Patents Examined by Mike Qi
  • Patent number: 9324764
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an array substrate and a display device comprising the array substrate. According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an array substrate which comprises: a terminal region; and an active pixel region, the active pixel region comprising: a plurality of pixel units; a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines; and a plurality of gate leading wires, wherein two columns of the plurality of pixel units are provided between two adjacent data lines among the plurality of data lines, each of the plurality of gate leading wires is disposed between the two columns of the plurality of pixel units, and each of the plurality of gate lines is connected to respective one of the plurality of gate leading wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Benlian Wang, Zhiqin Zhang, Feng Bai
  • Patent number: 9323114
    Abstract: A self-luminous reflective pixel structure, a display panel and a display device. The pixel structure includes a first electrode capable of reflecting light, a self-luminous layer disposed over the first electrode, a second electrode disposed over the self-luminous layer, and a reflected light control layer disposed over the second electrode. A self-luminous structure and a reflective structure can be formed in a single pixel with the pixel structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kun Xuan
  • Patent number: 9316880
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for unifying steps of sealing material so that the yield and the reliability of a liquid-crystal display device become high. A starting film of scanning lines is patterned so that prismatic dummy wirings 301 for the first layer which are not electrically connected are formed in regions R1 and R2, and wirings 302 extending from the pixel section are formed in a region R3, and wirings 303 having connection end portions 303a are formed in a region R4. After an interlayer insulation film is formed, the starting film of the signal lines is patterned so that the dummy wirings 304 for the second layer are formed to embed the gaps between the wirings 301 to 303, and also the wirings 305 and the wirings 303 which extend from the pixel portion are connected to each other. This permits unification of the cross-sectional structure of the sealing material formation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hongyong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9318514
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a gate line and a data line intersecting the gate line to define a pixel area on a substrate, a TFT formed in the pixel area and including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first protective layer formed on the TFT structured such that a first hole exists through the first protective layer, a second protective layer formed on the first protective layer and structured such that a second hole exists through the second protective layer, wherein the size of the second hole differs from a size of the first hole, a pixel electrode formed on the second protective layer and at least partially filling the first and second holes, the pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first and second holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonwoo Kim, JongHyun Park, SungHun Jung
  • Patent number: 9316851
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of a lateral electric field type performs display by rotating homogeneous-aligned liquid crystals by a lateral electric field substantially parallel to a substrate, which is applied across a pixel electrode and a common electrode, to increase the aperture ratio of a liquid crystal panel by narrowing the width of a black matrix provided along a data line. A source pixel electrode connected to a source electrode extends along the data line, a storage capacitance electrode formed by the same layer as the data line overlaps an adjacent scan line, the source pixel electrode is disposed so as to be connected to the storage capacitance electrode and a pixel along one side, an interlayer film is formed on the source pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed by a transparent conductive film are formed on the interlayer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Naoyuki Taguchi, Takahiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9317063
    Abstract: A display device includes a speaker film disposed on an upper surface of a first substrate of a main body or a lower surface of a second substrate of a main body. Alternatively, a display device includes a touch screen panel including a speaker film and disposed on an upper surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Heon Kwon, Sung-Won Bae, Min-Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 9310651
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel having, a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealing material provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sealed in a region surrounded by the sealing material between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a plurality of first cell regions having a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor arranged in a matrix, and the second substrate includes a protective film over the second substrate and a light blocking film coated with the protective film on a surface of the second substrate on the liquid crystal layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohkubo, Koichi Igeta, Go Saitou, Katsuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 9310636
