Patents Examined by Jose M Diaz
  • Patent number: 11311175
    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: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Gustav Lo
  • Patent number: 11306899
    Abstract: A light source system includes an exciting light source, a collection system, a wavelength conversion device, a relay system, an optical-mechanical system, a detection device, and a distance adjustment device. The exciting light source emits exciting light. The conversion region converts the exciting light into excited light. Optical axes of the excited light and the exciting light that are emitted from the wavelength conversion device do not coincide with each other. The excited light and exciting light collected by the collection system are guided to the optical-mechanical system via the relay system. The detection device detects information on brightness and/or color coordinates of the light emitted from the optical-mechanical system. The distance adjustment device adjusts a distance between the collection system and the wavelength conversion device in such a manner that the brightness and/or color coordinates of the light emitted from the optical-mechanical system meet a preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Zuqiang Guo, Peng Du, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11299088
    Abstract: An adaptive lighting system for a work vehicle controlled by an operator from an operator station and having a work tool and a method for illuminating a work area are provided. The system includes at least one lighting member configured to illuminate at least one portion of a work area, an actuator coupled to the at least one lighting member and configured to position the at least one lighting member relative to the operator station, and a controller in communication with the actuator and configured to control positioning of the at least one lighting member via the actuator based on an operator control position and a position of the work tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jayachandra Malavatu, Sesha Sai Deepika Rani Ravuri
  • Patent number: 11296263
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion apparatus that includes a metal substrate; and a light-emitting ceramic layer. The light-emitting ceramic layer is used for absorbing excitation light and emitting excited light having a wavelength different from that of the excitation light. A metal reflective layer and a silica gel layer are stacked between the metal substrate and the light-emitting ceramic layer, and the reflective layer is used for reflecting the excited light and an unconverted part of the excitation light. The wavelength conversion device can reduce heat generated in the wavelength conversion apparatus, while realizing an aim of emitting excited light having a high illumination intensity in the wavelength conversion apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qian Li, Fei Hu, Yangang Wang, Yanzheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11294211
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a flexible base, a display area, first lines arranged in a first direction, pixel electrodes, and a first inorganic insulating layer contacting the lines. The display area includes a first area in which the lines are arranged in the first direction at a first pitch and a second area in which the lines are arranged in the first direction at a second pitch greater than the first pitch, and the second area is located between the first area and an edge of the base in the first direction. In the second area, the first inorganic insulating layer comprises a first slit extending along the lines between adjacent lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Shigesumi Araki
  • Patent number: 11287695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing frame, a backlight module, and a display device. A supporting portion is disposed in a first placement slot of the sealing frame configured to accommodate a flexible printed circuit board such that when the flexible printed circuit board experiences a pulling force during assembling thereof to the backlight module, supporting portion supports the flexible printed circuit board and prevents flexible printed circuit board from suffering an excessive pulling force and transferring the force to the liquid crystal display panel to result in variation of a portion of a cell gap of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11287692
    Abstract: A backlit display for emitting a display light, said display comprising a backlight configured to emit a high circadian stimulation backlight spectrum having a spectral power distribution (SPD) with an overall power, and a blue range from 440-490 nm with a blue SPD power of at least 25% of said overall power, a pixel array comprising at least three filters, said at least three filter comprising at least a first filter, a second filter, and third filter, forming at least three sub-pixels, wherein said backlight is configured to backlight said pixel array, and wherein said display light has a gamut having an sRGB coverage of at least 85%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Pickard, Sina Afshari, Raghuram L. V. Petluri
  • Patent number: 11282989
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light emitter including a light-emitting portion that emits first emission light having a first peak wavelength in a range of 380 to 425 nm and a half width of 15 to 35 nm, and a coating located over the light-emitting portion of the light emitter and containing phosphors to emit second emission light having a second peak wavelength in a range of 430 to 475 nm and having a third peak wavelength in a range of 490 to 540 nm. The light-emitting device emits external emission light having a peak region including the first peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength, and the third peak wavelength 14P02303 and having a long wavelength region defined between an upper end of the range of the third peak wavelength and a wavelength of 750 nm in which a light intensity decreases continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetaka Katou, Tamio Kusano, Kiyotaka Yokoi
  • Patent number: 11280955
    Abstract: A wearable device is provided, including: a main body; a display panel over the main body for displaying information; and a driving circuit coupled to the display panel, where the driving circuit is configured to control the display panel to switch between: a transparent non-displaying state in which the main body is viewable by a user, and a displaying state in which the information displayed is viewable by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Long Wang, Mengjun Hou, Tuo Sun, Nanfang Jia, Zongmin Liu
  • Patent number: 11273766
