Patents Examined by Edward J. Glick
  • Patent number: 10976593
    Abstract: A filter structure, a display substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The filter structure includes a first refractive index match layer, a waveguide layer, a second refractive index match layer and a grating layer, that are stacked, the waveguide layer is located between the first refractive index match layer and the second refractive index match layer, the second refractive index match layer is located between the waveguide layer (112) and the grating layer, and refractive index of the first refractive index match layer and refractive index of the second refractive index match layer both are smaller than refractive index of the waveguide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jifeng Tan, Xianqin Meng, Yafeng Yang, Xiandong Meng, Wei Wang, Jian Gao
  • Patent number: 10969681
    Abstract: A method for forming a color filter array includes the step of forming a first color filter array by forming a first color filter film on a surface of a base member using a coating method and by patterning the first color filter film and the step of forming a second color filter array by forming a second color filter film on the surface so as to cover the first color filter array using a coating method and by patterning the second color filter film. The color filters in the first color filter array are uneven in the width of the clearance between the color filters and/or the widths of the color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yomori, Yuto Nozaki, Mariko Furuta, Kiyoto Murakumo
  • Patent number: 10962832
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes display unit and a negative refractive index functional layer on the display unit. The negative refractive index functional layer has a negative refractive index with respect to light from the display unit. A method for fabricating the display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongsheng Li, Huili Wu, Jifeng Tan
  • Patent number: 10962823
    Abstract: A display module and a display device. The display module includes: a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate; and a backlight panel on a side of the first or second substrate away from the liquid crystal layer. The display panel further includes a color filter layer on a side of the liquid crystal layer away from the backlight panel. The color filter layer includes at least two portions having different transparency. The backlight panel is configured to emit a plurality of directional light beams to the color filter layer. The display panel is configured to change a propagation direction of each of the directional light beams by means of the liquid crystal layer, to adjust an irradiation position of the directional light beam on the color filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongxiao Li, Xue Dong, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10942407
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to control the color temperature of white exhibited by a liquid crystal display device. White is produced when light waves emitted through pixels associated with three colors of red, green, and blue have maximum intensities. The amounts of light emitted through the respective pixels are controlled by differentiating the shapes of the pixel electrodes disposed at the respective pixels from one another. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. Otherwise, the shapes of interceptive films disposed at the respective pixels are differentiated from one another in order to control light waves emitted through the respective pixels. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. The interceptive film may be shaped like the pixel electrode. Otherwise, the interceptive film may be realized with an interceptive pattern other than that of the pixel electrode or one of openings bored in a black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuko Mori, Munenori Motooka, Ryutaro Oke, Kazunori Ojima, Kikuo Ono
  • Patent number: 10935837
    Abstract: A wire grid pattern used as a wire grid polarizer included in a display device or a master substrate for fabricating the wire gird polarizer includes a substrate; a cell area having a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells having a plurality of wires protruding from the substrate and arranged in a substantially parallel relationship at regular intervals; and a bezel area disposed along a periphery of the cell area. The cell area includes a trench area separating at least some of the cells. A method for fabricating the wire grid pattern also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Hwan Jang, Seung Won Park, Tae Woo Kim, Jung Gun Nam, Dae Young Lee, Gug Rae Jo
  • Patent number: 10928660
    Abstract: A viewing angle controlling film, a backlight unit using the same, and a display device using the same are disclosed. The viewing angle controlling film comprises a first area where light transmittance is not converted; and a second area where light transmittance is converted, wherein the second area includes a light-transmittance conversion portion configured to react with light of a predetermined wavelength range to convert the light transmittance and not to react with light of a wavelength range other than the predetermined wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JinRyun Kim, Youngki Song, MinSoo Park, Eunhee Choi
  • Patent number: 10921624
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The display panel includes an infrared receiver. The infrared receiver is disposed on a substrate and is located on one side of the substrate which is close to a light emitting surface, wherein the infrared receiver is configured to receive infrared light incident through the light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shicheng Sun, Zhiqiang Wang, Peirong Huo, Jianfei Tian, Delong Zhong, Shuang Hu
  • Patent number: 10914999
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lens and a method for fabricating the same. The lens includes a Fresnel liquid crystal lens and a geometric lens which are sequentially stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weili Zhao, Qian Wang, Wenqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10908343
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a light source assembly and a display device, and the light source assembly includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other; a waveguide layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a side-incident collimated light source arranged on a side of the waveguide layer, wherein the refractive index of the waveguide layer is higher than the refractive index of the first substrate, and the refractive index of the second substrate respectively; and light of the side-incident collimated light source is incident onto the side of the waveguide layer at a preset angle, and the incident light is totally reflected at the interference between the first substrate and the waveguide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianqin Meng, Xue Dong, Wei Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Yafeng Yang, Jifeng Tan, Xiandong Meng, Jian Gao, Pengxia Liang, Ming Zhu
  • Patent number: 10902805
    Abstract: A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure includes a scan line and a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The common electrode is disposed to overlap with the pixel electrode. The common electrode is coupled to the pixel electrode to form a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor. The first storage capacitor and the second storage capacitor commonly use the pixel electrode as an upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Che Lin, Cheng-Han Tsao, Sheng-Ju Ho, Shang-Jie Wu
