Patents Examined by Jessica M Merlin
  • Patent number: 11415830
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light-shielding layer, and a color filter layer. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the second substrate and includes an opening area and a light-shielding area. The color filter layer is disposed on the second substrate and includes a first color filter unit. The first color filter unit includes a first portion and a second portion. In addition, the first portion is at least partially overlapped with the opening area, the second portion is overlapped with the light-shielding area, and there is a first gap between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kao, Ta-Ching Chen, Wei-Ming Kao, Chih-Chang Hou
  • Patent number: 11415829
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate. A first underlay substrate of the first substrate is disposed with an optical sensor. Sensing transistors of the optical sensor includes a first semiconductor. A color filter layer is disposed between the first semiconductor and the first underlay substrate. The color filter layer includes color resist blocks and a light shielding portion. an orthographic projection of the light shielding portion on the first underlay substrate covers an orthographic projection of the first semiconductor on the first underlay substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bao Zha, Miao Jiang, Jiangbo Yao, Lixuan Chen, Xin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11409145
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first resin substrate having a first thermal expansion coefficient, and a first barrier layer having a second thermal expansion coefficient which is lower than the first thermal expansion coefficient, a second substrate including a second resin substrate having a third thermal expansion coefficient which is equal to the first thermal expansion coefficient, and a second barrier layer having a fourth thermal expansion coefficient which is lower than the third thermal expansion coefficient and is equal to the first thermal expansion coefficient, and a display element located between the first resin substrate and the second resin substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Arichika Ishida, Yasushi Kawata
  • Patent number: 11402700
    Abstract: A display panel, which includes a display area, a transition area, and a blind hole area. The transition area is provided with a plurality of pixel units, and each of the plurality of pixel units comprises a blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel; wherein in the transition area, an aperture ratio of each of the red sub-pixels and an aperture ratio of each of the green sub-pixels are both less than an aperture ratio of each of the blue sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Guizhi Ma
  • Patent number: 11392008
    Abstract: A liquid lens may include a first plate which accommodates a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid, has an opening formed therein and having a predetermined inclined surface, and is formed from silicon; a first electrode disposed on the first plate; a second electrode disposed under the first plate; a second plate disposed on the first electrode; a third plate disposed under the second electrode; and a light blocking layer disposed between the first plate and the third plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyu Tae Lee
  • Patent number: 11378847
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel, and a display device are provided. In the array substrate, each of the pixel units includes a first pixel region and a second pixel region. The array substrate includes an alignment film located on the base substrate, a plurality of first electrode strips located in the first pixel region, and a plurality of second electrode strips located in the second pixel region. The alignment film has a first alignment direction and a second alignment direction. An extension direction of the first electrode strip and the first alignment direction have a first included angle, an extension direction of the second electrode strip and the second alignment direction have a second included angle, and the first included angle is less than the second included angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Liangliang Jiang, Renxu Lin, Mookeun Shin, Yong Jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11378838
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which an alignment defect is less likely to occur in a light-absorbing anisotropic layer even in a case where a surface of a photo-alignment layer is rubbed; an optical laminate; and an image display device. The method for manufacturing an optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which an optical laminate including a photo-alignment layer and a light-absorbing anisotropic layer and having a front transmittance of 60% or less is produced and which includes a photo-alignment layer formation step of forming a photo-alignment layer on a polymer film, and a light-absorbing anisotropic layer formation step of applying a liquid crystal composition containing a dichroic substance and a high-molecular liquid crystalline compound onto the photo-alignment layer to form a light-absorbing anisotropic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Shibata, Naoya Nishimura, Wataru Hoshino, Yuzo Fujiki, Takashi Yonemoto
  • Patent number: 11366348
    Abstract: A display device includes: a backlight unit (BU), a liquid crystal panel (LCP) on the BU, a glass cover on the liquid crystal, a camera hole (CH) defined by the BU and the LCP, the CH penetrating the BU and the LCP, a light-blocking member (LBM) in the CH, the LBM reducing: light leakage from the CH and/or introduction of impurities into the CH, a lower polarizing plate (LPP) between the BU and the LCP, and an upper polarizing plate (UPP) between the glass cover and the LCP, the CH penetrating the LPP and the UPP, and a through-hole defined by and penetrating the UPP, the through-hole having a position corresponding to the CH, the through-hole having a size corresponding to the CH. The LBM includes: a light-blocking tape, and a border mold. The light-blocking tape is attached to the LPP, the border mold, and the BU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Cheol Son, Ji-Soon Oh, Yeoun-Jei Jung, Sung-Sik Son, Chan-Hyeok Park
  • Patent number: 11366363
    Abstract: An electro-optical apparatus includes an electro-optical panel having a first end portion, a first connector that is flexible, and a reinforcement member on the first connector. The first connector has a second end portion and a third end portion opposite to the second end portion. The second end portion is connected to the first end portion. The first connector has a first surface connected to the electro-optical panel, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The reinforcement member is located on the first surface, and extends from an end surface at the first end portion of the electro-optical panel to the third end portion. The first connector has first and second side edges, at least one of which has a first cutout depressed inward. The first and second side edges connect the second and third end portions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Trivale Technologies
    Inventors: Takahiro Ueno, Toru Kiyohara, Tomohiro Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11366352
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal device serving as an electro-optical device, a liquid crystal layer as an electro-optical element is disposed between a base material 10s as a first substrate and a base material 20s as a second substrate which are disposed to face each other via a photo-curable type seal material, the substrate 10s and the substrate 20s are transmissive and include a plurality of light-shielding patterns disposed at intervals in a seal region of the substrate 10s where the seal material is disposed, and on the substrate 10s, a semiconductor layer of a transistor included in a driving circuit for driving the electro-optical element is disposed to overlap, in plan view, with at least one of the plurality of light-shielding patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11366350
