Patents Examined by Paul Lee
  • Patent number: 9823504
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a PDLC display device and a PDLC display device. The method for manufacturing a PDLC display device according to the present invention includes mixing PDLC with graphene nanoparticles to improve the response speed of the PDLC and reduce a driving voltage of the PDLC, and also combines QDs to make a novel high color saturation display device, which requires no alignment layer and polarizer, providing a simple manufacturing process, showing an innovated and unique displaying effect, demonstrating at least four displaying modes of red, green, blue, and indistinctness, and overcoming light leakage of pixels and color mixture occurring in an existing PDLC display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chao Ma
  • Patent number: 9823523
    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: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Atsuko Oono
  • Patent number: 9825061
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an array substrate, comprising a substrate plate, and a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode formed on the substrate plate, said thin film transistor comprising a source/drain electrode, an active region and a gate electrode stacked sequentially on said substrate plate, wherein said source/drain electrode and said pixel electrode are arranged in the same layer on the substrate plate. According to this disclosure, while the properties of a high reflectivity and a high aperture ratio are guaranteed, the times of the patterning process are decreased and the process steps are saved, resulting in an improved production tempo and an effectively controlled cost. This disclosure also provides a method for fabricating an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel comprising said array substrate and a reflective liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuanxiang Xu, Shi Shu, Yonglian Qi
  • Patent number: 9823485
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a depth perception adjusting unit for adjusting a depth perception, based on polarization characteristics of light output from the display panel, wherein the depth perception adjusting unit includes a directional mirror and a reflective polarizer. Thus, the display device is implemented such that the directional mirror transmits or reflects light depending on an advancing direction of the light. Accordingly, any crosstalk phenomenon does not occur, and a depth perception can be adjusted without any loss of brightness efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hee Seung Kim, Hyun Seo Kang, Sei Hyoung Lee, Soo Yong Jung
  • Patent number: 9823511
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and overlaps the first electrode, an insulating layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first alignment layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate, where a first resistivity value of the first alignment layer is smaller than a second resistivity value of the second alignment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Jeong Huh, Jun Ho Song, Jae Hak Lee
  • Patent number: 9817280
    Abstract: The present invention provides a PSVA liquid crystal display panel, comprising an upper substrate (1), a lower substrate (2) oppositely located to the upper substrate (1) and a liquid crystal layer (3) located between the upper substrate (1) and the lower substrate (2); the lower substrate (2) comprises a second substrate (21), a thin film transistor, a passivation layer (22) and a pixel electrode (23); the lower substrate (2) comprises a plurality of pixel areas, and the passivation layer (22) is a passivation layer which is patterned, and is respectively formed the same pattern corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, and the pattern comprises a plurality of trenches (221) extending toward various directions; the pixel electrode (23) is entirely attached to the passivation layer (22) which is patterned and comprises a corresponding pattern with the passivation layer (22); a depth of the trench (221) is 2000-4000 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiming Gan
  • Patent number: 9804437
    Abstract: A polarizing plate has a corner portion subjected to chamfering so as to form a chamfered portion. A rotation angle of the polarizing plate is adjusted, and the polarizing plate is then bonded to a liquid crystal panel. Chamfering of the polarizing plate is, for example, C chamfering in which a chamfered shape is linear, the chamfered shape satisfying a specific expression and having a predetermined angle ?. The chamfering may be R chamfering in which a chamfered shape is curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Matsueda
  • Patent number: 9804311
    Abstract: A light control film, and light collimating assemblies and liquid crystal displays incorporating such light control films are described. The light control film includes alternating transmissive and absorptive regions, where the refractive index of each transmissive region is greater than the refractive index of each absorptive region. The absorptive regions form interfaces at angles that are close to the perpendicular to the light control film. A portion of the incident light intercepting the absorptive region undergoes Total Internal Reflection, and is transmitted through the film. The axial brightness of light passing through the film is increased, the brightness is more uniform within the viewing angle, and the viewing cutoff angle is sharpened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary E. Gaides, Kenneth A. Epstein
