Patents Examined by Kendrick Hsu
  • Patent number: 10042212
    Abstract: A first organic insulating film is arranged in a circumference area outside an active area on a first substrate. A circumference color filter is arranged in the circumference area on a second substrate. A second organic insulating film covers the circumference color filter. A seal material is arranged between the first and second organic insulating films to attach the first substrate and the second substrate. The seal material extends up to a position in which end portions of the first and second substrates overlap. A first spacer is arranged between the first and second organic insulating films in the circumference area. The first spacer is arranged on an active area side in the seal material. A second spacer is formed between the first and second organic insulating films in a position in which the end portions of the substrates overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Ayumi Mori
  • Patent number: 10042215
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first panel including a first substrate, a first electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and which includes a stem unit including a horizontal stem and a vertical stem dividing a pixel into domains, a branch unit including branch electrodes and extending from at least one stem of the stem unit in one direction, and an external bundling electrode unit connected to an end of at least one of the branch electrodes and disposed along an edge of the pixel, a first slit pattern which is defined in the branch unit, a second slit pattern which contacts the vertical stem and is disposed parallel to the horizontal stem, a third slit pattern which contacts the horizontal stem and is disposed parallel to the vertical stem, and a protrusion unit which is disposed on an outer circumference of the external bundling electrode unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hyun Lee, Ik Han Oh, Wan Namgung, Ho Jun Lee, Youn Hak Jeong, Ki Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 10036926
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an array substrate and a display device including the same. The array substrate includes a base substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area; a thin-film transistor disposed in the display area of the base substrate; an insulation layer disposed in the display area of the base substrate, the insulation layer comprising a first portion covering the thin-film transistor and a second portion located on the first portion; and a first protruding pattern disposed in the peripheral area of the base substrate, wherein the first portion, the second portion and the first protruding pattern comprise the same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hee Shin, Jae Jin Song, Dong Hyeon Ki
  • Patent number: 10036890
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes: a light source that emits light source light; a first light polarizer that takes out a linearly polarized light from the light source light; a liquid crystal layer, in which a display pixel that displays a picture and a non-displaying pixel which does not display a picture are able to be switched from each other, a polarization direction of the display pixel and a polarization direction of the non-displaying pixel being different from each other; and a second light polarizer. A part of the light source light corresponding to the display pixel passes through the second light polarizer by prohibiting a light of an interception axis intersecting a transmission axis while a light of the transmission axis is made to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 10007151
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate defining a display area thereof in which an image is displayed and a pad area thereof which is disposed extended from an edge of the display area and in which the image is not displayed; a second substrate disposed overlapping the display area of the first substrate; a spacer disposed on the pad area of the first substrate; and an upper polarizing plate disposed on the second substrate, the upper polarizing plate extended further than the second substrate to be disposed on the spacer on the pad area of the first substrate The spacer includes a body portion and a light-blocking layer which is disposed on a surface of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-hwan Jeon, Jungsoo Ok, Sung-dong Park, Sanghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 10001667
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus a display of which includes a liquid crystal panel; a light source configured to emit light toward the liquid crystal panel; a first polarization layer disposed on a first surface of the liquid crystal panel and configured to transmit a first polarized component of the light emitted from the light source; a second polarization layer disposed on a second surface of the liquid crystal panel opposed to the first surface and configured to transmit a second polarized component of light emitted from the liquid crystal panel; and a color filter disposed on a surface of the second polarization layer from which the second polarized component exits, the color filter comprising a quantum dot layer configured to filter light having preset colors out of the second polarized component exiting the second polarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhyun Cho, Jonghee Han
  • Patent number: 9995972
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first insulation substrate; a thin film transistor; a pixel electrode; a second insulation substrate; and a common electrode. The pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode including a first horizontal stem portion and a first vertical stem portion perpendicular thereto at one end of the first horizontal stem portion and a second subpixel electrode including a second vertical stem portion and a second horizontal stem portion perpendicular thereto at one end of the second horizontal stem portion, a plurality of regions in which arrangements of liquid crystal molecules are respectively different are divided by the first horizontal stem portion, the first vertical stem portion, the second horizontal stem portion, and the second vertical stem portion, and each of the plurality of regions has a longest vertical length of less than about 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: O Sung Seo, Hyun-Ho Kang, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Yeo Geon Yoon, Sang-Myoung Lee, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Patent number: 9977295
    Abstract: A display substrate (20) includes: a blue phase liquid crystal layer (25) and one or more sets of driving electrodes for driving the blue phase liquid crystal layer (25) in dark state; each set of the driving electrodes include two hetero-potential electrodes (21, 22), and the two hetero-potential electrodes (21, 22) generate an electric field at the blue phase liquid crystal layer (25) with a non-zero component in a first direction that is perpendicular to the polarization direction of incident light. This display substrate can reduce dark state light leakage and enhance display quality of devices. A manufacturing method for the display substrate (20) and a display device are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingchao Li
  • Patent number: 9977164
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical member having a substrate and a dot in contact with a surface of the substrate, wherein the dot is made of a liquid crystal material having a cholesteric structure; the dot has wavelength selective reflection property; and the dot reflects both the right circularly polarized light and the left circularly polarized light at a wavelength at which the dot exhibits the wavelength selective reflection property. The present invention also provides an image display device having the above optical member. The optical member of the present invention achieves a large intensity of reflected light from the dot in the optical member, and the image display device of the present invention has favorable data input sensitivity as an image display device capable of receiving data input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Nagai, Yoji Ito, Daisuke Kashiwagi, Akira Yamamoto, Nobuhiko Ichihara, Hideyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9977282
