Patents Examined by Lucy Chien
  • Patent number: 9817259
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-screen display device, which comprises a plurality of first liquid crystal displays and a plurality of second liquid crystal displays, wherein said plurality of first liquid crystal displays are arranged at intervals, said plurality of second liquid crystal displays are disposed on the frame of two corresponding and adjacent first liquid crystal displays. The multi-screen display device disclosed by the present invention can greatly decrease the display gap between two adjacent liquid crystal displays, improving the display area and the display effect, enhancing the end user's viewing experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9804464
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a glass substrate and a plurality of pixel structures formed on the glass substrate, each pixel structure includes a light transmitting region and a light non-transmitting region, wherein the light non-transmitting region includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a passivation layer sequentially formed on the glass substrate; and the light transmitting region includes a pixel electrode which is directly formed on the glass substrate, and the pixel electrode extends to the light non-transmitting region and is electrically connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode. A method of preparing the array substrate and a liquid crystal panel including the array substrate are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongzi Gao
  • Patent number: 9785016
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal grating, a manufacturing method and a drive method thereof, and an optical phased array. In the liquid crystal grating, plurality of first electrodes are formed on a lower substrate with first gaps formed between adjacent first electrodes, second electrodes are further provided above the first gaps with second gaps formed between adjacent second electrodes, and an insulation layer is provided between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. When voltages are applied to the first electrodes and the second electrodes, continuously and smoothly changing electric field is generated inside the liquid crystal grating, and then phases of incident light may be controlled continuously and smoothly, which improves the ability of the liquid crystal grating to modulate light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiming Shi, Ling Shi, Tao Sun, Yunfei Li
  • Patent number: 9784982
    Abstract: A configuration of a stereoscopic display device that is capable of maintaining crosstalk at a low level even when a viewer moves is provided. A stereoscopic display device (1) includes: a display panel (10) for displaying an image; a switch liquid crystal panel (20) that is arranged so as to be stacked on the display panel (10); a position sensor for acquiring position information of a viewer; and a control unit for moving a parallax barrier in which transmitting regions and non-transmitting regions are formed in periodic fashion in a predetermined alignment direction, in such a manner that the parallax barrier is moved in the predetermined alignment direction in accordance with the position information, and causing the switch liquid crystal panel (20) to display the parallax barrier. The switch liquid crystal panel (20) includes: a liquid crystal layer (23) in which refractive index anisotropy ?n of liquid crystal molecules is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Murao, Ryoh Kikuchi, Takuto Yoshino, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9784910
    Abstract: A backlight apparatus is provided that may have: a backlight having a light guide plate; and a frame supporting the backlight and having a fitted portion. The light guide plate has a light guide main body, and a protruding portion extending outward from one of side edges of the light guide main body. The protruding portion is fitted into the fitted portion. The light guide plate is provided with a gap formed at least partially in the protruding portion. The gap defines a first wall extending from one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the light guide plate toward the other of the top surface and the bottom surface. The first wall provides a reflection surface for light waves carried by the light guide plate that approach the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takenori Yaguchi
  • Patent number: 9759914
    Abstract: Provided are: a backlight unit that is capable of increasing the degree of freedom in design of a device on which the backlight unit is mounted; and a display device which is provided with this backlight unit. This backlight unit is provided with: a light source which emits light that illuminates a liquid crystal display element; a light collection means for focusing the light emitted from the light source on a display region (A) of the liquid crystal display element; and a reflective part which has a reflective surface that reflects the light emitted from the light source toward the liquid crystal display element. This backlight unit is configured such that the optical path for the light from the light source to the liquid crystal display element is replicated at the reflective part by having the reflective surface inclined to the optical axis (AX) of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Shigeno, Kazuya Matsuura
  • Patent number: 9753332
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate including a first area and a second area disposed adjacent to the first area; a display element disposed on the first substrate to correspond to the first area; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate with a display element interposed therebetween and configured to expose the second area; and a sealant interposed in at least one edge portion area between the first substrate and the second substrate and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Yong Kim, Su Jung Huh, Jean Ho Song
  • Patent number: 9746737
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate on which a first alignment layer is formed, a second substrate on which a second alignment layer is formed, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second alignment layers and including liquid crystals of a helical structure in which a helical axis is parallel to the first and second substrates. At least one of the first and second alignment layers has a graduation distribution profile of a pretilt angle which ranges from about 0 degrees to about 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Si-Heun Kim, Chang-Hun Lee, Jun-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 9731144
    Abstract: A light emitting element display device can be used for light therapy. The device includes: a display panel including a plurality of light emitting elements; a retarder plate configured to convert light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements into circularly polarized light; and a selective polarizer configured to selectively convert light supplied from the retarder plate into linearly polarized light or allow penetration of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Gyeong Jo, Jong In Baek, Byeong Hee Won, Won Sang Park
  • Patent number: 9726944
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device including a first substrate; a second substrate; a first electrode provided on a first surface of the first substrate, the first surface facing the second substrate, the first electrode including a plurality of convex and concave portions; a second electrode provided on a second surface of the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Suwa, Masashi Miyakawa, Chikashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9726951
