Patents Examined by Charles S Chang
  • Patent number: 11846842
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate having a first length and a second substrate having a second length, a dimming panel including a third substrate having a third length and a fourth substrate having a fourth length, wherein the third length is greater than the first length, the second length and the fourth length, the first length is greater than the second length, the third thickness of the third substrate is greater than the first thickness of the first substrate, and the second thickness of the second substrate is greater than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Shimon Itakura, Yuzo Ota
  • Patent number: 11839008
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smart window and a driving method thereof and a smart window system. The smart window includes a glass module, a first controller, at least one light bar group and a light bar monitoring circuit. The glass module is coupled to the first controller; the at least one light bar group is coupled to the first controller; and the light bar monitoring circuit includes at least one light bar monitoring sub-circuit. The at least one light bar monitoring sub-circuit is coupled to the first controller and is coupled in a one-to-one correspondence to the at least one light bar group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongbo Wang, Chen Meng, Yiping Ruan, Shaobo Han, Siheng Xu, Zhong Hu, Kai Yu
  • Patent number: 11834600
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal composition capable of forming an optically anisotropic layer, and method thereof, in which a variation in a twisted angle of liquid crystal compound in an in-plane direction is suppressed an optical film, and a circularly polarizing plate for an organic EL display. The liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal, optically active compound A which is a photosensitive optically active compound whose helical twisting power changes upon irradiation with light and has a molar absorption coefficient of 5,000 M?1·cm?1 or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 365 nm, and an optically active compound B having a molar absorption coefficient with respect to light having a wavelength of 365 nm smaller than the molar absorption coefficient of the optically active compound A, in which a mass content ratio of the optically active compound A to the liquid crystal compound is less than 0.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Kodama, Yuki Fukushima, Shunya Katoh, Yuta Takahashi, Shinpei Yoshida, Satoshi Yanokuchi, Akira Maruyama, Hiroyuki Hagio
  • Patent number: 11835808
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present application discloses an array substrate, a display panel, and an electronic device. The array substrate includes a substrate and includes a control element; a first electrode is connected to the control element; a PIN diode is arranged on the first electrode, The PIN diode covers at least a part of the semiconductor layer of the control element and a part of the first electrode; a second conductive layer is arranged on the PIN diode, and the second conductive layer includes a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Ai, Jiyue Song, Dewei Song
  • Patent number: 11829022
    Abstract: A color filter array includes a first color resist, a second color resist, and a third color resist. The first color resist has a first color, the second color resist has a second color, and the third color resist has a third color. A transparency of the third color resist is greater than transparencies of the first color resist and the second color resist. The first color resist has a first edge and a second edge arranged along a first direction. The second color resist has a first edge and a second edge arranged along a first direction. The first color resist and the second color resist are arranged along a second direction. The first edge of the first color resist, the second edge of the second color resist, and the second edge of the first color resist are arranged sequentially along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ian French, Xian-Teng Chung, Liang-Yu Lin, Jau-Min Ding, Po-Yuan Lo
  • Patent number: 11822174
    Abstract: A button complex structure according to one embodiment of solving the aspect may include: a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a member on the second substrate; a first coupling member configured to couple the display panel to one surface of the member; a button structure disposed on the other surface opposite to the one surface of the member; and a second coupling member configured to couple the other surface of the member to the button structure, wherein the member includes a third substrate and the button structure is directly coupled to the third substrate via the second coupling member, wherein the button structure includes a button body fixed to the third substrate, a button circuit unit fastened to the button body, a button connected to the button circuit unit, and further includes a first communication unit disposed between the member and the display panel and a second co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOVIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Beom Kim, Joon Seog Kim
  • Patent number: 11822200
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate and a touch display panel are provided, including a plurality of touch electrodes. The touch electrodes include a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode, and a third touch electrode arranged along a first direction. A number of the touch traces electrically connected between the second touch electrode and the first common power line is greater than or equal to a number of the touch traces electrically connected between the first touch electrode and the first common power line, and is less than a number of the touch traces electrically connected between the third touch electrode and the first common power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanyang Li, Mang Zhao, Yong Tian
  • Patent number: 11815763
    Abstract: A liquid crystal coherent transparent display screen and a liquid crystal-laser transparent display system are provided. The liquid crystal coherent transparent display screen includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode layer, a first partial reflector, a first alignment layer, a second electrode layer, a second partial reflector, a second alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The first partial reflector and the second partial reflector form an optical resonant microcavity, to replace the polarizer, the analyzer and the optical filters in conventional technology, thereby improving the light transmittance of liquid crystal transparent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Zhaomin Tong
  • Patent number: 11791292
    Abstract: An embedded touch panel display device includes: a display unit having a display surface and a non-display surface opposite to the display surface; a touch-control unit disposed inside the display unit; a conductive frame disposed on one side of the display unit and facing the non-display surface thereof; an insulating ink and a first conductive ink disposed on at least one sidewall of the display unit and extended to the non-display surface, in which the first conductive ink overlaps the insulating ink; and a double-sided adhesive disposed between the display unit and the conductive frame to secure them. The first conductive ink and the conductive frame are electrically connected to each other to form an electrostatic discharge path. The present invention can prevent the peripheral area of the viewed area from a blackening phenomenon induced by excessively high electrostatic voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Interface Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., General Interface Solution Limited
    Inventors: Chen Ming Jen, Pei Hsun Wu, Hung Chien Lee, Yen Heng Huang
  • Patent number: 11782302
