Patents Examined by Mike Qi
  • Patent number: 9557599
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes: a substrate; and a reflection member that is disposed on a surface of the substrate and has a first thickness in a first reflection region corresponding to a light-emitting region and a second thickness in a second reflection region corresponding to a non-light-emitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Yim, Seong-Min Kim, Kyung-Ho Kim, Kwan-Hyun Cho, Young-Woo Song
  • Patent number: 9557593
    Abstract: Transparent structures containing a transparent electrically conductive fluid are used for aesthetically appealing designs and/or improved fatigue performance. Some structures have multiple isolated conductors while others have a single conductive area that may be used as a transparent antenna or a transparent EMI shield. Other embodiments employ fluids that change crystalline structure under an applied voltage such that a structure can change color and/or display a message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, Samuel Bruce Weiss, Benjamin J. Kallman
  • Patent number: 9557607
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a TFT substrate, forming a wiring made of a material shutting off UV rays on a peripheral region thereof, and a sealing layer, including a UV ray curable resin therein, and being formed on peripheral regions of the substrate, to enclose the liquid crystal layer. The wiring and the sealing layer formed on the peripheral region are so provided that they are put on each other, at least in part thereof, on the wiring are provided plural numbers of opening portions formed in region where the wiring and the sealing layer are put on each other, and the opening portions are divided into a first area beside a display region and a second area outside the first area, and an opening ratio of the opening portions of the first area is larger than the opening ratio of the opening portions of the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9547209
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: an insulating substrate; gate lines and data lines disposed on the insulating substrate; pixels disposed on the substrate substantially in a matrix form, each pixel including a thin film transistor connected to a corresponding gate line of the gate lines and a corresponding data line of the data lines, a first electrode disposed on the thin film transistor, and a second electrode disposed on the first electrode; a first insulating layer disposed on the gate lines, the data lines and the thin film transistor, and under the first electrode; and a second insulating layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which each of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer include an inorganic insulating layer, and a thickness of the first insulating layer is greater than a thickness of the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Ho Song, Ho Kyoon Kwon, Yu-Han Bae, Kee Byem Kim, Yun Soo Kim, Jae Hun Chung
  • Patent number: 9541778
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display portion configured to display an image, a photo sensor electrically connected to the display portion and configured to facilitate correction of an afterimage of the display portion; and a shutter portion disposed on the display portion and comprising a shutter positioned and configured to selectively block light over an afterimage correction pattern generated by the correction of the afterimage facilitated by the photo sensor, so as to selectively prevent a user from viewing a portion of the display portion upon which the afterimage correction pattern occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong-Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 9535294
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a first display substrate, an opposite substrate, and a sealing material forming a sealed area including a display area, where the sealing material is disposed between the first display substrate and the opposite substrate. The first display substrate includes a substrate and a flexible thin film, where the flexible thin film includes a first area entirely covering the display area, and a second area beyond the substrate. In addition, a first circuit is disposed on the first area, and a second circuit is disposed on the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhui Lou, Yong Wu
  • Patent number: 9529227
    Abstract: There is provided a coatable polarizer which incurs low manufacturing cost and has an excellent polarization degree and transmittance. A plurality of polarization layers are formed on the coatable polarizer, and each of the polarization layers include about 5 to 7 wt % of dichroic dyes, whereby a light component parallel to an alignment direction of a dichroic dye, among light having a wavelength corresponding to a color, is absorbed to have polarization characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YoungWook Kim, HyunJong Noh, JiWoong Park
  • Patent number: 9529233
    Abstract: It is possible to separate each liquid crystal display panel from a mother board in which multiple liquid crystal display panels are formed even with a thin glass substrate, by forming a columnar spacer in the boundary between liquid crystal display panels, forming a scribe line corresponding to the columnar spacer on both sides of the counter substrate and the TFT substrate in the mother board, and forming a separation line between the scribe lines by applying a bending stress to the mother board. Since the columnar spacer is formed in a portion corresponding to the scribe line, the strength in this portion increases, so that the proper scribe lines and break lines can be formed when the thickness of the glass substrate is reduced to about 0.15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Eisuke Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 9523811
    Abstract: Provided are display screen and method for manufacturing the same. The display screen includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; the first substrate includes a base substrate, an optical module arranged on the base substrate, and a plurality of pixel units directly arranged on the optical module; and the second substrate includes an array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Yuting Yang
  • Patent number: 9523893
