Liquid Crystal Display Elements (lcd) Patents (Class 345/87)
  • Patent number: 10893606
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including: a substrate foldable about a folding axis of the display device, and a pad portion provided in plurality including a first pad portion and a second pad portion respectively disposed at opposing sides of the folding axis; and a flexible printed circuit film commonly attached to the first pad portion and the second pad portion of the display panel. The flexible printed circuit film commonly attached to the first and second pad portions of the display panel defines a cut-out portion of the flexible printed circuit film which is located on an extension line of the folding axis of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heechul Jeon
  • Patent number: 10891910
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. A sub-pixel unit includes a liquid crystal capacitor, a storage circuit, and a switching circuit. The storage circuit is configured to store, in a scanning period of the frame period, a data driving signal provided by a data line and provide the data driving signal to the liquid crystal capacitor in a display period of the frame period. The switching circuit is configured to be turned on in the scanning period to provide a reference voltage to the liquid crystal capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Wei-Hsien Yeh
  • Patent number: 10885868
    Abstract: A voltage control circuit having three or more power supplies and a selector switch that selects one of the three or more power supplies and connects the selected power supply to the gate signal line of a liquid crystal panel. In the voltage control circuit, the selector switch sequentially switches the connection of the one of the three or more power supplies and the gate signal line in a prescribed period. Therefore, the voltage supplied to the gate signal line is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryusuke Horibe
  • Patent number: 10885605
    Abstract: An image processing component (IPC) and related method for image registration of at least two sets of image objects. The image objects may be previously derived from a segmentation of imagery of biological material. Based on features of the image objects, an initial global transformation is computed. Using this initial global transformation and its inverse, one or more cross-links between sets of image objects across image objects in the two sets are established. A plurality of locally adapted transformations are then computed for cross-linked objects from the two sets. A combiner (?) then combines the locally adapted transformations t\ into a new registration transform TNEW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Marinus Bastiaan (Rien) Van Leeuwen
  • Patent number: 10885837
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of light-emitting elements, each light-emitting element having a light-emitting unit and a driving circuit for driving the light-emitting unit. The driving circuit at least includes a drive transistor having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, and a gate electrode, a video signal write transistor having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, and a gate electrode, and a capacitive unit. In the drive transistor, one of the source/drain regions is connected to the corresponding current supply line, the other region of the source/drain regions is connected to the light-emitting unit and connected to one end of the capacitive unit, and forms a second node, and the gate electrode is connected to the other region of the source/drain regions of the video signal write transistor and connected to the other end of the capacitive unit, and forms a first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yamashita, Yusuke Onoyama, Tetsuo Minami, Naobumi Toyomura, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 10885864
    Abstract: This application discloses a pre-charge method for a display panel, a display panel and a display device. The pre-charge method for the display panel includes steps of outputting a gate enabling signal; receiving an Nth gate enabling signal by an Nth scan line; and synchronously outputting the Nth gate enabling signal to a (N+1)th scan line; N being a natural number more than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoyu Huang
  • Patent number: 10885861
    Abstract: A scan line to which a selection signal or a non-selection signal is input from its end, and a transistor in which a clock signal is input to a gate, the non-selection signal is input to a source, and a drain is connected to the scan line are provided. A signal input to the end of the scan line is switched from the selection signal to the non-selection signal at the same or substantially the same time as the transistor is turned on. The non-selection signal is input not only from one end but also from both ends of the scan line. This makes it possible to inhibit the potentials of portions in the scan line from being changed at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 10885865
    Abstract: A drive circuit includes an output circuit provided in a display panel to output a gate-on voltage and a gate-off voltage to a plurality of gate lines. The plurality of gate lines include first to sixth gate lines sequentially disposed in a scanning direction. A first transistor is put into an on state to electrically connect the first gate line and the third gate line, a second transistor is put into the on state to electrically connect the second gate line and the fourth gate line, the third transistor is put into the on state to electrically connect the third gate line and the fifth gate line, and the fourth transistor is put into the on state to electrically connect the fourth gate line and the sixth gate line, after the output circuit outputs the gate-on voltage to the first to fourth gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Kazunori Inoue, Kenta Endo
  • Patent number: 10884051
