Having Significant Detail Of Cell Structure Only Patents (Class 349/84)
  • Patent number: 11828970
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible display. The flexible display includes a flexible substrate, a flexible light guide film, a first light-scattering film, a first light-shielding film, a first color film and an LED light source disposed on the side of the flexible light guide film, and the flexible substrate, the flexible light guide film, the first light-scattering film, the first light-shielding film, and the first color film are sequentially stacked. The first color film includes a first pattern area and a first non-display area. The first light-shielding film includes a first light-shielding area and a first light-transmittance area. The flexible light guide film includes a first polymer film. The first polymer film includes multilayer-structured nanoscale light-scattering particles uniformly distributed. Each multilayer-structured nanoscale light-scattering particle includes a nanoparticle and a second polymer layer coating the nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG TIANYUE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Junhua Chen
  • Patent number: 11770964
    Abstract: A method of encapsulating an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is provided. The method includes generating a first plasma in a process chamber, the first plasma having an electron density of at least 1011 cm?3 when an OLED device is positioned within the process chamber. The OLED device includes a substrate and an OLED formed on the substrate. The method further includes pretreating one or more surfaces of the OLED and substrate with the first plasma; depositing a first barrier layer comprising silicon and nitrogen over the OLED by generating a second plasma comprising silicon and nitrogen in the process chamber, the second plasma having an electron density of at least 1011 cm?3, and depositing a buffer layer over the first barrier layer; and depositing a second barrier layer comprising silicon and nitrogen over the buffer layer by generating a third plasma comprising silicon and nitrogen in the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Won, Soo Young Choi, Sanjay D. Yadav
  • Patent number: 11650444
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device and an electronic apparatus each include a liquid crystal layer, a first insulating substrate, a pixel electrode, a first transparent electrode disposed between the first insulating substrate and the liquid crystal layer, a second insulating substrate, a first organic insulating film overlapping the pixel electrode, a second organic insulating film disposed between the first organic insulating film and the liquid crystal layer, and a second transparent electrode overlapping the first transparent electrode and disposed between the second insulating substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The first organic insulating film includes a concave portion, and the second transparent electrode is disposed in the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 11550176
    Abstract: A display device, including a first polarizing film, a pixel array module, a second polarizing film, and a first electronically controlled phase retardation module, is provided. The pixel array module is disposed in overlap with the first polarizing film. The second polarizing film is disposed in overlap with the pixel array module. The first electronically controlled phase retardation module includes a first liquid crystal layer, two first alignment layers, and two first conductive layers. The first liquid crystal layer and the first alignment layers are disposed between the first conductive layers. The second polarizing film is located between the pixel array module and the first electronically controlled phase retardation module. One of the first polarizing film and the second polarizing film directly contacts one of the first conductive layers of the first electronically controlled phase retardation module. The display device has a switchable viewing angle and is thinner and lighter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Chuan Chih, Wen-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 11504947
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a multilayer composite display cover include stacking a plurality of composite layers, each comprising an ultra-thin glass sheet covered in a polymer layer. After a cover glass sheet is placed on an exposed polymer layer, the composite layers may be bonded together. A ceramic coating may be applied to the external surfaces to increase hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Stefan Peana
  • Patent number: 11500236
    Abstract: This discourse provides a display panel and a manufacturing method of the same. The display panel comprises an array substrate, a color filter substrate, a sealant, a plurality of metal electrodes, and a plurality of walls. The sealant is disposed on edges of the array substrate and the color filter substrate, sealing the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The plurality of metal electrodes are arranged on an aperture region of a plurality of pixel units of the array substrate. A top of the plurality of walls contacts with an inner surface of the color filter substrate. The plurality of walls block liquid crystals on left and right sides, ensuring uniformity of thickness of liquid crystal cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaijun Wang
  • Patent number: 11271188
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and manufacturing method thereof, the display panel including a substrate, a first organic layer disposed on the substrate, a reflective layer disposed on the first organic layer, a light transmissive layer disposed on the reflective layer, and the reflective layer includes a first surface adjacent to the first organic layer and a second surface adjacent to the light transmissive layer, the second surface being a concave surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Wenjie Li
