Patents Examined by Mariam Qureshi
  • Patent number: 11269128
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a microstructure for dual view display and an optical film and a liquid crystal display module using the same. The microstructure for dual view display includes a substrate; a left peak and a right peak formed on the substrate, wherein the left peak and the right peak exhibit right-and-left symmetry, the tip of the left peak is inclined in a direction away from the tip of the right peak relative to the bottom of the left peak, and the tip of the right peak is inclined in a direction away from the tip of the left peak relative to the bottom of the right peak, the left peak has a reflecting surface on a side of the tip of the left peak which is close to the right peak and a light-emerging surface on a side of the tip of left peak which is away from the right peak, and the right peak has a reflecting surface on a side of the tip of the right peak which is close to the left peak and a light-emerging surface on a side of the tip of right peak which is away from the left peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO.. LTD
    Inventors: Xiuyun Chen, Dae Keun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11243440
    Abstract: A light control member exhibits strong adhesion between an alignment layer and a bead spacer and includes: a first and second laminate with a substrate and an alignment layer, and which is arranged so that the alignment layer thereof faces the alignment layer of the first laminate; a liquid crystal layer between the first laminate and the second laminate, and the alignment is controlled by driving electrodes on at least one of the first laminate and the second laminate; and a plurality of bead spacers which are arranged within the liquid crystal layer. This light control member is also characterized in that: at least one of the alignment layer of the first laminate and the alignment layer of the second laminate has a plurality of projections that protrude toward the liquid crystal layer; and at least some of the bead spacers are held by the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakamura, Satoru Nishima, Norio Ishii
  • Patent number: 11244986
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of light emitting elements which emits a blue light; a light control layer disposed on the light emitting elements and including: a first light control part which absorb the blue light and emits a red light; a second light control part which absorbs the blue light and emits a green light; and a third light control part which transmits the blue light; and a light selective filter disposed on the light control layer. The light selective filter includes a liquid crystal filter and a color filter. The liquid crystal filter transmits red light and green light and blocks blue light. The color filter is absorbs the red light and the green light and transmits the blue light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Bae, Beomsoo Park, Minjeong Oh, Eunhee Han
  • Patent number: 11243436
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in which light leak and a tint change when being seen from an oblique direction at the time of black display are suppressed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell and a pair of polarizing plates that are disposed such that the liquid crystal cell is interposed between the pair of polarizing plates, in which a tilt angle of the liquid crystal compound is 1.0° or less, respective color filters that are disposed on respective pixel regions of the liquid crystal cell are provided between the pair of polarizing plates, Rth of the respective color filters satisfy predetermined requirements, the polarizing plate that is disposed on the visible side among the pair of polarizing plates includes an optical compensation layer and a polarizer in this order from the liquid crystal cell side, and the optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasaki, Yuki Nakamura, Masaaki Suzuki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
  • Patent number: 11243439
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is formed by arraying a plurality of pixels 10, and the pixel 10 includes a first substrate 20, a second substrate 50, a first electrode 120 formed on the first substrate 20, a second electrode 52 formed on the second substrate 50, and a liquid crystal layer 60. A pretilt angle is provided to a liquid crystal molecule 61, and the first electrode 120 is formed of a transparent conductive material layer and a foundation layer 150 including a plurality of projecting portions 130 and recessed portions 140. A first transparent conductive material layer 135 connected to a first power feeding unit is formed on a projecting portion top surface 151 of the foundation layer 150, and a second transparent conductive material layer 145 connected to a second power feeding unit is formed on a recessed portion bottom surface 152 of the foundation layer 150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Shunichi Suwa, Masashi Miyakawa, Chikashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11243448
    Abstract: An astigmatism compensation optical assembly includes a first liquid crystal layer disposed between opposing substrates. The astigmatism compensation optical assembly also includes a first electrode pattern disposed on at least one substrate. The first electrode pattern includes a set of parallel conductors each having a length proportional to the longest dimension of the clear aperture of the liquid crystal lens, and the parallel conductors are configured to generate a voltage distribution within the liquid crystal layer that results in the liquid crystal layer exhibiting cylindrical focal power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Afsoon Jamali, Brian Wheelwright, Douglas Robert Lanman
