer film. The TFT-LCD device equipped with the viewing angle enhancement film is able to provide enlarged viewing angle and superior image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hu He
  • Patent number: 9891454
    Abstract: A multiple glazing with variable scattering by liquid crystals can have first and second flat float glass sheets held on the edge of their internal faces by a joint made of a given joint material. In some examples, the glazing also includes first and second electrodes and a layer of liquid crystals with an average thickness E between 5 and 15 ?m. The thickness of each of the first and second glass sheets may be less than or equal to 6.5 mm and each of the internal faces coated with the first and second electrodes may have a dioptric defect score, expressed in millidiopters, of less than or equal to 2+2E/3, where the thickness E of the liquid crystals is in ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cardinal IG Company
    Inventors: Jingwei Zhang, Patrick Gayout
  • Patent number: 9885894
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and particularly, to a spliced display device and a display system. The spliced display device comprises: a frame; and a plurality of display modules; wherein the plurality of display modules is spliced into an image displaying region, and the frame is disposed around a periphery of the image displaying region. The spliced display device has advantages of high structural strength and be difficult to deform under the action of external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhihong Du
  • Patent number: 9857633
    Abstract: A display device including a laminate between a display panel and a cover layer, the laminate having a viewing-side polarizing plate; a first conductive layer, a dielectric layer and a second conductive layer constituting a capacitive touch sensor; and a substrate, the first conductive layer, dielectric layer, second conductive layer, and substrate are positioned closer to the cover layer than is the viewing-side polarizing plate, the first conductive layer is formed on one surface of the substrate, the dielectric layer is formed on a surface of the first conductive layer opposite to the substrate side, the second conductive layer is formed on a surface of the dielectric layer opposite to the first conductive layer side, the substrate has an optical film with a predetermined phase difference, the viewing-side polarizing plate has a polarizing film, a slow axis of optical film intersects a transmission axis of polarizing film at predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Toyoshima, Shunsuke Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 9857632
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a local backlight unit configured to irradiate beams to a first region of the liquid crystal panel and including a plurality of light emitting blocks including a first light emitting block, each of the light emitting blocks emitting beams with controllable luminance; a global backlight unit configured to irradiate beams of uniform luminance to a second region of the liquid crystal panel; and a backlight driver configured to supply a driving signal to the local backlight unit and the global backlight unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Gun Lee, Min Wook Park
  • Patent number: 9846310
    Abstract: An image display device is provided. The image display device includes a 3D display module and an optical component disposed above the 3D display module. The 3D display module includes a backlight source and a plurality of pixels disposed above the backlight source, wherein the pixels provide a plurality of view units, and each of the view units includes a plurality of views. Lights from the backlight source are concentrated at a virtual focus point, and the backlight source is located between the virtual focus point and the optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Sumi
  • Patent number: 9841650
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having an alignment layer stopper which is formed external to a display area to suppress the generation of an electric field between signal lines and the alignment layer stopper, wherein the alignment layer stopper includes a second conductive layer SP formed above the first substrate when the alignment layer stopper is formed by coating and a first conductive layer SH formed below the second conductive layer SP through an insulating film and arranged in such a manner that its marginal parts in the longitudinal direction of the second conductive layer SP are exposed when viewed from the plane direction from the second conductive layer SP, and the first conductive layer SH is formed in a thin film layer between signal lines arranged in the side parts of the display area and the second conductive layer SP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Masaki Nishikawa, Motoharu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9823521
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and an LCD device. An apparatus includes a color filter (CF) substrate having a black matrix layer, a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate facing said CF substrate, a column spacer array, between said CF substrate and said TFT substrate, corresponding to certain portions of said black matrix layer, and a structure, between said CF substrate and said TFT substrate, corresponding to said column spacer array and configured to protect said column spacer array from damage due to external pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 9823525
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a first sub-pixel row including a plurality of sub-pixels electrically connecting to a scan line; and a second sub-pixel row including a plurality of sub-pixels, wherein the scan line overlaps with an area of the sub-pixels of the second sub-pixel row, and the scan line overlaps with an edge of a first sub-pixel of the sub-pixels of the first sub-pixel row, wherein the edge is adjacent to a driving transistor of the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li-Wei Sung, Chung-Yi Wang, An-Chang Wang, Yao-Lien Hsieh