Patents Examined by Mariam Qureshi
  • Patent number: 11982914
    Abstract: The present application relates to an array substrate and a display panel. In the present application, a first common line and a first sharing line are respectively disposed on two sides of a scan line, thereby preventing a situation in the prior art that the first sharing line penetrates a main pixel region and a sub-pixel region vertically, thereby improving an aperture ratio and a transmittance of the array substrate. The first common line, the first sharing line, and the scan line are disposed in a same layer, thereby further improving the transmittance of the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juncheng Xiao, Ji Li, Fen Long, Yingchun Zhao, Ru Ge
  • Patent number: 11985849
    Abstract: A polarizer and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The polarizer includes a polarizing layer, and the polarizing layer includes a first polarizing region and a second polarizing region. A light transmittance of the first polarizing region is greater than a light transmittance of the second polarizing region, and a ratio of the light transmittance of the first polarizing region to the light transmittance of the second polarizing region is 1.1:1 to 2.6:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Yu, Yu Zhang, Weiyun Huang, Zhenli Zhou
  • Patent number: 11977301
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer and a plurality of strip-shaped spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. In the liquid crystal display panel, there is an overlapping area between an orthographic projection of a first signal line on a target base and an orthographic projection of a second signal line on the target base, and an orthographic projection of the strip-shaped spacer on the target base is not overlapped with the overlapping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinshuai Duan, Xiaojuan Wu, Hongliang Yuan, Wei Zhao, Yao Bi, Jiaxing Wang, Hao Yan, Li Tian, Liping Lei
  • Patent number: 11977308
    Abstract: An electrically controlled birefringence liquid crystal display device performs a normally black display. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer and a reflective portion to reflect light that is incident through a display surface of the liquid crystal display panel and that passes through the liquid crystal layer, a first polarizing plate on the display surface, and a half-wavelength plate between the liquid crystal display panel and the first polarizing plate. A phase difference ?nd?1 of the liquid crystal layer is less than a half of a phase difference ?nd?2 of the half-wavelength plate. The phase difference ?nd?2 of the half-wavelength plate indicates a positively dispersive wavelength, and a low axis of the half-wavelength plate intersects with an orientation axis of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer under no electric field being applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Soda
  • Patent number: 11977289
    Abstract: Provided are a wide-viewing-angle optical film, a manufacturing method of the wide-viewing-angle optical film, and a liquid crystal display device. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate and forming a first light-transmissive layer at one side of the substrate; performing light treatment on the first light-transmissive layer to form protrusions on a surface of the first light-transmissive layer; and forming a second light-transmissive layer on one side of the first light-transmissive layer away from the substrate, in which a refractive index of a material of the second light-transmissive layer is greater than a refractive index of a material of the first light-transmissive layer to obtain a wide-viewing-angle film including the first light-transmissive layer and the second light-transmissive layer stacked on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Ji Li
  • Patent number: 11971626
    Abstract: Provided are a barrier film having superior close adhesion to a phosphor layer when used for a wavelength conversion sheet, a wavelength conversion sheet having the barrier film, and a backlight and a display device including the wavelength conversion sheet. A barrier film for a wavelength conversion sheet, comprising: a barrier layer; and a primer layer, wherein the primer layer comprises a cured product of a polyurethane-based resin composition, and when a surface of an opposite side of the primer layer from the barrier layer is subjected to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to obtain a C1s spectrum, P2/P1 is 0.55 or more, where P1 is an area of a peak assigned to a C—C bond in the C1s spectrum and P2 is an area of a peak assigned to a C—O bond in the C1s spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuji Nakajima, Shuichi Tamura, Takeshi Sakamoto, Ryutaro Harada
  • Patent number: 11960158
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a large display portion with improved portability is provided. The display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel, and an adhesive layer. The area of the second display panel is larger than the area of the first display panel. The first display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a reflective liquid crystal element and a first transistor each positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second display panel includes a first resin layer having flexibility, a second resin layer having flexibility, and a light-emitting element and a second transistor each positioned between the first resin layer and the second resin layer. The liquid crystal element has a function of reflecting light toward the second substrate side. The light-emitting element has a function of emitting light toward the second resin layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Eguchi, Hideaki Kuwabara, Kazune Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 11963394
