Patents Examined by Edward Glick
  • Patent number: 10067343
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device for a head-up display device includes: a light source unit including a reflection film provided on a substrate, and a light-emitting element; a liquid crystal display element including a first polarizer provided on the light source unit side, and a second polarizer disposed to be opposed to the first polarizer via a liquid crystal layer; a retardation plate provided between the reflection film and the first polarizer, and imparting a retardation of ?/4 to light; a reflective polarizer provided between the retardation plate and the first polarizer, and reflecting a light component which is parallel to a reflection axis; and a diffusion member provided between the reflective polarizer and the first polarizer, and diffusing light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: ORTUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsushi Yoshida, Minoru Yamaguchi, Kazuhiko Oosawa, Tetsuya Kusuno
  • Patent number: 10061135
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes a display panel for displaying an image; a liquid crystal lens layer positioned under the display panel that refracts light like a lenticular lens depending on application of power, the liquid crystal lens layer including a plurality of nano polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC); a barrier layer integrally formed under the liquid crystal lens layer that has a light transmitting position and width that change depending on a power applying position, the barrier layer including a plurality of reflective PDLCs; and a backlight unit (BLU) positioned under the barrier layer that is configured to provide light to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Chan Kim, Cheul Jin Park
  • Patent number: 10056411
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an array substrate, preparation and driving methods thereof, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device, for reducing the drive voltage required by a liquid crystal display device, and increasing the light transmission rate. The array substrate comprises data lines and gate lines intersecting transversely and longitudinally to form a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit comprising a pixel electrode and common electrodes, wherein the common electrodes include first common electrodes and second common electrodes; the first common electrodes, the second common electrodes and the pixel electrode are located in a same layer and do not overlap with each other; and the first common electrodes and the second common electrodes are in strip patterns, and the first common electrodes, the pixel electrode and the second common electrode are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guangye Hao, Teng Ye, Lijun Zhao, Yunsik Im
  • Patent number: 10054828
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a first planar electrode, a first insulator layered over an upper surface of the first planar electrode, a planar pixel electrode layered over an upper surface of the first insulator, a second insulator layered over an upper surface of the pixel electrode, a second planar electrode that covers the pixel electrode and that is layered over an upper surface of the second insulator, and a liquid crystal layer disposed over an upper surface of the second planar electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Ito
  • Patent number: 10056529
    Abstract: A photo-conversion complex including at least one photo-conversion particle including a core nanocrystal, a shell nanocrystal surrounding the core nanocrystal, and a ligand bonded to the shell nanocrystal; and a protective film surrounding the photo-conversion particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinwoo Sung, Seongman Jeon, Dongseon Jang
  • Patent number: 10048579
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a photo-alignment method, comprising the following steps. A top panel and a bottom panel each with an alignment film are provided; a mask plate for shielding the top panel and the bottom panel is provided, and a transparent section of the mask plate is disposed; an ultraviolet is emitted along a first incident direction by the mask plate for exposing the alignment film of the top panel and the bottom panel; the transparent section of the mask plate is adjusted, an ultraviolet is emitted along a second incident direction by the mask plate for exposing the alignment film of the top panel and the bottom panel. The manufacture of the alignment film in the whole liquid crystal display device can be accomplished by a mask plate undergoing exposure twice, so that the exposure times decrease and the process is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jie Sun
  • Patent number: 10050061
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method of the array substrate and a display device including the array substrate are disclosed. The array substrate includes a substrate (1), a common electrode layer (401) located on the substrate (1) and a conductive layer (2) provided on a surface of the substrate (1), the conductive layer (2) and the common electrode layer (401) are electrically connected in parallel. The common electrode and the conductive layer are formed into a parallel structure, so that the resistance can be decreased, and in turn, crosstalk, greenish and other phenomenon of the array substrate are reduced, thereby promoting the picture quality of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanbo Zhang, Wei Qin, Seung Woo Han, Ruoyu Ma
  • Patent number: 10048555
