Patents Assigned to AU Optronics
  • Patent number: 11874537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device, comprising: a first substrate comprising a first inner surface, a first outer surface opposite to the first inner surface, a display region, a bonding region adjacent to the display region, a plurality of thin film transistors disposed on the first inner surface and corresponding to the display region; a second substrate opposite to the display region and comprising a second inner surface, a second outer surface opposite to the second inner surface, a first color resist and a second color resist each disposed on the second inner surface; a display molecular layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; an electrical shielding layer disposed on the first outer surface of the first substrate, wherein the electrical shielding layer comprises a first shielding region corresponding to the first color resist and a second shielding region corresponding to the bonding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung Chuan Chu, Chao-Yun Cheng, Shan-Fang Chen, Haiyan Liu
  • Patent number: 11862842
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel, multiple antenna electrodes, a dummy electrode, and multiple feed lines. The display panel has a display area. The antenna electrodes are disposed on the display panel and overlap the display area. The dummy electrode is disposed around the antenna electrodes and overlaps the display area. The dummy electrode is electrically separated from the antenna electrodes, and has multiple dummy wire segments whose extension directions intersect each other. The dummy wire segments have multiple breaks. The feed lines are respectively electrically connected to the antenna electrodes. An antenna module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Yi Chang, Chao-Wei Yeh, Yu-Ling Yeh, Pei-Heng Li, Chao-Yang Chou, Hsi-Tseng Chou
  • Patent number: 11843079
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first light-emitting diode, an encapsulant and a first Fresnel lens. The first light emitting diode is located on the substrate. The encapsulant covers the first light emitting diode. The first Fresnel lens is located on the encapsulant and overlapping with the first light emitting diode. The width of the first Fresnel lens is 4 to 10 times the width of the first light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jhong Yuan Wang, Yu-Han Chiang, Shang-Chiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11841573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display panel, comprising a first substrate; a second substrate comprising a color resist layer, the color resist layer comprising a first color resist, a second color resist and a third color resist sequentially arranged in a first direction; and a display molecular layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first color resist comprises a plurality of first color resist stripes, the second color resist comprises at least one second color resist stripe, the third color resist comprises at least one third color resist stripe, and a volume of the first color resist stripe is smaller than a volume of the second color resist stripe and smaller than a volume of the third color resist stripe, wherein the first color resist is a green color resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ching Lin, Po-Chun Chiu
  • Patent number: 11828976
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module, including a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements, a protective layer and a plurality of first dots. These light-emitting elements are disposed on the substrate. The protective layer is disposed on the substrate and the light-emitting elements, the protective layer has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and the upper surface of the protective layer is flat. The first dots are disposed on the upper surface of the protective layer and cover the light-emitting elements. A vertical projection area of each of the first dots on the substrate is larger than a vertical projection area of each of the light-emitting elements on the substrate, so as to reduce the thickness of the backlight module and reduce the dots alignment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 11832462
    Abstract: A photosensitive device including a microlens substrate, a photosensitive element substrate, and an optical glue is provided. The microlens substrate includes a first substrate and microlenses. The first substrate has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The microlenses are located on the first side of the first substrate. The photosensitive element substrate includes a second substrate, active components, first electrodes, a second electrode, and an organic photosensitive material layer. The second substrate has a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side. The second side of the first substrate faces the third side of the second substrate. The active components are located on the fourth side of the second substrate. The first electrodes are respectively electrically connected to the active components. The organic photosensitive material layer is located between the first electrodes and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Huan Liao, Chun Chang, Hsin-Hsuan Lee
  • Patent number: 11825730
    Abstract: A display, including a carrying main body, a flexible carrier film, a double-sided tape, and an adhesive layer, is provided. The flexible carrier film includes a first bonding section and a second bonding section respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the carrying main body, and a bending section connected between the first bonding section and the second bonding section. The flexible carrier film has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to each other. The inner surface has at least one first groove at the bending section. The flexible carrier film has a display layer thereon. At least a part of the display layer is connected to the outer surface at the second bonding section. The double-sided tape is disposed between the first bonding section and the carrying main body. The adhesive layer is disposed between the inner surface and the carrying main body at the bending section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Tsung Lee, Chih-Chieh Lin, Yi-Wei Tsai, Ko-Chin Chung
