Patents Examined by Mark Robinson
  • Patent number: 8325307
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate; a first electrode having a linear portion formed in the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a second electrode having a linear portion formed adjacent to the first electrode; an insulating film disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode disposed on the insulting film correspond to the linear portion of the first electrode; and a fourth electrode disposed on the insulting film correspond to the linear portion of the second electrode. In the liquid crystal display, a voltage different from those of the second electrode and the third electrode is applied to the first electrode, and the first electrode and the second electrode are partially notched in the width direction of the linear portion in at least one side edge of the linear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Joji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8325301
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a substrate, and red, green, blue (RGB) color filters. The RGB color filters are spaced from one another with a predetermined gap therebetween on the substrate, and define RGB sub-pixels. The LCD device further comprises black matrixes disposed at each space between the RGB color filters, and barriers disposed at each interface among the RGB sub-pixels such that the barriers control a path of light that passes through a corresponding sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hoon Woo, Young-Bok Lee
  • Patent number: 8325317
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an LCD includes providing first and second substrates. A gate electrode, a gate line, a connection electrode, a common electrode and a pixel electrode are formed on the first substrate through a first making process. A first insulation film is formed on the first substrate. A first insulation film pattern having multiple contact holes are formed through a second masking process. An active pattern is formed on the first substrate and source and drain electrodes are operationally connected with the active pattern through some of the contact holes. A gate electrode, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode may be formed substantially together through a slit exposure. An active pattern and source and drain electrodes may be formed substantially together. The number of masks needed to fabricate the display may be reduced to simplify a fabrication process and protect a channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joon-Young Yang
  • Patent number: 8325283
    Abstract: A recording device includes: a voltage application unit that applies a voltage exceeding a first threshold value to a display medium; a photosensitive layer in which an impedance changes depending on an irradiated light; and a light irradiation unit that irradiates light of a first intensity that changes the impedance of the display medium at the approximately same time as when the voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and, and when the voltage is no longer applied by the voltage application unit, irradiates light that has a second intensity lower than the first intensity and that damps the residual voltage to the second threshold value or below within a length of time equal to or less than the third threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hirano, Taijyu Gan, Haruo Harada, Takashi Morikawa, Chisato Urano, Yasunori Okano, Hiroshi Arisawa
  • Patent number: 8325320
    Abstract: A method for repairing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is provided for an LCD device whose LCD panel has a gravity defect. The method includes the steps of cutting an edge of the LCD panel, applying pressure to a surface of the LCD panel to exhaust excess liquid crystal material through the cut edge, and sealing the cut edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Kyun Lee, Dong Su Shin
  • Patent number: 8325308
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display panel including: first substrate and second substrate configured to sandwich a liquid crystal layer and be disposed opposed to each other, a display sub-pixel and a viewing angle control sub-pixel being formed in the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer configured to be provided on an outer surface side of the first substrate; and a second polarizer configured to be provided on an outer surface side of the second substrate and have an optical axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the first polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Joji Nishimura, Aya Yoso, Shintaro Hama
  • Patent number: 8319903
    Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes gate lines arranged in a first direction on an array substrate, data lines arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, one or more storage electrodes provided on the array substrate, common electrodes extending across each pixel region, pixel electrodes arranged to be substantially parallel to the common electrodes, the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes being alternately arranged to generate an in-plane field in each pixel region, thin film transistors (TFTs) provided at intersection areas of the gate lines and the data lines, each TFT including a source electrode connected to the corresponding data line, a drain electrode connected to the corresponding pixel electrode and a gate electrode, and at least one common line located under the respective common electrode in the pixel region, the common line being substantially parallel to the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Young Oh, Joon-Youp Lee, Hyun-Cheol Jin, Min-Jic Lee
  • Patent number: 8319930