  • Patent number: 11215887
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display portion including a first pixel, a second display portion including a second pixel, a first light shield surrounding the first display portion and the second display portion, a second light shield disposed between the first display portion and the second display portion, a liquid crystal layer disposed in the first display portion and the second display portion, a first sealant overlapping the first light shield and sealing the liquid crystal layer in the first display portion and the second display portion, and a second sealant overlapping the second light shield. The second sealant has at least one opening through which the first display portion and the second display portion communicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koichiro Adachi, Kenji Tanase
  • Patent number: 11198275
    Abstract: A self-powered laminated switchable glass system. The laminated switchable glass system having an interior and exterior tempered glass layer. A transparent luminescent solar concentrator layer and a switchable glass film layer is disposed between the exterior and interior glass layer. The solar layer provides power to the switchable glass film layer to allow selective opacity of the switchable glass film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: KARMA AUTOMOTIVE LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Ryan Collier
  • Patent number: 11199720
    Abstract: In various embodiments, optical networking devices and systems are provided. One such optical networking device includes a housing, a beam splitter assembly, and a polarizer assembly. The housing includes a first passage that extends between a first opening and a second opening which are aligned with one another along a first axis, and a second passage that extends between the first passage and a third opening. The third opening is aligned with and communicatively coupled to the first passage along a second axis that is transverse to the first axis. The beam splitter assembly is positioned in the first section of the housing, and includes a first shell, a beam splitter platform, and a beam splitter. The polarizer assembly is positioned in the second section of the housing, and includes a second shell, a polarizer platform, and a polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: John Paul T. Hansen
  • Patent number: 11194222
    Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes a first lens assembly controllable to switch between a first plurality of optical powers. The first lens assembly includes a plurality of directly optically coupled lenses. The device also includes a second lens assembly controllable to switch between a second plurality of optical powers that are the opposite of the first plurality of optical powers. The device further includes a half-wave plate disposed between the first adaptive lens assembly and the second adaptive lens assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Yaroshchuk, Junren Wang, Lu Lu
  • Patent number: 11187844
    Abstract: Display device, control method are provided, which includes: light guide plate including light incident side, bottom surface, opposite light exiting surface; light extracting structure, on light exiting or bottom surface, configured to make light propagated in total reflection in light guide plate exit from light exiting surface at predetermined angle; first low refractive index layer, covering light exiting surface, refractive index of which being smaller than that of light guide plate; liquid crystal light adjusting layer, including liquid crystal layer and driving electrodes for driving liquid crystal molecules, on side of first low refractive index layer away from light exiting surface; second low refractive index layer, on side of liquid crystal light adjusting layer away from first low refractive index layer, refractive index of which and refractive index of first low refractive index layer being smaller than initial refractive index of liquid crystal light adjusting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jifeng Tan, Wei Wang, Xiandong Meng, Xianqin Meng, Jian Gao, Wenqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 11181785
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first substrate including a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, a second substrate including a common electrode, and an electro-optical layer disposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and the common electrode, the electro-optical layer having optical characteristics varying in accordance with an electric field, wherein the first substrate is provided with a spacer containing an inorganic material, the spacer defining a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the spacer overlaps the first pixel electrode when viewed in a thickness direction of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11181795
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel. The array substrate includes a base, an active element array, a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines. The base includes an intermediate region and an edge region. The active element array is disposed in the intermediate region. The plurality of scanning lines are sequentially disposed and all extend along a first direction, each scanning line includes a first connecting segment, a second connecting segment and a third connecting segment, the connecting segments are sequentially connected, the first connecting segment and the third connecting segment are parallel, the first connecting segment passes through the intermediate region, and the second connecting segment and the third connecting segment are both disposed in the edge region. The plurality of data lines are sequentially disposed, and all extend along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Jianfeng Shan
