Patents Examined by Thoi V. Duong
  • Patent number: 11980080
    Abstract: A display terminal and a display panel applied in the display terminal are disclosed in the present application. Widths of the non-display areas of the display panel are elongated to fix the non-display areas to a non-display surface of the display terminal, to achieve a bezel-free display effect on two sides of the display terminal in an unfolded state, and a seamless surround display effect and a bezel-free display effect on the two sides of the display terminal in a folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qian Jiang
  • Patent number: 11977302
    Abstract: A cholesteric liquid crystal display device and a driving method for improving non-uniform image quality of the cholesteric liquid crystal display device. The cholesteric liquid crystal display device includes a cholesteric liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal drive unit. The cholesteric liquid crystal display panel is composed of multiple row circuit structures and multiple column circuit structures. The liquid crystal driving unit sequentially outputs column driving voltages to a plurality of column circuit structures in a scanning manner. After scanning the multiple column circuit structures, the liquid crystal driving unit applies an unselected voltage to the multiple column circuit structures together with more than 18 times the scanning unit time course, so as to make the brightness of the overall picture more uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: IRIS OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Liang Tsai, Wu-Chang Yang, Chi-Chang Liao
  • Patent number: 11977204
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical element includes: disposing a joint layer on a substrate; forming a first portion and a second portion in a second surface of the joint layer; and forming a plurality of structural bodies, which are made of a dielectric, on the second surface of the joint layer. The joint layer has a first surface facing the substrate, and the second surface located on a side opposite the first surface. The first portion is covered with a resist layer, and the second portion is exposed from the resist layer. After the dielectric is laminated on at least the second portion, the resist layer is removed to form the plurality of structural bodies on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Soh Uenoyama, Hiroki Kamei, Kazuyoshi Hirose
  • Patent number: 11966131
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a substrate on which a TFT is formed. The display device including an organic film formed on the TFT, the organic film having a through hole, and a first common electrode, an upper pixel electrode and a second common electrode which are stacked in this order above the organic passivation film, a filler being filled in the through hole, and wherein the upper pixel electrode is electrically connected with the TFT, and an edge of the upper pixel electrode is located directly on the filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Fumiya Kimura, Isao Suzumura
  • Patent number: 11966129
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel static electricity protection device (400), a display panel static electricity protection method, and a display device (100), including a detection circuit (401), a discharge circuit (409), and a discharge terminal (411). The detection circuit (401) is connected with a driving chip (301) of a display panel. The discharge circuit (409) is connected with the detection circuit (401) and the driving chip (301). The discharge terminal (411) is connected with the discharge circuit (409) and the detection circuit (401).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaoyu Huang
  • Patent number: 11960081
    Abstract: A laminated pane, includes, in this order, an outer pane, an intermediate layer, a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties that is selected from among a PDLC functional element, a PNLC functional element, or an SPD functional element, an intermediate layer, a holographic display element, an intermediate layer, and an inner pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Andreas Gomer, Andreas Roderburg, Huixing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11947383
    Abstract: A bracket and an electronic device are provided. The bracket includes a support mechanism and an electrical connection mechanism. The support mechanism includes a fixed plate and a support seat rotatably connected to the fixed plate. The fixed plate is provided with a fixed surface and a mounting surface. The fixed surface and the mounting surface are respectively located on both sides of the fixed plate which are opposite each other, and the fixed surface can be detachably connected with the electronic equipment. The support seat is provided with a mounting cavity and is provided with an electric connection hole communicated with the mounting cavity. The bracket not only facilitates the taking and placing of electronic equipment, but also combines the function of the adapter to enrich the function of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Qianhai Junda (Shenzhen) Equity Investment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhuowen Liao
  • Patent number: 11934073
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel is a normally-black mode segment liquid crystal panel, and includes a plurality of pixels that are arrayed in substantial tessellation of an active region, as viewed from a direction of the normal of a first substrate, and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes that each have a portion that overlaps a gap between two pixels that are adjacent to each other, as viewed from the direction of the normal of the first substrate. A plurality of pixel electrodes, a common electrode, the plurality of auxiliary electrodes, and portions of a plurality of signal lines that are present in the active region are made of a transparent electroconductive material. The auxiliary electrodes are electrically connected to one of two pixel electrodes of the two pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takehisa Yoshida, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
  • Patent number: 11934055
    Abstract: A privacy glazing structure may include an electrically controllable optically active material that provides controlled transition between a privacy or scattering state and a visible or transmittance state. To make electrical connections with electrode layers that control the optically active material, the privacy glazing structure may include electrode engagement regions. In some examples, the electrode engagement regions are formed as notches in peripheral edges of opposed panes bounding the optically active material. The notches may or may not overlap to provide a through conduit in the region of overlap for wiring. In either case, the notches may allow the remainder of the structure to have a flush edge surface for ease of downstream processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Cardinal IG Company
    Inventors: Eric Berner, Eric Bjergaard, Timothy Braun, Andrew DeMiglio, Chad Peters
  • Patent number: 11927872
    Abstract: A display system (500) for displaying an image to an eye of a user includes a light-guide optical element (LOE) (506) and an image projector (512) projecting image illumination of a collimated image into the LOE. The image projector includes an electrically-controllable variable lens (10, 13, 71, 77, 58A, 58B, 59, 58C, 58D, 58E, 58F1, 58F2, 58G1, 58G2, 58H, 1223). A controller (18) determines a current region of interest of the image, either from tracking of the user's eye or by analysis of the image content, and controls the variable lens so as to reduce aberrations in the current region of interest at the expense of increased aberration in at least one area of the image outside the current region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD.
