Patents Examined by Lucy P. Chien
  • Patent number: 10551694
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and the second electrode is located on a side of the liquid crystal layer with respect to the first electrode and includes a first opening, the first opening is formed into a polygonal shape including a base portion and at least one projecting portion projecting from the base portion along a first direction, a width of the base portion along the first direction is greater than a width of the projecting portion along the first direction, and the liquid crystal layer exhibits transparency while no voltage being applied and scattering property while voltage being applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ikeda, Masaaki Kabe, Shinichiro Oka, Chikyu Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 10551666
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device includes: a first substrate having a first area that allows an image to be transmitted therethrough and a second area that blocks an image; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a polarizing layer on the second substrate. The polarizing layer may include first polarizing patterns and second polarizing patterns, wherein, in a planar view, the first polarizing patterns overlap with the first area and the second polarizing patterns overlap with the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Woo Park, Jang Il Kim, Yeo Geon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10551651
    Abstract: A substrate support device is provided, including: a support rod movably arranged on a table; a first driving mechanism configured to control the support rod to move in a first direction; a support platform movably arranged on the support rod; a second driving mechanism configured to control the support platform to move in a second direction parallel to a lengthwise direction of the support rod; and a support pin movably arranged on the support platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Xu, Chuang Gao, Kai Wu, Jiajia Shan, Yu Yang
  • Patent number: 10545360
    Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal module to display an image at a front surface thereof, a cover to encase at least a portion of the liquid crystal module, and at least one fastening unit to couple the cover to the liquid crystal module, wherein the fastening unit is provided at a rear surface of the liquid crystal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Youn Lee, Hyun Jun Jung, Dong-hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10546203
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display unit emitting an output light having an output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device, wherein an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 494 nm to 575 nm is defined as a first intensity integral, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 380 nm to 493 nm is defined as a second intensity integral, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 576 nm to 780 nm is defined as a third intensity integral, a summation of the second intensity integral and third intensity integral is defined as a first summation, a ratio of the first summation to the first intensity integral is defined as a first ratio, and the first ratio is greater than 0.0% and less than or equal to 37.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 10529783
    Abstract: A display unit of a display device includes a light emitting unit and a light converting layer disposed on the light emitting unit. The display unit emits an output light under an operation of the highest gray level, and the output light has an output spectrum. An intensity integral of the output spectrum from 380 nm to 489 nm defines as a first intensity integral, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 490 nm to 780 nm defines as a second intensity integral, a ratio of the first intensity integral over the second intensity integral defines as a first ratio, and the first ratio is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 7.5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee, Jia-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 10525674
    Abstract: A laminated glazed automobile roof including two outer and inner sheets of glass and inserted sheets joining the sheets of glass, and including, arranged between the two sheets of glass, an LC (liquid crystal film) assembly for controlling light transmission, and light-emitting diode (LED) lighting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Sebastien Linthout, Rostislav Losot, Jonathan Vivier
  • Patent number: 10520771
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes an elemental substrate provided with a silicon oxide alignment layer on the front surface side thereof. Silanol groups of the alignment layer are bound to an organic silane polymer layer by silane coupling treatment. The silane coupling treatment also forms an organic silane polymer layer on the rear surface side of the elemental substrate. This organic silane polymer layer is a layer having a higher hydrophilicity than the organic silane polymer layer. A light-transmitting plate bonded to the rear surface side of elemental substrate with an adhesive layer is thus unlikely to separate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshio Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10509270
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display region including a plurality of display pixels arrayed in a matrix, an array substrate including a plurality of first electrodes which are arrayed in a matrix, second electrodes which are arranged on the same layer as a layer of the first electrodes and connect the first electrodes to each other, and third electrodes which are arrayed in a matrix on the first electrodes and the second electrodes, a countersubstrate which is arranged to face the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the array substrate and the countersubstrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Doi, Toshihiro Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 10488718
    Abstract: A dual-gate array substrate includes: a plurality of gate lines arranged in a first direction; a plurality of primary signal lines and secondary signal lines arranged alternately and arrayed in a second direction; a plurality of pixel units being enclosed and defined by jointing adjacent two of the gate lines insulatively with the primary signal lines or the secondary signal lines, the primary signal lines being connected to a drive unit, and being connected respectively to the pixel units that are adjacent thereto. Common electrodes are further provided to include a plurality of main electrodes and a plurality of branching electrodes. The secondary signal lines are connected to the common electrodes, and an orthographic projection of the main electrode on the dual-gate array substrate has overlapping regions respectively with orthographic projections of corresponding ones, adjacent to the main electrode, of the pixel electrodes on the dual-gate array substrate and at least covers the primary signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengcheng Zang, Weiyun Huang, Xiaojing Qi, Tingliang Liu
  • Patent number: 10481395
