Patents Examined by Jonathan Y Jung
  • Patent number: 11762242
    Abstract: An electro-optical device may include a first substrate, a second substrate, a seal member extending in a first direction and disposed between the first and second substrates in a seal region defined around a pixel area, a first conductive layer disposed between the first substrate and the seal member and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a second conductive layer disposed between the first substrate and the first conductive layer and extending in the second direction, a third layer disposed in the pixel area and formed of the first conductive layer, and a fourth layer disposed in the pixel area and formed of the second conductive layer. In plan view, the first conductive layer overlaps the second conductive layer in the seal region. In a cross-sectional view the first direction, the second conductive layer is larger in an outer shape than the first conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoe, Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 11754868
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is provided. A micro-lens array, a black matrix layer array, and a detector array are sequentially disposed between a cover plate and an array substrate, and a combination of the micro-lens array and the black matrix layer array filters out more interference light, so that most of light entering the detector array is fingerprint reflected light, which improves an accuracy of fingerprint recognition. A liquid crystal display device having the liquid crystal display panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Huanli Yang, Guowei Zha
  • Patent number: 11747645
    Abstract: A display device, including a display panel, a stereoscopic structure, and a light control structure, is provided. The stereoscopic structure is disposed on the display panel, wherein the stereoscopic structure includes multiple stereoscopic units, and the stereoscopic units extend in a first direction. The light control structure is disposed between the display panel and the stereoscopic structure, wherein the light control structure includes multiple light control units, and the light control units extend in a second direction. An included angle between the first direction and the second direction is greater than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Jen Yueh, Tsung-Han Tsai, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11740504
    Abstract: A curved panel includes a first curved substrate, a second curved substrate, a curved coverlens, and an adhesive structure. The first curved substrate and the second curved substrate are overlapped with each other. First to fourth sidewalls of the first curved substrate correspond to fifth to eighth sidewalls of the second curved substrate, respectively. The first to third sidewalls of the first curved substrate extend beyond the fifth to seventh sidewalls of the second curved substrate, respectively. The second curved substrate is located between the curved coverlens and the first curved substrate. The second curved substrate is bonded to the curved coverlens through an adhesive layer. The adhesive structure is located between the first curved substrate and the curved coverlens and is laterally located between the first sidewall and the fifth sidewall, between the second sidewall and the sixth sidewall, and between the third sidewall and the seventh sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Lee, Sheng-Yuan Chiu, Yen-Chang Chen, Po-Shu Huang, Ho-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11733575
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; a thin film transistor in a subpixel on an inner surface of first substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a common electrode generating an electric field with the pixel electrode; a black matrix in a border portion of the subpixel on an inner surface of the second substrate, the black matrix including a metallic material, and a voltage applied to the black matrix; and a color filter layer in a center portion of the subpixel on the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Yu, Hye-Ji Jeon, Kyoung-Seok Park, Key-Young Yang, Si-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 11733429
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the field of quasicrystalline structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chaney Lin, Paul J. Steinhardt, Salvatore Torquato
  • Patent number: 11703677
    Abstract: An aperture structure for a substrate for an optical device includes an optical cavity layer, a light absorbing layer, and a blocking layer. The optical cavity layer includes a dielectric material and is characterized by a refractive index of about 1.4 or greater, as measured at a wavelength of 550 nm. The light absorbing layer includes a metal or a metal alloy and is characterized by an extinction coefficient k of at least 1, as measured at a wavelength of 550 nm. The blocking layer includes a metal or a metal alloy and is characterized by an optical density of at least 3 at each wavelength of light in the range from 400 nm to 700 nm. The aperture structure includes a reflectance of less than 5% at each wavelength of light in the range from 400 nm to 700 nm, as measured through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Xu Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11693153
    Abstract: The disclosed structure is configured such that it does not support electromagnetic waves having frequencies within a selected band gap; those electromagnetic waves are thus reflected. Some variations provide an omnidirectional infrared reflector comprising a three-dimensional photonic crystal containing: rods of a first material that has a first refractive index, wherein the rods are arranged to form a plurality of lattice periods in three dimensions, and wherein the rods are connected at a plurality of nodes; and a second material that has a refractive index that is lower than the first refractive index, wherein the rods are embedded in the second material. The lattice spacing and the rod radius or width are selected to produce a photonic band gap within a selected band of the infrared spectrum. Methods of making and using the three-dimensional photonic crystal are described. Applications include thermal barrier coatings and blackbody emission signature control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Shanying Cui, Sean M. Meenehan, Tobias A. Schaedler, Phuong Bui
  • Patent number: 11693160
    Abstract: A photonic reflector device includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer, which functions as a retro-reflector, is formed of a first material contacting a second material and having a non-planar interface therebetween. The second layer, which functions as a photonic crystal, includes third and fourth materials that have different refractive indices from one another and are configured such that the second layer has a periodic optical potential along at least one dimension. The third layer, which functions as a Lambertian scatterer, includes a plurality of inclusions in a first matrix material. In combination, the layers may be optimized to synergistically reflect targeted wavelengths and/or polarizations of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Sarkissian, Phuong Phuc Nam Bui, Tobias Anton Schaedler, Shanying Cui
