Patents Examined by Jessica M Merlin
  • Patent number: 11221538
    Abstract: Liquid crystal lenses of different apertures with suppressed chromatic aberration utilizing twisted vertical alignment configuration are demonstrated. A plurality of substrates are provided with electrodes, including a patterned electrode to generate a lens effect. The liquid crystal material is homeotropically aligned, such as via alignment layers. Setting the ratio between cell thickness and chiral pitch of the cholesteric liquid crystals provides correction of axial chromatic aberrations of electrically-tunable focal lengths in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Liang-Chy Chien, Kai-Han Chang, Andrii Varanytsia
  • Patent number: 11215880
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a display component. The display component may include a display module and a viewing angle switch module at a light-exiting side of the display module. The display module may include a plurality of columns of light-emitting pixels on a base substrate. Each of the light-emitting pixels may include a first electrode layer, a nanoparticle layer, and a transparent second electrode layer in this order on the base substrate. The nanoparticle layer may include nanoparticles of a first metal, each of the nanoparticles of the first metal having a convex protrusion on a side away from the first electrode layer. The transparent second electrode layer may include a nanoparticle of a second metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shumeng Sun, Hanyan Sun, Minghui Zhang, Inho Park, Weitao Chen
  • Patent number: 11215899
    Abstract: Provided is an optoelectronic element including a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a first lens pattern disposed on the first electrode and including a liquid crystal and a black dye molecule, a second lens pattern disposed on the first lens pattern, and a second electrode on the second lens pattern, wherein the black dye molecule includes about 1 to 4 azo groups and about 2 to 5 aromatic cyclic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gi Heon Kim, Yong Hae Kim, Chi-Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11209948
    Abstract: A touch panel including a liquid crystal panel, a first polarizer, touch units, and a second polarizer is provided. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an active array, and a liquid crystal layer. Each of the touch units includes a first electrode extending along a first extending direction and a second electrode extending along a second extending direction. The first electrode includes two of first touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the first touch electrodes has a first deviation amount in the second extending direction. The second electrode includes two of second touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the second touch electrodes has a second deviation amount in the first extending direction. The two of the second touch electrodes and the two of the first touch electrodes have four overlapping points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 11209584
    Abstract: A liquid crystal grating and its fabrication method, and a display panel are provided in the present disclosure. The liquid crystal grating includes a first light adjustment component and a second light adjustment component, disposed oppositely. The first light adjustment component includes a first liquid crystal panel and a first polarization adjustment component; the second light adjustment component includes a second liquid crystal panel and a second polarization adjustment component; and using a second direction as an extending direction of a rotation axis, when the first light adjustment component is rotated 180° around the rotation axis, an alignment direction of the first liquid crystal panel is in parallel with an alignment direction of the second liquid crystal panel, and an optical axis direction of the first polarization adjustment component is in parallel with an optical axis direction of the second polarization adjustment component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaodong Wu, Yang Zeng, Shihao Tang
  • Patent number: 11209687
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal spatial phase modulator includes: a liquid-crystal layer; a transparent electrode layer above the liquid-crystal layer; a lower electrode layer disposed below the liquid-crystal layer; a first heat-resistant layer that has higher thermal resistance than the transparent electrode layer and is disposed above and adjacent to the transparent electrode layer; and a second heat-resistant layer that has higher thermal resistance than the transparent electrode layer and is disposed between the transparent electrode layer and the liquid-crystal layer and adjacent to the transparent electrode layer. Light from above passes through the transparent electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Santec Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuki Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11209703
    Abstract: A display device comprises a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels and an imaging device arranged on a back side of the liquid crystal panel. The imaging device has an imaging region overlaps with the imaging device and the other region other than the imaging region in a plan view. A plurality of linear electrodes is arranged separately from each other in the imaging region. Among the plurality of linear electrodes, a first pair of linear electrodes are separated by a first interval and a second pair of linear electrodes are separated by a second interval different from the first interval in a plan view. The first pair of linear electrodes and the second pair of linear electrodes are irregularly arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kojima, Mitsutaka Okita