  • Patent number: 9804439
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: a first polarization layer, a second polarization layer, and a liquid crystal layer located between the two polarization layers. Liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are initially aligned along a first direction. At least one first region and at least one second region are defined in the first polarization layer and the second polarization layer. In the first region, the absorption axis of the first polarization layer extends along the first direction while the absorption axis of the second polarization layer is perpendicular to the first direction. In the second region, the absorption axis of the first polarization layer extends along a second direction while the absorption axis of the second polarization layer is perpendicular to the second direction. A first angle formed by the second direction and the first direction is greater than 0 degree but less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaokeng Cao, Zhongshou Huang, Long Zhang
  • Patent number: 9798189
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device that has excellent visibility while using a protective film comprising a polyester film. The liquid crystal display device comprises a backlight light source, and a liquid crystal cell disposed between two polarizers; the backlight light source being a white light-emitting diode; each of the polarizers comprising a polarizing film and protective films laminated on both sides of the polarizing film; and at least one of the protective films being a polyester film having a retardation of 3,000 to 30,000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Toyobo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Murata, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9798073
    Abstract: A light guide plate, wherein refractive indexes of the first light guide layer, the connection layer and the second light guide layer decreases in sequence; the first light guide layer comprises a first incident surface, a first angular surface and an illuminating surface; the second light guide layer comprises a first lateral surface, a bottom surface and a second angular surface; the connection layer comprises a main reflective layer and a sub reflective layer, and mesh dots of the main reflective layer and the sub reflective layer are positioned in staggered manner; the first angular surface is laminated with the first reflective surface, and the second angular surface is laminated with a back surface of the second reflective surface, and the illuminating surface is parallel with the bottom surface. The present invention further discloses a backlight module and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jie Zeng
  • Patent number: 9798062
    Abstract: A display device has a liquid crystal panel that switches between a transparent state and an opaque state, a first light source, a light guide plate arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal panel and made of a transparent material, the light guide plate having an incident surface facing the first light source and an outgoing surface facing the back surface of the liquid crystal panel, propagating light emitted from the first light source and incident through the incident surface, and outputting the light toward the liquid crystal panel from the outgoing surface, and a second light source configured to illuminate an object arranged on an opposite side to the liquid crystal panel with the light guide plate interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Norikazu Kitamura, Yoshimasa Osumi, Yasuhiro Tanoue, Yoshihiko Takagi, Norihisa Kanzaki, Masayuki Shinohara, Junya Fujita, Takamitsu Ishikawa, Takeshi Kakinuma, Jun Kishimoto, Masaaki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 9798154
    Abstract: Polarization state in retro-reflective arrays may be controlled throughout the optical path of a retro-reflective retro-imaging setup to enhance system efficiency. A polarization beam splitter layer and a retarder layer placed in front of the retro-reflector array may be oriented such that polarized light is used as source, source input light is efficiently reflected at the polarization beam splitter layer toward the retro-reflective layer, and polarization is converted to circular upon first pass through retarder layer. The polarization may also be oriented at or near 45° with respect to input polarization state, light may be retro-reflected and reconverged at the retro-reflective layer, and converted to linear polarization state. The light may then be rotated about 90° with respect to input linear state, and/or passed through the polarization beam splitter layer upon second pass to form the reconvergent image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Karlton Powell, Tim Large, Yutaka Tokuda
  • Patent number: 9784983
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display module and a 3D display device are disclosed. The 3D display module has a first assembly and second lens assemblies respectively having multiple first and second lenses arranged in parallel. The extending directions of the first and second lens assemblies intersect to form a specific angle and the refractive indexes of the first and second cylinder lenses are different. A liquid crystal layer is formed between the first and second cylinder lens assemblies. A first and second electrode layer are respectively formed on two sides of the liquid crystal layer. By a control technique of arranging the cylinder lens and the liquid crystals in a specific angle, a lateral and perpendicular autostereoscopic 3D display effect is accomplished. The 3D display module has advantages of a simple manufacturing and an advantage of thinning since a period and a focal length of the cylinder lens are smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Techno0logy Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Guowei Zha