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided with a thin film transistor which includes a gate electrode film that is provided in a first electrode layer located over a first insulating layer, a semiconductor film that is disposed over the gate electrode film via a second insulating layer, a drain electrode and a source electrode that are provided in a second electrode layer located over the semiconductor film and are in contact with an upper surface of the semiconductor film, and a light blocking film that is disposed under the first insulating layer. At least a part thereof overlaps the semiconductor film and the gate electrode film in a plan view. One of the drain electrode and the source electrode is connected to a gate line, and the light blocking film is electrically connected to the source electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Motoharu Miyamoto, Masahiro Hoshiba
  • Patent number: 9709848
    Abstract: A pixel of a transflective liquid crystal display panel having a controllable backlight comprises an array of sub-pixels and a color substrate with an array of colors corresponding to the array of sub-pixels, the array of colors comprising transmissive colors and reflective colors. The color substrate transmits at least one wavelength of light corresponding to the transmissive colors in the array of colors when the controllable backlight emits a first predetermined light level and, from substantially the same area in the color substrate, reflects at least one wavelength of light corresponding to the reflective colors in the array of colors when the controllable backlight emits a second predetermined light level. The transmissive colors may be primary or secondary colors, and the reflective colors may be primary or secondary colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Amel Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Nathanael Neveux
  • Patent number: 9709851
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image. A switching panel activates a lenticular lens during a three-dimensional mode and deactivate the lenticular lens in a two-dimensional mode by arranging liquid crystal molecules thereof. A pattern retarder is disposed between the display panel and the switching panel and includes a first retarder part converting light emanating from the display panel to a first circularly polarized light and a second retarder part converting the light emanating from the display panel to a second circularly polarized light. The switching panel includes first and second areas respectively corresponding to the first and second retarder parts, and the liquid crystal molecules are rotated in a first direction in the first area and a second direction in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunseung Seo, Kyungho Jung
  • Patent number: 9703150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can be miniaturized while preventing display defects such as flicker. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including a wiring connected to an electrode to supply a common signal. The electrode includes a first electrode portion formed in a transparent conductive layer. The wiring is formed outside a display region and includes at least one of the first wiring portion and a second wiring portion and a third wiring portion facing the at least one of the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion. The first wiring portion, the second wiring portion, and the third wiring portion are respectively formed in a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9690145
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a pixel-displaying region, including: at least two pixels including a plurality of sub-pixels; and a light-shielding layer including a matrix portion and an enlarged portion, wherein the enlarged portion is disposed at an intersection of two of the adjacent sub-pixels and is adjacent to the matrix portion; wherein the matrix portion defines the sub-pixels, and a total area of the sub-pixels is defined as a first area and a ratio of an area of the enlarged portion to the first area is about 1.5% to 6%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung-Kun Chen, Fang-Jin Lee, Yi-Chin Lee, Kuan-Hung Kuo, Chao-Yu Cheng, Chi-Han Hsieh, Hong-Kang Chang
  • Patent number: 9690410
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display region including a plurality of display pixels arrayed in a matrix, an array substrate including a plurality of first electrodes which are arrayed in a matrix, second electrodes which are arranged on the same layer as a layer of the first electrodes and connect the first electrodes to each other, and third electrodes which are arrayed in a matrix on the first electrodes and the second electrodes, a countersubstrate which is arranged to face the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the array substrate and the countersubstrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Doi, Toshihiro Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 9678361
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms to power automatic accommodation by an eye-mountable device. In an embodiment, the eye-mountable device includes an accommodation actuator to change an optical strength of the eye-mountable device. Control logic of the eye-mountable device is to transition a supply voltage between different levels to drive operation of the accommodation actuator, including the control logic to perform a step-wise transition of the supply voltage from a first voltage level to a second voltage level. In another embodiment, the control logic includes a bidirectional direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter. During the step-wise transition of the supply voltage, the bidirectional DC-DC converter is configured to aid in recharging a battery of the eye-mountable device with charge from the accommodation actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventor: William J. Biederman
  • Patent number: 9664946
    Abstract: A display is disclosed that may prevent a polarizing layer of a display area from being delaminated from a functional panel by absorbing impact caused by an external force by an adhesive enhancement layer arranged outside the polarizing layer on a color filter substrate and an adhesive layer arranged between a non-display area of a transistor substrate and a light emitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HyunKi Kim, Moojin Kim
  • Patent number: 9664934
    Abstract: A fabricating method of a liquid crystal device includes a first step of forming light blocking portions in an element substrate, a second step of forming first and second microlenses in a counter substrate, and a third step of disposing the element substrate and the counter substrate so as to face each other, such that the openings and the first and second microlenses overlap each other in a planar view, and bonding the element substrate to the counter substrate such that a liquid crystal layer is interposed therebetween. In the third step, a center of the first microlens and a center of the second microlens are disposed in the same side in at least one direction of the X direction and the Y direction with respect to a center of gravity of the opening, in a planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9658493
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first electrode which is disposed on the first substrate, and which includes a stem part for dividing a pixel into a plurality of domains, a plurality of micro branch parts extending in one direction from at least one stem of the stem part, and a peripheral bundle electrode connected to an end of at least one of the micro branch parts and disposed along an edge of the pixel, a first panel including protrusions arranged along an outer circumference of the peripheral bundle electrode and projected in the direction vertical to the first substrate, a second substrate, a second panel including a second electrode which is disposed on the second substrate and which faces the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first panel and the second panel and which includes liquid crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Ik Han Oh, Se Hyun Lee, Wan Namgung, Ho Jun Lee, Youn Hak Jeong, Ki Pyo Hong