    Abstract: A display device includes an optical film having a via hole; a display panel disposed on a surface of a side of the optical film, and the display panel comprises a transparent area opposite to the via hole; a camera inserted into the via hole and facing the transparent area; and a transparent light source located within the via hole and between the camera and the transparent area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shaojun Hou, Xindong Mei, Chao Wang, Guanghui Liu
  • Patent number: 11768517
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, John P. Ternus, Kevin D. Gibbs
  • Patent number: 11768402
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure may include: a display panel; a frame which is located in a rear of the display panel and to which the display panel is coupled; a substrate which is located between the display panel and the frame and coupled to the frame; and a plurality of light sources which are mounted on the substrate and spaced apart from each other, wherein the substrate may include: an elongated first plate; and a plurality of second plates which extend from the first plate in a direction intersecting with a length direction of the first plate, and are spaced apart from each other in the length direction of the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungse Kim, Sangmin Baek, Junseok Tak, Byungwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11754899
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first insulating substrate, a scanning line, a signal line, a switching, and a pixel electrode. The liquid crystal layer includes a polymer in a shape of a streak and a liquid crystal molecule. The scanning line includes a conductive layer located between the first insulating substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and a first reflective layer located between the first insulating substrate and the conductive layer and having a reflectance higher than a reflectance of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Okuyama, Yudai Numata
  • Patent number: 11754881
    Abstract: The present invention has a pixel which includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element through the second switch and the first resistor. The pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a Cs line through the third switch and the second resistor. A common electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second liquid crystal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 11747676
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device achieves a slim bezel by forming a through hole at a bottom portion of a cover, and changing a connection structure of a sub-FPCB to be connected to a main FPCB such that the connection structure extends through the cover without extending along the outside of the cover. The display device achieves a reduction in the thickness of the display device and an enhancement in picture quality through change of an installation direction of an LED module constituted by a main FPCB and LED elements disposed at one surface of the main FPCB. The display device can reduce a space where a sensor unit is disposed in conventional cases by mounting the sensor unit on the LED module, and can realize an additional function such as skin care or sterilization in accordance with the kind of the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ji-Soon Oh, Cheol-Woo Park, Yeoun-Jei Jung, Jung-Mok Lee, Keum-Young Oh
  • Patent number: 11740505
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display control method, a display apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium. The display control method is applied to the display apparatus including a backlight component, and a first liquid crystal display panel and a second liquid crystal display panel that are stacked. The first liquid crystal display panel is located between the backlight component and the second liquid crystal display panel and configured to display a first image, and the second liquid crystal display panel is configured to display a second image. The method includes: in response to entering an image adjustment display mode, acquiring control information for controlling movement of a display position of the first image; and moving the display position of the first image based on the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tingting Luo, Luqiang Guo
  • Patent number: 11740519
    Abstract: The display device includes data lines, first gate lines arranged in parallel with the data lines, second gate lines intersecting the first gate lines, a line contact portion in which each of the plurality of first gate lines and each of the plurality of second gate lines are in contact with each other, a non-contact portion in which each of the plurality of first gate lines and each of the plurality of second gate lines are insulated from each other in an intersection area thereof, a first pixel including a first switching element connected to a corresponding second gate line among the second gate lines, and a second pixel including a second switching element connected to the second gate line connected to the first pixel, wherein magnitude of a first capacitance of the first switching element is different from magnitude of a first capacitance of the second switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Na Hyeon Cha, Si Hyun Ahn, Byoung Sun Na, Sun Kwun Son
  • Patent number: 11733574
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer in a pixel. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the transistor. The first conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the transistor, the first insulating layer, and the first conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the third insulating layer is positioned over the pixel electrode, the common electrode is positioned over the third insulating layer, and the liquid crystal layer is positioned over the common electrode. The common electrode includes a region overlapping with the first conductive layer with the pixel electrode positioned therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Masataka Nakada, Ami Sato
  • Patent number: 11733581
    Abstract: A light source device is used to generate illumination light and includes a plurality of light emitting components, at least one first fluorescent part, and at least one second fluorescent part. Each light emitting component is used to emit light. The first fluorescent part is disposed on at least one of the light emitting components and able to convert the light to first white light having a first color temperature. The second fluorescent part is disposed on at least one of the other light emitting components and able to convert the light to second white light having a second color temperature. The illumination light includes the first white light and the second white light, where the maximum difference between the first color temperature and the second color temperature is greater than or equal to 2000K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Huan Liao, Yi-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11732869
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device with reduced in-plane luminance variation. The light-emitting device includes a main substrate, a plurality of light sources, a plurality of lenses, and one or more light reflection members. The main substrate includes a central part and a peripheral part that surrounds the central part. The plurality of light sources are each disposed on the central part of the main substrate. The plurality of lenses are disposed to correspond to the plurality of light sources respectively. The plurality of lenses apply optical effects to beams of light from the plurality of light sources respectively. One or more light reflection members are each disposed on the peripheral part. The light reflection members each have reflectance that is higher than the reflectance of the main substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishimura, Takuya Shima