  • Patent number: 9778514
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. A volume-variable structure is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. The volume-variable structure effectively reduces the requirement on the deformation capacity of the spacer due to the liquid crystal margin, which is favorable for improving the surface strength of the display panel. The display panel can be used in a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kui Lv, Fengzhen Lv, Xinxia Zhang, Xiao Guo, Kang Xiang, Wenjin Fan, Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 9780221
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate includes a pixel electrode layout area, a data electrode layout area, a transparent pixel electrode layer formed in the pixel electrode layout area, a first metal layer, a first dielectric layer, an amorphous silicon layer, a second metal layer, a second dielectric layer formed in the pixel electrode layout area and the data electrode layout area. The first dielectric layer covers the first metal layer. The amorphous silicon layer, the second metal layer and the second dielectric layer are sequentially formed on the first dielectric layer. The transparent pixel electrode layer is connected to the second metal layer through a via hole formed in the pixel electrode area of the second dielectric layer. Moreover, a method for manufacturing the thin film transistor array and a liquid crystal display including the thin film transistor array substrate also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Qibiao Lv
  • Patent number: 9778513
    Abstract: An LCD panel includes a first and a second substrate structure. The second substrate structure includes multiple sub-pixel areas. The first substrate structure has a first substrate, a common electrode layer, an insulation layer, multiple sub-photo spacers, a first conductive film layer and a first alignment film layer. The sub-photo spacers are located above corresponding sub-pixel areas and are separated from the second substrate structure. The first conductive film layer is disposed on the insulation layer and covers the multiple sub-photo spacers. The first alignment film layer covers the first conductive film layer except a portion that covers the sub-photo spacers, and also covers the insulation layer except a portion that is covered by the first conductive film layer. Utilizing the sub-photo spacers to realize a more even alignment of the liquid crystal molecules such that manufacturing process of the liquid crystal panel is simplified, and the cost is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yuejun Tang
  • Patent number: 9766502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of optical alignment, which provides a method for fabricating a photolytic alignment film, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device. The method for fabricating a photolytic alignment film includes: step a: irradiating a substrate coated with a photolytic alignment material by polarized ultraviolet rays to decompose the photolytic alignment material into decomposition products, wherein the decomposition products including at least one non-polymer; and step b: rinsing the substrate irradiated by polarized ultraviolet rays by using a cleaning agent to remove the non-polymer so as to form a photolytic alignment film. In the technical solution of the present invention, the photolytic alignment film can be fabricated at a greatly lowered cost because the non-polymer is rinsed by using a cleaning agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huiping Chai, Yong Yuan, Chen Liu, Wenze Shan
  • Patent number: 9767740
    Abstract: A display device includes a display, which has a display surface, and a touch panel, which is spaced from and is opposed to the display surface. An opening of a panel frame portion-relative to the touch panel is formed to be larger than an opening of a front case relative to the display unit. An insulator portion extends toward a center of the opening of the front case beyond an inner peripheral part of the front case to mask the front case from eyesight of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Kitoh, Tsubasa Kawashita
  • Patent number: 9766514
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device with a gap spacer and a push spacer, and a method of fabricating the same. The liquid crystal display device includes: a lower substrate, including: a plurality of pixel areas disposed in a matrix manner, a non-aperture area surrounding at least one of the pixel areas, an aperture area surrounded by the non-aperture area, a contact hole area within the non-aperture area, a first color filter disposed on the non-aperture area and the aperture area of a first subpixel, except in the contact area, and a second color filter disposed on the non-aperture area and the aperture area of a second subpixel, except in the contact area, an upper substrate including, at the non-aperture area: a gap column spacer, and a push column spacer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyongjong Choi, Youngjik Jo