  • Patent number: 11257403
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a flexible display screen, a foldable assembly and a non-display function assembly. The states of the foldable display device include an unfolded state and a folded state. In the unfolded state, a first support plate and a second support plate are disposed on two opposite sides of a connector respectively, and the flexible display screen covers the first support plate, the connector, the second support plate and the non-display function assembly. In the folded state, a first part and a second part of the flexible display screen overlap, the first support plate and the second support plate overlap and are disposed between the first part and the second part. A part of the flexible display screen on the side of the second support plate which is away from the first support plate does not cover the non-display function assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongxin He
  • Patent number: 11249357
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device is provided with a first light-shielding member, a second light-shielding member, a third light-shielding member, and a fourth light-shielding member along an edge of a pixel electrode, and liquid crystal molecules are set with a pretilt direction (an alignment direction) in a direction intersecting both a first direction and a second direction and facing a second intersection region between the third light-shielding member and the fourth light-shielding member. In addition, at a lower layer side of the pixel electrode, a convex portion extending along an end portion of the pixel electrode is provided. The pixel electrode avoids overlapping, in a region along both the first light-shielding member and the second light-shielding member, with the convex portion, and overlaps, in a region along both the third light-shielding member and the fourth light-shielding member, with the convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukihiro Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11112546
    Abstract: A method is described for preparing a coating layer having highly aligned nanomaterial by applying shearing force to a composite of nano material and lyotropic liquid crystal material after mixing the nano material and the lyotropic liquid crystal material. The method includes (a) injecting a composite of nanomaterial and lyotropic liquid crystal into a space between an upper plate and a lower plate in a laminate; and (b) applying a shearing force to the composite of nanomaterial and lyotropic liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Ki Yoon, Yun Jeong Cha, Soon Mo Park
  • Patent number: 11116086
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a first surface portion, a second surface portion, and a third surface portion which is disposed between the first surface portion and the second surface portion. The electronic apparatus operates in one of a first mode and a second mode. When the electronic apparatus operates in the first mode, the third surface portion is bent from the first surface portion, and the second surface portion is bent from the third surface portion. When the electronic apparatus operates in the second mode, the first surface portion, the second surface portion, and the third surface portion are substantially parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TaeHyun Kim, Donghwan Shim, Seungmin Lee, Sunhee Lee, Jonghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11089699
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rollable display, which prevents slippage between a flexible display panel and a back plate attached to the flexible display panel for supporting the same. The rollable display has a feature in different patterns of the back plate for each area. In addition, the rollable display has a feature in that a display unit is foldable and non-foldable via a link unit so as not to be folded or rolled multiple times in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HeongSoo Park, SeungHee Lee, MiJin Han
  • Patent number: 10826016
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an organic light-emitting diode package, a display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The method may include: providing a substrate comprising a baseplate, a pixel-defining layer disposed on the baseplate and a light-emitting layer disposed in an opening of the pixel-defining layer, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises an organic light-emitting diode; forming a first inorganic layer on the substrate; preparing an ultraviolet absorbing layer on the first inorganic layer; and forming a planarization layer and a second inorganic layer in sequence on the ultraviolet absorbing layer. The implementation of the present disclosure may effectively reduce the damage from external ultraviolet light to the organic light-emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiangjiang Jin, Hsiang-lun Hsu
  • Patent number: 10691177
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with a removable keyboard are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: identify a physical arrangement of: (i) a first display, (ii) a second display coupled to the first display, and (iii) a keyboard; and execute an operation associated with the physical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Liam B. Quinn, Christopher Alan Robinette, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 10459293