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a display element layer disposed on the substrate, where the display element layer includes a light emitting element which emits light; a polarizing film disposed on the display element layer, where the polarizing film includes a first polarizer having a first absorption axis extending to a first direction and a first transmission axis extending to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a first layer disposed on one surface of the polarizing film, where the first layer has a first phase difference. Light emitted from the display element layer has a polarizing axis, and an angle between the polarizing axis and one of the first absorption axis and the first transmission axis is in a range of about 25 degrees to about 65 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Young Lee, Eun Mi Seo, Gil Yeong Park, Min Ju Oh
  • Patent number: 11953796
    Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes a first Pancharatnam-Berry phase (“PBP”) lens, and a second PBP lens stacked with the first PBP lens. Each of the first PBP lens and the second PBP lens includes a liquid crystal (“LC”) layer. Each side of the LC layer is provided with a continuous electrode and a plurality of patterned electrodes. The patterned electrodes in the first PBP lens are arranged non-parallel to the patterned electrodes in the second PBP lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lu Lu, Xiayu Feng, Hsien-Hui Cheng
  • Patent number: 11947213
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a vehicle-mounted liquid crystal display device are provided. In the liquid crystal display panel, in an array substrate and/or a color filter substrate, a number of reflective interfaces in a functional area is greater than a number of reflective interfaces in a display area. Under the condition that an infrared optical transmittance is not affected, a reflectivity of light in the functional area is improved compared to the display area. This reduces or even eliminates a brightness difference between the functional area and the display area when a display is completely black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Xu, Yang Yu, Song Li
  • Patent number: 11940686
    Abstract: A spatial light modulator (100) comprises a liquid crystal material (104), first and second electrodes (106, 108) disposed on opposing sides of the liquid crystal material (104), and a diffractive optical element (120) disposed between the electrodes (106, 108) and extending laterally across the modulator (100). The diffractive optical element (120) comprises an array of diffracting formations (122) formed from sub-wavelength structures. The array of diffracting formations (122) defines a phase profile adapted to modify the incident wavefront of light reflected off the second electrode and to apply a position-dependent wavefront correction to the incident wavefront of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Luke Stewart, Glen W Baxter, Jeremy Bolger
  • Patent number: 11940639
    Abstract: In some implementations, an optical device includes a one-way mirror formed by a polarization selective mirror and an absorptive polarizer. The absorptive polarizer has a transmission axis aligned with the transmission axis of the reflective polarizer. The one-way mirror may be provided on the world side of a head-mounted display system. Advantageously, the one-way mirror may reflect light from the world, which provides privacy and may improve the cosmetics of the display. In some implementations, the one-way mirror may include one or more of a depolarizer and a pair of opposing waveplates to improve alignment tolerances and reduce reflections to a viewer. In some implementations, the one-way mirror may form a compact integrated structure with a dimmer for reducing light transmitted to the viewer from the world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Magic leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Chulwoo Oh, Ravi Kumar Komanduri, David Kleinman, Vaibhav Mathur, David Manly
  • Patent number: 11934074
    Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a wiring line and a pixel electrode. The liquid crystal layer includes a stripe-shaped polymer extending in a first direction and a liquid crystal molecule. The liquid crystal layer includes a first polymer in an area overlapping the wiring line and a second polymer in an area overlapping the pixel electrode. The first polymer includes a first portion extending in a direction different from the first direction. The second polymer includes a second portion extending in a direction different from the first direction. A density of the first portion is higher than a density of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ikeda, Kentaro Okuyama, Tenfu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11927754
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes: an image light generating device; a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generating device; a folding mirror configured to reflect, in an intersecting direction, the image light from the projection optical system; a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a portion of the image light from the folding mirror; and a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, toward the semi-transmissive mirror, the image light reflected at the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, in which an optical axis of the image light extending from the image light generating device to the folding mirror is disposed between a first virtual extension plane obtained by imaginarily extending the semi-transmissive mirror and a second virtual extension plane obtained by imaginarily extending the concave surface mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Matsumoto, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11927840