  • Patent number: 11187950
    Abstract: An array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, a gate layer, a first insulating layer, a gate tracking layer, and a second insulating layer. The method of manufacturing the array substrate includes a substrate providing step, a gate layer forming step, a first insulating layer forming step, a gate tracking layer forming step, and a second insulating layer forming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hui Xia
  • Patent number: 11187929
    Abstract: A phase modulation device includes an image data generator, a controller, a light reception signal detector, and a liquid crystal element. The image data generator generates image data. The controller generates a gradation control signal based on the image data. The liquid crystal element includes a first substrate and a light receiver. The first substrate has a pixel region in which a plurality of pixel electrodes constituting pixels are arranged. The light receiver photoelectrically converts light with which the pixel region is irradiated to generate a light reception signal. The light reception signal detector generates a drive control signal based on the light reception signal. The liquid crystal element changes an inclination angle of a wavefront of the light with which the pixel region is irradiated by applying different driving voltages to the plurality of pixel electrodes based on the gradation control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Nagoya
  • Patent number: 11181774
    Abstract: An optical film and a display device including the same are disclosed, in which an image of the display device is prevented from being irradiated to an unwanted place and luminance is prevented from being deteriorated. The optical film includes a first base film; a second base film spaced apart from the first base film to face the first base film; an optical pattern arranged between the first base film and the second base film, having an inclined surface inclined at a certain angle; and a reflective member arranged at one side of the optical pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeungJu Gwon, HyeokJoon Yoon, SeMin Lee
  • Patent number: 11181792
    Abstract: A display device including a substrate having a first TFT of an oxide semiconductor and a second TFT of a polysilicon semiconductor comprising: the oxide semiconductor 109 is covered by a first insulating film, a first drain electrode 110 is connected to the oxide semiconductor 109 via a first through hole 132 formed in the first insulating film, a first source electrode 111 is connected to the oxide semiconductor 109 via second through hole 133 formed in the first insulating film in the first TFT, a second insulating film is formed covering the first drain electrode 110 and the first source electrode 111, a drain wiring connects 12 to the first drain electrode 110 via a third through hole 130 formed in the second insulating film, a source wiring 122 is connected to the first source electrode 111 via a fourth through hole 131 formed in the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Toshihide Jinnai, Hajime Watakabe, Akihiro Hanada, Ryo Onodera, Isao Suzumura
  • Patent number: 11175557
    Abstract: A transmittable lighting device is provided. The transmittable lighting device includes two substrates, a transmittable layer, two polarizers and a light source. The two substrates are respectively electrically connected to a voltage supply. A switchable electric field is provided between the two substrates, and two alignment directions of the two substrates are orthogonal to each other. The transmittable layer is located between the two substrates and has a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. Each of the plurality of liquid crystal molecule is arranged along the alignment direction of the substrate nearby, and the plurality of liquid crystal molecules is arranged in a 90-degree twisted arrangement. The two polarizers are located at two outer surfaces of the two substrates, respectively. Each polarizer has a polarization direction parallel to the alignment direction of the substrate on the same outer surface. The light source emits a lateral light entering the transmittable layer laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsung-Hsien Lin, Cheng-Chang Li, Heng-Yi Tseng, Hung-Chang Jau, Li-Min Chang, Kuan-Wu Lin
  • Patent number: 11175552
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a display region in which a plurality of pixels are provided; a peripheral region positioned between an edge of the first substrate and the display region; a plurality of scanning lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of signal lines extending in a second direction; a plurality of terminals arranged in the first direction in the peripheral region of the first substrate; a plurality of connection lines that connect the terminals and the signal lines; a plurality of spacers provided between the first substrate and the second substrate in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate; and a plurality of dummy electrodes separated from the connection lines in planar view and provided between the first substrate and the spacers in the direction perpendicular to the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Keita Sasanuma, Masaki Kajiyama, Kengo Shiragami, Naoyuki Obinata
  • Patent number: 11156867