    Abstract: Liquid crystal photonic devices and microcavities filled with liquid crystal materials are becoming increasingly popular. These devices often present a challenge when it comes to creating a robust alignment layer in pre-assembled cells. Previous research on photo-definable alignment layers has shown that they have limited stability, particularly against subsequent light exposure. A method of infusing a dye into a microcavity to produce an effective photo-definable alignment layer is described, along with a method of utilizing a pre-polymer infused into the microcavity mixed with the liquid crystal to provide photostability. In this method, the polymer layer, formed under optical irradiation of liquid crystal cells, is effectively localized to a thin region near the substrate surface and thus provides a significant improvement in the photostability of the liquid crystal alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Valerie A. Finnemeyer, Robert K. Reich, Harry R. Clark, Carl O. Bozler, Shaun R. Berry, Philip J. Bos, Douglas R. Bryant
  • Patent number: 10355242
    Abstract: In an organic EL display device (electroluminescent device) including an organic EL element (electroluminescent element), a first sealing film covers the organic El element, a second sealing film is formed on the first sealing film, and a third sealing film covers the first sealing film and the second sealing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okamoto, Takeshi Hirase, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda, Wataru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10287503
    Abstract: An enhanced brightness cholesteric liquid crystal eWriter device for writing and drawing includes substrates and electrically conductive layers disposed on the substrates. There is a gap, d, between the electrically conductive layers. Polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal material is disposed in the gap. The polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal material exhibits a written reflectance, R, which occurs in response to pressure applied to one of the substrates that changes reflectance of the cholesteric liquid crystal material. The device follows the relationship Rd1<Rd2 and d1>d2, where Rd2 is a written reflectance of an eWriter device of gap d2 and Rd1 is written reflectance of another eWriter device of gap d1. Further, a cholesteric liquid crystal eWriter device includes a layer of cholesteric liquid crystal material in a cell gap, d, wherein d<3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Kent Displays Inc.
    Inventors: Erica N. Montbach, Asad A. Khan, Mauricio Echeverri, Clinton I. Braganza
  • Patent number: 10288946
    Abstract: A flexible liquid crystal panel includes a first and a second flexible substrates opposite to each other, a first and a second flat layers arranged on inner sides of the first and second flexible substrates respectively, a color filter layer arranged between the second flexible substrate and the second flat layer, a spacing retaining wall formed on the second flat layer, seal glue coated on a side of the spacing retaining wall adjacent to the first flexible substrate, and liquid crystal filled between the first and second flat layers. The spacing retaining wall includes a plurality of transverse parts parallel with one another and extending transversely and a plurality of longitudinal parts parallel with one another and extending longitudinally. The transverse parts and the longitudinal parts intersect one another to separate a plurality of sub pixels and define and delimit closed areas in which the liquid crystal is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yungjui Lee, Xinhui Zhong
  • Patent number: 10164215
    Abstract: An electro-optic device includes a substrate that has a first surface and an end face crossing the first surface; a light emitting element that is disposed on the first surface; a planarization layer that covers the light emitting element; and a first inorganic sealing layer that is disposed on the planarization layer. An outer edge of the first inorganic sealing layer is disposed between an outer edge of the planarization layer and a first region where the light emitting element is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru Akagawa, Takefumi Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 9880332
    Abstract: Multilayer stacks that can be used as decorative microsphere articles. The decorative microsphere articles can be a durable and aesthetically pleasing substitute for anodized aluminum and other matte metallic surfaces. The decorative microsphere articles are durable and can have a bright diffused appearance of any desired color, for example white, gold, silver, red, or other colors, while being capable of being manufactured using a roll-to-roll process. The decorative microsphere articles can also provide novel optical effects than can change at different viewing angles, including, for example, changing color with view angle, changing sharpness or clarity of an image or icon with view angle, and the like, that may allow customers to differentiate their products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Vivek Krishnan, Matthew T Holbrook, Sharon Wang, Toheeb B. Alabi, Steven J. McMan, Kyle E Kulseth, Steven Hin-Chung Kong, Alexander J. Kugel
  • Patent number: 9804467
    Abstract: Provided are a light controlling apparatus and a method of fabricating the same. The light controlling apparatus comprises: a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit facing each other; a liquid crystal unit between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit, the liquid crystal unit including: a liquid crystal; a network having a first polymer polymerized from a first monomer having a similar shape as the liquid crystal and a second polymer polymerized from a second monomer having a shape different from the first monomer; and a wall having the first polymer and the second polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kihan Kim, Jiyoung Ahn, Moonsun Lee, Pureum Kim, Seokwon Ji
  • Patent number: 9561629
