Patents Examined by Edward J. Glick
  • Patent number: 11971630
    Abstract: The present disclosure provide methods of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel and the liquid crystal display panels. In a process of forming a motherboard of the display panel, a second sealant portion and a third sealant portion with a lower height than that of a first sealant portion are temporarily formed outside the first sealant portion, so that a smooth transitional support surface is formed between the first sealant portion, the second sealant portion, the third sealant portion and a support column inside the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingju Huang, Hongjun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11971566
    Abstract: A laminate including a horizontally oriented liquid crystal cured film that is a cured material of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing at least one type of polymerizable liquid crystal compound, and a vertically oriented liquid crystal cured film is provided. The horizontally oriented liquid crystal cured film is the cured material of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition in which the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is cured in a state of being horizontally oriented with respect to a plane of the liquid crystal cured film, and satisfies the following formulae: nxA(450)>nyA(450)>nzA(450) and ReA(450)/ReA(550)<1.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Kasai, Nobuyuki Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 11960173
    Abstract: A switchable panel is described that includes exterior layers, a switchable component disposed between the exterior layers, a lamination frame extending from outer edges of the switchable component to outer edges of the panel between the exterior layers, and spacers embedded within the lamination frame. The spacers are configured to prohibit the exterior layers from moving toward each other at the outer edges of the panel when a central portion of the panel experiences tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Peter F. Masschelein, Yuan Chen, Derek C. Scott
  • Patent number: 11960179
    Abstract: A display device includes a protective film, a display panel, and a conductive film package. The protective film has a first area, a second area, and a third area positioned between the first area and the second area. The display panel is disposed in the first area and the third area on the protective film. The conductive film package is disposed on the display panel, and is in contact with the protective film positioned in the second area. In this manner, a defect of the substrate included in the display panel and a defective adhesion between the conductive film package and the display panel may be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheolhwan Eom
  • Patent number: 11953700
    Abstract: An optical system includes: a beam splitter system configured to split an input beam into a plurality of output beams including a first output beam, a second output beam, and a third output beam; a first polarizing filter having a first polarization angle and configured to filter the first output beam to produce a first filtered output beam; a second polarizing filter having a second angle of polarization and configured to filter the second output beam to produce a second filtered output beam; and a third polarizing filter having a third angle of polarization and configured to filter the third output beam to produce a third filtered output beam, the first, second, and third angles of polarization being different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intrinsic Innovation LLC
    Inventors: Kartik Venkataraman, Agastya Kalra, Achuta Kadambi
  • Patent number: 11945370
    Abstract: A rearview assembly is disclosed. The rearview assembly comprises a reflective element and/or a display element. Further, the rearview assembly comprises an array of piezo-electric sensors. The array of piezo-electric sensors may be operable to sense a first vibration. Further, based, at least in part, on sensing the first vibration, the array of piezo-electric sensors may be operable to output a second vibration. In some embodiments, the second vibration may be operable to substantially dampen the first vibration. In other embodiments, the second vibration may be operable to provide haptic feedback to a user interfacing with a touch screen surface of the rearview assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eric S. Lundy
  • Patent number: 11927861
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed, relating to the display technical field. The display panel comprises a display layer and a light control layer which are laminated, the light control layer comprises a plurality of light control pixel areas, the light control pixel areas comprise a thin film transistor, the display layer comprises a plurality of display pixel areas, and the display pixel areas comprise a green sub-pixel; the orthographic projection of the green sub-pixel on the light control pixel area is close to the area where the thin film transistor is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renhui Yu, Wen Zha, Xin Chen, Hongzhou Xie, Shangtao Zheng, Meizhen Chen, Ying Tian, Zengrong Li, Ye Hu, Qingna Hou, Kai Diao
  • Patent number: 11927775
    Abstract: Provided are 3D glasses capable of reducing crosstalk when disposed on the viewer side of a liquid crystal panel that is time-divisionally driven; an optical device including the 3D glasses; and a three-dimensional image display device including the optical device. The 3D glasses include a right-eye polarizer and a left-eye polarizer, the right-eye polarizer and the left-eye polarizer each including a polarizing plate and a first ?/4 plate, at least one of the right-eye polarizer or the left-eye polarizer including a phase difference layer on or behind a back surface side of the polarizing plate, wherein a phase difference introduced by the right-eye polarizer in a thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm is different from a phase difference introduced by the left-eye polarizer in the thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hasegawa, Akira Sakai, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11927784
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-dazzling device, including a first electrode, a second electrode and a dimming structure, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed opposite to each other, and the dimming structure is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and is configured to change a light transmittance of the anti-dazzling device under action of voltage. An OLED display device and a method for manufacturing an anti-dazzling device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Caiyu Qu, Yanjun Hao, Huijuan Zhang, Xueyan Tian, Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11927851
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first base substrate; a second base substrate opposite to the first base substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second base substrates; a first alignment film at a side of the first base substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a second alignment film at a side of the second base substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a polarizer at a side of the first base substrate away from the liquid crystal layer; and a quarter-wave plate between the polarizer and the first base substrate. An angle between a center line of an included angle between the first alignment direction of the first alignment film and the second alignment direction of the second alignment film and a slow axis of the quarter-wave plate is in a range from 75 to 105 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Liu, Ruichen Zhang, Kaixuan Wang, Yanqing Chen, Zhao Zhang, Yanni Liu, Li Tian
  • Patent number: 11929371