  • Patent number: 11825067
    Abstract: A naked-eye stereoscopic display system including a display, an optical element, and a controller is provided. The display is adapted to emit a plurality of image beams, and includes a plurality of display regions. Each of the display regions includes a plurality of first sub-display regions and a second sub-display region. A light configuration is performed on the image beams by the optical element, and then the image beams are projected out of the naked-eye stereoscopic display. The controller is electrically connected with the display. The controller controls the display, so that a light intensity of an image beam generated by the first sub-display regions is lower than a light intensity of an image beam generated by the second sub-display region. A display method of the naked-eye stereoscopic display is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Ya-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 11811013
    Abstract: A display panel includes a drive element, a first heat dissipation layer, a light-emitting element, and a second heat dissipation layer. The drive element is disposed on a substrate. The first heat dissipation layer is disposed on the drive element. The light-emitting element is disposed on the first heat dissipation layer and electrically connected to the drive element. The second heat dissipation layer covers the light-emitting element. A refractive index of the first heat dissipation layer is greater than a refractive index of the second heat dissipation layer when a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element faces the first heat dissipation layer, and the refractive index of the second heat dissipation layer is greater than the refractive index of the first heat dissipation layer when the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element faces the second heat dissipation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Cheng, Chan-Jui Liu, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Patent number: 11804583
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a substrate, a first pad, a second pad, a light emitting diode, a first connection structure, a second connection structure, and a patterned adhesive layer and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The first pad and the second pad are located on the substrate. The light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer overlapping the first semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are respectively connected to the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The first connection structure electrically connects the first electrode to the first pad. The second connection structure electrically connects the second electrode to the second pad. The patterned adhesive layer is located between the substrate and the light emitting diode and does not contact the first connection structure and the second connection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Fang-Cheng Yu, Cheng-Chieh Chang, Cheng-Yeh Tsai
  • Patent number: 11804063
    Abstract: A photosensitive apparatus includes an operating circuit, a first electrode, multiple first photosensitive patterns, a dielectric layer, a second electrode, a spacer layer, a light shielding layer, and at least one micro lens. The first electrode is electrically connected to a first terminal of the operating circuit. The first photosensitive patterns are separated from each other and disposed on the first electrode. Multiple first surfaces of the first photosensitive patterns are electrically connected to the first electrode. The dielectric layer is disposed on the first photosensitive patterns. The second electrode is disposed on the dielectric layer and electrically connected to multiple second surfaces of the first photosensitive patterns through multiple first contact holes of the dielectric layer. The spacer layer is disposed on the second electrode. The light shielding layer is disposed on the spacer layer. The at least one micro lens is disposed above the light shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsu-Chien Tung, Chun-Hung Kuo
  • Patent number: 11803080
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizer module and an operation method thereof. The polarizer module includes a bifacial reflective polarizer, a first liquid crystal layer, a second liquid crystal layer, a first polarizer, and a second polarizer. The bifacial reflective polarizer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer are disposed on the first surface and the second surface respectively. The first polarizer and the second polarizer are disposed on the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Syuan-Ling Yang, Guan-Yu Chen, Chao-Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11796153
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source array, a reflector module, and an optical film. The light source array includes a plurality of light sources. The light emitted from the light source can be refracted by the lens unit to obtain a specific light-output angle and uniformity. The reflector module includes a plurality of reflector units. Each reflector unit includes a flat portion, a first wall portion, and a corner wall portion, which have structures and arrangements designed to enable the light source to achieve a display effect of less shadows and better contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Kun-Cheng Tien, Yi-Wen Lin, Cheng-Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11790832