  • Patent number: 11678513
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, sub-pixels on the substrate, a passivation layer on the sub-pixels, and an emitted light control layer on the passivation layer to define a non-emissive area between the sub-pixels, wherein the emitted light control layer includes black matrix layers divided into at least two layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Hwan Hong, Kyung-Ah Chin, Seong-Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11668867
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate and including an end portion, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a polymer in a shape of a streak and a liquid crystal molecule, a light-emitting element having a light emitting portion opposed to the end portion, and a light guide located between the end portion and the light emitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Okuyama, Yudai Numata
  • Patent number: 11668972
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera, a liquid crystal panel including a display portion overlaid on the camera, a light guide having a first side surface and a main surface opposed to the liquid crystal panel and a first through hole, and a light source opposed to the first side surface. The camera is provided in the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Takimoto, Toshiki Kaneko, Takuo Kaitoh, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11662638
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a wiring substrate including a wiring line, a common electrode, a conduction member that is electrically conductive, the conduction member being configured to electrically couple the wiring line and the common electrode, a pixel electrode disposed between the wiring substrate and the common electrode, and an electro-optical layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The wiring substrate includes: an insulating layer disposed between the wiring line and the common electrode, a conduction electrode between the insulating layer and the common electrode and in contact with the insulating layer, the conduction member being disposed at the conduction electrode, and a contact portion composed of a material different from the conduction electrode and penetrating the insulating layer, the contact portion being configured to electrically couple the conduction electrode and the wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11658188
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an array substrate includes a first scan line, a second scan line, and a signal line. A semiconductor film has a coupling portion coupling one end of a first linear portion to one end of a second linear portion. Another end of the first linear portion of the semiconductor film and another end of the second linear portion of the semiconductor film are coupled to the signal line. In a plan view, the semiconductor film is disposed between the first scan line and the second scan line, the first linear portion intersects two first gate electrodes, and the second linear portion intersects two second gate electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 11656397
    Abstract: An integral light guide for an electronic display includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a body extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The body includes a prism section and a microstructure section, the prism section is arranged adjacent to the top surface, the microstructure section is arranged adjacent to the bottom surface. The prism section includes a prism pattern enclosed within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sami Maattanen
  • Patent number: 11653513
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a quantum dot film including a plurality of quantum dot material layers arranged in stack, the plurality of quantum dot material layers having refractive indices gradually ascending along a thickness direction of the quantum dot film. The present disclosure further provides a color filter layer and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juanjuan You, Li Sun, Guang Yan
  • Patent number: 11650449
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on a side, close to the second substrate, of the first substrate and spaced apart at intervals, a first dielectric layer for planarizing the plurality of first electrodes, a second dielectric layer disposed on a side, close to the liquid crystal layer, of the first dielectric layer, a light shielding portion disposed on the side, close to the liquid crystal layer, of the second substrate, and a control circuit configured to apply a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode so that the liquid crystal layer is in a first state or a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenqu Liu, Qi Yao, Feng Zhang, Zhijun Lv, Liwen Dong, Xiaoxin Song, Zhao Cui, Detian Meng, Libo Wang, Jifeng Tan, Xiandong Meng
  • Patent number: 11650362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarizing plate including: a polarizer; a hard coating layer having a thickness of 10 ?m or less formed on one surface side of the polarizer; and an optical laminate including a light-transmitting substrate formed on the other surface side of the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Seo, Jinseok Byun, Jaehoon Shim, Soo Kyoung Lee, Joo Jong Moon
  • Patent number: 11644708
    Abstract: A light shielding element substrate includes a substrate, a transparent island structure and a first light shielding layer. The transparent island structure is located on the substrate. The first light shielding layer is located on the transparent island structure. The first light shielding layer is overlapping with a part of the top surface of the transparent island structure. The first light shielding layer has a first through hole overlapping the top surface of the transparent island structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Yao Chen, Jui-Chi Lo, Jui-Ping Yu
  • Patent number: 11643362
    Abstract: A display device according to some exemplary embodiment includes: a display area; a non-display area surrounding the display area and including a sealing area; a first substrate including a center portion including a portion in the display area and an external portion including a portion in the sealing area; a second substrate including a center portion including a portion in the display area and an external portion including a portion in the sealing area; and a sealing portion between the first substrate and the second substrate and in the sealing area, wherein a thickness of the center portion of the first substrate is different from a thickness of the external portion of the first substrate, and a thickness of the center portion of the second substrate is different from a thickness of the external portion of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kon Kim, Chun Gi You