    Abstract: Disclosed are an array substrate, a display panel and a display apparatus. The array substrate includes: gate lines, data lines, and pixel units. The gate lines and the data lines are arranged between at least part of the adjacent pixel units. The array substrate further includes: common electrode lead wires and common electrode layers. The common electrode lead wires are arranged on a same layer as the data lines, extend in a same direction as the data lines, and are located between at least part of the adjacent pixel units. The common electrode layers are insulated from the common electrode lead wires through insulating layers and are connected with the common electrode lead wires through via holes in the insulating layers. The via holes are located in a region where the gate lines and the common electrode lead wires intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bangran Fu, Huabin Chen, Yingqiang Gao, Liqiang Li, Yongzhi Song
  • Patent number: 11921376
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: a first base, a second base disposed opposite to the first base, a liquid crystal layer and a first optical compensation layer that are disposed between the first base and the second base, and a second optical compensation layer disposed on a side of the first base away from the liquid crystal layer or on a side of the second base away from the liquid crystal layer. An orthogonal projection of an optic axis of the first optical compensation layer on the first base is parallel to orthogonal projections of optic axes of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer on the first base. An orthogonal projection of an optic axis of the second optical compensation layer on the first base is perpendicular to the orthogonal projection of the optic axis of the first optical compensation layer on the first base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lintao Ji, Feifei Wang, Kaixuan Wang, Hongming Zhan, Bowen Li, Jiao Li, Xibin Shao
  • Patent number: 11921383
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device and a method for operating the liquid crystal display device. In the liquid crystal display device including a plurality of pixels, one pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel, which are adjacent to each other. The one pixel includes a first substrate, a first electrode provided on the first substrate, metamaterial layers provided on the first electrode, wherein the metamaterial layers include a first metamaterial layer within the first sub pixel and a second metamaterial layer within the second sub pixel, a liquid crystal layer provided on the first and second metamaterial layers, a second electrode provided on the liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate provided on the second electrode. The first and second metamaterial layers include metamaterials having properties different from each other, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Hae Kim, Chi-Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11906829
    Abstract: A display system includes: a transmissive liquid crystal display panel; a scattering panel having a scattering area provided with a scattering portion; a temperature detector having a temperature detection area provided with a resistor element; a light source configured to emit projection light to the liquid crystal display panel; and a controller configured to control operations of the scattering panel and the light source based on an output of the temperature detector corresponding to a temperature of the resistor element. A display area of the liquid crystal display panel, the scattering area, and the temperature detection area overlap one another. The projection light that has passed through the display area and the scattering area is projected onto a light-transmitting projection target. When an output indicating that the temperature of the resistor element is a predetermined temperature or higher is acquired, the controller causes the scattering portion to scatter light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi Takahata
  • Patent number: 11899326
    Abstract: According to one embodiment an array substrate includes a semiconductor layer scanning and signal lines first and second insulating layers a pedestal and a pixel electrode. The scanning line is opposed to the semiconductor layer. The first insulating layer is provided above the semiconductor layer. The signal line and the pedestal are connected to the semiconductor layer through first and second contact holes in the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is provided above the pedestal. The pixel electrode is connected to the pedestal through a third contact hole in the second insulating layer. The signal line and the pedestal are provided in layers different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Osamu Itou
  • Patent number: 11899317
    Abstract: To provide a laminated glass in which color shading of an optical member is reduced, and a method for producing it. A laminated glass comprising a first glass plate, a second glass plate facing the first glass plate, and between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, a light control member to which a power feeder is connected, a bonding portion and a sealing member, wherein the sealing member overlaps with at least a part of the periphery of the first glass plate, in a plan view, the bonding portion is in contact with the first glass plate, the second glass plate, and a first principal surface, a second principal surface and side surfaces of the light control member, and the bonding portion contains a curable transparent resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Junichi Kakuta, Takashi Shibuya, Risa Kimura, Yuhei Gima
  • Patent number: 11901618
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first substrate, a multilayer structure, and a passivation layer. The multilayer structure is disposed on the first substrate. The multilayer structure includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the second conductive layer. In addition, a thermal expansion coefficient of the second conductive layer is between a thermal expansion coefficient of the first conductive layer and a thermal expansion coefficient of the passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Ping Tseng, Ker-Yih Kao, Chia-Chi Ho, Ming-Yen Weng, Hung-I Tseng, Shu-Ling Wu, Huei-Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 11886063
    Abstract: A display panel motherboard, a cutting method and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The display panel motherboard includes at least three mother substrates, at least one display panel unit, and a cutting region. The at least three mother substrates are stacked with each other, at least a portion of the at least one display panel unit is surrounded by the cutting region, and an organic film layer is not disposed in at least two of the at least three mother substrates in the cutting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shulei Li, Hua Huang, Zhao Kang
  • Patent number: 11886085
    Abstract: Provided is an array substrate. The array substrate includes: a base substrate, and a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of sub-pixels and a plurality of touch signal lines disposed on the base substrate. The data lines have a plurality of first extending parts and a plurality of second extending parts which are in an alternating arrangement. When the array substrate is used to prepare a liquid crystal display panel and the liquid crystal display panel is displaying, in each column of the sub-pixels, the voltage polarities of the two adjacent sub-pixels which respectively belong to two adjacent first pixel regions are opposite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY DROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuerui Gong, Yong Yu, Chang Zhang, Jiangsheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11874553
    Abstract: A backlight device is provided and includes case having bottom plate; light guide having front surface as emission surface, rear surface opposed to front surface, and incidence surface that is one of side surfaces of light guide, rear surface facing to bottom plate; light-emitting elements facing incident surface of light guide, each of light-emitting elements having bottom surface and light-emitting surface facing incidence surface of light guide; fixing tape arranged on bottom plate, each of bottom surfaces of light-emitting elements and rear surface of light guide being adhered to fixing tape; and light-shield facing fixing tape through light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Sugiyama, Kosuke Matsubara, Takeshi Kaneki