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display apparatus includes: display pixels each located at an intersection of a scan line and a data line and each provided with a display-pixel switching device, a display pixel electrode, and a liquid-crystal layer; vision-angle control pixels each located at an intersection of the scan line and a vision-angle control line and each provided with a vision-angle control pixel switching device, a vision-angle control pixel electrode, and a transmittance exhibited for a vision angle to serve as a transmittance with a characteristic different from that of the transmittance of the display pixel or a reflectance exhibited for a vision angle to serve as a reflectance with a characteristic different from that of the reflectance of the display pixel; a scan-line driving circuit; and a vision-angle control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Shimizu, Toshiharu Matsushima
  • Patent number: 8319919
    Abstract: A transflective type liquid crystal display device according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first sub-pixel electrode that is constituted of a transmissive region transmitting light from a back surface side to a display surface side; a second sub-pixel electrode that is constituted of a reflective region reflecting light being incident from the display surface side; and a connecting portion that electrically connects the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode to each other. The second sub-pixel electrode being constituted of the reflective region that is adjacent to the first sub-pixel electrode being constituted of the transmissive region has a reflective conductive thin film in which a hollowed out cutout portion is formed, in a region extending from the connecting portion connecting the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiya Ueda, Shohei Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8319922
    Abstract: In a transflective liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal layer has horizontal alignment, and a polarizing plate having a transmission axis parallel with or orthogonal to an alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer is provided on a side opposite to the liquid crystal layer of an element substrate, and a polarizing plate having a transmission axis orthogonal to that of the polarizing plate is provided on a side opposite to the liquid crystal layer of a counter substrate. A resin layer having a first resin layer and a second resin layer being ?/2 retardation films is provided on the liquid crystal layer side of the counter substrate, and a slow axis of the first resin layer is disposed so as to be parallel with or orthogonal to the transmission axis of the polarizing plate, and a slow axis of the second resin layer crosses the alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 8319931
    Abstract: Certain embodiment of the invention discloses a new gate driver structure suitable for TFT (Thin Film Transistor) display apparatuses, comprising a gate driver having at least one channel for outputting voltage signals; a switch circuit for controlling the outputted voltage signals from the gate driver; and a TFT substrate wherein the gate driver and the switch circuit are positioned on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Ming-Yeong Chen, Yao-Hwei Lee, Shou Kai Chiu
  • Patent number: 8314905
    Abstract: The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, a transflective liquid crystal display panel that includes: a first substrate that has a plurality of pixel areas, each of the plurality of pixel areas having a transmissive area and a reflective area; and a second substrate that is provided opposite to the first substrate with a liquid crystal layer being sandwiched therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hayato Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 8310644
    Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a gate line and a data line arranged on the first substrate crossing each other and defining a pixel region, a switching device at a crossing of the gate line and the data line, a common electrode and a pixel electrode alternately disposed in the pixel region, at least one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode including a multi-layer having a conductor layer and a reflectance reducing layer, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Young Ahn
  • Patent number: 8310637
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a pixel electrode formed on the first substrate and having a plurality of branches. A plurality of alignment sections are interposed among the branches. An auxiliary liquid crystal layer having discotic liquid crystals is formed on the pixel electrode and the alignment sections. A main liquid crystal layer having a vertical alignment mode is formed on the auxiliary liquid crystal layer. A common electrode is formed on the main liquid crystal layer to apply an electric field to the main liquid crystal layer together with the pixel electrode. A second substrate is formed on the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-cheol Moon, Jooseok Yeom
  • Patent number: 8310648
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a liquid crystal display device with a sensing function and a method of fabricating the same. The device comprising gate and data lines crossing each other on a substrate, so as to define a pixel region including a pixel electrode; a first switching thin film transistor disposed at a crossing of the gate and data lines; a sensing thin film transistor, disposed at a predetermined portion of the pixel region, that senses external light; a sensing storage capacitor that stores a signal sensed by the sensing thin film transistor; and a second switching thin film transistor that receives the sensing signal stored and reads information that is externally inputted, wherein the sensing storage capacitor and the second switching thin film transistor are provided with a reflective region including a reflective electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Hwan Moon, Tae Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8310626