    Abstract: A LCD device comprising the liquid crystal cell and a surface modification method for an IR material are provided. The IR material is obtained via the surface modification method, and a component comprising the IR material is disposed in the liquid crystal cell. As the liquid crystal cell can emit infrared light, it is beneficial for healthy. The surface modified IR material is compatible and has optimal matching property with the structure of the liquid crystal cell, the heat exchange capacity between the IR material and the backlight as well the ambient light can be improved without compromising the performance of the LCD device, and the surface modified IR material will emit far-IR light of specific wavelength with higher emissivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiuxia Yang, Feng Bai, Yiming Zhao, Xiao Sun, Bing Bai
  • Patent number: 9310543
    Abstract: A method for producing a mold for a patterned alignment film for three-dimensional display includes: forming a first layer composed of a metal material or an inorganic material; forming a fine linear three-dimensional structure in a surface of the first layer in an approximately constant direction;F forming a second layer, composed of a metal material or an inorganic material, on the surface of the first layer after the first three-dimensional structure forming step; a second three-dimensional structure forming step of forming a fine linear three-dimensional structure in a surface of the second layer in an approximately constant direction which differs by 90° from that in the first three-dimensional structure forming step; a resist forming step of forming a resist in a parallel stripe pattern on the surface of the second layer after the second three-dimensional structure forming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Katou, Yosuke Kosaka, Rikiya Yamashita, Mitsumasa Koiwa
  • Patent number: 9310639
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel comprising an array substrate, an opposite substrate and a backlight module, wherein the liquid crystal display panel includes a light-filtering layer arranged between the backlight module and the array substrate, and the light-filtering layer includes a plurality of light-filtering sub-units corresponding to sub-pixels on the array substrate in a one-to-one manner, every three of the light-filtering sub-units form one light-filtering unit, in which the three light-filtering sub-units are capable of filtering out red, green and blue lights emitted by the backlight module respectively. The brightness of the complementary color light obtained after any one of red light, green light and blue light is filtered out from white light is larger than that of light of a single color, and thus the liquid crystal display panel provided by the present invention has relatively high light transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuai Han
  • Patent number: 9304245
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a slim and narrow structure. The display device comprises a liquid crystal panel; a light source for providing light to the liquid crystal panel; a light guide of a glass material, wherein the light source is combined with one side of the light guide; a reflector formed on at least one of both surfaces of the light guide; and an adhesive member formed on one surface of the light guide confronting the liquid crystal panel, and provided to attach the liquid crystal panel and the light guide to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Min Kweon, Young Nam Lee, Chang Soo Jang, Du-Ho Jo
  • Patent number: 9298040
    Abstract: An LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel; a first polarizer attached to a first surface of the liquid crystal panel and including a first polarizing film, first and second optical compensation films disposed on one surface of the first polarizing film, and a phase retardation film, a protective film and a functional film disposed on another surface of the first polarizing film; and a second polarizer attached to a second surface of the liquid crystal panel and including a second polarizing film, an inner protective film disposed on one surface of the second polarizing film, and an outer protective film disposed on another surface of the second polarizing film, wherein the first polarizing film is disposed between the phase retardation film and the liquid crystal panel, and the phase retardation film has a retardation value of ?/4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Woong Choi, Jeong-Hoon Ko, Hyoun-Sung Son, Eun-Jung Kim, Dong-Ha Yoo
  • Patent number: 9298055
    Abstract: An array substrate has a plurality of gate signal lines, a plurality of source signal lines orthogonal to the plurality of gate signal lines, a plurality of gate-driver mounting terminals, a plurality of source-driver mounting terminals, a plurality of gate-side array inspection terminals connected to the gate signal lines, a plurality of source-side array inspection terminals connected to the source signal lines, a plurality of gate lead wire disconnection inspection circuits connected between the plurality of gate-driver mounting terminals and a common terminal for a gate lead wire disconnection inspection, and a plurality of source lead wire disconnection inspection circuits connected between the plurality of source-driver mounting terminals and a common terminal for a source lead wire disconnection inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Masutani, Katsuaki Murakami
  • Patent number: 9298032