    Abstract: The present application provides a liquid crystal display panel and an liquid crystal display device, which includes an array substrate, a color film substrate, liquid crystals, and a fingerprint identification module, the array substrate is disposed on one side facing the user; the liquid crystal is positioned between the array substrate and the color film substrate; the fingerprint identification module is formed on one side of the array substrate facing the liquid crystal; the fingerprint identification module includes a thin film transistor and a photodiode for convert light energy into electrical energy, the thin film transistor is electrically connected to an output end of the photodiode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peng Lu
  • Patent number: 11360340
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, and a plurality of fingerprint identification units arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixel units; each of the pixel units includes four sub-pixels arranged in two rows and two columns, the four sub-pixels include a white sub-pixel; and each projection of each of the fingerprint identification units in a direction perpendicular to the liquid crystal display panel covers a portion of the white sub-pixel in its corresponding pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fancheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11360343
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display module includes a display panel and a backlight module. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer, a first polarizer, and a plurality of fingerprint recognition units. The first substrate includes filter parts and light shielding parts. The first polarizer uses a patterned polarizer. The display panel can realize fingerprint identification while displaying. The fingerprint recognition unit is provided with an analyzer unit to avoid crosstalk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Qi Wei
  • Patent number: 11355524
    Abstract: In a display device, the display device includes a substrate, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a semiconductor layer, an opposite substrate and a display medium layer. The first conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a trace portion extending along a first direction and a protrusive portion extending from the trace portion. The second conductive layer is disposed on the first conductive layer and includes a wiring portion extending along a second direction. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. When viewed in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, an interface disposes between the trace portion and the protrusive portion, a virtual extending line overlaps the second edge and the interface, and the semiconductor layer extends beyond the virtual extending line. The display medium layer is disposed between the substrate and the opposite substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsiung Chen, Pei-Chieh Chen, Chao-Hsiang Wang, Yi-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11353738
    Abstract: An optical film includes a resin film, and a shock absorbing layer disposed on at least one surface of the resin film, in which a storage elastic modulus E? of the shock absorbing layer at 25° C., and a frequency of 106 Hz is 1 GPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Ueki, Yuichi Fukushige
  • Patent number: 11353731
    Abstract: A curved display module includes a curved display panel curved with a first curvature in a first direction. A plurality of flexible circuit films are connected to a side portion of the curved display panel. A plurality of driving chips are each mounted on the flexible circuit films. A printed circuit board is connected to the flexible circuit films and is curved with a second curvature in the first direction. Two sides parallel to each other of each of the flexible circuit films are in direct contact with the curved display panel at first and second contact points, respectively, and are in direct contact with the printed circuit board at third and fourth contact points, respectively. A distance between the first and third contact points is different from a distance between the second and fourth contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoseok Yun, Min-soo Choi
  • Patent number: 11353736
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a display panel and a polarizing plate. The display panel comprises a display area, a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a light-shielding layer arranged in the display area and the non-display area. The polarizing plate is provided on a surface of the display panel, and including an end portion located in the non-display area. In this display device, the light-shielding layer opposite to the end portion of the polarizing plate is at least partially removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ishikawa, Yuki Kuramoto, Haruki Yamada, Katsuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 11347093
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a second substrate, a first optical detection layer, and a black matrix. The first optical detection layer is over a light-emitting surface of the liquid crystal layer and includes a plurality of first optical detection components, whose orthographic projections on the first substrate are within an orthographic projection of the black matrix. A touch control can be determined based on a change of a first electric signal converted by each first optical detection component based on an intensity of a light transmitting through the liquid crystal layer. The light can be an infrared light. A plurality of second optical detection components can be further disposed over a light-incident surface of the liquid crystal layer to pairingly correspond to, and utilized to determine a touch control along with, the plurality of first optical detection components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huan Ni, Xiao Guo, Qun Li, Xiaolong Xie, Xinxia Zhang, Fengzhen Lv
  • Patent number: 11347127
    Abstract: A liquid lens includes a first plate including a cavity in which a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid are disposed; a first electrode placed under the first plate; a second electrode placed on the first plate; a second plate on the second electrode; and a third plate under the first electrode, wherein a region of the second plate, which is disposed on the conductive liquid, includes a first region having a first thickness and including an optical axis, and a second region extending from the first region and having a second thickness, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Ryong Park
  • Patent number: 11347100
    Abstract: A color display device comprises an array of a plurality of sub-pixels including a red sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, a first green sub-pixel and a second green sub-pixel. The first green sub-pixel and the second green sub-pixel are smaller than that of the red sub-pixel or the blue sub-pixel. The two adjacent first green sub-pixels are arranged in a first direction, the two adjacent second green sub-pixels are arranged in the first direction. The blue sub-pixel is directly adjacent to the red sub-pixel in a second direction; the blue sub-pixel is directly adjacent to the two first green sub-pixels and the two second green sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Hirota, Shinichi Komura, Yoshifumi Sekiguchi, Tsunenori Yamamoto, Masaya Adachi