Patents by Inventor Seok Lyul Lee

Seok Lyul Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240012241
    Abstract: A head-up display includes an image generating unit and a waveguide glass. The waveguide glass faces toward the image generating unit. The waveguide glass includes a first microstructure, a second microstructure and a third microstructure. The first microstructure has a first width. The second microstructure is adjacent to the first microstructure. The third microstructure is adjacent to the second microstructure. The third microstructure has tiling areas adjacent to each other. A gap between the two adjacent tiling areas is less than half of the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Han-Sheng NIAN, Seok-Lyul LEE, Ming-Jui WANG, Chih-Chiang CHEN, Chia-Hsin CHUNG, Yu-Cheng SHIH, Cheng-Chan WANG, Hsin-Hung LI, Wei-Syun WANG, Sheng-Ming HUANG
  • Patent number: 11811013
    Abstract: A display panel includes a drive element, a first heat dissipation layer, a light-emitting element, and a second heat dissipation layer. The drive element is disposed on a substrate. The first heat dissipation layer is disposed on the drive element. The light-emitting element is disposed on the first heat dissipation layer and electrically connected to the drive element. The second heat dissipation layer covers the light-emitting element. A refractive index of the first heat dissipation layer is greater than a refractive index of the second heat dissipation layer when a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element faces the first heat dissipation layer, and the refractive index of the second heat dissipation layer is greater than the refractive index of the first heat dissipation layer when the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element faces the second heat dissipation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Cheng, Chan-Jui Liu, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Patent number: 11732193
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, an electrode layer, and a display medium layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate. The display medium layer is disposed on the electrode layer and includes a filler and liquid crystal capsules. The liquid crystal capsules are distributed in the filler, and the filler has a birefringence difference ?n in a range from 0.02 to 0.175.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liang-Yin Huang, Chih-Hao Chen, Min-Zi Hong, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Publication number: 20230110159
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, multiple light emitting diodes disposed on the substrate and a light-reflecting resist. The light emitting diode has a first electrode and a second electrode, both of which are disposed on a first surface of the light emitting diode facing the substrate. The light-reflecting resist is disposed between the light emitting diodes and directly contacts a side surface of the light emitting diode. At least a portion of the light-reflecting resist is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang CHAN, Seok-Lyul LEE, Shih-Chi FAN JIANG, Li-Kai CHIA
  • Publication number: 20230094050
    Abstract: A light emitting panel includes a circuit substrate, a plurality of first light emitting components, a plurality of second light emitting components, and a plurality of third light emitting components. The circuit substrate has a plurality of main pixel areas. Each main pixel area is divided into a first subpixel area, a second subpixel area, and a third subpixel area. The first light emitting components, the second light emitting components and the third light emitting components are located in the first subpixel areas, the second subpixel areas and the third subpixel areas respectively. The first light emitting components in two adjacent first subpixel areas are electrically connected in series. The size of each of the first light emitting components is larger than the size of each of the second light emitting components and the third light emitting components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Hsin HUANG, Kuan-Heng LIN, Yi-Hong CHEN, Chia-An LEE, Seok-Lyul LEE
  • Patent number: 11586068
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight source, a privacy filter disposed on the backlight source, a light adjusting panel disposed on the privacy filter, and a display panel disposed on the light adjusting panel. The light adjusting panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first vertical alignment film disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a second vertical alignment film disposed on the second substrate, and a positive liquid crystal layer disposed between the first vertical alignment film and the second vertical alignment film. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the first substrate. Here, the first electrode has a plurality of first slits, and a plurality of orthogonal projections of the first slits on the first substrate overlap an orthogonal projection of the second electrode on the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsuan Chiu, Chih-Hao Chen, Seok-Lyul Lee, Syuan-Ling Yang
  • Publication number: 20220336523
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, including a buffer layer, a first sub-chip and a second sub-chip, and a connecting element. The first sub-chip and the second sub-chip are separately arranged on the buffer layer. Each of the first sub-chip and the second sub-chip includes a first diffusion layer, an active layer, and a second diffusion layer. The first diffusion layer, the active layer, and the second diffusion layer are sequentially arranged on the buffer layer in a top-down approach. The first diffusion layer and the buffer layer are first-type epitaxial layers, and the second diffusion layer is a second-type epitaxial layer. The connecting element is configured to couple the second diffusion layer of the first sub-chip and the first diffusion layer of the second sub-chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Chia-Ting HSIEH, Chien-Fu HUANG, Cheng-Nan YEH, Seok-Lyul LEE, Yung-Hsiang LAN, June-Woo LEE, Sung-Yu SU, Hsien-Chun WANG, Ya-Jung WANG, Hsin-Ying LIN, Yu-Chieh LIN, Yang-En WU
