Patents Examined by Paul C Lee
  • Patent number: 11644703
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal display panel bonded to a rear face of a front panel, a second liquid crystal display panel bonded to the rear face of the front panel and located side by side with the first liquid crystal display panel, a light-blocking rib disposed in a gap between the first liquid crystal display panel and the second liquid crystal display panel, a first backlight disposed to be opposite to the first liquid crystal display panel, and a second backlight disposed to be opposite to the second liquid crystal display panel. The rib includes a first corner and a second corner. A corner of the first liquid crystal display panel and a corner of the first backlight are in contact against inside of the first corner. A corner of the second backlight is in contact against inside of the second corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoharu Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11630352
    Abstract: A wavelength-tunable etalon includes a pair of substrates, each comprising a reflection layer, an electrode, and an alignment layer on opposing surfaces of the pair of substrates; a first seal line configured to seal liquid crystal between the pair of substrates; and a second seal line configured to divide a space in which the liquid crystal is sealed into a main liquid crystal accommodating space configured to pass laser and a sub-liquid crystal accommodating space provided external of the main liquid crystal accommodating space. The first seal line comprises a sub inlet configured to fluidly communicate the main liquid crystal accommodating space with the sub-liquid crystal accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Jang Kun Song
  • Patent number: 11624953
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light unit to emit blue light, a first base substrate disposed on the light unit, a gate pattern disposed on the first base substrate and including a gate electrode, a first inorganic insulation layer disposed on the gate pattern, a data pattern disposed on the first inorganic insulation layer and including a drain electrode, a light blocking pattern disposed on the first inorganic insulation layer, a second inorganic insulation layer disposed on the data pattern and the first inorganic insulation layer, a pixel electrode disposed on the second inorganic insulation layer, and electrically connected to the drain electrode, a color conversion pattern overlapping the pixel electrode and including a quantum dot or phosphor, and a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, wherein the light blocking pattern overlaps the thin film transistor, and the light blocking pattern is disposed on the first base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doyeong Park, Kee-Bum Park, Seongyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11614648
    Abstract: A first organic insulating film is arranged on a first substrate in a circumference area outside an active area. A mounting portion is located in the circumference area for mounting a signal source. A second organic insulating film is formed on a second substrate in the circumference area so as to face the first substrate. The second substrate exposes the mounting portion. A seal material is arranged between the first organic insulating film and the second organic insulating film to attach the first substrate and the second substrate. A resin layer is arranged between the first organic insulating film and the second organic insulating film in the circumference area, and formed in a rectangular frame shape including four linear ends. An end along the mounting portion is formed broadly than other ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Atsuko Oono
  • Patent number: 11614658
    Abstract: A vertical alignment liquid crystal display module including a vertical alignment liquid crystal display panel and an image color switch film is provided. The image color switch film is disposed on the vertical alignment liquid crystal display panel. In various viewing angle directions having included angles of 60 degrees to 75 degrees with respect to a normal of the image color switch film, the image color switch film has a following optical characteristic: an average transmittance of a visible light transmittance spectrum of the image color switch film at an end of short wavelength is less than an average transmittance of the visible light transmittance spectrum of the image color switch film at an end of long wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Chung-Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 11604375
    Abstract: A display device includes a diffuser plate, a plurality of light sources that irradiates the diffuser plate with light, a mounting substrate on which the plurality of light sources is mounted, a chassis to which the mounting substrate is secured, and a support member that is disposed between the chassis and the diffuser plate and that supports the diffuser plate. The support member includes a securing pin that is fitted in a hole that is formed in the mounting substrate, a support pin that is located between the diffuser plate and the chassis, and a coupling portion that extends in a plane direction of the mounting substrate and that couples the securing pin and the support pin with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Gotou
  • Patent number: 11592703
