Patents Assigned to Himax Display, Inc.
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Publication number: 20250035926Abstract: A head-up display system including a polarizing optical engine and a first rotatable diffuser is provided. The polarizing optical engine is configured to provide a polarized image beam. The first rotatable diffuser is disposed on a path of the polarized image beam and configured to rotate when the polarized image beam passes through the first rotatable diffuser. The first rotatable diffuser is made of isotropic material, and the polarized image beam from the first rotatable diffuser obliquely strikes a windshield and is then reflected by the windshield to an eye of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.Inventor: Chi-Wen Lin
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Patent number: 12197081Abstract: A light-emitting module including a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements, a window plate, and an encapsulant is provided. The light-emitting elements are disposed on the substrate and have a plurality of light colors. The window plate is disposed on light-emitting surfaces of the light emitting elements. The encapsulant wraps the light-emitting elements and surrounds the window plate. A front-lit liquid-crystal-on-silicon module is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Chi-Wen Lin, Chien-Tang Wang
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Patent number: 12174498Abstract: A display device including a display panel and a flexible printed circuit is provided. The display panel includes a pad and has a light-emitting surface and a back surface opposite to each other. The pad is disposed on the back surface. The flexible printed circuit is bonded on the pad of the display panel, wherein the display panel is electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventor: Shu-Chuan Chan
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Patent number: 12117644Abstract: A light source module includes a light-emitting device, a light guide pipe, a wave plate, and a polarizer. The light-emitting device emits a beam. The light guide pipe includes a recessed curved surface, an output surface, a first convex surface, and a second convex surface. The recessed curved surface faces the light-emitting device. The output surface is opposite to the recessed curved surface. The first convex surface connects the recessed curved surface with the output surface. The second convex surface connects the recessed curved surface with the output surface and is opposite to the first convex surface, wherein the beam enters the light guide pipe through the recessed curved surface, and leaves the light guide pipe through the output surface. The wave plate is disposed on a path of the beam from the output surface. The polarizer is disposed on a path of the beam from the wave plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2024Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20240142097Abstract: A light source system configured to provide an illumination beam and including at least one light source module is provided. Each of light source module is configured to emit a color beam and includes a plurality of light sources. Different light sources are configured to emit excitation lights of different wavelengths. The excitation lights are combined to form the color beam. The at least one color beam is combined to form the illumination beam. Differences in the wavelengths fall within a range of 5 nm to 10 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Biing-Seng Wu, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang
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Patent number: 11962945Abstract: A projection apparatus including a liquid crystal on silicon panel and a processor is provided. The liquid crystal on silicon panel is configured to display a plurality of phase images. The phase images include a first phase image and a second phase image. The processor is coupled to the liquid crystal on silicon panel. The processor is configured to generate and output the phase images to drive the liquid crystal on silicon panel to display the phase images. The processor generates the first phase image according to a first phase information, and the processor generates the second phase image according to the first phase image.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang
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Patent number: 11822218Abstract: A projection system includes a light source, a reflective phase modulator, a display and a projection lens. The light source is configured to emit a first light. The reflective phase modulator is configured to modulate phase of the first light to form a second light. The display is configured to receive the second light. The display is located between the projection lens and the reflective phase modulator.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventor: Kuan-Hsu Fan Chiang
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Patent number: 11686980Abstract: A display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer and a sealant is provided. The second substrate is assembled with the first substrate. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealant is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, surrounds the display medium layer and includes a continuous one-piece pattern, wherein the continuous one-piece pattern includes a first segment and a second segment, and a difference between a width of the first segment and a width of the second segment is greater than or equal to a third of the width of the second segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Ya-Jou Chen, Po-Hung Pan
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Patent number: 11656479Abstract: A display apparatus includes a coherent light source, a display unit, a light-diffusing element, and at least one optical element. The coherent light source is configured to provide coherent light beams. The display unit is configured to form a three-dimensional image beam based on interference of the coherent light beams, wherein the three-dimensional image beam is imaged on an intermediate imaging surface after passing through the display unit. The light-diffusing element is located on the intermediate imaging surface, wherein a diffusion angle of the three-dimensional image beam is sequentially changed by passing through the light-diffusing element. The at least one optical element is located on a transmission path of the three-dimensional image beam from the light-diffusing element, and is configured to project the three-dimensional image light beam passing through the display unit out of the display apparatus to display a three-dimensional image.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang, Chi-Wen Lin
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Publication number: 20230067172Abstract: A holographic display system including a first spatial light modulator panel and a second spatial light modulator panel is provided. The first spatial light modulator panel is configured to receive a first light with a first color, and generate a first diffracted light with the first color. The second spatial light modulator panel is configured to receive a second light with a second color and a third light with a third color, and respectively generate a second diffracted light with the second color and a third diffracted light with the third color. The first color, the second color, and the third color are different colors, and the first diffracted light, the second diffracted light and the third diffracted light form holographic images. A method for generating holographic images is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Biing-Seng Wu, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang
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Publication number: 20220385865Abstract: A projection apparatus including a liquid crystal on silicon panel and a processor is provided. The liquid crystal on silicon panel is configured to display a plurality of phase images. The phase images include a first phase image and a second phase image. The processor is coupled to the liquid crystal on silicon panel. The processor is configured to generate and output the phase images to drive the liquid crystal on silicon panel to display the phase images. The processor generates the first phase image according to a first phase information, and the processor generates the second phase image according to the first phase image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang
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Patent number: 11386861Abstract: A liquid crystal on silicon panel including a plurality of driving circuits is provided. Each of the driving circuits includes a first driving route and a second driving route. The first driving route and the second driving route are configured to drive corresponding subpixel electrodes and respectively determine display content of a first wobulation image and a second wobulation image. In addition, a projection apparatus including the liquid crystal on silicon panel is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Shun-Tai Huang
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Patent number: 11360303Abstract: A head up display system is provided and includes an image source, an image adjustment device, a controller, and a reflector. The image source is adapted to output an image with an image light traveling in a light path. The image adjustment device is positioned on the light path of the image light, wherein the image adjustment device comprises a liquid crystal panel. The controller is adapted to control the image adjustment device. The reflector is adapted to reflect the image light passing through the image adjustment device to a projection screen. A display method of a head up display system is also provided in the disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventor: Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang
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Patent number: 11340555Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) holographic display system includes a projector that generates an image with a form of spatially varying modulation on a light beam; holographic processor that performs a holographic method on the image generated by the projector; and memory device that stores holographic data generated in a process of performing the holographic method by the holographic processor. An amplitude of a light field is adaptively replaced by the holographic processor according to significance of respective areas of the image.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Che-Yung Shen, Shang-Hao Huang, Shang-Ting Wu, Shuo-En Lin, Yi Cheng, Yi-Pai Huang, Chi-Wen Lin
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Patent number: 11333920Abstract: A display panel is provided and includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light shielding layer, a scattering pattern, a sealant, and a display medium layer. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The light shielding layer is disposed on a top surface of the first substrate away from the second substrate. The scattering pattern is disposed underneath the light shielding layer. The sealant is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and shielded by the light shielding layer. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounded by the sealant.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventor: Po-Hung Pan
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Patent number: 11328634Abstract: The projection device includes a light source, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) panel, and a circuit. The circuit is configured to obtain a target image including a target pattern, and generate two content images. Each content image includes a duplicated pattern of the target pattern, and the duplicated patterns are off-axis shifted to the same coordinate when performing a computer-generated hologram (CGH) algorithm, so as to generate a phase image. The LCoS panel is driven according to the phase image to display a reconstructive image at a reconstructive distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Biing-Seng Wu, Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Hsu Fan Chiang
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Patent number: 11327367Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer, a sealant and a conductor. The first and second substrates are assembled via the sealant that surrounds the display medium layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The second substrate includes a second conductive layer and a passivation layer disposed on the second conductive layer. The passivation layer reveals a portion of the second conductive layer. The conductor electrically connects a first conductive layer of the first substrate to the revealed portion of the second conductive layer and is disposed between the sealant and an edge of the display panel. A first conductive protrusion and a second conductive protrusion are sequentially disposed on one of the first and second substrates to form the conductor. A material of the second conductive protrusion may be formed from a conductive composite material, that may include a curable material.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventor: Po-Hung Pan
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Patent number: 11249235Abstract: A light guide module and an augmented reality (AR) apparatus are disclosed. The AR apparatus includes a display module and the light guide module. The light guide module includes a first light guide plate and a second light guide plate. The first light guide plate has a light receiving area for receiving optical input light with a predetermined incident angle and a light outputting area for outputting optical input light. The second light guide plate is disposed on the first light guide plate, and has dichroic surfaces for selectively transmitting or reflecting the optical input light.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Chien-Tang Wang, Yuet-Wing Li
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Publication number: 20210358436Abstract: A liquid crystal on silicon panel including a plurality of driving circuits is provided. Each of the driving circuits includes a first driving route and a second driving route. The first driving route and the second driving route are configured to drive corresponding subpixel electrodes and respectively determine display content of a first wobulation image and a second wobulation image. In addition, a projection apparatus including the liquid crystal on silicon panel is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Shun-Tai Huang
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Publication number: 20210333569Abstract: A display apparatus includes a coherent light source, a display unit, a light-diffusing element, and at least one optical element. The coherent light source is configured to provide coherent light beams. The display unit is configured to form a three-dimensional image beam based on interference of the coherent light beams, wherein the three-dimensional image beam is imaged on an intermediate imaging surface after passing through the display unit. The light-diffusing element is located on the intermediate imaging surface, wherein a diffusion angle of the three-dimensional image beam is sequentially changed by passing through the light-diffusing element. The at least one optical element is located on a transmission path of the three-dimensional image beam from the light-diffusing element, and is configured to project the three-dimensional image light beam passing through the display unit out of the display apparatus to display a three-dimensional image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang, Chi-Wen Lin