    Abstract: An array substrate includes: a first metal area disposed at an edge portion of the array substrate and electrically connected with a common electrode line or common electrodes; a second metal area disposed at the edge portion of the array substrate, corresponding to and insulated from the first metal area, and configured for access of a stabilized voltage that is a fixed voltage. At least one capacitor is formed by the first metal area and the second metal area. The array substrate can obtain more stable pixel common electrode voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rongcheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10048551
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a thin-film transistor (101), a terminal portion (102), an interlevel insulating layer (14) including a first insulating layer (12) which contacts with the surface of a drain electrode (11d), and a first transparent conductive layer (15), a first dielectric layer (17) and a second transparent conductive layer (19a) formed on the interlevel insulating layer (14). The terminal portion (102) includes a lower conductive layer (3t), a second semiconductor layer (7t) arranged on a gate insulating layer (5), and lower and upper transparent connecting layers (15t, 19t). The gate insulating layer (5) and the second semiconductor layer (7t) have a contact hole (CH2), and their side surfaces located on a side of the contact hole (CH2) are aligned with each other. The lower transparent connecting layer (15t) contacts with the lower conductive layer (3t) in the contact hole (CH2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Yoshihito Hara, Yukinobu Nakata
  • Patent number: 10031356
    Abstract: An optical device, having an active matrix, containing polymer dispersed liquid crystals, guest-host liquid crystals, suspended particles and/or polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals, the active high transmissive mode has at least 40% of incoming light transmitted through the optical device and in low transmissive mode less than 40% of incoming light transmitted through the optical device, the active matrix is switchable between high transmissive mode and low transmissive mode. The optical device containing a fail-safe mechanism, which is capable to switch the active matrix from a low transmissive mode in a high transmissive mode without the power of an applied grid. The optical device has a fail-safe mechanism comprising at least one battery and a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Casper Van Oosten, Felix Schlosser
  • Patent number: 10012872
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, including at least two sub-pixel electrodes separated from one another; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, each of the sub-pixel electrodes includes a stem electrode, an outer electrode connected to the stem electrode, a first branch electrode extending from the stem electrode or the outer electrode in a first direction, and a second branch electrode extending from the stem electrode or the outer electrode in a second direction, wherein an angle between the first direction and the second direction is in a range of about 170 to about 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungkyu Lee, Wan Namgung, Hongmin Yoon, Hojun Lee
  • Patent number: 10012856
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a display Q_panel, a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, as well as a display apparatus. The display Q_panel comprises a first and a second substrate for cell assembling to pre-form a plurality of display panels. The display Q_panel is provided, between the first substrate and the second substrate, with a blocking wall at the edge region on at least one side thereof, the blocking wall being located externally to the outmost cutting line on that side where it is located, and the sealant on that side being provided internally to the blocking wall. By providing a blocking wall externally to the outmost cutting line on the display Q_panel, the blocking wall blocks the spill-out of the sealant on that side, reduces the undesirable phenomena of sealant puncture, sealant break, etc. arising from the display panels after the cutting, can respond better to the Peel-off, Bending or other tests, and improves the robustness of glass cell assembling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun Xiao, Xiaochuan Chen, Shijun Wang, Lei Wang, Wenbo Jiang, Yanna Xue, Yue Li, Zhiying Bao, Zhenhua Lv, Yong Zhang, Chunlei Wang
  • Patent number: 10012881
    Abstract: A repairing method of defective pixels having light spots includes: connecting the pixel electrode and a drain electrode of the of the TFT via a point welding method; cutting off the continuous common electrode to divide the common electrode within the switch area and the common electrode within the pixel area; and removing the pixel electrode arranged above intersections of the common electrode, and connecting the pixel electrode within the switch area and the pixel electrode within pixel area. In addition, an array substrate and a liquid crystal panel are disclosed. By cutting off the common electrode within the pixel area switch area and the pixel area, the defective pixels having light spots are eliminated. In addition, such defective pixels are repaired to be pixels capable of emitting light normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Xiangdeng Que
  • Patent number: 10007159