    Inventor: Yochay Danziger
  • Patent number: 11927845
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device including a second substrate including, a frame-like first light shielding member having a first opening overlapping an optical sensor, a transparent organic insulating layer covering the first light shielding member, a light shielding layer having a second opening overlapping the first opening, a first pixel opening, a second pixel opening, the first light shielding member includes first and second outer edges extending in a first direction, the first outer edge overlaps with the light shielding layer between the second opening and the first pixel opening, and the second outer edge overlaps with the light shielding layer between the second opening and the second pixel opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Jin Hirosawa
  • Patent number: 11921389
    Abstract: A display device includes a display section in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix, a plurality of scan lines which select pixels, a plurality of signal lines which supply image signals to the selected pixels, and color filters that are arranged so as to correspond to color displays of the pixels. In the device, the display section includes an effective pixel portion and a frame portion that surrounds the effective pixel portion, and the frame portion and a wiring circuit of the effective pixel portion are covered with light-shielding layers, the light-shielding layers being separated from each other at a certain separation location in the display section, and a plurality of color filters having different colors are arranged by being stacked at the separation location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Seki, Seiji Uejima, Ryo Yamaoka, Hidemasa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11921391
    Abstract: A display panel including a thin film transistor array substrate, a color filter substrate, a gold ball, a color resist bump, a first transparent electrode, and a second transparent electrode is provided. The first transparent electrode covers the color resist bump and is connected to the second transparent electrode at a top of the color resist bump. The display panel disclosed in the present invention improves stability of a common electrode signal by constructing a new electrode signal channel, and prevents a technical problem of horizontal crosstalk on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhan Li
  • Patent number: 11907460
    Abstract: A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate includes a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including an organic material and a carbon nano-tube; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kum-Mi Oh, Jin-Wuk Kim, Sung-Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 11899327
    Abstract: Each of multiple pixels of a spatial light modulator of an optical node device includes: a first switching circuit and a first signal holding circuit that sample and hold normal gradation data or inverted gradation data; and a second switching circuit and a second signal holding circuit that sample the normal or inverted gradation data held in the first signal holding circuit at a common timing to the multiple pixels, hold the normal or inverted gradation data for one subframe period, and apply the normal or inverted gradation data to a reflective electrode. The spatial light modulator drive unit applies alternating current voltage having positive polarity and a negative polarity to liquid crystal by inverting voltage in a common electrode of a liquid crystal display element and supplies a voltage having an amplitude different from an amplitude between the normal and inverted gradation data to the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki Iwasa
  • Patent number: 11899314
    Abstract: A color conversion display panel includes a substrate. A color conversion portion is disposed on the substrate. The color conversion portion includes a semiconductor nanocrystal. A transmission portion is disposed on the substrate. A blue light blocking filter is disposed between the substrate and the color conversion portion. The blue light blocking filter includes a first convex portion that protrudes toward the substrate. The transmission portion includes a first region including a scatterer and a second region including a second convex portion that protrudes toward the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ja Hun Koo, Kyung-Hun Lee, Tae-Jong Jun, Woo-Young Cheon
  • Patent number: 11892722
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate including a first end portion and a second end portion located at a position different from the first end portion, a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light source device located above the first substrate and disposed along the first end portion, and a light-shielding member disposed on at least a part of the second end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yudai Numata, Kentaro Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11879293
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for animal containment systems configured to reduce stress, fear, and anxiety experienced by animals being held in animal containment structures by utilizing light filters in the form of orthogonally orientated light-polarization on the front walls of the animal containment structures to control the viewpoints from within and without the animal containment structures, thereby configuring the system to control the animals sight lines, such as allowing the animals to see out of their respective containment structure, but restricting their viewpoint into any other containment structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Jeremy W. Cramer
  • Patent number: 11880111
    Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses may include one or more adjustable lenses that are each configured to align with a respective one of a user's eyes. The adjustable lenses may each include electrically modulated optical material such as one or more liquid crystal cells, each having a phase profile that is adjusted using patterned electrodes. Analog voltages may be provided to the patterned electrodes through variable-resistance conductive paths that are each coupled to a subset of the patterned electrodes. Digital voltage selection circuitry may be used to select which analog voltage to apply to each of the variable-resistance conductive paths from a predetermined set of analog voltages that are generated off of the lens. The digital voltage selection circuitry may include an array of multiplexers, each of which selects a desired voltage based on control signals received from digital control circuitry such a shift register and/or a decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Gill, Yu Horie, Eric G. Smith
  • Patent number: 11874552
    Abstract: A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method of the display device includes: stacking a first substrate, a second substrate and a third substrate to form a liquid crystal display panel and a dimming panel, the liquid crystal display panel including the first substrate and the second substrate, the dimming panel including the second substrate and the third substrate, and forming a first polarizer on a side of the third substrate away from the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hua Huang