    Abstract: Optical bodies are disclosed that include an optical film and at least one rough strippable skin layer. The at least one rough strippable skin layer can include a continuous phase and a disperse phase. In some embodiments, the at least one rough strippable skin layer can include a first polymer, a second polymer different from the first polymer and an additional material that is substantially immiscible in at least one of the first and second polymers. In some exemplary embodiments, a surface of the at least one rough strippable skin layer adjacent to the optical film comprises a plurality of protrusions and the adjacent surface of the optical film comprises a plurality of asymmetric depressions substantially corresponding to said plurality of protrusions. Methods of making such exemplary optical bodies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hebrink, Carl A. Stover, Martin E. Denker, Jeffery N. Jackson, Kristopher J. Derks, Michael F. Weber, Anna A. Wetzels, Joan M. Strobel, Barry S. Rosell, John P. Purcell, Kevin M. Hamer, Robert D. Taylor, William B. Black, Richard J. Thompson, Gregory L. Bluem
  • Patent number: 9519173
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base substrate, a common electrode, a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode, a gate line, a data line, a switching element, a color filter and a light blocking pattern. The base substrate includes a trench. The common electrode is disposed in the trench. The liquid crystal layer is disposed in the trench and disposed on the common electrode. The pixel electrode is disposed on the base substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The gate line, the data line and the switching element are disposed on the base substrate and the pixel electrode. The color filter and the light blocking pattern are disposed on the gate line, the data line and the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang-Ho Jung, Seung-Bo Shim, Jin-Ho Ju, Jun-Gi Kim
  • Patent number: 9263506
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a flexible substrate and a plurality of OLEDs. The flexibility substrate includes at least one curved portion. The OLEDs are positioned in every pixel area that is set on the flexible substrate and includes a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and a common electrode. At least one OLED that is positioned at a curved portion in the OLEDs is formed in a lens shape and concentrates light toward the center of a pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 9229270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid display technology, and provides a liquid crystal display screen and a display device. A first and a second optical compensation film are disposed on each side of the liquid crystal layer respectively. By the first optical compensation film, a polarized light obtained from light non-normally incident into a first polarizing layer is compensated so that the polarized light becomes a first elliptically polarized light. By means of the phase retardation function of the liquid crystal layer, the first elliptically polarized light is converted into a second elliptically polarized light with its polarization direction consistent with that of the first elliptically polarized light and its rotation direction opposite to that of the first elliptically polarized light. By the second optical compensation film, the second elliptically polarized light is compensated into a polarized light capable of being absorbed completely by a second polarizing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guangkui Qin
  • Patent number: 9224348
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a data driving circuit, that converts digital video data into positive and negative data voltages, supplies the positive and negative data voltages to data lines of a liquid crystal display panel, and causes the data voltages supplied to the same data line to have the same polarity during one frame period, and a gate driving circuit sequentially supplying a gate pulse to gate lines of the liquid crystal display panel. Subpixels of the liquid crystal display panel include first and second subpixels positioned adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction. Each of the first and second subpixels is successively charged to the data voltages of two colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongjae Kim, Pyunghun Kim
  • Patent number: 9189027
    Abstract: A foldable display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the foldable display device includes a display panel and a window panel provided on a front surface of the display panel. The window panel includes a flexible area and a rigid area provided adjacent to at least one side of the flexible area. The elastic modulus of the flexible area of the window panel is lower than that that of the rigid area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Taek Lee, Kyu Young Kim, Gui-Nam Min, Jongin Lee, Kyung Woo Han, Soyeon Han
  • Patent number: 9182640
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first insulating substrate on which pixels are arranged and a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate. Each pixel includes a gate electrode disposed on the first insulating substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the first insulating substrate to cover the gate electrode, a semiconductor pattern disposed on the gate insulating layer to overlap with the gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor pattern, a transparent pixel electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer and partially making contact with the drain electrode, a protective layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the first insulating substrate or the second insulating substrate to form an electric field together with the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangho Bae, Osung Seo, Je Hyeong Park, Sanggab Kim
  • Patent number: 9170445