  • Publication number: 20220328743
    Abstract: A display panel includes a drive element, a first heat dissipation layer, a light-emitting element, and a second heat dissipation layer. The drive element is disposed on a substrate. The first heat dissipation layer is disposed on the drive element. The light-emitting element is disposed on the first heat dissipation layer and electrically connected to the drive element. The second heat dissipation layer covers the light-emitting element. A refractive index of the first heat dissipation layer is greater than a refractive index of the second heat dissipation layer when a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element faces the first heat dissipation layer, and the refractive index of the second heat dissipation layer is greater than the refractive index of the first heat dissipation layer when the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element faces the second heat dissipation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Cheng, Chan-Jui Liu, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Patent number: 11353644
    Abstract: A blended display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel having a first substrate located at a back side and a second substrate located at a display side, and a directional nanowire grid polarizer (NWGP) layer disposed on the second substrate. The display panel is switchable between first and second operational modes. The directional NWGP layer has a NWGP direction. The directional NWGP layer includes at least one colored coating disposed on at least one pattern region. In the first operational mode, the directional NWGP layer functions as a polarizer for the display panel, and the display panel is used to display an image. In the second operational mode, the display panel does not display an image, and an ambient light incident toward the display panel is at least partially reflected by the pattern region of the directional NWGP layer to show a predesigned color pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: A. U. VISTA, INC.
    Inventor: Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Publication number: 20220163847
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight source, a privacy filter disposed on the backlight source, a light adjusting panel disposed on the privacy filter, and a display panel disposed on the light adjusting panel. The light adjusting panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first vertical alignment film disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a second vertical alignment film disposed on the second substrate, and a positive liquid crystal layer disposed between the first vertical alignment film and the second vertical alignment film. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the first substrate. Here, the first electrode has a plurality of first slits, and a plurality of orthogonal projections of the first slits on the first substrate overlap an orthogonal projection of the second electrode on the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsuan Chiu, Chih-Hao Chen, Seok-Lyul Lee, Syuan-Ling Yang
  • Publication number: 20220107452
    Abstract: A blended display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel having a first substrate located at a back side and a second substrate located at a display side, and a directional nanowire grid polarizer (NWGP) layer disposed on the second substrate. The display panel is switchable between first and second operational modes. The directional NWGP layer has a NWGP direction. The directional NWGP layer includes at least one colored coating disposed on at least one pattern region. In the first operational mode, the directional NWGP layer functions as a polarizer for the display panel, and the display panel is used to display an image. In the second operational mode, the display panel does not display an image, and an ambient light incident toward the display panel is at least partially reflected by the pattern region of the directional NWGP layer to show a predesigned color pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Patent number: 11287688
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight source, a privacy filter disposed on the backlight source, a light adjusting panel disposed on the privacy filter, and a display panel disposed on the light adjusting panel. The light adjusting panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first vertical alignment film disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a second vertical alignment film disposed on the second substrate, and a positive liquid crystal layer disposed between the first vertical alignment film and the second vertical alignment film. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the first substrate. Here, the first electrode has a plurality of first slits, and a plurality of orthogonal projections of the first slits on the first substrate overlap an orthogonal projection of the second electrode on the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsuan Chiu, Chih-Hao Chen, Seok-Lyul Lee, Syuan-Ling Yang
  • Patent number: 11163198
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a switch element on a substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode includes first to third trunk portions and first to fourth branch portions. The third trunk portion is located between the first and second trunk portions. The first branch portions are connected to the first trunk portion. The second and third branch portions are connected to the third trunk portion. The fourth branch portions are connected to the second trunk portion. The second electrode includes fourth and fifth trunk portions and the fifth to eighth branch portions. The fourth trunk portion overlaps a gap between the first and second branch portions. The fifth trunk portion overlaps a gap between the third and fourth branch portions. The fifth and sixth branch portions are connected to the fourth trunk portion. The seventh and eighth branch portions are connected to the fifth trunk portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ming Cheng, Min-Hsuan Chiu, Chien-Hsien Wu, Syuan-Ling Yang, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Publication number: 20210333582