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a line detecting tool and method for a light emitting diode substrate. The line detecting tool for a light emitting diode substrate includes a detecting light source and a liquid crystal plate. The liquid crystal plate is configured to be arranged between the detecting light source and a light emitting diode substrate to be detected and to be in contact with each set of positive electrode and negative electrode of the light emitting diode substrate, so as to transform from a light transmission state to a light shielding state or from the light shielding state to the light transmission state after energizing the each set of positive electrode and negative electrode of the light emitting diode substrate to be detected. The detecting light source is configured to illuminate the liquid crystal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Wang, Xuerong Wang, Xin Ma, Chuan Sun, Lei Chen, Fei Gao, Bochao Rui, JinLong Zheng
  • Patent number: 10884261
    Abstract: A glasses-free three dimensional display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a glasses-free three dimensional display device are disclosed. The glasses-free three dimensional display panel includes a display panel and a grating panel disposed on a light exiting side of the display panel, wherein the grating panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and the first substrate includes a first base substrate and a first electrode pattern disposed on the first base substrate, the first electrode pattern includes at least two first gating electrodes, and the second substrate includes a second base substrate and at least two second gating electrodes disposed on the second base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhixiang Fang
  • Patent number: 10885854
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit, a control method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The gate drive circuit includes a plurality of cascaded shift registers, and at least one coded control sub-circuit; wherein each stage of the shift registers is configured to transmit a received signal to a next stage of the shift registers and the coded control sub-circuit. The coded control sub-circuit is configured to receive a coded signal, and transmit a voltage at the first voltage terminal or the second voltage terminal to the drive signal output terminal according to a signal output from a shift register coupled to the control sub-circuit under the control of the coded signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifeng Zou, Hui Wang, Qiang Liu
  • Patent number: 10877335
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method for improving color difference of viewing angles thereof are provided. The liquid crystal display device comprises a backlight module, an LCD panel disposed on the backlight module, and a liquid crystal dimming panel disposed on the LCD panel. The LCD panel is located between the backlight module and the liquid crystal dimming panel. The LCD panel is provided with a plurality of groups of image pixel groupings arranged in a form of an array, each group of the image pixel groupings comprises a plurality of image pixels, a light energy of viewing angles among liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal dimming panel is adjusted appropriately by controlling driving voltages of the liquid crystal dimming panel with respect to positions of different groups of image pixel groupings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yujen Chen
  • Patent number: 10878774
    Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller configured to supply a first set signal to a data control signal line in a first frequency mode, and to supply a second set signal and a data signal to the data control signal line in a second frequency mode that is different from the first frequency mode, a data driver configured to recover the data signal supplied to the data control signal line according to a signal recovery characteristic value, to generate a plurality of data voltages based on the recovered data signal, and to adjust the signal recover characteristic value based on the first set signal and the second set signal, and a display unit including a plurality of pixels that emit lights with gray scales corresponding to the plurality of data voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gon Im, Myeong Su Kim, Bo Yeon Kim, Sun Koo Kang, Yong Bum Kim, Dong Won Park, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 10878762
    Abstract: A luminance compensating method of a display device, a luminance compensating device, a display device and a storage medium. The display device includes a backlight module and a display panel, the display panel includes a plurality of portions, the backlight module includes a plurality of backlight units, and the plurality of backlight units respectively correspond to the plurality of portions. The method includes: setting luminance values of the plurality of backlight units of the backlight module to an identical set luminance value, and setting gray level data of a plurality of pixel units of the display panel to an identical set gray level value; measuring light-emitting luminance values of the plurality of portions of the display panel to obtain a first luminance matrix of the display panel, in a case where the plurality of backlight units emit light; determining a compensation-coefficient matrix based on the first luminance matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tiankuo Shi, Lingyun Shi, Yifang Chu, Yilang Sun, Zhihua Ji, Yue Li, Chuanjun Liu
  • Patent number: 10878732
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for changing a distributed mode loudspeaker's fundamental frequency. One of the systems may include a light emitting diode display that includes an array of pixels, each pixel including, for each color of multiple colors, a directional light emitter and a wide-angle light emitter, a first combination of all the directional light emitters configured to generate a first display image viewable within a first viewing angle, and a second combination of all the wide-angle light emitters configured to generate a second display image concurrently with the generation of the first display image that is viewable within a second viewing angle. The first display image is a different image than the second display image and the first viewing angle is a narrower viewing angle than, and included within, the second viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Martin Friedrich Schubert, Michael Jason Grundmann, Raj B. Apte, Benoit Schillings
