Patents Examined by Donald L Raleigh
  • Patent number: 11774662
    Abstract: A light guiding structure, a light source module and a display module are disclosed. The light guiding structure includes a light guiding body and at least one light guiding cavity disposed in the light guiding body. The light guiding body includes a light incident surface and a light exit surface which are disposed opposite to each other. Each light guiding cavity includes a first end close to the light incident surface of the light guiding body and a second end away from the light incident surface of the light guiding body, and the light guiding cavity extends from the first end to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Chaoyue Zhao, Xiuyun Chen, Lingyu Sun, Fei Liang, Tingxiu Hou, Peng Zhong, Jingjun Du, Yongkang Xiao
  • Patent number: 11774666
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a base portion; a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on an upper surface of the base portion, the plurality of light-emitting elements including: a first light-emitting element configured to emit first light from a first emitting surface, and a second light-emitting element configured to emit second light from a second emitting surface; and one or more reflective members disposed on the upper surface of the base portion and configured to reflect upward the first light and the second light. The one or more reflective members include: a first reflective surface configured to reflect the first light, a second reflective surface configured to reflect upward the first light that has been reflected at the first reflective surface, and a third reflective surface configured to reflect the second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 11776802
    Abstract: Improved ultraviolet field-emission lamps can be safely deployed close to people because they eliminate the use of toxic materials, mitigate heating issues, and emit light in a wavelength range that is safe for human exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NS Nanotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Coe-Sullivan, Matthew Stevenson, David Arto Laleyan
  • Patent number: 11770944
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting display device in which an optical compensation layer for compensating for an optical distance in each of subpixels configured to emit light with different colors is provided together with formation of a thin film transistor array so as to decrease a driving voltage value required to drive an organic stack and to improve processibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Na Jeon
  • Patent number: 11770960
    Abstract: A color filter unit having improved optical efficiency and color reproduction and a display apparatus including the color filter unit are provided. The display apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel on a first substrate, the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel are configured to emit light of different colors from one another, wherein each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a display element, a light scattering layer corresponding to the display element, the light scattering layer comprising first scattering particles and first quantum dots, and a color conversion layer on the light scattering layer, the color conversion layer including second scattering particles and second quantum dots configured to convert incident light into light of a set color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wonkyu Choe
  • Patent number: 11768324
    Abstract: Provided is a light absorption anisotropic layer including a dichroic substance, in which a transmittance as viewed from a front direction is high and a transmittance as viewed from an oblique direction can be lowered, a laminate, an optical film, an image display device, and a backlight module. The light absorption anisotropic layer includes a liquid crystalline compound and at least one dichroic substance, in which the dichroic substance is aligned perpendicular to the film surface, and an alignment degree of the light absorption anisotropic layer at a wavelength of 550 nm is 0.95 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitake Mitobe, Naoya Nishimura, Takashi Katou, Naoya Shibata
  • Patent number: 11761434
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a mechanical actuator based on a fiber optic platform. A material that is configured to be activated by light may be incorporated into an optical fiber that serves as both an actuator and a power delivery network. This platform is adaptable to different materials, types of motions, and length scales and allows for precise delivery of photons to the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason D. Myers, Jesse A. Frantz, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Daniel Rhonehouse, Christopher Bardeen, Colin Baker, Geoffrey Chin, Peter Alexander Morrison
  • Patent number: 11764226
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel arrangement structure, a display panel and a display device. The pixel arrangement structure includes: a first pixel area including a plurality of first-category pixel groups; and a second pixel area including a plurality of second-category pixel groups; wherein the first pixel area is adjacent to the second pixel area, and the first pixel area has a pixel density lower than a pixel density of the second pixel area; each of the first-category pixel groups includes a first sub-pixel of a first color, a second sub-pixel of a second color, and a third sub-pixel of a third color, the plurality of first-category pixel groups are arranged in an array, and in the first pixel area, centers of first sub-pixels of each column of the first-category pixel groups are in a same straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenjing Tan
  • Patent number: 11755870
    Abstract: A light emitting electronic card includes a card body, an electronic control module, a light emitting module and a light guide module. The card body includes a panel, a base plate, a light transmissive portion, a first light shielding portion and a second light shielding portion. The electronic control module is disposed at the card body, and includes a circuit control carrier board and a non-contact type radio-frequency (RF) antenna or a contact type communication chip. The light emitting module is disposed in the card body and is electrically connected to the circuit control carrier board. The light guide module is disposed in the card body and corresponds to the light emitting module, includes a light source focusing portion corresponding to the light transmissive portion, and guides a light source of the light emitting module to the light transmissive portion by the light source focusing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BEAUTIFUL CARD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jen-Hsiang Liu, Jung-Hsiu Chen
  • Patent number: 11753588
    Abstract: A quantum dot-polymer composite including a polymer matrix; and core-shell quantum dots dispersed in the polymer matrix, wherein the core-shell quantum dots include a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium, zinc, and phosphorus and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The core-shell quantum dots do not include cadmium, the core-shell quantum dots are configured to emit green light, the core-shell quantum dots have a mole ratio of phosphorus to indium of greater than or equal to about 0.75, and the core-shell quantum dots have a mole ratio of zinc to indium of greater than or equal to about 35, and a method of producing the core-shell quantum dots, and a display device including a light emitting element that includes the quantum dot-polymer composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taekhoon Kim, Nayoun Won, Tae Gon Kim, Mi Hye Lim, Shin Ae Jun, Shang Hyeun Park
  • Patent number: 11747538
