Patents Examined by Jose M Diaz
  • Patent number: 11678789
    Abstract: An imaging connector includes a proximal side and a distal side. The proximal side includes a light input opening and an image output opening. The distal side includes a light output opening and an image input opening. The imaging connector is operable to (i) transmit light from the light input opening to the light output opening, and (ii) transmit an image from the image input opening to the image output opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Gustav Lo
  • Patent number: 11675232
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus and light source device which includes an optical dome having a specifically defined shape to be able to maintain an optical profile of a light source. A display apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB); a light emitting diode (LED) chip mounted on the PCB and configured to emit light; an optical dome disposed over and enclosing the LED chip; a liquid crystal panel configured to block or pass light output from the LED chip; and an optical film arranged between the LED chip and the liquid crystal panel, wherein a ratio of a height of the optical dome to a diameter of a bottom surface of the optical dome is 0.25 to 0.31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungyeol Kim, Kyungsoo Park, Chunsoon Park, Kyehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11665827
    Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate, a touch module and a ring structure. The display substrate includes a first portion for display, a second portion located at a non-display side of the first portion of the display substrate, and a first bent portion for connecting the first portion and the second portion, and a first driver is provided at a side of the second portion away from the first portion. The touch module includes a touch layer and a touch flexible circuit board connected with the touch layer, the touch flexible circuit board includes a flat portion located at a side of the second portion away from the first portion and a second bent portion for connecting the touch layer and the flat portion. The ring structure is located between the flat portion of the touch flexible circuit board and the second portion of the display substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuang Zhang, Xiaoxia Huang, Jiangsheng Wang, Jianjun Wu, Xuerui Gong, Bing Ji
  • Patent number: 11662653
    Abstract: A light source device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light source unit, a wavelength conversion unit including a wavelength conversion wheel, and a wheel housing configured to expose a part of the wavelength conversion wheel and house the wavelength conversion wheel, and an optical unit including a condensing optical system, a pickup optical system, and an optical housing. The light source unit and the optical unit are fixed in a sealed state. In the optical unit and the wavelength conversion unit, a part of the wavelength conversion wheel exposed via a first opening section of the wheel housing is disposed on an optical path between the condensing optical system and the pickup optical system. The second opening section of the optical housing and the first opening section of the wheel housing are fixed in a sealed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiko Hagihara
  • Patent number: 11659755
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display device including red, green and blue pixel units. In the red pixel unit, a light emitting element emits a blue light that then passes through a light conversion element and a color filter and the blue light is converted into a red light while passing through the light conversion element. In the green pixel unit, a light emitting element emits a blue light that then passes through a light conversion element and a color filter and the blue light is converted into a green light while passing through the light conversion element. In the blue pixel, a light emitting element emits a blue light that then passes through a color filter. The red pixel unit has a lighting area greater than a lighting area of the blue pixel unit and less than a lighting area of the green pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Hsiao-Lang Lin
  • Patent number: 11644679
    Abstract: An image light generation device includes a first panel configured to emit a first image light including a blue wavelength region, a second panel configured to emit a second image light including a wavelength region different from the blue wavelength region, and a color combining prism configured to combine the first image light and the second image light. The first panel includes a plurality of first pixels, each of the plurality of first pixels includes a first light emitting element, and a first transistor provided corresponding to the first light emitting element, the second panel includes a plurality of second pixels, each of the plurality of second pixels includes a second light emitting element, and a second transistor provided corresponding to the second light emitting element, and a size of the first transistor is greater than a size of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuiga Hamade, Takumi Kodama
  • Patent number: 11641771
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first light-emitting element including a first light-emitting region, a second light-emitting element including a second light-emitting region, a first filter, and a second filter. The area of the first light-emitting region is smaller than the area of the second light-emitting region, and a relationship (Lf11?Le11)>(Lf21?Le21) is satisfied when the length of the first light-emitting region is Le11, the length of the second light-emitting region is Le21, the length of the first filter is Lf11, and the length of the second filter is Lf21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Irobe, Takeshi Koshihara
  • Patent number: 11635654
    Abstract: Provided in an illumination device including a display panel including a first surface configured to display an image, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of display pixels disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and a transmission window configured to transmit light incident on the second surface through the first surface, a light source disposed at the second surface of the display panel and configured to emit light to an object toward the display panel, and a light deliverer disposed between the light source and the display panel, the light deliverer configured to deliver the light emitted from the light source to the object as flood illumination through the transmission window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jangwoo You, Seunghoon Han, Namseop Kwon, Byunghoon Na, Minkyung Lee, Suyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11631834
