Patents Examined by Lucy Chien
  • Patent number: 9335565
    Abstract: A light attenuating optical arrangement for assembly to an eye-shielding device includes an optical element having an electronically controlled guest-host liquid crystal cell for variably attenuating transmission of light, the liquid crystal cell including first and second plastic substrates. A controller is electrically connected to the liquid crystal cell and is configured to selectively supply a voltage across the liquid crystal cell. The controller is provided with a means for electrically connecting the controller to a power source, and a means for attaching the controller to the eye-shielding device. The optical element is provided with a means for attaching an outer periphery of the optical element to a surface of a viewing lens of an eye-shielding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ALPHAMICRON INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Roy E. Miller, IV, Bahman Taheri, Tamas Kosa, Jonathan Figler, Damien Burt, Christine Martincic, Eui-Yeul Park
  • Patent number: 9329730
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a color filter substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a touch type liquid crystal display panel capable of improving the performance of the touch type liquid crystal display panel. The color filter substrate comprises: a base substrate; a driving electrode disposed on a lower surface of the base substrate; a sensing electrode disposed on an upper surface of the base substrate; the driving electrode and the sensing electrode form a touch sensing capacitor with the base substrate as a dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haisheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9329399
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a naked-eye three-dimensional image display method and device, and the naked-eye three-dimensional image display method comprises: with a control means, making a two-dimensional display screen display a left-eye image at a first moment, and synchronously applying a first set of voltages to a liquid crystal lens located at a light-exiting side of the two-dimensional display screen, so that the left-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a left eye of an observer; and with the control means, making the two-dimensional display screen display a right-eye image at a second moment, and synchronously applying a second set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens, so that the right-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a right eye of the observer; wherein a time interval between the first moment and the second moment is not more than visual persistence time of human eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junrui Zhang, Junhwan Lim, Yuanming Feng, Bo Shi
  • Patent number: 9332250
    Abstract: In order to provide a display device capable of improving the display quality at the time of 2D display and 3D display, the present invention provides a display device that includes: a display panel that displays an image; and a liquid crystal lens panel that is arranged on the display surface side of the display panel, controls a refractive index in a cylindrical lens manner to form parallax barriers, and switches 2D display and 3D display, and the liquid crystal lens panel includes: a first transparent substrate that is arranged on the display panel side; a second transparent substrate that is arranged to face the first substrate through a liquid crystal layer; and a first polarizing plate that is formed on the display surface side of the second transparent substrate to control a polarization direction of light transmitting through the liquid crystal lens panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sugita, Shinichiro Oka, Shinichi Komura, Toshio Miyazawa, Terunori Saitou, Miyuki Sugita
  • Patent number: 9310946
    Abstract: A capacitive-type touch control display includes: a rear plate including a first polarizer sheet and a TFT array layer; a front plate including a color filter layer, a second polarizer sheet, an adhesive layer, a transparent touch sensor layer adhesively bonded to the second polarizer sheet through the adhesive layer, and a transparent hard coating layer formed on the touch sensor layer; a liquid crystal cell; and a housing including a main body and an end flange. The main body has an open end. The end flange extends inwardly and transversely from the open end, and defines a front window that exposes a touch sensing region of the touch sensor layer underneath the hard coating layer. The end flange covers a peripheral region of the touch sensor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Top Victory Investments Limited
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Lin, Yung-Shin Liou
  • Patent number: 9298054
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method of manufacturing the same, which can increase a transmittance of a high-resolution pixel. The LCD device includes a gate line formed to be shared by vertically adjacent first and second pixels, a data line formed to interest the gate line, first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) respectively formed in the first and second pixels, a passivation layer formed to cover the first and second TFTs, including a contact hole that exposes drains of the first and second TFTs, first and second pixel electrodes formed on the passivation layer and in the contact hole, and respectively connected to the drains of the first and second TFTs, and a common electrode formed under or on the first and second pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ka Kyung Kim, Eui Hyun Chung, Seong Jun Cho
  • Patent number: 9239489