  • Patent number: 10895786
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device of the disclosure includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a column spacer disposed on the first substrate and maintaining a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; a light blocking pattern disposed on the first substrate and including an extended portion formed around the column spacer; and light blocking metal overlapped with at least a part of a region adjacent to and outside of a boundary of the extended portion that is not parallel to an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Wook Kim, Jeong Ho Lee, Su Jin Lee, Sung Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 10890816
    Abstract: A display device in one embodiment includes a display panel configured to display an image in first and second display areas, a plurality of first gate lines corresponding to the first display area, and a plurality of second gate lines separated from the first gate lines and corresponding to the second display area. Accordingly, the distance between the first gate lines of the first display area and the second gate lines of the second display area is maximized to prevent static electricity from occurring between the electrodes, thereby increasing product yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Bong Ha, Moon-Soo Kang, Jun-Yong Choi, Shi-Hyung Park
  • Patent number: 10871681
    Abstract: Provided are an electro-optical device and an electronic apparatus enabling a channel length of a transistor provided in a peripheral circuit to be set to an appropriate dimension even when a region available for disposing the peripheral circuit has a reduced width. A plurality of N-channel type transistors formed in a scan line drive circuit of an electro-optical device each include a light-shielding layer, an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode laminated one on another in order on the one surface side of a first substrate, and a slit overlapping a channel region in planer view extends in a channel width direction to the light-shielding layer. Therefore, in the semiconductor layer, step part reflecting a shape of each of end portions of the light-shielding layer via the insulating layer extend in the channel width direction in the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoya Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10868044
    Abstract: Carbon allotropes, a thin-film transistor array substrate comprising the same, and a display device comprising the same are disclosed. The thin-film transistor array substrate comprising a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, a gate insulating film on the gate electrode, an active layer positioned on the gate insulating film and comprising a semiconductor material and a plurality of carbon allotropes, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that make contact with the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiyeon Kang, Changeun Kim, Jeongeun Baek, Sungjin Kim
  • Patent number: 10866466
    Abstract: This disclosure provides liquid crystal phase shifter, phase shifting method, and method of fabricating the liquid crystal phase shifter. The phase shifter comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged in cell-aligned manner; a first electrode layer arranged on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate; a second electrode layer arranged on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and comprising electrically isolated electrode plates; and isolation zones arranged between the first electrode layer and the second substrate, wherein the isolation zones, the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layer form independent sealing areas, wherein each of the electrode plates corresponds to respective one of the sealing areas, and liquid crystal layers are sealed in the sealing areas, wherein dielectric constants of the liquid crystal layers in each sealing area are not exactly the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingxing Liu, Pengju Zhang, Hong Zhu, Hao Miao, Haiyan Sun, Rui Li
  • Patent number: 10867563
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a frame at a rear of the display panel, the frame including a first and a second protrusions; a first substrate at a front surface of the frame, the first substrate elongated in a direction along a first side of the frame; a plurality of first light sources disposed on the first substrate at predetermined intervals in the direction. Further, the first protrusion is positioned at an end of the first substrate adjacent to the foremost light source in the first substrate, and the second protrusion is positioned at an end of the first substrate adjacent to the rearmost light source in the first substrate, at least one of the first and the second protrusions includes an inclined surface and the frame is pressed to form the first and the second protrusion such that the protrusions are formed on the front surface of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangmin Baek, Hyongil Kil, Jaehyung Jeon, Juyoung Joung
  • Patent number: 10868043
    Abstract: A first oxide semiconductor layer of a pixel TFT has a first structure in which a first source electrode and a first drain electrode have, at both end portions thereof, two types of reduction action regions formed by the first oxide semiconductor layer protruding outward in a channel width direction of a first channel portion from both the first source electrode and the first drain electrode. A second oxide semiconductor layer of a drive circuit TFT has a second structure formed without protruding outward in a channel width direction of a second channel portion from a second source electrode and a second drain electrode. A protective insulation film is provided to cover the first oxide semiconductor layer, the first source electrode, and the first drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Hosono, Kazunori Inoue
  • Patent number: 10863153
    Abstract: A fully sealed liquid crystal projection optical unit device with a high-efficiency heat dissipation function includes: a hermetically sealed housing having an accommodation space therein; a light source, a first heat pipe radiator module, a first heat dissipation fan and a second heat dissipation fan, which are disposed outside the hermetically sealed housing; a first optical module, a second optical module and a liquid crystal screen, which are installed in the hermetically sealed housing; and a second heat pipe radiator module and a driving fan, wherein the first heat dissipation fin is fixedly installed outside the hermetically sealed housing and located close to the second heat dissipation fan, the second heat dissipation fan is in communication with the first heat dissipation fin through an air duct, and the first heat dissipation fin is in communication with the second heat dissipation fin directly or through the heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LUXNPRO CHENGDU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10859869
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a display device comprises a dimming and display panels and an illumination device. The dimming panel includes first and second substrates and a first liquid crystal layer. The display panel includes third and fourth substrates and a second liquid crystal layer. The illumination device irradiates the dimming panel or the display panel with light. In the display device, at least one of the first, second, third and fourth substrates is a rigid substrate, and at least one of the first, second, third and fourth substrates is a flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Daiichi Suzuki