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel and a viewing angle control unit disposed opposite to the display panel. The viewing angle control unit includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a plurality of protrusions disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of shielding units disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed corresponding to the plurality of protrusions. One of the shielding units forms a first projection on the first substrate, one of the protrusions forms a second projection on the first substrate, and the second projection falls within the first projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: I-Kai Pan, Su-Chen Yen, Ying-Chieh Tsai
  • Patent number: 11915078
    Abstract: A display panel, a display screen, and an electronic apparatus are provided. Wherein, the display panel includes a first limiting part and a second limiting part, wherein the first limiting part and the second limiting part are configured to limit an identification pattern within a preset region; a first sealing part disposed between the first limiting part and the second limiting part and disposed on a first side of the identification pattern; and a first vacuum area disposed on a second side of the identification pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Pengfei Yu
  • Patent number: 11906832
    Abstract: A dual side view display includes a waveguide with an inside transparent layer and an outside transparent layer spaced apart from and parallel to the inside transparent layer, and a plurality of inside view liquid crystal (LC) pixels and a plurality of outside view LC pixels disposed within the waveguide. The plurality of outside view LC pixels are disposed within the waveguide parallel to and in-plane with the plurality of inside view LC pixels. The plurality of inside LC pixels includes a plurality of outside blocking layers configured to block light scattered in the plurality of inside view LC pixels from propagating through the outside transparent layer. Also, the plurality of outside view LC pixels includes a plurality of inside blocking layers configured to block light scattered in the plurality of outside view LC pixels from propagating through the inside transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., MIRISE Technology Corporation, Kent State University
    Inventors: Deng-Ke Yang, Yunho Shin, Guangkui Qin, Sean P. Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 11906863
    Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a wiring line and a pixel electrode. The liquid crystal layer includes a stripe-shaped polymer extending in a first direction and a liquid crystal molecule. The liquid crystal layer includes a first polymer in an area overlapping the wiring line and a second polymer in an area overlapping the pixel electrode. The first polymer includes a first portion extending in a direction different from the first direction. The second polymer includes a second portion extending in a direction different from the first direction. A density of the first portion is higher than a density of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ikeda, Kentaro Okuyama, Tenfu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11906822
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire a detected value of a sensor that detects presence or absence of a person within a predetermined range outside one or more openings that is formed in a wall surface of a first building, each of the one or more openings using light control glass, the wall surface facing outside, and control transmittance of the light control glass based on the detected value of the sensor. A building includes one or more opening that is formed in at least a wall surface that faces outside, the opening using light control glass; a sensor that detects presence or absence of a person within a predetermined range outside the one or more openings; and a control device that controls transmittance of the light control glass based on a detected value of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Ibuki Shimada, Keisuke Shoji, Shuhei Yamamoto, Hideo Hasegawa, Yurika Tanaka, Satoshi Komamine
  • Patent number: 11899296
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a large display portion with improved portability is provided. The display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel, and an adhesive layer. The area of the second display panel is larger than the area of the first display panel. The first display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a reflective liquid crystal element and a first transistor each positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second display panel includes a first resin layer having flexibility, a second resin layer having flexibility, and a light-emitting element and a second transistor each positioned between the first resin layer and the second resin layer. The liquid crystal element has a function of reflecting light toward the second substrate side. The light-emitting element has a function of emitting light toward the second resin layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Eguchi, Hideaki Kuwabara, Kazune Yokomizo