    Abstract: A liquid crystal screen includes an upper polarization sheet, an upper glass plate, a lower glass plate, and a lower polarization sheet that are stacked sequentially. The upper polarization sheet and the lower polarization sheet are bonded to each other by adhesive to form a box having an open end. The upper glass plate and the lower glass plate are received in the box. Side faces of the upper glass plate and the lower glass plate are covered by the adhesive. The upper glass plate and the lower glass plate project out of the upper polarization sheet and the lower polarization sheet from an edge thereof. Areas between the upper and lower glass plates and the edge of the upper and slower polarization sheets are bonded by the adhesive. A liquid crystal display is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Bin Xiong, Zhongjie Liu, Qian Chen
  • Patent number: 9964795
    Abstract: A curved display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a first color pixel area, a second color pixel area, a third color pixel area, and a fourth color pixel area disposed on the first substrate or the second substrate, in which the first substrate and the second substrate each includes a center portion and an edge portion surrounding the center portion, the first, second, and third color pixel areas include a red filter, a green filter, and a blue filter, respectively, the fourth color pixel area include a white filter, and the fourth color pixel area is disposed at the edge portion of the first or second substrate, and is smaller than each of the first, second, and third color pixel areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Joong Gun Chong, Jong Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 9958741
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode is adjacent to the first pixel electrode in the first direction. The second pixel electrode is light-reflective. The second substrate unit includes a counter electrode. The counter electrode is light-transmissive. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate unit and the second substrate unit. The first pixel electrode includes a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion. The first electrode portion is light-reflective. At least a portion of the second electrode portion is provided between the first electrode portion and the second pixel electrode. A light reflectance of the second electrode portion is lower than a light reflectance of the first electrode portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masaya Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9958737
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate on which a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, different voltages being applied to the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode, a first switching element which controls a voltage applied to the first sub-pixel electrode, a second switching element which controls a voltage applied to the second sub-pixel electrode, a variable resistor which drops an output voltage of the second switching element and apply the dropped output voltage to the second sub-pixel electrode, a second substrate on which a common electrode is disposed, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon Kim, Hyunjoon Kim, Kichul Shin
  • Patent number: 9946113
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight source; the liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate, the backlight source includes a plurality of scattering lenses, a plurality of optical pipes, and a light source; one side of each scattering lens is provided with a scatter surface, an end of each scattering lens away from the scatter surface is connected to an end of an optical pipe, the other end of the optical pipe is connected to the light source, and the scattering lens is used to scatter light passing through the optical pipe. A display device including the liquid crystal display module is further disclosed. The liquid crystal display module can improve the utilization ratio of light and reduce the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingshi Li, Jian Sang
  • Patent number: 9939689
    Abstract: A design method for a curved display panel and a curved display device are is provided. The curved display panel comprises a curved thin film transistor array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a curved color filter substrate, and a spacer assembly. The spacer assembly is used to maintain a predetermined distance between the curved thin film transistor array substrate and the curved color filter substrate. A display defect caused by an uneven cell thickness of the curved display panel is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Ma, Xiaolong Ma
  • Patent number: 9897742
    Abstract: Provided is a backlight unit in which a light blocking film is attached between a reflective sheet and a circuit board of a light source unit to shield a space between the reflective sheet and the circuit board, thus suppressing the reflective sheet from being stripped and minimizing light leakage. The backlight unit includes the light source unit, a light guide plate, the reflective sheet, and the light blocking film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: JaeHyun Jin
  • Patent number: 9893252
    Abstract: A white LED, which includes a substrate, at least one monochromatic LED chip disposed on the substrate, a reflector cup disposed on the substrate and surrounding the monochromatic LED chip, an encapsulating colloid filled in the reflector cup to seal the monochromatic LED chip, and a first quantum dot structure and a second quantum dot structure sealed in the encapsulating colloid, and light generated by the monochromatic LED chip, light generated by exciting the first quantum dot structure and light generated by exciting the second quantum dot structure are mixed to form a white light. A backlight module having the white LED and a liquid crystal display device having the backlight module is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hu He
  • Patent number: 9885954
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a nanophosphor; a photo-polymerization initiator including an acetophenone-based initiator; and a photo-polymerization compound, wherein the photo-polymerization initiator further includes at least one among a thioxanthone-based initiator, an oxime-based initiator, and a benzophenone-based initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Young Min Kim, Min Ki Nam, Hae Il Park, Seon-Tae Yoon
  • Patent number: 9880424
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a switching element and a pixel electrode. The second substrate includes a first organic insulating film in which a first trench portion is formed, a projection formed beneath the first organic insulating film, and a first barrier layer. The first barrier layer is formed continuously from an inside of the first trench portion to under the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Hyodo, Yasushi Tomioka, Takenori Hirota
  • Patent number: 9865621
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel electrode; a switching element that is connected to the pixel electrode and charges the pixel electrode; a reference potential terminal set at a reference potential; and a resistive element that is connected to the pixel electrode and the reference potential terminal so as to be interposed therebetween, the resistive element forming a resistance component against electric charges moving between the pixel electrode and the reference potential terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakatani, Yuki Yamashita, Masayoshi Takai