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having backlight structures that include a light guide plate formed from a clear polymer film. The polymer film may have an edge into which light is emitted from an adjacent array of light-emitting diodes. The light emitting diodes may each include a semiconductor device that emits light. The semiconductor device in each diode may be mounted on lead frame structures and wirebonded to the lead frame structures with first and second wire bonds. To improve backlight homogeneity and thereby reduce the mixing distance for light in the light guide plate, the diodes may be spaced closely together using diode packages having end faces that are free of lead frame structures. Exposed lead frame structures for soldering the light-emitting diodes to a substrate may be formed under the light-emitting diodes and on rear surfaces of the light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Doyle, Shawn R. Gettemy
  • Patent number: 9239481
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display module includes a bottom chassis comprising a lower surface including at least one fastening hole disposed along a first direction; a printed circuit board comprising a first surface supported by the lower surface of the bottom chassis, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and at least one opening hole corresponding to the at least one fastening hole of the bottom chassis; a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the second surface of the printed circuit board; and at least one fastening member comprising a head part inserted into the at least one opening hole of the printed circuit board so as not to be protruded outwardly from the second surface of the printed circuit board, and a fastening part disposed in and affixed to the at least one fastening hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Mi Jung, Jeong Il Kang, Kun Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 9219163
    Abstract: The display device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film provided over the gate electrode, a semiconductor film provided over the gate insulating film to overlap with the gate electrode, an island-shaped first insulating film provided over the semiconductor film to overlap with the gate electrode, a first conductive film provided over the semiconductor film, a pair of second conductive films which is provided over the semiconductor film and between which the first insulating film is sandwiched, and a second insulating film provided over the first insulating film, the first conductive film, and the pair of second conductive films. In the second insulating film and the semiconductor film, an opening portion which is positioned between the first conductive film and the one or the other of the pair of second conductive films is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 9213197
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display. The color filter substrate comprises a plurality of elementary pixels. Each of the elementary pixels comprises sub-pixels in four colors. Among the sub-pixels in four colors, a sub-pixel in at least one of the colors has a number larger than or equal to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiangtao Wang, Wenbing Li, Xinli Ma, Yan Li
  • Patent number: 9213204
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 9201285
    Abstract: An electrode structure is proposed for controlling a spatially non-uniform electric field driving a tunable liquid crystal lens or beam steering device. The spatially non-uniform electrode structure enables the generation of a predetermined spatially non-uniform electric field profile where complex capacitive coupling between multiple different electrically floating neighboring electrode segments is employed for the generation of the electrical field of desired form by supplying an initial electric potential to a limited number of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: LENSVECTOR INC.
    Inventors: Tigran Galstian, Vladimir Presniakov, Karen Asatryan, Amir Tork, Armen Zohrabyan, Aram Bagramyan, Simon Careau
  • Patent number: 9194571
    Abstract: A backlight assembly and a display device including the backlight assembly include a light source which emits light, a light guide plate disposed adjacent to the light source and which receives the light emitted from the light source, a light source supporter including a bottom plane including a first region and a second region, and a first receiving unit including a bottom surface and a side wall. The light source and the light guide plate are disposed on the first region of the bottom plane, the second region extends from a portion of the first region on which the light source is disposed, the bottom surface is disposed opposite the light guide plate, and the side wall is disposed at an end portion of the bottom surface along a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Su Park, Jae-Sang Lee, Sang-Hyeok Lee, Ki-Hwan Baek
  • Patent number: 9196634
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a TFT array substrate, comprising: a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of data lines; pixel units located in areas defined by adjacent scan lines and adjacent data lines; wherein each of the pixel units comprises a first electrode and a second electrode stacked and insulated from each other, the first electrode is flat shape, and the second electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes extending along a first direction and arranged along a second direction; a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit adjacent to each other form a unit group; the first pixel unit comprises a first part extending along the first direction and a second part extending from an end area of the first part to the second pixel unit; the second pixel unit comprises a third part extending along the first direction and a fourth part extending from an end area of the third part to the first pixel unit; and the second part is staggered with the fourth part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: Shanghai AVIC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Wang, Zhaokeng Cao, Yao Lin, Longcai Xin