    Abstract: There is provided a projection display (200), and a method for illuminating a projection display (200). The projection display (200) comprising a waveguide (2) comprising an input grating (4) having a plurality of linear diffractive features (6), the input grating (4) configured to couple in light into the waveguide (2), and an array of LEDs configured to form an illumination pupil which is optically relayed as an input pupil (8) onto the input grating (4), such that at the input grating (4) the input pupil (8) has a shape that is larger in a direction parallel to the linear diffractive features (6) than in a direction perpendicular to the linear diffractive features (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: David Woods
  • Patent number: 11747540
    Abstract: The present invention can be applied to the technical field pertaining to display devices and, for example, relates to a flat lighting device using a light emitting diode (LED) and a display device including same. The present invention provides a display device including a flat lighting device, wherein the display device may comprise: a light source which emits white light by using a light emitting diode and a yellow phosphor; a red phosphor layer which is disposed on the light source and adsorbs a part of the white light emitted from the light source to emit red light; and a first dichroic filter layer which is disposed on the red phosphor layer and has a reflective pattern reflecting at least a part of the long-wavelength side of the wavelength region of the red light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Geunhwan Kim, Juyoung Joung, Jungnam An, Minho Kim
  • Patent number: 11747672
    Abstract: A display system includes a backlight configured to project light. A first display unit is disposed proximate the backlight. A second display unit is disposed proximate the first display unit. A microcontroller is in communication with one or more of the backlight, the first display unit and the second display unit. The microcontroller executes instructions to adjust the first display unit between a first transmissive state and a second transmissive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf, David Whitton
  • Patent number: 11749785
    Abstract: A resin composition containing a base resin and quantum dots that are crystalline nanoparticle phosphors, the base resin containing a fluorine-containing resin. This provides a resin composition capable of enhancing the stability of quantum dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nojima, Shinji Aoki, Kazuya Tobishima
  • Patent number: 11733556
    Abstract: A privacy-mode backlight includes a light guide configured to guide light having a predetermined collimation factor orthogonal to a length of the light guide and a plurality of scattering line elements arranged along the light guide length. Scattering line elements of the scattering line element plurality are configured to scatter out through an emission surface of the light guide a portion of the guided light as emitted light having an illumination beamwidth in the orthogonal direction determined by the collimation factor. The privacy-mode backlight further includes a directional optical diffuser configured to provide directional diffusion of the emitted light in a direction corresponding to the light guide length. The directional diffusion may provide uniform illumination in the light guide length direction. A privacy display further includes an array of light valves configured to modulate the emitted light to provide a private image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventor: David A. Fattal
  • Patent number: 11737184
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus including a controller, an LED driver, and an LED luminaire including: a first light emitting unit for general lighting; and at least one of a second light emitting unit to cause production of vitamin D upon irradiation, a third light emitting unit to cause production of a cell activating substance upon irradiation, and a fourth light emitting unit to sterilize pathogenic microorganisms, in which the controller controls the LED driver to change a color temperature of the first light emitting unit in accordance with a change in a color temperature of sunlight, and to change an irradiance of light emitted from at least one of the second, third, and fourth light emitting units according to time, and the LED luminaire includes a greater number of the first light emitting unit than any of the second, third, and fourth light emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ho Song, Bo Yong Han
  • Patent number: 11721539
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for processing workpieces are provided. An arc lamp can include a tube. The arc lamp can include one or more inlets configured to receive water to be circulated through the arc lamp during operation as a water wall, the water wall configured to cool the arc lamp. The arc lamp can include a plurality of electrodes configured to generate a plasma in a forming gas introduced into the arc lamp via the one or more inlets. The forming gas can be or can include a mixture of a hydrogen gas and an inert gas, the hydrogen gas in the mixture having a concentration less than 4% by volume. The hydrogen gas can be introduced into the arc lamp prior to generating the plasma. The arc lamp may be used for processing workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING E-TOWN SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., MATTSON TECHNOLOGY, INC
    Inventors: Michael X. Yang, Rolf Bremensdorfer, Dave Camm, Joseph Cibere, Dieter Hezler, Shawming Ma, Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 11716867
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to methods of preparing a well-ordered nanoparticle coating on a substrate. A nanoparticle solution having nanoparticles in a solvent is deposited on a sub-phase of a denser, immiscible liquid. A constrained area on the top surface of the sub-phase is provided, where nanoparticle solution spreading is physically limited and the nanoparticles spontaneously form a uniformly ordered monolayer on the sub-phase within the constrained area. Notably, no compression of the nanoparticle film occurs after the spreading phase in order to form the monolayer. After the monolayer is formed, a substrate is placed into contact with the monolayer and coated with a well-ordered nanoparticle coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Weimer, Cuong Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11716881
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first display module and a second display module. The first display module includes a display region and a light-transmission region adjacent to the display region. The second display module is disposed in the light-transmission region, and is adjacent to the display region of the first display module. The second display module includes a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions is provided with a self-luminous micro-light-emitting unit, and any adjacent two of the micro-light-emitting units are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guiyang Zhang, Guowei Zha
  • Patent number: 11714225
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an illumination device includes: a plurality of light-emitting elements arrayed in a matrix along two directions; and a substrate on which the light-emitting elements are provided. The substrate has a plurality of partial regions. The light-emitting elements are arranged in the partial regions such that four light-emitting elements are arrayed in a two-by-two matrix along the two directions in each of the partial regions. Two light-emitting elements adjacent to each other in each of the partial regions are arranged at a first interval in one direction of the two directions. Two light-emitting elements adjacent to each other with a boundary of two partial regions adjacent to each other along the one direction interposed therebetween are arranged at a second interval in the one direction. The first interval is shorter than the second interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kouji Fujisawa, Masahiko Kurihara, Takashi Ota