  • Patent number: 10872949
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a power supply wiring layer on a base substrate and an encapsulation layer on a side of the power supply wiring layer distal to the base substrate. The power supply wiring layer and the encapsulation layer at least partially overlap, and a part of the power supply wiring layer overlapping with the encapsulation layer has an irregular structure for increasing a contact area between the power supply wiring layer and the encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfei Cheng, Yuxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10871668
    Abstract: A light control device includes: a light control element including first and second base members, first and second electrodes, a liquid crystal layer, and first and second terminals electrically connected to the first and second electrodes; and a drive circuit that applies a first drive voltage to the first terminal and applies a second drive voltage having a polarity different from that of the first drive voltage to the second terminal. The first drive voltage is set to a first voltage in a first period, is set to a second voltage lower than the first voltage in a second period, is set to a third voltage lower than the second voltage in a third period, and is set to a fourth voltage lower than the second voltage and higher than the third voltage in a fourth period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10867560
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixel rows each including first pixel groups alternating with second pixel groups; a gate driver configured to provide a first group gate signal to the first pixel groups, and to provide a second group gate signal to the second pixel groups; a data driver configured to output data voltages to a plurality of output line groups; and a connection controller configured to connect the output line groups to a first data line group in response to a first connection control signal, and to connect the output line groups to a second data line group in response to a second connection control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changnoh Yoon, Jin-Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 10867570
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including data lines, gate lines, and pixels connected to the data lines and the gate lines, a data driver configured to drive the data lines, a plurality of gate drivers, each configured to drive a corresponding portion of the gate lines, and a plurality of feedback lines connected to one of the data lines at a plurality of measurement positions corresponding to the plurality of gate drivers. The data driver applies a test voltage to the data line, receives the test voltage as a plurality of feedback voltages through the plurality of feedback lines, and determines gate shift amounts at the plurality of measurement positions corresponding to the plurality of gate drivers based on the plurality of feedback voltages. The gate drivers apply gate signals to the gate lines that are shifted by the determined gate shift amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Sun-Koo Kang, Soo Yeon Kim, Tae Gon Im, Moon Shik Kang, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 10866441
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate including a sub-pixel, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate comprises a pixel electrode which is disposed in the sub-pixel and to which a first voltage is supplied, a common electrode including a first electrode and a second electrode arranged in a first direction in the sub-pixel, a first switching element connected to the pixel electrode, and a second switching element connected to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Hirosawa
  • Patent number: 10863126
    Abstract: Provided are a CIS system and a method of processing the same using a low power multi-mode data path. In order to drive a circuit with low-power, the CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) system rearranges and transmits data in consideration of a color of pixel data and a most significant bit (MSB) and a least significant bit (LSB) of the pixel data using a low-power multi-mode data path. The CIS system can implement multi-modes including a low power mode and a high speed mode, reduce the number of data transitions by merging data of the same color in a always-on low-power mode and a photo-shooting low-power (PS-LP) mode to reduce power consumption and process data in a high speed using a pipeline in a photo-shooting high-speed (PS-HS) mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Kim, Jae Hyuk Choi, Jung Hoon Chun
  • Patent number: 10861400
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device includes: a display module, which comprises at least two layers of display panels; and at least two controllers, which are connected to respective display panels of the at least two layers of display panels of the display module, each controller of the at least two controllers is configured to, in an operating state, control one respective display panel connected to each controller to display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Mobvoi Information Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Huanjie Cao, Saihuang Peng, Fanming Kong
  • Patent number: 10859849
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an autostereoscopic 3D display device for minimizing luminance difference in a view as well as a luminance difference between views. The 3D display device includes a display panel including pixels and a black matrix including openings exposing portions of the pixels, each of the pixels including a pixel electrode including a plurality of first fingers and a common electrode including a plurality of second fingers disposed between the first fingers, and a 3D optical plate disposed on a front surface or a rear surface of the display panel. At least two adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction have different shapes exposed by the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: You-Yong Jin, ByungJoo Lee