    Abstract: Provided are an optical film, a circularly polarizing plate, and an image display apparatus in each of which the occurrence of cracks is suppressed in the obtained film in a case of being punched. The optical film includes a stretched resin film and a liquid crystal layer formed by fixing a liquid crystal compound twist-aligned along a helical axis extending along a direction in thickness, in which a ?a value calculated using a three-dimensional solubility parameter of a resin in the stretched resin film is 8.0 MPa1/2 or less, the liquid crystal layer contains a cured substance of a polyfunctional compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule, and an absolute value of a difference between the ?a value calculated using the three-dimensional solubility parameter of the polyfunctional compound and the ?a value calculated using the three-dimensional solubility parameter of the resin is 4.0 MPa1/2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Fukushima, Keisuke Kodama, Yoshinori Maeda, Akira Maruyama, Yuki Nakamura, Shunya Katoh, Yuta Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11592711
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; light sources configured to emit blue light; a reflective sheet including four edge portions and a first hole and a second hole on each of the four edge portions of the reflective sheet, the first hole disposed at a first distance from an edge of the reflective sheet, and the second hole disposed at a second distance from the edge of the reflective sheet, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance; and first and second light conversion dots, wherein the first light conversion dots are disposed around the first hole of the reflective sheet, and the second light conversion dots are disposed around the second hole of the reflective sheet, wherein a size of each of the first light conversion dots is greater than a size of each of the second light conversion dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoonki Park, Hyungjin Kim, Yongsung Yoo, Youngwook Jung, Minnyeong Han
  • Patent number: 11592700
    Abstract: Provided are: a light guide element that includes an intermediate diffraction element to expand exit pupil such that a light utilization efficiency is high and a decrease in the brightness of an image to be displayed can be suppressed; and an image display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Katsumi Sasata, Yukito Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11586063
    Abstract: A display module and a method for driving the same, a display apparatus, and a vehicle are provided. The display module includes a backlight component, and a display component and a light-adjusting component that are located at a side of the backlight component facing toward a light-emitting direction of the display module. The backlight component includes a first light guide structure and a light regulating structure. The light-adjusting component includes first and second electrodes, and a first liquid crystal. The display module has a sharing mode and an anti-peeping mode. In the sharing mode, the first electrode and the second electrode are not energized, and the first liquid crystal is in a wide viewing angle state. In the anti-peeping mode, the first electrode and the second electrode drive the first liquid crystal to be in a narrow viewing angle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Longcai Xin, Zhiyuan Zhang, Fan Tian
  • Patent number: 11586074
    Abstract: A curved display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a first alignment layer including reactive mesogens which are polymerized with each other, the first alignment layer being disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and a second alignment layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate, where the reactive mesogens have a functional group having charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoungcheol Lee, Jang-Il Kim, Osung Seo, YeoGeon Yoon, SooJeong Huh
  • Patent number: 11586079
    Abstract: A film type package includes: a base film having first and second sides; a driver integrated circuit mounted on the base film; first connection pads disposed on a first area of the base film that is adjacent to the first side of the base film, and configured to be connected to a first external circuit; second connection pads disposed on a second area of the base film that is adjacent to the second side of the base film, and configured to be connected to a second external circuit; first signal lines disposed on the base film, and connecting the driver integrated circuit and the first connection pads; second signal lines disposed on the base film, and connecting the driver integrated circuit and the second connection pads; and a plurality of test lines extending from the driver integrated circuit to the first side of the base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hun Han, Jung Eun Koo, So Young Lim
  • Patent number: 11586070
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a front substrate and a back substrate, a plurality of brackets attached to a non-display area of a back surface of the back substrate using an adhesive, and a backlight unit positioned in the rear of the display panel. The backlight unit includes a frame including at least one protrusion, a light guide plate disposed between the frame and the display panel, the light guide plate including at least one groove or hole corresponding to the at least one protrusion of the frame, an optical layer disposed between the light guide plate and the display panel, and a light source disposed on the side of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Inkeun Ryu, Sangdon Park, Moungyoub Lee, Kyoungmok Kim, Yunjoo Kim, Jonghyun Byeon