    Abstract: A combined head up display and instrument cluster arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a substantially planar liquid crystal display having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A first area of the liquid crystal display is viewable as an instrument cluster display by a human viewer who is disposed closer to the first side than to the second side. A backlight is disposed closer to the first side than to the second side. The backlight is aligned with a second area of the liquid crystal display such that a light field is emitted by the backlight through the second area. Head up display optics are positioned to receive the light field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Pananasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Thomas Barron
  • Patent number: 10466541
    Abstract: A display device including a first substrate, a pixel unit disposed on the first substrate and including a first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode and a third sub-pixel electrode, the first through third sub-pixel electrodes being adjacent to one another, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a first wavelength conversion layer disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and overlapping the first sub-pixel electrode, a second wavelength conversion layer disposed on the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and overlapping the second sub-pixel electrode, a transmissive layer disposed on the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and overlapping the third sub-pixel electrode, a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer disposed on a surface of the first wavelength conversion layer facing the first substrate, a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer disposed on a surface of the second wavelength conversion layer facin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ki Chul Shin, Ho Kil Oh
  • Patent number: 10416805
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus including a display panel and multiple touch electrodes disposed on the display panel is provided. The display panel has a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions is arranged with a first pixel pitch Ppx along a first direction. Each of the pixel regions is arranged with a second pixel pitch Ppy along a second direction. Each touch electrode has a plurality of touch patterns. Each of the touch patterns is arranged with a first touch pitch Ptx along the first direction. Each of the touch patterns includes a plurality of bent segments connected to each other. Each of the bent segments is arranged with a second touch pitch Pty along the second direction. The first pixel pitch Ppx, the second pixel pitch Ppy, the first touch pitch Ptx and the second touch pitch Pty satisfy at least one of the following equations (1) and (2): 30 ? % ? ? P tx - P px ? P px ? 50 ? % , equation ? ? ( 1 ) 3 ? P ty P py ? 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Yen Yeh, Yu-Chen Liu, Hsing-Ying Lee, Yu-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 10386694
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a driving method thereof. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are aligned and assembled into a cell, wherein the first substrate includes a first base body, a total internal reflection structure and a first electrode are provided at a side of the first base body facing to the second substrate, and the second substrate includes a second base body and a second electrode which is provided at a side of the second base body facing to the first substrate. The display panel further includes cholesteric liquid crystal provided between the first and second substrates, charged light-absorbing particles are mixed in the cholesteric liquid crystal, and a refractive index of the cholesteric liquid crystal is smaller than each of refractive indexes of the total internal reflection structure and the light-absorbing particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengxia Liang, Jing Yu, Ken Wen
  • Patent number: 10365516
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device and an array substrate are disclosed. At least one data line and at least one pixel cell are arranged on the array substrate. A gap is formed between the data line and the pixel cell, and an electrode is arranged on the gap to cover the gap. In this way, the light leakage is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10359677
    Abstract: Provided is an LTPS array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel, wherein the LTPS array substrate comprises: a first common electrode layer; a passivation layer, which is formed on the first common electrode layer, and has a first via hole formed therein; a pixel electrode layer, which is formed on the passivation layer; and a second common electrode layer, which is formed on the passivation layer, located between pixel electrodes corresponding to two adjacent sub-pixels in the pixel electrode layer, electrically isolated from the pixel electrode layer, and electrically connected to the first common electrode layer through the first via hole. The array substrate is capable of significantly enhancing the intensity of an electric field at an edge region of the adjacent sub-pixels, thereby increasing the transmittance at this region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Du, Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 10353249
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates a kind of thin film transistor and a liquid crystal display panel. The thin film transistor substrate includes a substrate and the stacking structure of the first common electrode and the pixel electrode which are isolated from each other. A hollow structure is located in a position where the pixel electrode and the first common electrode overlap and shape of the hollow structure is related to the first common electrode It could increase the control of the electric field of the liquid crystal, decrease the width of the dark line of the pixel, improve the performance and transmittance of the liquid crystal, avoid the through via, and prevent the short-circuited problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sikun Hao
  • Patent number: 10345645
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a display device which uses a black and white liquid crystal display panel, i.e., not arranging a color resistor layer formed by the color resistor material in the liquid crystal display panel, and arranging a light splitting film between a backlight panel and a liquid crystal layer. The light splitting film enables light emitted from the backlight panel to be split into light of N colors, and light of each color is projected onto a corresponding sub-pixel of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJIN BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengcheng Lu, Xue Dong, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Jian Gao, Qian Wang, Ming Yang, Lei Wang, Rui Xu, Xiaochen Niu, Haisheng Wang
  • Patent number: 10330989
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 10330988
    Abstract: A light modulating Backplane with multi-layer pixel electrodes is disclosed. The light modulating backplane includes a multiple pixel control circuits and multiple pixel electrodes. The pixel electrodes include a first pixel electrode layer coupled to a corresponding pixel control circuit and a second pixel electrode layer. A passivation layer covers the pixel electrodes. The first pixel electrode layer is formed using a first metal such as copper and the second pixel electrode layer is formed using a second metal such as aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Syndiant, Inc.
    Inventor: Chun Chiu Daniel Wong