  • Patent number: 10852573
    Abstract: A system such as a vehicle may have window that exhibit adjustable transparency. The windows may include liquid crystal devices and polymer dispersed liquid crystal devices that exhibit adjustable amounts of light transmission and haze. An optical property of a window such as window transparency may be modulated using an alternating-current modulation waveform. Modulation of the transparency of the window may be synchronized with modulated light output from a light source. The light source may be located inside the vehicle or may be located outside of the vehicle. By synchronizing the modulation of the transparency of the window with the light source output, privacy may be enhanced or glare may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Melcher, James R. Wilson, Clarisse Mazuir, David E. Kingman
  • Patent number: 10852604
    Abstract: An array substrate includes: a display region, a non-display region surrounding the display region, at least one notch in the non-display region, and multiple gate lines. The gate lines include regular gate lines and irregular gate lines. The regular gate line is located in the display region and extends in a first direction. The irregular gate line includes a regular section located in the display region and extends in the first direction and an irregular section located in the non-display region around the notch. The regular section and the irregular section of the same irregular gate line are electrically connected. The irregular section includes a first sub-section and/or a second sub-section. The first sub-section and the second sub-section of the same irregular section are electrically connected to each other. A resistivity of the first sub-section is greater than a resistivity of the second sub-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Luo, Poping Shen, Xiufeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 10854157
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes pixel electrodes arranged in matrix, gate lines, source lines, pixel switches, gate drivers allocated at both ends of a display region, a source driver, image signal transmit lines arranged along the columns in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, each image signal transmit line supplying an image signal to each source line, switches arranged along the row direction, each switch configured to switch a connection between the source line and the image signal transmit line, and control lines configured to output source control signals to switch the switches, each control line outputting a source control signal to switch a plurality of the switches at the same time, wherein each source control signal is input to each control line at a position substantially the center of the gate line in the row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10854161
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel divided into a first display area and a second display area in a first direction, a first data driver which provides a first data signal to the first display area through data lines arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, a second data driver which provides a second data signal to the second display area through the data lines arranged in the second direction, a gate driver which provides a gate signal to the display panel through gate lines arranged in the first direction, a timing controller which generates control signals that control the first data driver, the second data driver, and the gate driver, and a defect detector which controls to display a defect detecting image and a reference image on the first display area and the second display area alternately based on an enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunmi Kim, Kihyun Pyun, Sung-In Kang
  • Patent number: 10847588
    Abstract: A polarizer, a display device, and a method of manufacturing the display device are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a touch screen, a connector, and a polarizer. The display panel has a display area, and the touch screen is positioned on the display panel. The connector protrudes from one side of the touch screen and is connected to an external device. The polarizer is positioned on the touch screen and includes a pattern formed by removing a portion corresponding to the connector so that the portion is recessed inside the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jaeho Kim
  • Patent number: 10838251
    Abstract: The phase modulation device includes an image data generator, a gradation data generator, and a reflective liquid crystal element including a pixel region. The pixel region includes a plurality of pixel blocks and a blank area. The image data generator generates image data corresponding to a distribution of phase change amount or a distribution of phase velocity based on information data. The gradation data generator generates gradation data corresponding to each pixel based on the image data. The pixel block changes a wavefront of a signal light based on a driving voltage of the voltage pattern corresponding to the gradation data. In the blank area, a same driving voltage is applied to a pixel electrode of the pixel block and the adjacent pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Nagoya
  • Patent number: 10839749
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of gate lines in a display panel, a gate driver configured to sequentially output scan signals to the plurality of gate lines, a gate pulse modulation integrated circuit configured to: receive an input of a gate high voltage used to generate the scan signals, modulate the gate high voltage, and output the modulated gate high voltage to the gate driver, and a controller configured to: output a gate clock signal to the gate driver, output a gate pulse modulation signal to the gate pulse modulation integrated circuit, count a number of times the gate pulse modulation signal is output, and output an output compensation signal to the gate pulse modulation integrated circuit when the number of times is identical to a number of the plurality of gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: MooKyoung Hong