    Abstract: A display device includes a multiple of light-emitting elements and a multiple of driving circuits. Each of the multiple of driving circuits is configured to generate a driving current to illuminate one of the multiple of light-emitting elements. Each of the multiple of driving circuits includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a reset circuit, a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The driving current flows from a first system high voltage terminal through the first transistor, the second transistor and one of the multiple of light-emitting elements to a system low voltage terminal. The first control circuit is configured to control the first transistor to modulate pulse amplitude of the driving current. The second control circuit is configured to control the second transistor to modulate pulse width of the driving current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Che-Chia Chang, Shang-Jie Wu, Yu-Chieh Kuo, Hsien-Chun Wang, Sin-An Lin, Mei-Yi Li, Yu-Hsun Chiu, Ming-Hung Chuang, Yi-Jung Chen
  • Patent number: 11791444
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a circuit substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements, an optical film, and an adhesive layer is provided. These light-emitting elements are electrically bonded to the circuit substrate. The optical film overlaps the light-emitting elements. The light-emitting elements are disposed between the optical film and the circuit substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed between the optical film and the circuit substrate, and connects the light-emitting elements and the optical film. A cavity is provided between the light-emitting elements, the circuit substrate, and the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chien, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Shau-Yu Tsai, Cheng-Chuan Chen, Chih-Ling Hsueh
  • Patent number: 11784293
    Abstract: The display panel includes an array substrate, a light emitting diode and a first connection electrode. The array substrate includes a driving circuit layer. The light emitting diode is disposed on the array substrate. The light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a light emitting layer. The light emitting layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The first connection electrode is electrically connected to the driving circuit layer and the first semiconductor layer. The first connection electrode wraps the light emitting layer such that a normal projection of the light emitting layer over the array substrate is within a normal projection of the first connection electrode over the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen-Wei Yang, Cheng-Yeh Tsai
  • Patent number: 11781905
    Abstract: An optical sensing device includes a substrate, a sensing element layer, a light-shielding layer, and a light absorbing layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The sensing element layer is disposed on the first surface and includes multiple sensing elements. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the sensing element layer and has multiple openings. An orthogonal projection of the opening on the substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the sensing element on the substrate. The light absorbing layer is disposed on the second surface. An electronic apparatus including the optical sensing device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Hua Lu, Shang-Wei Hsieh, Chao-Chien Chiu
  • Patent number: 11776444
    Abstract: A pixel array substrate, including scanning line pads, data line pads, scanning lines, data lines, gate transmission lines, pixels, a data line signal chip, and a scanning line signal chip, is provided. The scanning lines extend along a first direction. The data lines and the gate transmission lines extend along a second direction. The data lines are electrically connected to the data line pads. The scanning lines are electrically connected to the scanning line pads through the gate transmission lines. A ratio of a number of rows of pixels arranged in the first direction to a number of rows of pixels arranged in the second direction is X:Y. Each pixel includes m sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yang-Chun Lee, Sheng-Yen Cheng, Yueh-Hung Chung, Min-Tse Lee, Kuang-Hsiang Liao, Shiang-Lin Lian, Yan-Kai Wang, Ya-Ling Hsu, Chen-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: 11774286
    Abstract: A light detection device including a substrate, a first light detector, a second light detector, and a switch element is provided. The first light detector is disposed on the substrate and includes a first active layer. The second light detector is disposed between the substrate and the first light detector and includes a second active layer. The switch element is disposed on the substrate. A horizontal projection of the second active layer on the substrate completely falls within a horizontal projection of the first active layer on the substrate. A negative electrode of the first light detector and a negative electrode of the second light detector are electrically connected to the switch element via a first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yen-Tang Huang
  • Patent number: 11776463
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting unit, first and second capacitors, and first and second switches. The light emitting unit emits light according to a voltage level of a first node. A first terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to the first node, and a second terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to a second node. A first terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to the second node, and a second terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to the light emitting unit. A first terminal of the first switch is coupled to the first node, and a second terminal of the first switch is coupled to the light emitting unit. The second switch is configured to be turned on before the first switch is turned on, and a first terminal of the second switch is coupled to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu-Hao Huang, Hsien-Chun Wang, Sung-Yu Su