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including first to nth signal lines formed in a display area in which pixels are formed, and first to nth link lines which are formed in a non-display area excluding the display area from the display panel. The first to nth link lines are respectively connected to the first to nth signal lines, where ā€˜nā€™ is an even natural number equal to or greater than 2. At least one of the first to nth link lines includes a hole passing through the at least one link line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minhee Lee, Hoansu Shim
  • Patent number: 9995984
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transflective liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof. The transflective liquid crystal display device includes: a first surface electrode (103), a first pixel electrode (107), a second surface electrode (113) and a second pixel electrode (112) located in transmissive regions (A); the first surface electrode (103) and first pixel electrode (107) are located between a first substrate (102) and a liquid crystal layer (110), the second surface electrodes (113) and the second pixel electrodes (112) are located between a second substrate (104) and the liquid crystal layer (110). The device further includes: a third surface electrode (104), a reflection layer (105) and a third pixel electrode (108) located in reflective regions (B); the third surface electrode (104), the reflection layer (105) and the third pixel electrode (108) are located between the first substrate (102) and the liquid crystal layer (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yaohui Gu
  • Patent number: 9997583
    Abstract: A double-faced display panel and a double-faced display device comprising the double-faced display panel are provided. The double-faced display panel comprises: a first display sub-unit, provided with a first display surface and a first non-display surface opposite to each other; a second display sub-unit, provided with a second display surface and a second non-display surface opposite to each other, and arranged back to back with the first display sub-unit, the second non-display surface facing the first non-display surface; and a reflection unit, arranged between the first display sub-unit and the second display sub-unit. The reflection unit is configured to reflect display light emitted from the first display sub-unit back to the first display sub-unit and reflect display light emitted from the second display sub-unit back to the second display sub-unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunbing Zhang, Bin Zhang, Shuai Hou, Yichiang Lai, Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9995963
    Abstract: A wide viewing angle liquid crystal display includes color filters having a quantum dot and scattering particles and liquid crystal layer disposed in a microcavity, a distance between the color filter and the liquid crystal layer being sized to minimize display deterioration due to parallax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Byung Park, Sung Sik Yun, Jong Hyuk Kang, Hae Il Park, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 9989792
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a display device and an assembling method thereof. The display device comprises a frame and a display module provided inside the frame, and the display module comprises a liquid crystal panel and a transparent cover plate. A transparent bonding adhesive is fully filled between a light exit surface of the liquid crystal panel and a surface of the transparent cover plate facing the liquid crystal panel and bonds the light exit surface of the liquid crystal panel with the surface of the transparent cover plate facing the liquid crystal panel. A support mechanism is disposed on an inner surface of the frame, and the support mechanism is bonded with the liquid crystal panel and/or the transparent cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BOE OPTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hao, Yan Hou, Zhongcheng Li
  • Patent number: 9989818
    Abstract: Provided are display device. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device comprising a first substrate, a gate wiring which is formed on the first substrate and extends in a first direction, a data wiring which is insulated from the gate wiring, intersects the gate wiring, and extends in a second direction, and a pixel electrode which comprises a first subpixel electrode to which a first data voltage is applied from the data wiring and a second subpixel electrode to which a second data voltage lower than the first data voltage is applied from the data wiring, wherein the first subpixel electrode is surrounded by the second subpixel electrode, and the second subpixel electrode does not overlap the data wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Jeon, Sang Uk Lim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9983408
    Abstract: A display device 10 comprises a see-through member 12 having a see-through area 14, the see-through member 12 including a plurality of display segments 16 for emitting visible light, the display segments 16 being provided within the see-through area 14 in a mutually spaced manner, the see-through member 12 further including a plurality of holographic optical elements 20 provided within the see-through area 14, each holographic optical element 20 being associated with a respective display segment 16, wherein each holographic optical element 20 is adapted to collimate the visible light emitted by the associated display segment 16 when the display segment 16 is located in a focal plane of the associated holographic optical element 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Lusospace, Projectos Engenharia LDA
    Inventor: Ivo Yves De Matos Pereira Vieira