  • Patent number: 11579476
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display surface having a Lambertian light emission distribution, and a viewing angle modulator disposed on the display panel. The viewing angle modulator includes a first refractive layer including a diffraction structure on a surface, a refractive index conversion layer disposed on the first refractive layer and including an electro-optical material having a refractive index that changes when a voltage is applied to the electro-optical material, and a second refractive layer disposed on the refractive index conversion layer. The refractive index conversion layer includes a base layer, and an optical structure disposed on the base layer that changes a path of light incident on a surface facing the second refractive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Ho You, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Young Chan Kim, Hyun Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 11579444
    Abstract: Eye-tracking systems and methods utilize transparent illumination structures having a plurality of IR ?LEDs distributed within the transparent viewing area of illumination structures. The ?LEDs are small enough (<100 ?m) that they are not visible by a user during use of an HMD or other mixed-reality device, for example, such that they can be positioned within the line-of-sight of the user through the illumination structure and without visibly obscuring or interfering with the user's view of the mixed-reality environment by the mixed-reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Aswathi Sudhir, David Charles Rohn, James Peele Terrell
  • Patent number: 11579492
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes a substrate, a plurality of structures, a first liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules having alignment directions fixed, and a second liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules having alignment directions fixed. In an area overlapping a groove, a first director of the first liquid crystal layer extends along the groove, and a second director of the second liquid crystal layer is uniformly aligned with the first director of the second surface side, on the third surface side, and turns in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Oka, Yasushi Tomioka, Koichi Igeta, Junji Kobashi
  • Patent number: 11573461
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of red subpixels, a plurality of green subpixels, and a plurality of blue subpixels, wherein, in a first direction, the red subpixel and the green subpixel, the green subpixel and the blue subpixel, and the blue subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in a second direction, the red subpixel and the blue subpixel, the blue subpixel and the green subpixel, and the green subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in the subpixels, as to subpixel columns adjacent to each other, when an image signal of the same gradation is input with respect to the subpixels of same color, brightness of one subpixel column is higher than that of another subpixel column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11573436
    Abstract: Provided is a bubble removal apparatus for removing a bubble on a substrate during a process of manufacturing a display panel or a semiconductor using a liquid, and more particularly, to a bubble removal apparatus using acoustic waves that collects a bubble on a substrate using an acoustic wave and removes the bubble by moving the bubble to a desired position, and a bubble removal method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyungsuk Lee, Byungjun Kang, Donyoung Kang, Chanryeol Rhyou
  • Patent number: 11567356
    Abstract: A switchable light modulator device (201, 202, 203, 204, 205) comprises a first substrate (101, 102, 103) and a second substrate (141, 142, 143, 144) with opposite major surfaces spaced apart by one or more polymer structures that each comprise two or more parts and define wall features (21b, 22b, 23b) for a plurality of cavities (111, 112, 113, 114), the cavities sealing a fluid (71, 72, 73, 74) or gel in discrete volumes. Each of the one or more polymer structures comprises a mould part (21, 22, 23) bonded to the first substrate and defining a recess (31, 32, 33), and a cast part (81, 82, 83, 84) filling the recess and bonded to the second substrate and a surface of the recess, the cast part being defined by the surface of the recess and the second substrate replicating the surfaces of both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Donal Martin O'Keeffe, Timothy O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 11561443
    Abstract: This application provides a pixel structure and a display device thereof. The pixel structure includes: a plurality of pixel regions, each of the pixel regions including a plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of sub-pixels of each pixel area including the first sub-pixel, and the first sub-pixel is configured at the center of each pixel area; sub-pixels of the remaining colors in the plurality of sub-pixels of each pixel area are centered on the first sub-pixel, configured on both sides of the first sub-pixel; and a color filter layer including a plurality of color resist layers, where the plurality of color resist layers are arranged corresponding to positions and colors of the plurality of pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Shuixiu Hu