    Abstract: Disclosed are a flexible liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method of manufacturing the same. The flexible LCD device comprises a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate. A layer is disposed on the first flexible substrate and first pixel control lines are disposed on the second flexible substrate. The LCD device also includes polymer walls disposed between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate that maintain a cell gap between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate. The polymer walls are substantially aligned with the first pixel control lines and light transparent gaps in the layer disposed on the first flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Guk Kim, Gee Sung Chae, Dongcheon Shin, Won Bong Jang, Joong Ha Lee, Tae Hyoung Kwak
  • Patent number: 9164547
    Abstract: Disclosed is a foldable display apparatus which can stably maintain a bending curvature of a folded flexible display, and can maintain a bending display area of an unfolded flexible display in a plane state. The foldable display apparatus includes a display panel folded or unfolded with respect to a bending display area, a first housing configured to support a first area of the display panel, a second housing physically coupled to a second area of the display panel, a link assembly connected between the first and second housings, and configured to support a bending display area of the display panel which is folded or unfolded, and a sliding assembly configured to slide the first area or second area of the display panel according to bending of the link assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Chan Kwon, Sung Hun Kim, Dal Jae Lee, Jun Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9076264
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying, playing and modifying song and percussion sequences. Users can easily view and modify such sequences using a User Interface (UI), including while the sequences are playing. A user may quickly “zoom in” on specific sounds and rhythms, and modify the sound and/or rhythm while it plays. Users can also “zoom out” to view and manipulate a song at a pattern level, or at a song level with multiple sections of different sounds and rhythms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: iZotope, Inc.
    Inventors: Art Gillespie, Brendan Regan, Jeremy Todd
  • Patent number: 9041873
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display element disclosed includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first transparent electrode provided at a display region of the first substrate; and a second transparent electrode provided at a display region of the second substrate, at least one of d1 and d2 being not larger than 60 nm, where d1 represents a thickness of the first transparent electrode and d2 represents a thickness of the second transparent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hijiri Nakahara, Yasuhiro Kohara, Mitsunori Harada, Kohji Wakashiro, Sadao Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9036120
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel including pixels each having an active device, a pixel electrode, a common electrode and a liquid crystal layer arranged in a dot matrix array. The liquid crystal display panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has the active device, the pixel electrode, the common electrode and a first alignment film. The second substrate has a second alignment film. The first alignment film and the second alignment film are respectively a photo alignment film formed by irradiating a photo decomposition type insulating film with light. The second alignment film has a thickness of at least 10 nm and no greater 50 nm and is thinner than the first alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu, Yuko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9030620
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate including a plurality of thin-film transistors thereon, a plurality of gate lines respectively connected to a thin film transistor and disposed on the substrate, a color filter layer disposed on the substrate and the gate lines, a black matrix disposed on the color filter and overlapped with the gate lines, and a hole defined in the black matrix and exposing the color filter layer, a first electrode disposed on the color filter and electrically connected to the thin-film transistor and an image displaying layer disposed on the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Yeon Chae, Sang-Gun Choi, A-Ram Lee, Tae-Woon Cha
  • Publication number: 20150124179
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The display device includes a window part having a three-dimensional pattern on a front surface thereof instead of a pattern film layer, a color printing layer formed on a rear surface of the window part, a shielding printing layer formed on a rear surface of the color printing layer, and a display part provided on a rear surface of the shielding printing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Jae-Hun KO, Kyung-Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 9024850
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels in a matrix on a substrate. First and second pixels are adjacent to each other along a first direction. The first and second pixels each include first and second switching elements. A first common gate line extends in a second direction different from the first direction and is commonly connected to the first and second switching elements. First and second data lines extend in the first direction and are connected to the first and second switching elements, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Jun Lee, Jong-Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 8976324