  • Patent number: 10838259
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can reduce occurrence of quality problems and improve adhesive strength between substrates. The present invention is a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a seal. The first substrate includes a shift register monolithically formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of bus lines, a first end, and a display region. The shift register includes a plurality of multistage-connected unit circuits and wiring connected to the plurality of unit circuits, and is arranged in a region between the first end and the display region. At least one of the unit circuits includes a clock terminal, an output terminal, an output transistor, a second transistor, and a bootstrap capacitor. The output transistor and the bootstrap capacitor are arranged in a region between the first end and one of the wiring and the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Mori
  • Patent number: 10833473
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes, in this order: preparing a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface includes an outer peripheral part and an inside part that is enclosed by the outer peripheral part and that protrudes more upward than the outer peripheral part, and wherein the lower surface of the bottom plate includes a reference part and a recess positioned above the reference part, at least a part of the recess being disposed directly below the outer peripheral part; joining a frame member to the outer peripheral part of the bottom plate, a linear expansion coefficient of the frame member being smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the bottom plate; and fixing a semiconductor element to the inside part of the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Patent number: 10823890
    Abstract: A color filter, a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel are provided. The color filter includes a base substrate and a color film layer on the base substrate, and the color film layer includes a lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengchao Li, Lulu Chu
  • Patent number: 10824839
    Abstract: A display panel including a display region, repeating units are provided in the fingerprint recognition region of the display region, each repeating unit includes pixel units, and each pixel unit includes sets of sub-pixels; first and second signal lines are provided in the fingerprint recognition region, each set of sub-pixels is connected to one first signal line and one second signal line; for two adjacent sets of sub-pixels in one pixel unit, a spacing between the first signal line corresponding to one of the two adjacent sets of sub-pixels and the second signal line corresponding to the other is smaller than a spacing between the first signal line corresponding to a set of first sub-pixels and the second signal line corresponding to a set of second sub-pixels; the set of first sub-pixels and the set of second sub-pixels are closest to each other in two adjacent pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingxing Yang, Yangzhao Ma
  • Patent number: 10816932
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a hologram comprises: a hologram display panel that represents light having the hologram images to an observer; a detecting camera that decides a position of the observer; a deflector that forms a prism pattern to refract the light corresponding to the detected position of the observer; and a deflector driver that supplies a driving voltage corresponding to a inclined angle for forming the prism pattern, wherein the deflector includes: a plurality of first electrodes running to a first direction and divided into a plurality of electrode groups; a plurality of connection electrodes running to a second direction crossing with the first direction, and connecting same numbered first electrodes of the electrode groups, wherein each end of the connection electrodes forms a pad portion; and a second electrode facing to the plurality of the first electrodes with a liquid crystal cell therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongjun Choi, Joonyoung Park, Juseong Park, Minsung Yoon, Wooyoung Choe
  • Patent number: 10818213
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a substrate including an active area in which a plurality of pixels is disposed and a non-active outside a periphery of the active area. A plurality of signal lines is disposed in parallel with one another and extend in a first direction in the non-active area. Each of the plurality of signal lines includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion which are sequentially connected to one another. The first and third portions extend in the first direction and are disposed in parallel with one another. Embodiments provided herein facilitate a reduction of electromagnetic interference between the display device and an external electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chansoo Park, HyungBeom Shin, SeEung Lee
  • Patent number: 10818212
    Abstract: The present application provides a display substrate and a method for driving the same, a display panel and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes pixel units, each of which includes a pixel electrode and a first transistor having a control electrode coupled to a gate line and a first electrode coupled to the pixel electrode. The display substrate further includes a second transistor coupled to a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit in a same column. The second transistor has a first electrode coupled to a second electrode of the first transistor of the first pixel unit and a second electrode of the first transistor of the second pixel unit, a control electrode coupled to a control line, and a second electrode coupled to a data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Bai, Yanna Xue, Zhiying Bao, Lei Mi