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, an electrode layer, and a display medium layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate. The display medium layer is disposed on the electrode layer and includes a filler and liquid crystal capsules. The liquid crystal capsules are distributed in the filler, and the filler has a birefringence difference ?n in a range from 0.02 to 0.175.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Liang-Yin HUANG, Chih-Hao CHEN, Min-Zi HONG, Seok-Lyul LEE
  • Patent number: 11146780
    Abstract: An artificial window is provided. The artificial window includes a window having a frame, and a display device disposed at a back side of the window. The display device is used to display images. An image capturing device may be disposed on the window to obtain a viewer image of a viewer. Thus, a viewing direction of the viewer may be determined based on the viewer image, and the images being displayed on the display device may be changed based on the location of the viewer. The display device may be a curved display device, which is wider than the frame. Alternatively, the display device may be a flat display device, and a lenticular array formed by lenticular lenses is disposed between the window and the flat display device. Each of the lenticular lenses is focused on or close to a display surface of the flat display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: A.U. VISTA, INC.
    Inventors: Adiel Abileah, Willem den Boer, Seok-Lyul Lee, Fang-Chen Luo, Tai Kang Wu
  • Patent number: 11143896
    Abstract: A touch display panel comprises a first substrate, a plurality of first sensing series and a plurality of second sensing series, wherein both the first sensing series and the second sensing series are above the first substrate, and the first sensing series and the second sensing series are crossly arranged to form a plurality of sensing series openings in between, a first insulating layer, covering the first sensing series and the second sensing series, a patterned black matrix layer, comprising a plurality of black matrix openings arranged in a matrix formation, a second insulating layer, covering the patterned black matrix layer; and a patterned common electrodes layer. The plurality of sensing series openings, the plurality of black matrix openings, and the patterned common electrode layer are overlapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tun-Chun Yang, Seok-Lyul Lee, Wei-Ming Huang
  • Publication number: 20210271132
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight source, a privacy filter disposed on the backlight source, a light adjusting panel disposed on the privacy filter, and a display panel disposed on the light adjusting panel. The light adjusting panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first vertical alignment film disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a second vertical alignment film disposed on the second substrate, and a positive liquid crystal layer disposed between the first vertical alignment film and the second vertical alignment film. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the first substrate. Here, the first electrode has a plurality of first slits, and a plurality of orthogonal projections of the first slits on the first substrate overlap an orthogonal projection of the second electrode on the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsuan Chiu, Chih-Hao Chen, Seok-Lyul Lee, Syuan-Ling Yang
  • Patent number: 11092838
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, an electrode layer, and a display medium layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate. The display medium layer is disposed on the electrode layer and includes a filler and liquid crystal capsules. The liquid crystal capsules are distributed in the filler, and the filler has a birefringence difference ?n in a range from 0.02 to 0.175.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liang-Yin Huang, Chih-Hao Chen, Min-Zi Hong, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Patent number: 11048124
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal panel includes a substrate, an electrode layer, an insulating layer, a first alignment layer, a second alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The electrode layer is located on the substrate. The insulating layer is located on the electrode layer. The insulating layer has a cavity and an opening connected to a top portion of the cavity. The electrode layer is located below the cavity. The first alignment layer is located in the cavity and located on the electrode layer. The second alignment layer is located at the top portion of the cavity. Each of the liquid crystal layers is located in the cavity and between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsien-Hung Su, Seok-Lyul Lee, Yen-Huang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11043174
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a switching element, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode includes two first main portions parallel to an extension direction of the data line, a girder portion coupled between the two first main portions, and two connection portions coupled between the two first main portions. The girder portion and the two connection portions are parallel to an extension direction of the scan line, and the girder portion is disposed between the two connection portions. The second electrode includes a second main portion parallel to the extension direction of the data line, multiple branch portions symmetrically coupled with the second main portion, and two extension portions parallel to the extension direction of the data line. Each of the two extension portions is coupled with two of the multiple branch portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Ming Cheng, Seok-Lyul Lee