  • Patent number: 9188815
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, liquid crystal optical apparatus includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, first electrodes extending in a first direction, a first sub electrode, and a second sub electrode. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and an opposing electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units and. The first substrate unit including at least one selected from: a first distance between the one electrode of the first electrodes and the first sub electrode longer than a second distance between the other electrode of the first electrodes and the second sub electrode; and a first width of the first sub electrode narrower than a second width of the second sub electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Uehara, Masako Kashiwagi, Ayako Takagi, Masahiro Baba, Yuko Kizu, Yoshiharu Momonoi
  • Patent number: 9188818
    Abstract: A pixel structure including a first and a second pixel electrode is provided. The first pixel electrode includes a first main portion and first branches. The second pixel electrode includes a second main portion and second branches. The first and second main portions are disposed at an edge of a pixel region. The first and second branches respectively extend from the first and second main portions. The second branches and the first branches are arranged in alternation, and the first branch is parallel to the adjacent second branch. A first opening is formed at neighboring ends of the first main portion and the second main portion. The end of the first main portion has a first bending part, the first bending part is disposed at the edge of the pixel region, and an end of the second branch close to the first opening is surrounded by the first bending part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Ying Kung, Wei-Cheng Cheng, Sau-Wen Tsao, Cho-Yan Chen, Tien-Lun Ting
  • Patent number: 9188807
    Abstract: A hard-screen polarizing plate for a liquid crystal screen includes a polyvinyl alcohol film (1) and a protective film (2). The protective film (2) is adhered to a surface of the polyvinyl alcohol film (1) facing a light emitting surface (41) of a liquid crystal cell (4). The hard-screen polarizing plate further includes a glass substrate (3). The glass substrate (3) is adhered to a light emitting surface (12) of the polyvinyl alcohol film (1) for serving as a protective layer of the second light emitting surface (12) of the polyvinyl alcohol film (1). The hard-screen polarizing plate is adhered to a light emitting surface (41) of the liquid crystal cell (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: OPTON (FU JIAN) OPTICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhang Lu, Hong Huang, Qiming Yu
  • Patent number: 9182535
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD device with reduced thickness and bezel width. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal display panel configured to include an upper substrate and a lower substrate that are facing-coupled to each other, a backlight unit configured to include a light guide plate which irradiates light incident from a light source module on the liquid crystal display panel and an optical sheet disposed on the light guide plate, and a coupling member configured to couple the liquid crystal display panel to the light guide plate with the optical sheet therebetween such that a sealed space is provided between the liquid crystal display panel and the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Seok Lee, Choun Sung Kang, Yong Ik Hwang, Hee Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 9171933
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixel areas and a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate. A first light blocking member is disposed on the thin film transistor, and a contact hole is disposed in the first light blocking member to expose a portion of the thin film transistor. A pixel electrode is disposed on the first light blocking member, and connected with the thin film transistor through the contact hole. A second light blocking member is disposed on the pixel electrode overlapping with the contact hole. A roof layer is disposed spaced apart from the pixel electrode with a microcavity interposed therebetween. An injection hole is disposed below the roof layer to expose a portion of the microcavity, and a liquid crystal layer is disposed in the microcavity. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the roof layer covering the injection hole so as to seal the microcavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Ho Lee, Won Tae Kim, Kyung Tae Chae, Yong Seok Kim, Sung Hwan Won
  • Patent number: 9164315
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a transflective liquid crystal display and a method for manufacturing the same. The transflective liquid crystal display comprises: an array substrate; a color filter substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate; a plurality of pixels formed on the array substrate, wherein each pixel comprises a transmissive region and a reflective region, and the liquid crystal layer has the same thickness at the transmissive region and the reflective region; a first transparent electrode formed on the array substrate; a second transparent electrode formed on the color filter substrate at the transmissive region, wherein an initial optical delay of the liquid crystal layer at the transmissive region is different from that of the liquid crystal layer at the reflective region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Xu, Hui Li