Patents Examined by Anthony G. Quash
  • Patent number: 11257848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The array substrate includes a display region and a wiring region surrounding thereof. The array substrate further includes a base substrate, a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer, a second conductive layer, a second insulating layer and a patterned shielding layer disposed sequentially thereon. The shielding layer includes a shielding portion in the wiring region. The first and second conductive layers include respectively first and second signal lead wires in the wiring region. There is no overlap between orthographic projections of the first and second signal lead wires on the base substrate. A difference between vertical distances from the first signal lead wire and from the second signal lead wire to the shielding layer is smaller than a thickness of the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanjie Xu, Shan Gao
  • Patent number: 11249354
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first basement and a first conductive layer, a second substrate including a second basement and a second conductive layer, and a display function layer. A second end surface of the second basement includes a flat portion located in a same plane as a first end surface of the first basement, and a first concave portion formed toward an inside of the second basement with respect to the flat portion. A connecting material which electrically connects the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is provided in the first concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shuichi Osawa, Yoshikatsu Imazeki, Yoichi Kamijo, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11237446
    Abstract: An optical assembly for an optical device. The optical assembly comprises a first substrate and a second substrate opposite the first substrate. A dimming structure is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A light shielding structure is disposed on a surface of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate. The light shielding structure is configured to absorb at least one of ultraviolet light, near-ultraviolet light, infrared light, or far-infrared light in the sunlight and output an electrical control signal, and the dimming structure is configured to adjust light transmittance in response to the electrical control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pengxia Liang
  • Patent number: 11231537
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. The display apparatus includes: a light guide module comprising a light incident region and a light emergent region; a display module, arranged corresponding to the light incident region of the light guide module and configured to display images; and a liquid crystal lens with a plurality of adjustable focal lengths, arranged between the display module and the light guide module and corresponding to the light incident region of the light guide module, and configured to form virtual images with different depths of field for the images displayed on the display module. The light guide module is configured to guide light exited from the liquid crystal lens to propagate in a direction from the light incident region to the light emergent region within the light guide module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Gao, Xiaochuan Chen, Wei Wang, Pengxia Liang, Jifeng Tan, Xiandong Meng, Xianqin Meng, Fangzhou Wang
  • Patent number: 11231623
    Abstract: A display device is capable of improving image quality, the display device including: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a common electrode between the first substrate and the second substrate, the common electrode including a first area and a second area; a first pixel group including a plurality of first pixel electrodes located at a display area of the first substrate and overlapping the first area of the common electrode; a second pixel group including a plurality of second pixel electrodes located at the display area of the first substrate and overlapping the second area of the common electrode; a first auxiliary line physically connected to the first area of the common electrode; a second auxiliary line physically connected to the second area of the common electrode; a first connection portion located at a non-display area of the first substrate and electrically connected to the first auxiliary line; and a second connection portion located at the non-display area of the first su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seulki Kim
  • Patent number: 11221524
    Abstract: The present application discloses an array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate comprises: a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixel units defined by the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines, each pixel unit comprising a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and at least three thin film transistors, the pixel unit further comprising: a charge-discharge element, the charge-discharge element and a third thin film transistor in the at least three thin film transistors charging and discharging the pixel unit such that the pixel unit forms a first voltage region and a second voltage region with different voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbo Li, Xinyin Wu, Pan Li, Hongfei Cheng, Jianbo Xian
  • Patent number: 11209702
    Abstract: The present application discloses an array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate comprises: a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixel units defined by the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines, each pixel unit comprising a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and at least three thin film transistors, the pixel unit further comprising: a charge-discharge element, the charge-discharge element and a third thin film transistor in the at least three thin film transistors charging and discharging the pixel unit such that the pixel unit forms a first voltage region and a second voltage region with different voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbo Li, Xinyin Wu, Pan Li, Hongfei Cheng, Jianbo Xian
  • Patent number: 11194209
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing to a smart window system capable of controlling a state of a display element (e.g., at least one of transparency, color, pattern, gradation degree, and displayed information) through various kinds of input devices and a control method thereof. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a smart window system may include a display element; an input device configured to receive a control command for the display element; and a controller configured to determine at least one of transparency, color, pattern, and gradation of the display element and information displayed on the display element on the basis of the control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Cheol Bae, Hyun Min Song, Jong Hyun Ryu, Ji Su Jung, Yong Ho Kim, Hong Suk Kim, Byung Hwa Seo, Tatsuhiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11175530
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) panel and an LCD device according to an exemplary embodiment may provide a first base substrate, a first polarizing layer disposed between the first base substrate and a liquid crystal layer, a first low refraction layer disposed between the first base substrate and the first polarizing layer and having a refractive index less than that of the first base substrate, and a color converting member disposed between the first low refraction layer and the first polarizing layer and including a quantum dot in an integrated manner, to realize excellent optical characteristics and have a small thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haeil Park, Yongseok Kim, Jinho Park, Gabsoo Han
  • Patent number: 11169394
    Abstract: To provide a naked-eye type stereoscopic display device which can achieve a fine stereoscopic display property while achieving high-definition display and high yield. Aperture parts of sub-pixels neighboring to a first direction include overlapping regions which overlap in a second direction and a non-overlapping region which does not overlap. Provided that a width of the aperture part in the second direction is defined as a longitudinal aperture width, the non-overlapping region includes an aperture width fluctuating region where the longitudinal aperture width changes continuously from roughly a center of the aperture part towards both ends of the first direction, respectively. The sum of the longitudinal aperture widths of the two overlapping regions overlapping with each other at a same position in the first direction is larger than the longitudinal aperture width in roughly the center of the aperture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Asai, Koji Shigemura
