Patents Examined by Mariceli Santiago
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Patent number: 11774067Abstract: A condenser lens includes an exit surface divided into a plurality of light controlling surfaces. The exit surface includes a first exit region and a second exit region. The first exit region includes a plurality of first light controlling surfaces arrayed in a predetermined direction. The second exit region is located side by side with the first exit region and includes a plurality of second light controlling surfaces arrayed in the predetermined direction. A border between adjacent first light controlling surfaces and a border between adjacent second light controlling surfaces are out of alignment in the predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenta Mukojima
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Patent number: 11774810Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate including scanning lines extending in a first direction and being arranged in a second direction, video signal lines extending in the second direction and being arranged in the first direction, pixel electrodes arranged in regions surrounded by the scanning lines and the video signal lines, and common electrodes formed with an insulating film arranged between the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes; a counter substrate opposed to the TFT substrate; and a liquid crystal. The first common electrode extends between the first and second scanning lines in the first direction, and the second common electrode extends between the second and third scanning lines in the first direction. The first and second common electrodes are electrically connected by a bridge. The bridge covers the first video signal line without covering the second video signal line, when seen in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Motoharu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11774086Abstract: A simple light-blocking and air-exhausting device includes a ventilation plate and a light-blocking plate arranged oppositely and spaced apart from each other. The ventilation plate is provided with an air vent formed by die-cutting the ventilation plate, and vertical projection of the light-blocking plate on the ventilation plate overlaps the air vent. The vertical projection of the light-blocking plate on the ventilation plate overlaps the air vents on the ventilation plate, so that the light-blocking plate can prevent light from leaking out of the air vents, while air flow can flow out from a gap between the light-blocking plate and the ventilation plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: GUANGZHOU HAOYANG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Weikai Jiang
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Patent number: 11774642Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The louver film may have a plurality of transparent portions separated by opaque walls. The opaque walls may control the emission angle of light from the display, reducing crosstalk. The louver film may be interposed between the lenticular lens film and the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang, Jun Qi, Victor H. Yin, Seung Wook Kim, Nicolas V. Scapel, Yi-Pai Huang
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Patent number: 11768325Abstract: Display device is provided and includes display panel; and illumination device provided on rear surface side of display panel, wherein illumination device includes light sources, and light guiding member arranged at rear surface side of display panel, light guiding member has holes which penetrates the light guiding member, light sources are housed in corresponding hole, rear surface of light guiding member has first inclined surface inclined upwardly from light source housed in one of holes, front surface side of light guiding member has second inclined surface inclined upwardly from light source housed in one of the holes, and angle of first inclined surface to center line of one of holes is greater than angle of second inclined surface to center line.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Koji Hiramoto, Masafumi Okada, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Ken Kagabu, Ken Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11764329Abstract: A light emitting device includes plural light emitting elements arranged on a substrate in lines and individually emit light each other. The light emitting device includes a single continuous n-type semiconductor layer on the substrate shared by the plural light emitting elements, a single continuous light emitting layer on the n-type semiconductor layer shared by the plural light emitting elements, a single continuous p-type semiconductor layer on the light emitting layer shared by the plural light emitting elements, a single continuous contact electrode film on the p-type semiconductor layer shared by the plural light emitting elements, and plural p-side bonding electrodes on the contact electrode film respectively used for the plural light emitting elements. The contact electrode film and the p-type semiconductor layer are configured so as to control current diffusion in in-plane directions thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Koichi Goshonoo
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Patent number: 11725802Abstract: A device including a phosphor layer having a plurality of holes or pockets arranged within the phosphor layer to reduce lateral light transmission. The phosphor layer can be sized and positioned to extend over a plurality of LED emitter pixels.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Kentaro Shimizu, Venkata Ananth Tamma, Hisashi Masui