    Abstract: In order to increase the transmittance around a pixel and to increase the brightness of the screen in an IPS mode liquid crystal display device, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on a common electrode through an interlayer insulating film. An opening is formed in the common electrode on the outside of the end portion of the pixel electrode as seen in a plane view. Because of the presence of the opening, the electric field lines from the end portion of the pixel electrode reach the layer above the liquid crystal layer and reach further away from the end portion of the pixel electrode, so that it is possible to increase the control ability to the liquid crystal around the pixel. As a result, the pixel transmittance can be increased as a whole and the brightness of the screen can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeyuki Tsuruma, Hidemasa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9519158
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a control unit, a light source, and an eye protection device. The light source includes a first timing circuit. The light source is configured to emit light. The first timing circuit is configured to control a flashing of the light emitted by the light source. The eye protection device includes a second timing circuit and a lens portion. The second timing circuit is configured to adjust a transparency and an opacity of the lens portion. The control unit is configured to synchronize the flashing of the light emitted by the light source with the opacity of the lens portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventor: John Jason Brudz
  • Patent number: 9513505
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 9516771
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including a front substrate and a back substrate, a frame disposed in the rear of the display panel, a guide panel positioned adjacent to the frame, a back cover which is disposed in the rear of the display panel and is positioned adjacent to the frame, and a film part including a first part attached to a front surface of the display panel and a second part including a portion attached to the guide panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jonghyun Byeon
  • Patent number: 9507226
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a flexible substrate, a gate line and a data line located on the substrate, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, a pad located at an end of the gate line and the data line, a driver connected to the pad, and a sealant covering the pad and the driver, wherein the sealant includes air bubbles or particles therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Keun Lee, Myeong Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 9507207
    Abstract: When an alignment film is applied to the whole surface of a substrate, adhesion intensity between a sealing material and the alignment film is further deteriorated. A display device includes an array substrate having a first alignment film, a counter substrate having a second alignment film, a liquid crystal layer in contact with the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a sealing material for bonding the first alignment film and the second alignment film together, wherein the sealing material is provided with a portion adapted to increase the area of the adhered portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Saeki, Noriyoshi Kanda
  • Patent number: 9500918
    Abstract: The invention provides a display substrate and a display device, and can solve the problems that, in the existing display technology, the driving voltage required for driving the blue-phase liquid crystal is higher, and there is large difficulty for manufacturing the wall-like electrodes and poor feasibility of process if the wall-like electrodes are used for driving. A display substrate of the invention comprises a base, and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on the base, the first electrode having a closed ring shape, the second electrode being arranged in the ring shape of the first electrode, and a height of the second electrode being larger than that of the first electrode. A display device of the invention comprises the above display substrate, a first substrate opposite to the display substrate, and a blue-phase liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the display substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weili Zhao
  • Patent number: 9500919
    Abstract: Conductive rubbing sludge generated by rubbing attaches to side portions of chip-on-glass (COG) terminals and terminal wiring lines and possibly causes short-circuiting (leakage) between adjacent terminal wiring lines via particles included in an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) which connects bumps of a semiconductor chip such as a driver IC to COG terminals. In the liquid crystal display device, each terminal wiring line connected to a COG terminal has a projecting part designed to generate an area not subjected to rubbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Atsuhiro Katayama
  • Patent number: 9500923
    Abstract: Discussed are a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same in which a single common line is formed at the center of a substrate, which results in an enhanced aperture ratio and transmittance. The liquid crystal display device includes a single common line located at a center of a substrate; a first group of unit pixels located in a right portion of the substrate on the basis of the common line and a second group of unit pixels located in a left portion of the substrate on the basis of the common line, each unit pixel defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines orthogonally intersecting each other; and a plurality of thin film transistors formed at a right side of the respective unit pixels of the first group and at a left side of the respective unit pixels of the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyuck Choi
  • Patent number: 9488872
    Abstract: A cell-assembled motherboard and a fabrication method thereof, and a liquid crystal display panel and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The cell-assembled motherboard comprises a first motherboard (1) and a second motherboard (1) which are arranged opposite to each other, wherein a plurality of liquid crystal cells (4) arranged in a matrix and having display regions (3) are arranged between the first motherboard (1) and the second motherboard (2), a first sealant (5) having a closed profile and surrounding the display region (3) of each of the liquid crystal cells (4) is arranged between the first motherboard (1) and the second motherboard (2), and a second sealant (6) having a closed profile and surrounding a region where the liquid crystal cells (4) arranged in a matrix exist is arranged between the first motherboard (1) and the second motherboard (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingchao Wang
  • Patent number: 9488860
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel and a LCD are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Xu, Wei Qin, Heecheol Kim