  • Patent number: 10818238
    Abstract: The present application discloses sampling circuit for voltage compensation in a display apparatus. The sampling circuit includes multiple sampling sub-circuits. Each of the multiple sampling sub-circuits includes an output terminal coupled to a voltage collection port, a control terminal coupled to at least one gate-driving output terminal of a gate-driver-on-array (GOA) circuit for driving the display apparatus, and an input terminal coupled separately to a respective one of a plurality of voltage sampling points in the display apparatus. Each sampling sub-circuit is configured to collect, a voltage signal at the input terminal and transfer the voltage signal via the output terminal to the voltage collection port when the gate-driving output terminal outputs a gate-driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongxiao Shan
  • Patent number: 10817089
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display component, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display component includes a display panel, and a light converging layer and a functional panel sequentially disposed on the display side of the display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and the light converging layer includes a plurality of light converging units, one light converging unit is disposed on each of the sub-pixels, the functional panel includes a plurality of functional units. The functional unit may be provided with at least one of a sensor functional unit and a solar energy acquisition unit. A transparent area is provided between every two adjacent functional units, and each transparent area corresponds to each of the plurality of sub-pixels in a one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaokun Yang, Yun Qiu, Sha Liu, Xiao Sun
  • Patent number: 10809551
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having switchable viewing angles includes a display panel and a display control module. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display control module is used for controlling the display panel to display images. The first substrate is provided with a first electrode. The second substrate is provided with a second electrode and a third electrode. The liquid crystal display device further includes a viewing angle control module. The display control module is further used to provide a synchronization signal to the viewing angle control module. According to the synchronization signal, when a next frame following a current frame on which a viewing angle switching signal is received starts to display, the viewing angle control module outputs a periodic alternating voltage for switching viewing angle to the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: INFOVISION OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Chen Chung, Weifeng Fan, Peiyang Lin, Huilong Zheng
  • Patent number: 10809831
    Abstract: A biometric-recognition display panel is provided. The biometric-recognition display panel includes a substrate, a pixel array, a plurality of sensing circuits and a control circuit. The substrate includes a display area. The pixel array is disposed on the display area and the pixel array includes a plurality of pixels. The sensing circuits are disposed on the display area and each of the sensing circuits generates a threshold voltage by sensing the intensity of light. The control circuit performs biometric recognition according to each of the threshold voltages generated by each of the sensing circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Tsai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng
  • Patent number: 10810918
    Abstract: A video display device capable of compensating for display defects, comprising: liquid crystal panel for displaying an image through a pixel matrix; a data driver for outputting data to data lines of the liquid crystal display panel; a gate driver for driving the gate lines of the liquid crystal display panel; a timing controller for receiving compensated data, uncompensated data and synchronizing signals to output a gate control signal to the gate driver and to output both resultant data and a data control signal to the data driver; and a memory for storing information on point defect information on the liquid crystal display panel, and at least one of horizontal and vertical line defects of the liquid crystal display panel of the liquid crystal display panel; and a data compensation circuit for receiving display data and synchronizing signals, and outputting compensated data to the timing controller based on the information in the memory and uncompensated data to the timing controller, wherein the data comp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Hee Hwang
  • Patent number: 10805572
    Abstract: A display with a detachable screen according to the present application includes a servo body and a display screen, the display screen is electrically connected to the servo body via an electric wire, the display screen is detachably connected to the servo body, and the servo body drives the display screen to move between an unfolded position and a folded position, and the electric wire is detachably connected to the display screen. The display with the detachable screen according to the present application has a simple and compact structure and occupies a small volume, and the assembling and disassembling is convenient and efficient, the display screen can be separately detached from the servo body easily, thus it is convenient to independently maintain and replace the display screen without the complicated process of detaching the entire display from an interior trimming panel of a luggage rack of a passenger aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: THALES CETC AVIONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhijian Yan, Min Liu, Hanjun Kou, Hongchuan Deng, Kui Zhou, Zhenhua Song, Dake Liao
  • Patent number: 10802556