    Abstract: In the production method of the present invention, an emulsion including a copolymer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of ?50 to 20° C. is obtained by the emulsion polymerization of a monomer group including a monomer A that is a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (where the alkyl group is an open chain group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cyclic group with 5 to 20 carbon atoms) as the main monomer and a monomer B having a carbon-carbon double bond and a nonionic hydrophilic group such as a polyoxyalkylene group, an amide group, and a hydroxyl group. Liquid crystals are dispersed in this emulsion, which is applied onto a conductive film-coated substrate. Another conductive film-coated substrate is laminated thereto, and thus a liquid crystal light control device is obtained. A monomer C having a carboxyl group and/or an amino group and a carbon-carbon double bond may be used in combination with a crosslinking agent so that a crosslinked structure is introduced into the copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited, Daido Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Masaatsu Kido, Mitsuhiro Kawazu, Yuichi Yano, Daisuke Shiraishi, Hitoshi Shinike
  • Patent number: 8310614
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device preventing a liquid crystal display panel from damage by bending of a light-transmissive substrate and capable of curving a display surface of the panel is provided. The liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal layer sealed between a pair of light-transmissive substrates having pixel formation electrodes on inner surfaces thereof, and formed by assembling positive and negative curved surfaces with respect to one direction; a backlight mounted on a rear surface of the panel along a curved shape of the panel and having at least one light emission device irradiating illumination light toward the rear surface; and a resin member held in a space between peripheral portions where the panel is opposed to the backlight, and fixing and holding a curved state, is provided. Distortion of the light transmissive glass substrates by bending of the panel is eased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Sasaki, Hitoshi Azuma, Takao Ebine, Tomio Yaguchi, Shoichi Uchino, Akiko Iwata
  • Patent number: 8310634
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with first and second polarizing layers, a liquid-crystal layer, a matrix-driven electrode group; and a rear-illuminating device. Between the first polarizing layer and the liquid-crystal layer, a first optical compensating member is disposed without a birefringent medium sandwiched between the liquid-crystal layer and the first optical compensating member, and the first optical compensating member is constructed so that when a refractive index thereof in a slow-axis direction in a plane parallel to the substrate is taken as n1, a refractive index in a fast-axis direction in the plane parallel to the substrate is taken as n2, and a refractive index in a thickness direction is taken as n3, the first optical compensating member satisfies n1?n3>n2, and a slow axis thereof in the plane parallel to the substrate is substantially vertical to an optical axis of the liquid-crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Ojima, Daisuke Kajita, Ikuo Hiyama, Masahiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 8305538
    Abstract: A super large wide-angle high-speed response liquid crystal display apparatus manufactured by using a photolithographic procedure for three times. The invention adopts a halftone exposure technology to form a gate electrode, a common electrode, a pixel electrode and a contact pad, and then uses the halftone exposure technology to form a silicon (Si) island and a contact hole, and a general exposure technology to form a source electrode, a drain electrode and an orientation control electrode. A passivation layer uses a masking deposition method. A film is formed by using a P-CVD method, or a protective area is formed at a local area by using an ink coating method or spray method, and a TFT array substrate used for the super large wide-angle high-speed response liquid crystal display apparatus manufactured by using a photolithographic procedure for three times can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mikuni Electoron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakae Tanaka, Toshiyuki Samejima
  • Patent number: 8303094
    Abstract: The liquid supply apparatus has: a main tank which stores liquid; a sub tank which is disposed vertically above a recording head configured to eject the liquid and which is not connected to atmosphere, the sub tank being composed of a deformable member so that a volume of the sub tank is changed depending on a volume of the liquid in the sub tank; a first flow channel which connects the main tank with the sub tank; a second flow channel which connects the sub tank with the recording head; a flow rate determination device which determines a flow rate of the liquid in the second flow channel; a first pressure control device which controls an internal pressure of the main tank according to the flow rate determined by the flow rate determination device; and a second pressure control device which controls an internal pressure of the sub tank so as to fall within a prescribed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: FujiFilm Corporation
    Inventors: Gentaro Furukawa, Toshiya Kojima