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate; a gate line disposed on the first substrate; a data line disposed on the gate line; and a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line. A plurality of color filters is disposed on the thin film transistor and the data line. A capping layer is disposed on the plurality of color filters. A shielding electrode is disposed on the capping layer. An insulating layer is disposed on the capping layer and includes a first opening extending to a part of the shielding electrode. A light blocking member is disposed on the insulating layer and the shielding electrode. The shielding electrode is disposed in a part corresponding to the data line. Adjacent color filters among the plurality of color filters overlap with each other in the part corresponding to the data line. The first opening is disposed in a part corresponding to the region where the adjacent color filters overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Gi Jung, Jae Hwa Park, Ki Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 9285618
    Abstract: A height difference under a sealant is reduced in a case where lines are present under the sealant. There is provided a substrate having an active matrix display circuit and peripheral driving circuits, a counter substrate having a counter electrode provided on the substrate in a face-to-face relationship therewith, a sealant provided between the substrate and the counter substrate such that it surrounds the active matrix display circuit and peripheral driving circuits, a liquid crystal material provided inside the sealant, a plurality of external connection lines provided on the substrate under the sealant with a resin inter-layer film interposed therebetween for electrically connecting the active matrix display circuit and peripheral driving circuits to circuits present outside the sealant and an adjustment layer provided in the same layer as the plurality of external connection lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9285601
    Abstract: A light source unit (110) emits linearly polarized laser light of a given wavelength. A wave plate (121) transmits the laser light emitted from the light source unit (110) and has a phase delay axis of which the direction is adjusted to about 0 degrees with respect to the polarization direction (101) of the laser light. A liquid crystal cell (123) transmits laser light that has passed through the wave plate (121) and by a switchable rotation amount, rotates the polarization direction (101) of the laser light transmitted through the liquid crystal cell (123). A wave plate (125) transmits laser light that has passed through the liquid crystal cell (123); and further has a phase delay axis of which the direction is adjusted to about 0 degrees with respect to the polarization direction (101) of the laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Ide, Seiko Kato, Takaaki Takeishi
  • Patent number: 9280019
    Abstract: A device is disclosed. The device includes a substrate, and a plurality of spacers arranged on one side of the substrate. Each spacer has a cross section taken in a direction parallel with the substrate, where a size of the cross section of each spacer in a length direction is greater than a size of the cross section of each spacer in a width direction. In addition, an angle between the length direction of the cross section of the spacer and an X-direction of the substrate is greater than about 0° and less than about 90°, or greater than about 90° and less than about 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolin Liu, Jia Xie, Yongdong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9280176
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device comprises a display panel, a window, a plurality of partitions, and an adhesive. The display panel is configured to display an image. The window is placed over the display panel. The plurality of partitions interposed between the display panel and the window. The adhesive is formed between adjacent partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Ho Chong, Seung Bae Lee
  • Patent number: 9279990
    Abstract: A display module includes a display device, a pivot member, and a reflection-mirror device. The display device includes a light splitting device and a monitor for displaying first and second images arranged alternately. The light splitting device is disposed at a position corresponding to a light exit side of the monitor for splitting the first and second images along first and second splitting directions respectively. The pivot member is disposed at a side of the display device. The reflection-mirror device is connected to the pivot member to be foldably pivoted to the side of the display device. The reflection-mirror device is for reflecting the first images split along the first splitting direction in a reflection direction when being unfolded relative to the display device. The reflection direction is relatively biased toward the monitor so as to form an included angle cooperatively with a normal of the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: WINTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Ho Chen, Chung-Lun Li, Kun-Chang Ho, Wen-Chun Wang, Ching-Fu Hsu, Chong-Yang Fang
  • Patent number: 9268173
    Abstract: An LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel; a first polarizer attached to a first surface of the liquid crystal panel and including a first polarizing film, first and second optical compensation films disposed on one surface of the first polarizing film, and a phase retardation film, a protective film and a functional film disposed on another surface of the first polarizing film; and a second polarizer attached to a second surface of the liquid crystal panel and including a second polarizing film, an inner protective film disposed on one surface of the second polarizing film, and an outer protective film disposed on another surface of the second polarizing film, wherein the first polarizing film is disposed between the phase retardation film and the liquid crystal panel, and the phase retardation film has a retardation value of ?/4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Woong Choi, Jeong-Hoon Ko, Hyoun-Sung Son, Eun-Jung Kim, Dong-Ha Yoo