    Abstract: The phase modulation device includes an image data generator, a gradation data generator, an adjustment voltage controller, and a reflective liquid crystal element. The image data generator generates image data corresponding to a distribution of phase change amount or a distribution of phase velocity. The gradation data generator generates gradation data corresponding to each pixel. The reflective liquid crystal element includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixel blocks, and an adjustment electrode. The adjustment voltage controller applies an adjustment voltage having a same voltage value as a driving voltage applied to a pixel electrode of the pixel block adjacent to the adjustment electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Nagoya
  • Patent number: 11150519
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates and a vertically-aligned liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a pixel electrode and a first alignment film. The second substrate includes a counter electrode and a second alignment film. The first alignment film has, within each pixel, first and second pretilt regions that define first and second pretilt directions, respectively, that are antiparallel to each other. The second alignment film has, within each pixel, third and fourth pretilt regions that define third and fourth pretilt directions, respectively, that are antiparallel to each other. At least either a surface of the first substrate or a surface of the second substrate has a groove formed so as to overlap at least either a boundary between the first and second pretilt regions or a boundary between the third and fourth pretilt regions when seen from a direction normal to a display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshifumi Yagi, Meng-Yi Hung
  • Patent number: 11150401
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel, a method therefor, and a display device The display device includes: an underlying substrate including a pixel area, a traveling line area; a pixel structure overlying the pixel area, the pixel structure includes pixel elements in matrix; a cover plate on the side of the pixel structure away from the underlying substrate, an orthographical projection of a display area on the cover plate onto the underlying substrate covers the pixel area and the traveling line area, the display area is uniformly divided into sub-display areas in same matrix as pixel elements; optic fiber beams between the pixel structure and the cover plate in one-to-one correspondence to the pixel elements, one end of optic fiber beams is in a light exit area of the pixel element corresponding thereto, the other end is in the sub-display area arranged at same position as the pixel element corresponding thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengcheng Zang, Jing He
  • Patent number: 11137657
    Abstract: A display apparatus including an electrically-controlled phase retardation layer, a reflective polarizer, a micro light emitting diode panel and a reflective layer is provided. The electrically-controlled phase retardation layer has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The reflective polarizer is disposed at the first side of the electrically-controlled phase retardation layer. The micro light emitting diode panel is disposed at the second side of the electrically-controlled phase retardation layer and includes a circuit substrate and a plurality of micro light emitting diodes. The reflective layer is disposed between the reflective polarizer and the circuit substrate. An orthogonal projection of the reflective layer on the circuit substrate is not overlapped with orthogonal projections of the micro light emitting diodes on the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: PlayNitride Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Li Li
  • Patent number: 11131890
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an LCD and a display device, and belongs to the field of display technologies. The LCD can include an LCD panel, a backlight module, a sealant, and a first polarizer. The backlight module is located at one side of the LCD panel. The first polarizer is located between the LCD panel and the backlight module. The backlight module has a first through hole thereon and the first polarizer has a second through hole thereon. The first through hole, the second through hole, and the LCD panel define a blind hole. The sealant is adhered to an inner wall of the blind hole, and the sealant is fixedly connected to the backlight module, the LCD panel, and the first polarizer by bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Shi, Lei Tang, Jian Li
  • Patent number: 11126049
    Abstract: The display apparatus includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of vertical gate lines orthogonal to the gate lines, and a plurality of connection parts, each of which connects one of the gate lines and corresponding one of the vertical gate lines. The plurality of vertical gate lines extend from a first side in the display region. At least the gate line disposed closest to the first side is connected to the corresponding vertical gate line by a plurality of connection parts disposed at two or more locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Trivale Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Tatsuya Baba, Takafumi Hashiguchi, Naruhito Hoka, Naoya Hirata
  • Patent number: 11126033
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a backlight comprising light-emitting diodes. The disclosed display device includes a liquid crystal panel configured to control transmission of light from the backlight to a viewer. The display device also includes one or more optical films that incorporate one or more light conversion or light absorbing materials. The optical films can be positioned between the layers of the disclosed display device and give enhanced blue-light absorption to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Eyesafe Inc.
    Inventors: Arkady Garbar, Derek Harris