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Patent number: 11713865Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated projection and illumination device. The integrated projection and illumination device includes a lamp housing, a mounting assembly, an illumination assembly and a projection assembly; and the mounting assembly includes a mounting disc, a mounting ring and clamping blocks, elastic members being arranged between the clamping blocks and the mounting ring, the mounting disc being provided with top surface connectors and an outer limiting edge, the outer limiting edge being capable of being clamped on the clamping blocks protruding out of the inner wall of the mounting ring, the mounting disc being further provided with pressing blocks, and the pressing blocks rotating along with the mounting disc and being capable of making contact with the clamping blocks and pressing the clamping blocks into the mounting ring during rotation. The present disclosure can be used for illumination and projection, and further features convenient dismounting and mounting.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: ZHEJIANG TAI-G PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hang Shen, Youwen Zhang, Jinhua Wang, Huabin Liu
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Patent number: 11692688Abstract: A light emitting module includes at least one light source, a light guide member having a demarcating groove configured to demarcate at least one light emitting region, and at least one light source arrangement part located in each of the at least one light emitting region and accommodating a light source, a first light-reflecting member disposed in the demarcating groove, and a wavelength converting member covering an upper surface of the light guide member.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Toru Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11696469Abstract: An electronic device that includes a display module having an active area that includes at least one pixel and a module hole and a non-active area adjacent to the active area that does not include a pixel. A window is disposed on the display module. A functional layer is disposed between the display module and the window. The functional layer includes a first opening defined therethrough that overlaps with the module hole. A light blocking layer is disposed on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the functional layer and is positioned adjacent to the first opening. An electronic module is disposed in an opening formed by at least one of the module hole and the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ri-Na You, Sungchul Kim
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Patent number: 11675249Abstract: A softbox for use with a light source has structures to collapse the softbox. These structures include a ring-support assembly. The ring support assembly includes a support ring and a light ring, both of which couple to frame arm assembly. The frame arm assembly supports the material of the softbox. When the support ring and light ring are separated, the frame collapses. The structures of the light box may be entirely disposed outside of the direct path of the light source to the target, facilitating, in part, the softbox being integrated with other light manipulating devices proximal to the light source.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: MGMD BrainPower LLCInventor: Spencer Boerup
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Patent number: 11668445Abstract: A vehicle light includes a lighting unit with multiple light-emitting elements (LEEs), one or more couplers, a light guide and an extractor. The lighting unit has a curved elongate extension. Each of the couplers has an input aperture coupled with one or more of the LEEs and an exit aperture coupled with a first edge of the light guide and is configured to couple light from the LEEs into the light guide. The light guide is configured to propagate light via total internal reflection to a second edge of the light guide. The extractor has an input aperture coupled with the second edge of the light guide and an exit aperture configured to emit light into an ambient environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Quarkstar LLCInventors: Hans Peter Stormberg, Victor E. Isbrucker, Ferdinand Schinagl
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Patent number: 11668868Abstract: A stepped light guide illumination system employing a planar sheet of an optically transmissive material having a stepped light guiding structure including one or more parallel arrays of channels. Light is input into the stepped light guiding structure using a number of side-emitting LED sources located within the channels and coupled to the stepped light guiding structure at multiple locations. The LED sources are mounted to a printed circuit board extending along one or more channels and having a width which is greater than a width of the respective channel. Light is extracted from the stepped light guiding structure using a two-dimensional pattern of light extraction features formed in a surface of the planar sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.Inventor: Sergiy Vasylyev
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Patent number: 11672142Abstract: A display device includes an organic light emitting device in a display area on a substrate; a thin film transistor being connected with the organic light emitting device, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode; a protecting portion surrounding at least a portion of a camera area on the substrate, the protecting portion formed of a same material as a material of the source electrode or the drain electrode; and a hole in the camera area, the hole provided inside the display area.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: SangHyun Lim, MinJi Kang, SeHwan Na