    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: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    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: 11276808
    Abstract: A conductive substrate for a display device has a plurality of rows of electrode connecting areas, a plurality of first conductive wires, a plurality of second conductive wires, and a plurality of first transparent electrically insulating layers disposed on an electrically insulating substrate. The second conductive wires are separated by the rows of the electrode connecting areas each including a plurality of electrically isolated electrode connecting areas. Each of the second conductive wires disposed between two neighboring rows of the electrode connecting areas has its one end connected to a single electrode contact in one electrode connecting area of the same row of the electrode connecting areas. Each of the first transparent electrically insulating layers is disposed between the second conductive wires respectively connected to a first section and a second section of the electrode connecting areas in the same row of the electrode connecting areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Wen-Chang Fan
  • Patent number: 11262047
    Abstract: A display unit includes a transparent or translucent layer with a display side and a rear side, with an opaque or semitransparent layer on the display side, containing a plurality of apertures, a plurality of illuminants which are present at, or at a distance from, the rear side of the transparent or translucent layer, at least partly embedded in the layer, wherein at least one illuminant is substantially behind one of the apertures in each case configured and designed to emit light in the direction of and through the aperture, a transparent or translucent lamination ply adjoining the opaque or semitransparent layer and covering the plurality of apertures, and a transparent or translucent protective layer adjoining this lamination ply. Also disclosed are a display apparatus and a traffic guidance system comprising such a display unit, and use of the display unit as a media energy façade or a daylight display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Volker Probst
  • Patent number: 11262620
    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 emitting light, an optical dome formed to enclose the LED chip by being dispensed on the LED chip, a liquid crystal panel blocking or passing light output from the LED chip, and an optical film arranged between the LED chip and the liquid crystal panel, wherein a ratio of height of the optical dome to a diameter of a bottom surface of the optical dome may be 0.25 to 0.31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungyeol Kim, Kyungsoo Park, Chunsoon Park, Kyehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11257890
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display region provided with a plurality of pixel portions; wires installed to the respective pixel portions within the display region from an outside of the display region for transmitting a signal to drive the respective pixel portions; connection pads provided on the outside of the display region and serving as input portions to provide the wires with a signal while electrically conducting with the wires; switch elements provided on the outside of the display region in a middle of the wires; and a light shielding covering portion shielding the switch elements from light and formed to cover the connection pads while electrically conducting with the connection pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Tamonoki, Hiroshi Sagawa
  • Patent number: 11255489
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a light emitting module and a lighting device using the light emitting module. The light emitting module includes a light source component, and several light guide sheets arranged at a periphery of the light source component, the light source component includes several groups of light source strips vertically arranged, and each group of light source strips is covered with one of the light guide sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Xu, Hongbo Wang, Xuejun Feng, Feng Li
  • Patent number: 11255529
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) chip is bonded to a substrate. The LED chip includes a plurality of electrodes that each corresponds to a contact on the substrate. The plurality of electrodes are exposed to one or more laser beams for coupling the LED chip to the substrate. The laser beams may be directed to one or more edges or corners of the plurality of electrodes, where the edges or corners lie outside emission areas of LEDs on the LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeb Wu, Oscar Torrents Abad, Daniel Brodoceanu, Pooya Saketi, Zheng Sung Chio, Ali Sengül
  • Patent number: 11255336
    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: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: WLC Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11255513
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an asymmetric illumination lens and an illumination system implementing at least one such lens, for example for illuminating a stadium play field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: NORTHLED ApS, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
    Inventors: Henrik Chresten Pedersen, Kenneth Saxskiold-Noerup
  • Patent number: 11247606
    Abstract: A light emission device 20 comprises a light source 21 irradiating excitation light; and a window glass 13 emitting visible light through incident radiation of the excitation light, which is attached to a car door 10, wherein the window glass 13 emits the light by irradiation with the excitation light depending on an opening/closing state of the car door 10. The present invention can provide a light emission device that enables the opening and closing of a vehicle door to be easily recognized by a person in the back, without attaching any separate part to an outer side of the vehicle door or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakajima, Yuusuke Oota, Atsushi Nohara, Masashi Yanai
  • Patent number: 11236869
    Abstract: A light emitting device for plant growth includes a blue light emitting diode (LED) configured to emit blue light, and at least one wavelength converting material configured to be excited by the blue light and convert the blue light into light having a different wavelength, the converted light being light for plant growth. An emission spectrum of the light for plant growth is when a photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) in a 400 nm to 500 nm band is 1, a PPF in a 500 nm to 600 nm band is in a range of 6 to 10, and a PPF in a 600 nm to 700 nm is in a range of 5 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chohui Kim, Seulgee Lee, Sungwoo Choi, Inhyung Lee