  • Patent number: 11163177
    Abstract: Architecture and designs of wearable devices for viewing multimedia in 3D are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, a display device is made in form of a pair of glasses. A separate enclosure is provided to generate content for display on the glasses. The content is optically picked up by an optical cable and transported by one or more optical fibers in the optical cable to the glasses, where an image polarizer, deposed on or included in the bridge of the glasses, receives the content and produces an alternating polarized content sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Darwin Hu
  • Patent number: 11112631
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a guide panel configured to guide a position of a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit, a cover bottom, and a rear cover. The guide panel includes a panel supporter extended in a first direction and including a second groove, and an extension extended from the panel supporter in a second direction intersecting the first direction and including a first groove. The cover bottom includes a horizontal portion extended in the first direction, and a vertical portion extended from the horizontal portion in the second direction. One end of the vertical portion is inserted into the second groove. The rear cover includes a body covering a back surface of the horizontal portion, and a hook protruding from the body in the first direction and inserted into the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guentaek Oh
  • Patent number: 11106090
    Abstract: To provide a vertical alignment liquid crystal display device capable of achieving a high-definition image display. Tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are within a plane that is in parallel to a border between a first pixel and a second pixel, and are different by 180 degrees between the first and second pixels. The first pixel is constituted with three sub-pixels for R, G, and B arranged in a direction in parallel to the border. Similarly, the second pixel is constituted with three sub-pixels for R, G, and B. The tilt directions of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are different by 180 degrees from each other between the sub-pixels for R of the first and second pixels, between the sub-pixels for G of the first and second pixels, and between the sub-pixels for B of the first and second pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Takatori
  • Patent number: 11106096
    Abstract: By increasing an interval between electrodes which drives liquid crystals, a gradient of an electric field applied between the electrodes can be controlled and an optimal electric field can be applied between the electrodes. The invention includes a first electrode formed over a substrate, an insulating film formed over the substrate and the first electrode, a thin film transistor including a semiconductor film in which a source, a channel region, and a drain are formed over the insulating film, a second electrode located over the semiconductor film and the first electrode and including first opening patterns, and liquid crystals provided over the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 11106076
    Abstract: A protective panel for a display device includes a substrate and a light-blocking layer provided over the substrate. A display window is defined on a region of the substrate where the light-blocking layer is not provided. The light-blocking layer includes a first layer which comprises a first material having a first color. The protective panel further includes a hole formed through the light-blocking layer. The hole having an inner sidewall, which is clad with a cladding material having a color different from the first color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11074876
    Abstract: To provide a naked-eye type stereoscopic display device which can achieve a fine stereoscopic display property while achieving high-definition display and high yield. An aperture part includes overlapping regions which overlap with an aperture part or another aperture part neighboring to each other in a second direction and a non-overlapping region which does not overlap. Provided that a light amount emitted from a linear aperture of the aperture part in parallel to a second direction is “longitudinal light amount”, the non-overlapping region includes longitudinal light amount fluctuating regions where the longitudinal light amount changes continuously from roughly a center of the aperture part towards both ends of the first direction, respectively. The sum of the longitudinal light amounts of the two overlapping regions overlapping with each other at a same position in the first direction is larger than the longitudinal light amount in roughly the center of the aperture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Asai, Koji Shigemura
  • Patent number: 11074025
    Abstract: To provide a thinned display device with a touch sensor and to provide a highly reliable display device. A sensor layer including an electrode of a touch sensor is formed in advance over a support substrate which is different from a substrate which forms a display device so that the sensor layer can be separated, the sensor layer is separated from the support substrate, and the separated sensor layer is attached to one surface of a substrate the other surface of which is provided with a component such as a color filter, with a bonding layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 11067857
    Abstract: Provided are: a display panel whereby a frame can be narrowed, while ensuring conduction between substrates; a display device; and a method for manufacturing the display panel. The display panel is provided with: a first substrate having a surface, on which an electrode layer is formed; a second substrate having a surface, on which a wiring path for supplying the electrode layer with signals is formed; and a sealing section that defines a space sealed between the first substrate surface and the second substrate surface, which are facing each other. The display panel is also provided with a columnar section that electrically connects the electrode layer to the wiring path. The columnar section is formed at a position in contact with the sealing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Takeuchi, Chikanori Tsukamura, Naoki Kotani, Kenichi Mukai
  • Patent number: 11061269
    Abstract: Disclosed an array substrate and a display panel, wherein the array substrate comprises a substrate, a plurality of pixel units disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the pixel units comprises a first pixel subunit, a second pixel subunit and a third pixel subunit, and a color filter disposed on each of the pixel subunits, wherein the color filter is located between the substrate and the second substrate, and the color filter of the third pixel subunit has a step structure. The display panel comprises the array substrate above and a second substrate, wherein the second substrate being disposed opposite to the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11054692
    Abstract: A display device includes a display that displays an image based on an image signal and that also functions as a see-through display. The display includes a light source, a light guide plate, a first polarization modulating element disposed at a display surface side of the light guide plate, an absorptive polarization plate disposed on a surface of the first polarization modulating element at a display surface side, a second polarization modulating element disposed at a back surface side of the light guide plate, the second polarization modulating element controlling a polarization state of an incident polarization wave in accordance with on/off of the light source, and a reflective polarization plate disposed on a surface of the second polarization modulating element at a back surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junichi Masuda