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Patent number: 11662615Abstract: A novel foldable display device or an electronic device using the same, e.g., a portable information processor or a portable communication information device, is provided. A foldable display device of which a display panel can be folded n times (n?1, and n is a natural number) at a curvature radius of greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 100 mm is obtained. The display device can be miniaturized by being foldable. In addition, in the state where the flexible display panel is opened, display which is unbroken and continuous over a plurality of housings is possible. The plurality of housings can store a circuit, an electronic component, a battery and the like inside as appropriate, and the thickness of each housing can be small.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiharu Hirakata
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Patent number: 11665925Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixel areas provided in a display portion, a second substrate coupled to the first substrate, and a routing portion disposed on an outer surface of the first substrate and an outer surface of the second substrate. The first substrate includes a passivation layer disposed on the display portion, a barrier pattern portion implemented in the passivation layer on an edge portion of the display portion, the barrier pattern portion including a barrier metal pattern, and a light emitting device layer including a light emitting device disposed on the barrier pattern portion and the plurality of pixel areas, and the light emitting device is isolated by the barrier pattern portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong-Il Kim, JungHo Bang, EunYoung Park
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Patent number: 11655952Abstract: A vehicle grille includes: a grille panel; a lens panel disposed at a rear side of the grille panel, formed in a same shape as some or entire area of the grille panel, and, when a light is incident, configured to allow some of the light to propagate in the lens panel and emit some of the light to an outside of the lens panel; and a housing disposed on a rear surface of the lens panel, formed in a same shape as the lens panel, and including a coupling provision hole configured to allow a front surface of the lens panel to be coupled to a rear surface of the grille panel at a rear side of the lens panel, wherein the rear surface of the lens panel and a front surface of the housing are coupled at the front side of the lens panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL CorporationInventors: Byoung Suk Ahn, Jung Wook Lim, Ki Hong Lee, Seung Sik Han, Dong Hyun Go, Jung Hee Seo, Kyeong Jin Ahn
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Patent number: 11655975Abstract: The present invention is a lamp apparatus that includes a reservoir for flammable liquids and a wick that can be incorporated with a post and within the cap of a post, such as a deck or fence post. The apparatus can include an external housing that attaches to a post and contains and conceals the internal components of the lamp apparatus within the external housing. This external housing can resemble and function as the cap of a post. The apparatus may allow for a user to remove a snuffing cap from the top of the external housing and ignite the lamp's wick, which then allows the post to function as a torch. The apparatus may also allow for a user to place the snuffing cap back on the top of the external housing to extinguish the flame and discreetly conceal that a lamp is contained within the cap of the post.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Inventors: Eric A. Sohn, Kristine K. Sohn
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Patent number: 11647648Abstract: An electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. A display may span the bend axis. To facilitate bending about the bend axis without damage, the display may include a display cover layer with a flexible portion. The flexible portion of the display cover layer may be interposed between first and second rigid portions of the display cover layer. The display cover layer may also include a layer with self-healing properties. The layer of self-healing material may be formed across the entire display cover layer or may be formed only in the flexible region of the display cover layer. The display cover layer may include a layer of elastomer in the flexible region of the display cover layer for increased flexibility. Self-healing may be initiated or expedited by externally applied heat, light, electric current, or other type of external stimulus.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hoon Sik Kim, Terry C. Lam, Chang-Chia Huang, Paul S. Drzaic, Yasmin F. Afsar, Young Cheol Yang, Leiming Wang
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Patent number: 11635653Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal display device, a polarizer, and a protective film that enable suppression of the occurrence of rainbow unevenness to improve visibility in a liquid crystal display device including a backlight light source comprising white-light-emitting diode having an emission spectrum that has one or more peak tops in each of the blue region (400 nm or more and less than 495 nm), the green region (495 nm or more and less than 600 nm), and the red region (600 nm or more and 780 nm or less). The protective film contains a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin film that has a retardation of 3000 to 30000 nm, wherein the CTF value of periodic unevenness of the x value of chromaticity at an observation angle of 55 degrees is 1.2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahisa Abe, Toshiki Inoue, Kouichi Murata