Patents Examined by Kendrick Hsu
  • Patent number: 10203545
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and the polarizer thereof. The polarizer includes a dielectric layer and a wire grid structure array arranged on the dielectric layer. Each of the wire grid structures includes three first wire grid units and a second wire grid unit. The first wire grid units and the second wire grid unit respectively include a plurality of wire grids spaced apart from each other. By configuring the grid-spaces and the duty cycle ratio of the first wire grid unit and the second wire grid unit corresponding to the R sub-pixel, the G sub-pixel, the B sub-pixel, and the W sub-pixel, the white CIE composited by the R sub-pixel, the G sub-pixel, and the B sub-pixel and the white CIE of the W sub-pixel may be matched so as to enhance the white-point drifting issue of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hongqing Cui, Guowei Zha
  • Patent number: 10191347
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reflecting cell including at least two substrates covered by an electrode and facing each other, the substrates delimiting between them a volume which separates them and which is filled with a cholesteric liquid crystal-type material, both electrodes being intended to be connected to a voltage source. This cell includes at least one half-wave plate arranged between both substrates and dividing the volume into two compartments, each enclosing a part of a same cholesteric liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: NEXTER SYSTEMS, INSTITUT MINES TELECOM—TELECOM BRETAGNE
    Inventors: Laurent Dupont, Suman Manna
  • Patent number: 10180602
    Abstract: Red pixels (R), blue pixels (B) and green pixels (G) are formed in parallel. First columnar spacers 10 and second columnar spacers 20 are formed on a first substrate. The distance between the first substrate and a second substrate in a normal state is determined by the first columnar spacers 10. The diameter of a light blocking film corresponding to each first columnar spacer 10 is greater than the diameter of a light blocking film corresponding to each second columnar spacer 20. The first columnar spacer 10 is not formed at a boundary between a green pixel (G) and a red pixel (R) or a boundary between a green pixel (G) and a blue pixel (B). The second columnar spacer 20 is formed at a boundary between pixels irrespective of the pixel color. Thus, appropriate color balance can be attained with ease without having a drop in the luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Saori Sugiyama, Takanori Nakayama, Yuki Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 10175522
    Abstract: A light deflection diffusion sheet, a stacked light deflection diffusion sheet, and a stacked optical sheet that are used in a liquid crystal panel are disclosed. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device include a liquid crystal panel having a length direction and a width direction; a surface light emitting module; a base sheet disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the surface light emitting module; a light diffusion layer disposed on a surface of the base sheet facing the surface light emitting module and diffusing light incident from the surface light emitting module; and a light deflection layer disposed on a surface of the base sheet facing the liquid crystal panel and controlling a travel direction of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Konuma
  • Patent number: 10175524
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method of fabricating a color filter. The method includes: forming a permeable film on a glass substrate and drying the permeable film; and covering a black mask with a first hollow area, a red mask with a second hollow area, a green mask with a third hollow area, and a blue mask with a fourth hollow area on the dried permeable film successively, and only one of the four masks being covered each time; putting the permeable film covered by the masks into a particle solution corresponding to a respective color successively for forming the color filter comprising a black shielding area, a red area, a green area, and a blue area. The color filter is fabricated in a simpler manufacturing process. The thickness of the black shielding area of the color filter is accordance to the thickness of the RGB primary color area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jiangjiang Song
  • Patent number: 10175523
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a substrate for a display apparatus includes: a first substrate; and at least one translucent coloring layer that overlaps with the first substrate. The at least one translucent coloring layer overlaps with an entire surface of a display region in which an image is displayed. A color of the at least one translucent coloring layer is identical across the entire surface of the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Koichiro Adachi
  • Patent number: 10170500
    Abstract: Photolithography and etching steps for forming an island-shaped semiconductor layer are omitted, and a liquid crystal display device is manufactured with four photolithography steps: a step of forming a gate electrode (including a wiring formed using the same layer as the gate electrode), a step of forming source and drain electrodes (including a wiring formed using the same layer as the source and drain electrodes), a step of forming a contact hole (including the removal of an insulating layer and the like in a region other than the contact hole), and a step of forming a pixel electrode (including a wiring formed using the same layer as the pixel electrode). By the reduction in the number of photolithography steps, a liquid crystal display device can be provided at low cost and high productivity. Formation of a parasitic channel is prevented by an improvement in shape and potential of a wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 10168584
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower panel having a pixel electrode including at least one unit pixel electrode; an upper panel having a common electrode including at least one unit common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower and upper panels. The unit pixel electrode includes an at least approximately diagonally oriented and parallelogram-shaped center electrode, and further includes a plurality of branches extending from the center electrode, and the common electrode includes an opening extending in a first direction corresponding to a direction of bending of the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyoung Cho, Sang Hyeon Song, Il Gon Kim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 10162224
    Abstract: A transmission-reflection blue phase liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The transmission-reflection blue phase liquid crystal panel comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate that are arranged facing each other, and blue phase liquid crystal that is arranged between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The upper substrate, on a surface thereof facing the blue phase liquid crystal, is provided with a first electrode base layer which has a plurality of first protrusions, and the lower substrate, on a surface thereof facing the blue phase liquid crystal, is provided with a second electrode base layer which has a plurality of second protrusions. The first protrusions each extend to a position between two adjacent second protrusions, and the second protrusions each extend to a position between two adjacent first protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuejun Tang
  • Patent number: 10162229
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form with m rows and n columns, where the pixels define a plurality of first and second pixel portions including parts of the pixels. Pixel electrodes of two of the pixels of the first pixel portion define a first domain, and pixel electrodes of the remaining three of the pixels define a second domain, and pixel electrodes of two of the pixels of the second pixel portion include the first domain, and pixel electrodes of the remaining three of the pixels include the second domain, and the first and second domains in the first pixel portion and the first and second domains in the second pixel portion are in a point symmetry relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Su Jung Huh