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display may have multiple display layers for generating display light such as a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. The display may include first and second layers of optical fibers formed over the display layers. The first and second layers of optical fibers may guide display light generated in the display layers to an outer surface of the display. The first layer of optical fibers may include optical fibers having a first numerical aperture. The second layer of optical fibers may include optical fibers having a second numerical aperture. The first numerical aperture may be smaller than the second numerical aperture. The second layer of optical fibers may include vertical and angled optical fibers. The angled optical fibers may help reduce the size of an inactive region around the center of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tseng-Mau Yang, Christopher D. Prest, Dale N. Memering
  • Publication number: 20150036080
    Abstract: An optical film and a display device having the same are provided. The optical film has a light input face, a light output face opposite to the light input face, and a light-output structure disposed on the light output face. The light-output structure includes a plurality of light output microstructures such as prisms disposed side by side along a first direction on the light output face. Each prism has a first quadrilateral cross section parallel to the first direction. A first side of the quadrilateral cross section is connected to the light output face and includes a first angle with the light output face, wherein the first angles of the prisms continuously arranged have angle values varying in a periodic manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicants: University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc., AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Yan, Da-Ming Xu, Hui-Chuan Cheng, Shin-Tson Wu, Yi-Fen Lan, Cheng-Yeh Tsai
  • Patent number: 8947605
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic display in which image data, in the form of grey level information for red, green, and blue components of pixels in multiple images representing multiple perspective views of a scene, are recombined into a second set of images generally consisting of parts of all the original multiple perspective images, arranged within the second set of images in such a way that a 3D image is seen when the second set of images are displayed in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Dimension Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jesse B. Eichenlaub
  • Patent number: 8913204
    Abstract: A method of driving a bi-stable chiral splay nematic mode liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, first and second reset electrodes on one of inner surfaces of the first and second substrates, a pixel electrode on the inner surface of the first substrate and a common electrode on the inner surface of the second substrate includes: applying a data voltage and a common voltage to the pixel electrode and the common electrode, respectively, such that a vertical electric field is generated and the liquid crystal layer transitions from a splay state to a ?-twist state during a writing period; and floating the pixel electrode and the common electrode such that the liquid crystal layer keeps the ?-twist state and displays a present image during a memory period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Guk Kim, Wook-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 8912532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a top-emissive organic light-emitting diode (OLED) (10) arranged to emit light having different emission colors, comprising a multi-layered structure provided with a first electrode, a second electrode and a functional layer enabling light emission disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein thickness (H1, H2) of the functional layer is modulated by allowing at least a portion of the functional layer to interact with a thickness modulator (5a, 5b, 5c), wherein the functional layer comprises a hole injection layer or the electron injection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Dorothee Christine Hermes, Joanne Sarah Wilson, Petrus Alexander Rensing
  • Patent number: 8908126
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: an insulation substrate; pixel electrodes on the insulation substrate; a voltage auxiliary wiring on the insulation substrate and between adjacent pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal layer positioned in microcavities, where the voltage auxiliary wiring is exposed between adjacent microcavities; and a common electrode which overlaps the liquid crystal layer and the exposed voltage auxiliary wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Won, Young Joon Cho, Kyung Tae Chae, Nak Cho Choi
  • Patent number: 8908133
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel including pixels each having an active device, a pixel electrode, a common electrode and a liquid crystal layer arranged in a dot matrix array. The liquid crystal display panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has the active device, the pixel electrode, the common electrode and a first alignment film. The second substrate has a second alignment film. The first alignment film and the second alignment film are respectively a photo alignment film formed by irradiating a photo decomposition type insulating film with light. The second alignment film has a thickness of at least 10 nm and no greater 50 nm and is thinner than the first alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu, Yuko Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140347587
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, the three sub-pixels are arranged in a row and are all divided into a first region and a second region. The first region of the first pixel is above the second region of the first pixel. The first region of the third pixel is above the second region of the first pixel. The first region of the second pixel is below the second region of the second pixel. The first regions of two adjacent sub-pixels are not adjacent such that two first regions do not form the two consecutive points and thus do not form a lightspot. Furthermore, in a low grey value display, the color-mixing effect is better because the first regions of sub-pixels are arranged in a triangle distribution. This also improves the color-mixing effect of RGB colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectric Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liang Xu
  • Patent number: 8891048
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) with an integrated touch screen panel includes a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, the gate lines being divided into a plurality of groups, a plurality of sensing electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes divided into a plurality of groups, a common electrode driver configured to simultaneously supply a driving signal to common electrodes within each group of the plurality of groups of the common electrodes, and to sequentially supply the driving signal to the plurality of groups of the common electrodes, and a gate driver configured to sequentially supply a gate signal to gate lines within each of the plurality of group of the gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Woo Park, Sang-Jin Pak, Jin-Hee Lee, Sang-Kwon Ha, Ji-Gong Lee, Hideo Yoshimura, Cheol-Min Kim, Joo-Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 8885117
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a thin thickness and improved esthetic sense is disclosed. The display apparatus comprises a display panel including an upper substrate having a signal line to which gate and data signals are supplied, and at least one lower substrate bonded to the upper substrate; and a panel support member supporting the display panel to externally expose an entire upper surface of the display panel, wherein the display panel includes a display portion having a main display region, a sub display region having an area smaller than that of the main display region, and a boundary region dividing the main display region and the sub display region from each other; and a periphery portion surrounding the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HongSung Song, JoungMoo Ko, YoungMin Kweon, YongGi Son, ChangSoo Jang
  • Patent number: 8866998
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a metal pattern, a first insulation layer pattern and a second insulation layer pattern. The metal pattern is on a base substrate. The first insulation pattern is on the metal pattern and includes one of a silicon nitride (SiNx) and a silicon oxide (SiOx). The second insulation pattern is on the first insulation pattern and includes a remaining one of the silicon nitride (SiNx) and the silicon oxide (SiOx).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Hwan Ryu, Shin-Il Choi, Hong-Sick Park
  • Publication number: 20140292819
    Abstract: A display apparatus and an image forming method are provided. The display apparatus includes a transparent display layer and a light modification layer. The transparent display layer includes a plurality of pixel units for displaying an image. The light modification layer disposed under the transparent display layer and includes a substrate body having a plurality of first apertures and a plurality of shutter units disposed above the substrate body. When at least one of the shutter units is moved to a first position, an incident light transmits through the shutter unit and is reflected by the substrate body. When at least one of the shutter units is moved to a second position, the incident light transmits through the shutter unit and the at least one of first apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Wen Lin, Hsu-Hsiang Tseng, Weng-Chang Shen
  • Patent number: 8823891
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in the pixel region on the first substrate, the thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, the pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a common electrode on the second substrate, the common electrode facing the pixel electrode; at least one first reset electrode and at least one second reset electrode on one of the first and second substrates, the at least one first reset electrode and the at least one second reset electrode spaced apart from each other; and a bi-stable chiral splay nematic liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, the bi-stable chiral splay nematic liquid crystal layer having bi-stable states of a splay state as an initial state and a ?-twist state, whe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Guk Kim, Wook-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: RE47702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device comprising a device body with upper and lower body sides and having at least one surface support part for supporting the body on a surface, and a continuous flexible display. A support frame is configured to support at least a part of the flexible display, at least a portion of the support frame is connected with the device body and is movable with respect to the device body between a closed configuration for fixing the flexible display in a storage position and an open configuration for fixing the flexible display in an open position. There is at least one surface support part for supporting the support frame on a surface. In the open configuration the surface support parts of the support frame and of the lower body side are positioned in one plane, enabling a supporting of the surface support parts on a surface for a stable user interaction with the device in the open position of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers, Hendrik Visser, Michael Johannes Anna Maria Walters