    Abstract: A portable information handling system transfers thermal energy associated with operation of processing components in a first housing portion to a thermal exchanger in a second housing portion through a hinge that rotationally couples the first and second housing portions. The hinge has first and second axles that each define a channel. Fluid heated at the first housing portion passes through the channel to the thermal exchanger where thermal energy is rejected from the system. In one embodiment, a second hinge having first and second axles that each define a channel provides a return path for the fluid from the second housing portion to the first housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Mark A. Schwager, Austin M. Shelnutt, John T. Morrison
  • Patent number: 10799807
    Abstract: Described is a board that is operable as a children's book or puzzle with parts that move, slide or turn on one lateral plane to physically change an illustration or part of the item and, as they slide or turn, activate a noise related to the illustration. The board includes a generally planar top illustrative layer. A bottom base layer is attached with the top illustrative layer. The bottom base layer includes a light sensor and sound generation components for generating a sound based upon actuation of the light sensor. A moving component is movably connected with the bottom base layer. Finally, the light sensor is connected with the bottom base layer and positioned such that moving the moving component from a first position to a second position exposes the light sensor to cause the sound generation components to generate a sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: William Derraugh
  • Patent number: 10795233
    Abstract: Techniques and structures for measuring the kickback voltage of an active matrix electro-optic display, such as an electrophoretic display, are described. The active-matrix display includes a capacitor coupled to an electrode of the display. A signal path for measuring the kickback voltage is configured to avoid the capacitor coupled to the electrode of the display. The kickback voltage is measured one or more times during the lifetime of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Raymond Amundson, Zdzislaw Jan Szymborski
  • Patent number: 10798369
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a three-dimensional (3D) display device including a pixel array and a grating. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixel columns, each of the plurality of pixel columns is inclined by an angle with respect to a direction in which an edge of the pixel array extends, and inclined angles of the pixel columns are substantially the same; each of the pixel columns is formed by arranging sub-pixels of three colors repeatedly in a fixed order, wherein dot pitches between any two adjacent sub-pixels in a same pixel column are substantially the same, and the sub-pixels in one of any two adjacent pixel columns in the plurality of pixel columns are staggered in turn with respect to respective sub-pixels in another pixel column of the two adjacent pixel columns and dot pitches between any two adjacent sub-pixels in the two adjacent pixel columns are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinye Zhu, Chenyu Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Xiaochuan Chen, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 10788854
    Abstract: A clamshell electronic device is provided. The clamshell electronic device includes a device body, a cover, an auxiliary display unit and an orientation adjustment mechanism. The cover pivots on the device body, and the cover includes a cover notch. The auxiliary display unit is disposed on the device body, wherein the auxiliary display unit is adapted to be rotated between a first unit orientation and a second unit orientation. The orientation adjustment mechanism is connected to the cover and the auxiliary display unit, wherein when the cover is in a first cover orientation relative to the device body, the cover covers the device body, and the auxiliary display unit is in the first unit orientation and corresponds to the cover notch. The user can obtain information such as time, weather or messages directly via the auxiliary display unit in the the cover notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yi Liang, Chen-Wen Liu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Tzu Yuan Tseng, Chun Yi Lu, Ko-Chen Chang
  • Patent number: 10789887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes a display; a processor configured to control to supply a power to the display; and a power supply configured to convert an input AC power and output converted first DC power and second DC power to the processor and the display, wherein the power supply comprises a discharging unit configured to discharge the first DC power when a supply of the AC power to the power supply is stopped, wherein the processor is configured to supply the second DC power to the display according to a level of a voltage outputted from the discharging unit, when the supply of the AC power to the power supply is stopped and then supplied again. Accordingly, when the AC power is supplied to the power supply of the image display apparatus, the display can be quickly turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Beduero Hong
  • Patent number: 10788714
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, pixel electrodes disposed on the first substrate and including a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode separated from each other and positioned in one pixel area, gate lines connected to the pixel electrodes, data lines connected to the pixel electrodes, reference voltage lines connected to the second sub-pixel electrode of the pixel electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules, a first initial pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the first sub-pixel electrode for the second substrate surface is larger than a second initial pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the second sub-pixel electrode for the second substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heung Shik Park, Jae Hoon Jung, Dan Bi Yang, Min-Joo Han, Ji Phyo Hong, Ki Chul Shin