  • Patent number: 11181794
    Abstract: The present application provide a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The display panel includes a base substrate; scan lines, formed on the base substrate; data lines, formed on the base substrate and intersecting with the scan lines; and at least one pixel unit, defined by intersection of the scan lines and the data lines, each pixel unit including a pixel electrode. The display panel further includes a shield electrode, disposed between the scan line and the pixel electrode adjacent to the scan line, and being insulated from the scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: JianFeng Shan
  • Patent number: 11181791
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a method for correcting an active matrix substrate. The method includes steps: performing the broken-line inspection process to inspect whether the broken line exists on the first and second gate lines; if one first gate line is inspected to be broken, performing a source line repair-section forming process to cut off the cut portions of the second source lines disposed at two sides of a pixel electrode corresponding to a broken location of the first gate line, to form source line repair sections overlapping with the broken first gate line and the second gate line; performing a gate line repair-section forming process on the second gate line, adjacent to the broken first gate line, to cut off the cut portions of the second gate line to form a gate line repair section overlapping with the second source lines; and performing a connection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HKC Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Huailiang He
  • Patent number: 11175538
    Abstract: In the liquid crystal display panel, when no voltage is applied to a liquid crystal layer, a first tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules adjacent to a first vertical alignment film with respect to the first vertical alignment film and a second tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules adjacent to a second vertical alignment film with respect to the second vertical alignment film differ from each other. Any one of the first vertical alignment film and the second vertical alignment film is a photo-alignment film subjected to alignment process such that a plurality of domains, the alignment vectors of which differ from each other, are formed in a region of a display unit. The display unit includes the plurality of domains along a first direction of the display unit in a plan view, when a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Terashita, Kouichi Watanabe, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
  • Patent number: 11169316
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel. The display panel includes: a light guide member, a light extraction member and a modulation member sequentially arranged along a first direction; and wherein the light extraction member is configured to extract light propagating within the light guide member in a collimated manner to one side of the light extraction member away from the light guide member, and the modulation member is configured to modulate a reflectance and transmittance of the light extracted in a collimated manner by the light extraction member within the modulation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiandong Meng, Wei Wang, Xianqin Meng, Jifeng Tan, Qiuyu Ling, Fangzhou Wang, Xiaochuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11169422
    Abstract: A display panel is disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel structures, each of the pixel structures including: a first electrode being a transparent electrode; a second electrode in substantially parallel arrangement with respect to the first electrode; a retaining wall between the first electrode and the second electrode, and enclosing a sealed cavity together with the first electrode and the second electrode; and a target liquid in the sealed cavity containing a plurality of particles, and the plurality of particles being configured to form photonic crystals with different lattice spacing under an action of different electric fields between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuanxuan Qiao, Shuai Liu, Xianfeng Yuan, Hongjun Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Min Wang
  • Patent number: 11164932
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a backplane for a display device includes forming an insulation layer on a substrate, forming a pad electrode layer on the insulation layer, forming a photoresist pattern on the pad electrode layer in the pad region, etching the pad electrode layer and a portion of the insulation layer by the photoresist pattern as an etch-stop layer so as to simultaneously form a pad electrode and a side protection layer, the side protection layer covering a sidewall of the pad electrode, and stripping the photoresist pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaewoo Jeong, Hyungue Kim, Jongjun Baek
  • Patent number: 11156887
    Abstract: This application discloses a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a display area, a seal, a first metal wire, a signal line, a channel and a retaining wall. The seal is correspondingly arranged in a nondisplay area of the display panel. The first metal wire is correspondingly arranged between the display area and the seal. The signal line bridges over the first metal wire and is fed into the display area. The channel is located at a bridging connection position of the first metal wire and the signal line. The retaining wall is arranged at a position corresponding to the channel, beside the first metal wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yunqin Hu