  • Patent number: 10126583
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to transparent display apparatus including a transparent display panel. The transparent display panel includes a plurality of transmissive areas transmitting incident light and a plurality of emissive areas emitting light and a light control device disposed on one surface of the transparent display panel to execute a transmissive mode, where incident light is transmitted, and a light shield mode where incident light is blocked. The light control device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal cell provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a partition wall maintaining a cell gap of the liquid crystal cell. The partition wall has a honeycomb structure, and a plurality of column spacers are disposed between partition walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunyoung Park, JiYoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 10120222
    Abstract: Provided is a display device, comprising: a display panel; a frame that holds the display panel; and an adhesive member to adhesively fix the display panel and the frame to each other. The adhesive member includes a base material, a first adhesive layer disposed on a surface on the display panel side of the base material, and a second adhesive layer disposed on a surface on a frame side of the base material. In planar view, the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are disposed in at least a part of the adhesive member so as not to overlap each other, and a clearance is formed between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondoh, Tsutomu Abe, Masaki Tsubokura, Mamoru Kuramoto, Naotoshi Sumiya
  • Patent number: 10114227
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal lens, comprising: an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and both a liquid crystal layer and spacers disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; wherein the surfaces of the spacers are coated with ?/4 phase retardation film. Via the method of disposing a ?/4 phase retardation film on the surface of the spacers in the present disclosure, a part of light emitting into the ?/4 phase retardation film cannot be reflected from the film and then further decreasing leaking light caused from reflective light of spacers to achieving objects of increasing the contrast of the picture and improving 3D displaying efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 10108055
    Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display including a first substrate having a curved shape; a plurality of gate lines and data lines on the first substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and data lines; a plurality of color filters on the thin film transistors; a plurality of pixel electrodes and common electrodes on the plurality of color filters, the plurality of pixel electrodes and common electrodes overlapping with each other with a first insulating layer therebetween; a second substrate having a curved shape, the second substrate facing the first substrate; vertical alignment layers on inner sides of the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the vertical alignment layers, wherein liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are aligned to be vertical to surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate when an electric field is not formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Wook Park, Joo Hwan Park, Jeong Man Son, Cheong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10078234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device, in which a test point (TP) is constructed as a triangular structure with a grounding line (L3) arranged opposite to and facing an apex of the triangular structure, such that when static electricity is applied to the test point (TP), the static electricity is discharged, through tip discharging, from the apex of the test point (TP) to the grounding line (L3) to be released through the grounding line (L3) to the ground, whereby the capability of the liquid crystal display device resisting damage caused by static electricity is enhanced and compared to the prior art, no additional component is needed and the transmission of signals is not affected, thereby helping reduce cost and improve stability of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10073204
    Abstract: Optical film stacks are described. More particularly, optical film stacks including a half-wave retardation layer are described. Achromatic half-wave retardation layers, including achromatic half-wave layers formed from a quarter-wave and a three-quarters-wave retardation layer, are described. Film stacks including reflective polarizers tuned to reduce wavelength dispersion of the half-wave retardation layer are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Sun-Yong Park, Song-Geun Lee, Matthew B. Johnson, Adam D. Haag
  • Patent number: 10061073
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a circular backlight that illuminates an LCD panel. The backlight is disposed behind the LCD panel and includes a light guide and an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The light guide includes a circular top surface, a circular bottom surface, and a connecting surface between the top and bottom surface. The array of LEDs are disposed along the connecting side surface of the light guide in a circular arrangement to emit light into in first directions toward a center of the light guide. The light guide receives the light from the array of LEDs in the first directions and directs the light in a second direction toward the LCD panel from the circular top surface. The backlight can include brightness enhancement films (BEFS), such as first BEF having concentric circular stripe prisms, and a second BEF having radial stripe prisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Evan M. Richards, Shizhe Shen, Jianru Shi
  • Patent number: 10048527
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a reflective electrode, a second substrate provided with a transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an anisotropic scattering member formed on the second substrate. The anisotropic scattering member has first and second surfaces each including a first refractive index region and a second refractive index region having a refractive index different from that of the first refractive index region. A refractive index difference between the first refractive index region and the second refractive index region in the first surface is larger than that in the second surface. The anisotropic scattering member is disposed so that light enters from the first surface thereof and the light exits as scattered light from the second surface thereof. A phase difference is given to the light entered the anisotropic scattering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Mitsui, Yoko Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 10048557
    Abstract: An LCD array substrate, an LCD panel and an LCD pixel circuit are disclosed. The LCD array substrate includes: a substrate and a plurality of gate lines and data lines, wherein the gate lines and the data lines are crossed with each other to form a plurality of pixel units; each of the pixel units is provided with a pixel electrode, a first thin-film transistor, and a connecting switch controlled by the corresponding gate line; the switch is controlled to be turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liyang An
  • Patent number: 10048544
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first display substrate including a display area and a non-display area which is at a periphery of the display area, a second display substrate facing the first display substrate, a display device in the display area between the first and second display substrates and including a first electrode, an optical layer including an optical layer material, and a second electrode, and a sealing member which is disposed in the non-display area and attaches the first and second display substrates to each other. The sealing member defines a sealing portion thereof which restricts movement of the display area optical layer material to outside the display area, and a receiving portion thereof in which the optical layer material is receivable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hee Lee, Eok Su Kim, Won Jin Kim, Ju Yong Park, Jung Chul Woo, Sun Hee Lee, Hyun Wook Lee