Patents Examined by Jessica M Merlin
  • Patent number: 11333921
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a substrate, a light-shielding layer, and a plurality of optical sensors. The light-shielding layer has a plurality of first aperture regions, a plurality of second aperture regions, and a plurality of third aperture regions. The second aperture regions are located between the first aperture regions and the third aperture regions. At least a portion of at least one of the optical sensors overlaps with at least one of the first aperture regions in a normal direction of the substrate. An area of at least one of the second aperture regions is greater than an area of at least one of the first aperture regions, and the area of the at least one of the second aperture regions is smaller than an area of at least one of the third aperture regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pei-Yuan Hong, I-An Yao, Po-Yang Chen, Kuo-Jung Wu
  • Patent number: 11333915
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cover, a display device, and a method for manufacturing the display device. By forming a first via hole in an electronic component disposing region when an optically clear adhesive is formed on the cover, via holes are formed because the optically clear adhesive cannot form in the electronic component disposing region. Thus, the optically clear adhesive does not have portions having different thicknesses, thereby preventing bubbles from forming in a blind hole region, and solving technical problems of the existing display device that the OCA has bubbles around the corresponding blind hole region, which affects photographing quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Pengfei Yu, Tao Song
  • Patent number: 11333911
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a driver, a first pixel circuit disposed apart from the driver in plan view but electrically connected to the driver, a second pixel circuit separated further from the driver than the first pixel circuit in plan view but electrically connected to the driver, a first pixel electrode overlapping the driver in plan view, a second pixel electrode overlapping the first pixel circuit in plan view, a first relay line electrically connecting the first pixel circuit and the first pixel electrode to each other, and a second relay line electrically connecting the second pixel circuit and the second pixel electrode to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masaya Tamaki, Akihiko Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11333919
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel. The display panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate disposed opposite to each other. The array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of pixel units distributed on the first substrate in an array. The pixel units include a gate disposed on the first substrate and a pixel electrode disposed above the gate. The gate includes a first edge portion disposed adjacent to the pixel electrode, and an orthographic projection of the pixel electrode projected on the first substrate covers an orthographic projection of the first edge portion projected on the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixia Li, Ningbo Yi
  • Patent number: 11329508
    Abstract: A display substrate, a display device and a wireless charging method are provided. The display substrate includes: a display area and a peripheral area located outside the display area. The peripheral area includes a circuit binding area. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a wireless charging antenna disposed on the base substrate. The wireless charging antenna includes a power receiving coil and a connection lead. The connection lead is connected to the power receiving coil, and the power receiving coil is connected to the circuit binding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanwei Ren, Yue Shan, Yu Feng, Min Liu
  • Patent number: 11327353
    Abstract: A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display substrate and an opposing substrate arranged opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer and a liquid crystal control electrode, the display substrate includes a display region and a first region disposed in the display region, the display substrate is provided with a recessed portion in the first region on a side facing the opposing substrate, the liquid crystal layer is accommodated into the recessed portion and disposed between the display substrate and the opposing substrate and the liquid crystal control electrode is configured to allow the liquid crystal layer to form as a liquid crystal lens after applied with voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingquan Wang, Hongli Wang, Li Tian
  • Patent number: 11320699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and discloses a display panel and a manufacturing method. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal, and a backlight module, wherein the first substrate includes a display area and a bonding area adjacent to the display area, and the display area of the first substrate on one side close to the second substrate is provided with thin film transistors arranged in an array mode; the second substrate is disposed opposite to the display area of the first substrate; the liquid crystal is encapsulated between the first substrate and the second substrate; the area of the second substrate is smaller than that of the first substrate, and the second substrate is between the first substrate and the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yizhe Li, Shenkang Wu, Qi Jing, Xingpan Sun
  • Patent number: 11320702
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a display substrate and a display panel. The display substrate includes a plurality of first display portions each of which is disposed in a gap between adjacent two of first limiting portions; a plurality of second display portions each of which is disposed in a gap between adjacent two of second limiting portions. The gap between the adjacent two first limiting portions is greater than the gap between the adjacent two second limiting portions. A difference between a height of a top of each of the second display portions and a height of a top of each of the first display portions is less than a predetermined difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianlong Huang, Zhandong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11314134
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate of reduced repaired line length and capacitance includes first repairing lines, data lines and second repairing lines insulated from each other. If one of the data lines is broken, the first repairing lines is electrically coupled to the input end of the broken data line, the second repairing line is electrically coupled to the output end of the broken data line, and the first repairing is electrically coupled to the second repairing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Century Technology (Shenzhen) Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Ning Fang, Chih-Chung Liu, Meng-Chieh Tai
  • Patent number: 11294247
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a driver, a pixel circuit disposed to be apart from the driver in a plan view and to be electrically connected to the driver, a first pixel electrode disposed to overlap the pixel circuit in a plan view and to be electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a second pixel electrode disposed to overlap the driver in a plan view and to be closer to an outer edge of a display area than the first pixel electrode, and a relay line disposed between the pixel circuit and the first pixel electrode and between the driver and the second pixel electrode, the relay line electrically connecting the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masaya Tamaki
  • Patent number: 11294214