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a first light emitting element for a first color and a second light emitting element for a second color whose wavelength is shorter than the wavelength of the first color. The first light emitting element includes a first reflection layer, a first transparent insulating layer, a first transparent electrode layer, a first light emitting layer, and a first upper electrode layer in this order. The second light emitting element includes a second reflection layer, a second transparent electrode layer, a second light emitting layer, and a second upper electrode layer in this order. The second reflection layer and the second transparent electrode layer are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takayuki Ito
  • Patent number: 11631722
    Abstract: A display device includes a first light emitting element on a first substrate and overlapping a first effective pixel area; test light emitting elements on the first substrate and overlapping the test pixel area; a first color filter on a second substrate and overlapping the first light emitting element; a first wavelength conversion pattern on the first color filter and overlapping the first color filter and the first light emitting element; a first test color filter on the second substrate and overlapping one of the test light emitting elements; and a first test wavelength conversion pattern on the second substrate and overlapping another one of the test light emitting elements. The first test wavelength conversion pattern and the first wavelength conversion pattern include a same first wavelength conversion material, and the first test color filter and the first color filter include a same first color colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jea Heon Ahn, Jeong Ki Kim, Seong Yeon Lee, Si Wan Jeon, Tae Hyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11624494
    Abstract: A white light source includes a light source and a phosphor conversion component. The light source emits short wavelength light peaked at a peak wavelength of 570 nanometers or shorter. The phosphor conversion component includes a light conversion layer comprising a phosphor effective to convert the short wavelength light to converted light. The light conversion layer includes light passages comprising openings or passage material that does not comprise the phosphor and is light transmissive for the short wavelength light. The light source is disposed respective to the phosphor conversion component so as to illuminate the light conversion layer with the emitted short wavelength light and to pass the short wavelength light through the light passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael P. Newell
  • Patent number: 11621303
    Abstract: An OLED display panel includes a substrate and a pixel array on the substrate, each pixel includes a group of subpixels, and each subpixel includes a light-emitting element and a color filter element. Among the color filter elements in the subpixel group, there is a first color filter element which is substantially transparent for light of the longest wavelength. Except a periphery of the pixel array, every M first color filter elements from M adjacent pixels abut against each other to form a seamless color filter block, where M?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SeeYA Optronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhongshou Huang
  • Patent number: 11608411
    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 one or more UV-C light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the UV-C unit. The UV-C unit is mounted on either a universal mounting mechanism or a mobile support unit to provide mobility to the UV-C unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11603044
    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 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    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: 11600778
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising a substrate; an organic light emitting element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the organic light emitting element; and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, covering the organic light emitting element, and bonding the substrate on which the organic light emitting element is formed with the encapsulation substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Son, Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11602039
    Abstract: There is provided a compound electrode assembly for generating a plasma in a plasma chamber of a plasma discharge device. The compound electrode assembly includes a casing, a discharge electrode and a sealing compound. The casing is made of a dielectric material and includes at least one side wall and an end wall defining a closed end. The discharge electrode is mounted in the casing and is bonded to the end wall. The sealing compound surrounds the discharge electrode and extends within the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MÉCANIQUE ANALYTIQUE INC
    Inventors: Yves Gamache, André Lamontagne
  • Patent number: 11588080
    Abstract: The illumination optical system includes a beam shaper which converts an intensity distribution of a laser beam in each of a short axis direction and a long axis direction, which is a Gaussian distribution, into an intensity distribution of a parallel beam on a modulation surface of the optical modulator in each of the short axis direction and the long axis direction, which is a top hat distribution. The modulation surface and an irradiated surface are optically conjugated with respect to the long axis direction by a third lens and a fourth lens. Further, the modulation surface and a front focus position of the fourth lens are optically conjugated with respect to the short axis direction by a first lens, a second lens, and the third lens. The fourth lens condenses a beam having a top hat distribution at the front focus position onto the irradiated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizuno, Yoshimi Hashimoto, Yasumitsu Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 11581389
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area at least partially surrounding the display area; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a pixel layer disposed on the display area between the first substrate and the second substrate; a seal disposed on the non-display area between the first substrate and the second substrate; a pad connected to the pixel layer and disposed on the non-display area; and a dummy element in a hole in the seal, the dummy element being disposed on the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Somi Jung, Byunghoon Kim, Junghyun Kim, Junehyoung Park, Hyunji Lee
  • Patent number: 11579506
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Matthew E. Last, Ryan J. Garrone, Budhadipta Dan, Khadijeh Bayat, Gregory A. Cohoon, Jack E. Graves
  • Patent number: 11578726
    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 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson