Patents Examined by José M Díaz
  • Patent number: 11892653
    Abstract: A light source module includes a first light-splitting element, a second light-splitting element, a first light source, a second light source and a third light source. The first light source emits a first light having a first wavelength to the first light-splitting element in a first optical path direction. The second light source emits a second light having the first wavelength to the first light-splitting element in a second optical path direction perpendicular to the first optical path direction. The third light source emits a third light having a second wavelength to the first and second light-splitting elements in a third optical path direction opposite to the second optical path direction, and the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength. The first light source and the second light source include reflection layers configured to reflect light having the first wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Shiung Chien, Ming-Kuen Lin, Yi-Ling Lo, Tsung-Hsun Wu
  • Patent number: 11892159
    Abstract: A surface light source module includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on the substrate, a first optical layer disposed on the light-emitting elements to cover the light-emitting elements and configured to disperse light emitted from the light-emitting elements, and a second optical layer disposed on the first optical layer and configured to absorb the light emitted from the light-emitting elements and emit light of a different wavelength band from a wavelength of the absorbed light, wherein a distance from an upper surface of the first optical layer to an upper surface of the second optical layer has a value less than a distance from an upper surface of the substrate to the upper surface of the first optical layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LUMENS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Oh, Pyeong Guk Kim, Jung Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11882663
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes providing a display layer including a light-emitting element, providing a base resin on the display layer, providing a chassis part by using a chassis providing unit including an electromagnet, providing a resin part by transforming a shape of the base resin, and separating the chassis providing unit from the display layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Young Lee, Youn Woong Kang, Min Sang Koo, Si Joon Song, Dong Hyun Lee, Jae Hak Lee
  • Patent number: 11882736
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a bending area and a non-bending area adjacent to the bending area, a base substrate disposed under the display panel and including a through-hole overlapping the bending area, a conductive part filling the through-hole, a flexible printed circuit board including a first surface connected to the conductive part and second a surface opposite to the first surface, a first film contacting the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board overlapping the non-bending area, and a protection member contacting an upper surface of the first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changmoo Lee, Donghyeon Lee, Jongin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11882734
    Abstract: A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region. The display region includes an opening, and the peripheral region includes a first peripheral region; the first peripheral region includes a first dam region, a second dam region, and an interval region; the display substrate includes a base substrate, a first conductive semiconductor pattern, a first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern; the first conductive pattern is insulated from the first conductive semiconductor pattern, and the second conductive pattern is insulated from the first conductive pattern; the second conductive pattern is electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor pattern through via holes in the first peripheral region; and an arrangement density of the via holes in the interval region is smaller than an arrangement density of the via holes in the first dam region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Zhang, Xiangdan Dong, Rong Wang
  • Patent number: 11878629
    Abstract: A multi-function rearview device for use with a vehicle includes a housing configured to be attached to the vehicle and to be moveable relative to the vehicle, a rearview element including at least one of a reflective element, a camera and a display element, a bezel formed at an outer portion of the multi-function rearview device surrounding the rearview element, with the rearview element being attached to at least one of the bezel and the housing, one or more light assemblies providing at least one or more light function indications, including a Human Machine Interface (HMI), and at least one sensor, the sensor controlling the one or more light assemblies or the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Andrew Lettis, Callum Scott-Collins, Gary Smith, Graham Rehill, Andrew Brian Little, Ian Robert Toone
  • Patent number: 11868001
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display unit and a second display unit. The first display unit emits a red light having a first output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device. The second display unit emits a blue light having a second output spectrum corresponding to the highest gray level of the display device. An intensity integral of the first output spectrum within a range from 380 nm to 780 nm is defined as a first intensity integral, an intensity integral of the second output spectrum within a range from 511 nm to 597 nm is defined as a second intensity integral, and a ratio of the second intensity integral to the first intensity integral is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 29.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jia-Yuan Chen, Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 11871633
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area including emission areas and a light blocking area; and a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a thin-film transistor layer disposed on the substrate and including thin-film transistors; a light-emitting element layer disposed on the thin-film transistor layer and including light-emitting elements; a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light-emitting element layer that converts a peak wavelength of a light from at least a part of the of light-emitting elements; and a color filter layer disposed on the wavelength conversion layer, and including color filters corresponding to the emission areas and a first light blocking part corresponding to the light blocking area and the non-display area. A transmittance of the first light blocking part with respect to a light having a wavelength of about 1000 nm or more is about 80% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sae Ron Park, Kyung Min Kim, Jin Suek Kim, Jae Soo Jang
  • Patent number: 11864672
    Abstract: A double walled illuminated vessel for displaying indicia comprising an outer sleeve, an inner liner, a lens, a transparent or translucent connection ring, a base and an illumination module adapted to be inserted into the base whereby the base and connection ring are connected to each other creating a base illumination unit. Light from the illumination module passes through the hollow space between the outer sleeve and the inner liner such that the lens bearing indicia is illuminated thus prominently displaying any desired graphic, logo, design, trademark, symbol, letter, number or any other indicia. The connection ring transmits and diffuses light through the inner liner and upper rim as well as the sidewall of the connection ring. The base illumination unit is removable from the outer sleeve and can be used as an independent light source by a user. Additionally, the illumination module is rechargeable in one embodiment and can provide an adequate charge to a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher R Ganter
  • Patent number: 11860475
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light source unit including a plurality of light sources; a cover bottom including a horizontal surface on which the plurality of light sources are seated, and a side surface bent along an edge of the horizontal surface; an optical unit on the light source unit; a display panel on the optical unit; a first module film being transparent, supporting a back surface of the optical unit, and including a first edge portion attached to and fixed to an outer side of the side surface of the cover bottom; and a second module film being transparent, attached to a back surface of the display panel, and including a second edge portion attached to and fixed to an outer side of the edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-Hyuck Seo, Young-Hun Jeong, Sun-Woong Kim, Seung-Soo Yang
  • Patent number: 11859624
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11852316
    Abstract: A construction component forms at least a part of a structure that faces a target space. The construction component has a first function, a second function, and a third function. The first function is a function of emitting illumination light toward the target space. The second function is a function of allowing incident light to enter the construction component. The incident light is emitted from a light source disposed out of a projection area, viewed from the target space, of the construction component and is incident on the construction component via a light transmission member. The third function is a function of converting the incident light into the illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitano, Kenichiro Tanaka, Takanori Aketa, Yoshiyuki Takegawa, Satoshi Hyodo
  • Patent number: 11849628
    Abstract: A display panel including a penetrating portion includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, which are spaced apart from each other with the penetrating portion provided therebetween, and a display element arranged on the substrate and including a first display element overlapping the first region and a second display element overlapping the second region, wherein a first side surface of the substrate that corresponds to an edge of the first region, and a second side surface of the substrate that corresponds to an edge of the second region, define at least portions of the penetrating portion, and an interval between the first side surface and the second side surface from an upper surface of the substrate, the upper surface facing the display element, is less than an interval between the first side surface and the second side surface from a lower surface of the substrate that does not face the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongwon Kim, Sangwoo Kim, Yongseok Kim, Gyujeong Lee
  • Patent number: 11846800
    Abstract: A multiview display includes an array of light valves having rows of a repeating plurality of color sub-pixels and arranged as a plurality of multiview pixels configured to modulate directional light beams as color pixels of views of a multiview image. A first row of the repeating plurality of color sub-pixels is offset from a second row of the repeating plurality of color sub-pixels in a row direction by an integer multiple of a width of a color sub-pixel. The offset of the first and second rows is configured to provide corresponding color sub-pixels in adjacent multiview pixels having different colors to mitigate color fringing associated with the color pixel of the multiview image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventor: David A Fattal
  • Patent number: 11835211
    Abstract: Head wearable devices and methods are disclosed where a head wearable device includes a headpiece including a headband and an occipital basket attached to the headband, and a first housing attached to the headband. A depth adjuster is attached to the first housing and configured to change, by controlling a distance between the occipital basket and the first housing, a depth of the headpiece. A second housing is attached to the occipital basket, and a headband adjuster is attached to the occipital basket to change a circumference of the headpiece by controlling a distance between respective opposing ends of the headband and the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Integra LifeSciences Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Neeley, Greg Falendysz, Steve Dieter, Parker Hren, Nick Higbee, Charles David Strubbe
  • Patent number: 11830965
    Abstract: A display device includes a first light emitting element which overlaps a first light emitting region, and emits first color light, a first wavelength conversion pattern which overlaps the first light emitting element, and wavelength-converts the first color light into a second color light, and a first color filter which overlaps the first wavelength conversion pattern, and includes a first light absorbing colorant and a colorant of the second color, where the colorant of the second color blocks transmission of the first color light and transmits the second color light, where the colorant of the second color transmits light in a first overlapping wavelength range in which a first emission spectrum of the first wavelength conversion pattern overlaps a first light absorption spectrum of the first wavelength conversion pattern, and where the first light absorbing colorant absorbs the light in the first overlapping wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Joon Kim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Seon Tae Yoon, Yun Ha Ryu, Hye Seung Lee, Ki Soo Park
  • Patent number: 11815231
    Abstract: A light source includes a plurality of light emitting elements, a light blocking member and a plurality of light-transmissive members. The light blocking member collectively supports the plurality of light emitting elements with the light blocking member being disposed in regions between the plurality of light emitting elements and in an outer periphery region located outwardly of the plurality of light emitting elements in a plan view. An upper surface of each of the plurality of the light emitting elements is exposed from the light blocking member. The plurality of light-transmissive members include a plurality of first light-transmissive members respectively disposed on the plurality of light emitting elements, and a second light-transmissive member disposed on the light blocking member in the outer periphery region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Noma, Tsuyoshi Okahisa
  • Patent number: 11812641
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate comprising a plurality of pixel areas and a non-pixel area surrounding each of the plurality of pixel areas. The non-pixel area includes a plurality of first areas and a second area surrounding the plurality of first areas. A functional layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of first holes defined through the functional layer and overlapping the plurality of first areas. An element layer is disposed on the functional layer. A pixel definition layer is disposed on the element layer and overlaps the non-pixel area. The pixel definition layer includes pixel openings defined therethrough. The pixel openings overlap the plurality of pixel areas. A plurality of light emitting elements is disposed on the element layer and is disposed in the pixel openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hun Ryu, IlNam Kim, Jae-Kyoung Kim, WonSang Park, Eunjin Sung, Seongryong Lee, Jonghyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11808962
    Abstract: The application is directed to a device housing. The device housing includes a first light device, the first light device including a first electrical supply configured to provide an electrical signal to a first light emitting diode (LED), the first LED separated from a first surface of a diffuser film by a space, wherein the diffuser film includes a second surface, opposite the first surface, the second surface configured to contact a first light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Cecilia Zimmerman, Jules VanDersarl
  • Patent number: 11809032
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display element includes a pixel region which optically modulates received illumination light for each pixel. A heat sink dissipates heat of the liquid crystal display element. A first mask member is fixed to the heat sink, is formed of a material having a lower heat transfer rate than the heat sink, includes a first opening of which the size corresponds to the size of the pixel region, and masks unnecessary light. A second mask member is arranged at a position further away from the liquid crystal display element than the first mask member, is fixed to the heat sink, is formed of a material having a higher heat transfer rate than the first mask member, includes a second opening of which the size is equal to or larger than the size of the first opening, and masks the unnecessary light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi Aizawa