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including an electrode, a second substrate overlaid on the first substrate, an optical sheet overlaid on the second substrate, a conductive member located between the second substrate and the optical sheet, and a connecting member making electric connection between the conductive member and the electrode. The first substrate includes a first region overlaid on the second substrate, and a second region extending more than the second substrate and including the electrode. The second substrate includes a substrate end portion located on a boundary between the first region and the second region and extending along a first direction. The connecting member is in contact with the electrode and the conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Yasushi Nakano
  • Patent number: 11294244
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electro-optic device includes an electro-optic panel including a transparent base, a sealing portion provided in a peripheral area of the transparent base, a liquid crystal composition sealed by the transparent base and the sealing portion, an injection port for the liquid crystal composition provided in the peripheral area of the transparent base, and a light source arranged opposed to a side surface of the transparent base. The transparent base has a first side and a second side on an opposite side to the first side, the light source is opposed to the first side, and the injection port is opposed to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuko Fukuoka, Takenori Hirota
  • Patent number: 11287714
    Abstract: A wavelength tunable optical filter and a method for switching and adjusting the wavelength tunable optical filter. The optical filter includes a liquid crystal cell comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal mixture inserted between two electrodes configured to apply a voltage, the cholesteric liquid crystal mixture comprising a chiral dopant and a dual frequency liquid crystal host material, the liquid crystal cell having a reference Bragg reflection wavelength in the spectral range between 300 nm and 900 nm, and the liquid crystal cell having a first Bragg reflection wavelength, when the applied voltage is modulated at a frequency comprised in an intermediate frequency range which is above a cross-over frequency and below a high frequency limit, the first Bragg reflection wavelength being different from the reference Bragg reflection wavelength and the cholesteric liquid crystal mixture being non-scattering both in the reference Bragg reflection mode and in the first Bragg reflection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: NIKON CORPORATION, Essilor International
    Inventors: Eva Oton, Estelle Netter
  • Patent number: 11256135
    Abstract: A display system includes a backlight configured to project light including a housing and one or more light emitting elements received in the housing and one or more reflective portions disposed on the housing. A first display unit is disposed proximate the backlight includes a liquid crystal layer and at least one reflective polarizer. A second display unit is disposed proximate the first display unit. The second display unit includes a TFT display layer and at least one linear polarizer. At least one microcontroller is in communication with one or more of the backlight, the first display unit and the second display unit. The at least one microcontroller executes instructions to adjust the liquid crystal layer of the first display unit between a first transmissive state and a second transmissive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf, David M. Whitton
  • Patent number: 11249244
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module comprises a light guide plate and a light-emitting assembly configured to emit light rays and cause the light rays as emitted to be incident to the light guide plate in parallel. The light guide plate further comprises a light incident surface, a bottom surface, a light emitting surface on the top thereof, and at least one reflective sloped surface. The reflective sloped surface is positioned between the bottom surface and the light emitting surface, and an angle between the at least one reflective sloped surface and a plane of the bottom surface extending in a direction away from the light incident surface is less than 90°. The light incident surface is located on a side of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Xu, Qing Zhang, Shounian Chen, Shouzheng Wu
  • Patent number: 11249355
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal based color switch for use with an image sensor having sub-diffraction-limited (SDL) pixels. The color switch may switch between a first mode where green light is passed (and blue and red light is blocked) and a second mode where blue and red light is passed (and green light is blocked). The color switch may include an achromatic switch (such as a liquid crystal switch) and retarder stack filter that are both sandwiched between a first and a second polarizer. The SDL pixels may be distributed so that green subpixels are never adjacent to other green subpixels in the same row or column, so that red subpixels are always adjacent to green subpixels in the same row or column, and so that blue subpixels are always adjacent to green subpixels in the same row or column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Gary D. Sharp
  • Patent number: 11237418
    Abstract: An electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed in the present disclosure. The electronic device comprises a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate and a sealing material. The first flexible substrate comprises a first laser-cutting buffer region, and the first flexible substrate comprises a first edge. The second flexible substrate comprises a second laser-cutting buffer region, and the second flexible substrate comprises a second edge. The sealing material is disposed between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate. The sealing material is away from the first edge by the first laser-cutting buffer region and the sealing material is away from the second edge by the second laser-cutting buffer region. Therefore, the cracking of the sealing material can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hao Huang, Chu-Hong Lai
  • Patent number: 11231628
    Abstract: A display includes an antistatic circuit between a common wire and at least one of a signal wire and a scanning wire. The common wire is disposed in a non-display region, and receives a common potential. The signal and scanning wires are disposed in a display region. The antistatic circuit at least includes a first transistor having a floating control electrode, a first main electrode connected to the signal wire or the scanning wire, and a second main electrode connected to the common wire. The first transistor is provided in such a manner that a first capacitance between the control electrode and the signal wire or the scanning wire is larger than a second capacitance between the control electrode and the common wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TRIVALE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Tatsuya Baba, Isao Nojiri
  • Patent number: 11226516
    Abstract: An optical composite film, comprising a uniaxial optical film layer, a substrate layer, and a reflective raster film layer. The uniaxial optical film layer comprises a plate-like portion and multiple refractive portions provided at one side of the plate-like portion. The multiple refractive portions are selected one of arc-shaped columns and quadrangular prisms. The material of the uniaxial optical film layer is a disc-like liquid crystal molecule material. The substrate layer is stacked at one side of the plate-like portion close to the refractive portion. The multiple refractive portions are accommodated in the substrate layer. The ordinary refractive index of the uniaxial optical film layer is greater than the refractive index of the substrate layer. The reflective raster film layer is provided at one side of the substrate layer distant from the uniaxial optical film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11226532
    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: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Ryong Park