Patents Examined by Nathanael R Briggs
  • Patent number: 11405604
    Abstract: A 3D display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. Metal nanowires perpendicular to each other are provided at the TFT glass substrate side and the CF glass substrate side. The metal nanowires can realize inherent function of polarizers at the TFT glass substrate side and the CF glass substrate side, and can also make the emitted light into stripe-shaped polarized light perpendicular to each other. Therefore, the polarizers, the ?/2 phase retarder with stripes, and the polarizers with stripes and perpendicular polarization that are originally at the TFT glass substrate side and the CF glass substrate side in a 3D polarizer display are excluded. The thickness of the 3D display device is made thinner. Moreover, according to the structural design, polarization effect is not limited by wavelength range of the light. Therefore, 3D stereoscopic display effect is greatly enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chengzhi Luo
  • Patent number: 11402704
    Abstract: A circuit section of a display device is provided with a display element section on which a plurality of display elements are arranged at positions overlapped with a display region on which a display functional layer is formed, an input section for transmitting a signal for driving the display functional layer to the display element section and a lead-out wiring section for electrically connecting the display element section to the input section. Moreover, the lead-out wiring section is provided with a plurality of stacked wiring layers, and the plurality of wiring layers include a first wiring layer on which a plurality of first wirings having a first wiring width and a second wiring layer on which a plurality of second wirings having a first wiring width that is narrower than the first wiring width are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Ishige
  • Patent number: 11392006
    Abstract: A transmittance-variable device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the transmittance-variable device includes a retardation film, a liquid crystal alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer configured to implement a twist orientation mode, wherein the retardation film, the liquid crystal alignment film and the liquid crystal layer are sequentially arranged, wherein a twist angle (T) is in a range of 50 degrees to 180 degrees, and wherein the smallest angle A between a slow axis of the retardation film and an alignment direction of the liquid crystal alignment film satisfies Equation 1 when a product (?nd) of a refractive index anisotropy (?n) and a thickness (d) is 0.7 ?m or less, and satisfies Equation 2 when the product (?nd) is more than 0.7 ?m. The transmittance-variable device can be applied to various applications without causing problems such as a crosstalk phenomenon, a rainbow phenomenon or a mirroring phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Jung Lim, Min Jun Gim, Sergey Belyaev, Dong Hyun Oh
  • Patent number: 11391991
    Abstract: A transmittance-variable device is provided in the present application. The present application can provide a transmittance-variable device, which can be applied to various applications without causing problems such as a crosstalk phenomenon, a rainbow phenomenon or a mirroring phenomenon, while having excellent transmittance-variable characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Jung Lim, Sergey Belyaev, Min Jun Gim, Dong Hyun Oh
  • Patent number: 11391948
    Abstract: A display assembly includes a light source, a spatial light modulator (SLM) and a grating. The light source is configured to emit illumination light, the SLM is configured to receive the illumination light and reflect at least a portion of the illumination light. The grating is positioned to redirect the illumination light output from the light source toward the SLM, receive at least a portion of the reflected light from the SLM, redirect first light having a first polarization toward the light source, and transmit through the grating second light having a second polarization that is orthogonal to the first polarization. Also disclosed are operations performed by the display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fenglin Peng, Liangyu Qiu, Ying Geng, Tanya Malhotra
  • Patent number: 11385490
    Abstract: In an electro-optical device, a temperature detection element is provided on a first substrate having a pixel region, on which a plurality of pixel electrodes are provided, in a position overlapping a light shielding portion that is formed on a second substrate so as to surround the pixel region. Further, the first substrate is provided with an electrostatic protection circuit that includes a semiconductor element and is electrically coupled to the temperature detection element. The semiconductor element is disposed in a position which is farther distanced from the center of the pixel region than the temperature detection element is, and at which a temperature is lower than a temperature at a position in which the temperature detection element is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11385496
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and a display device, including: a liquid crystal panel, a light control panel, and a polarizer located on a surface of the liquid crystal panel away from the light control panel that are stacked, in which the polarizer includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in contact with the liquid crystal panel, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a light adjustment structure configured to adjust a propagation path of light emitted from the liquid crystal panel by means of refraction or total reflection. The liquid crystal display panel provided by the present disclosure can improve or even eliminate the rainbow pattern phenomenon, and improve the display quality of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Wuhan BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanhui Guo, Yujie Gao, Lei Guo, Zhangtao Wang, Yanping Liao
  • Patent number: 11378852
    Abstract: The present application provides a display panel having a first array substrate, a first liquid crystal layer, a second array substrate, a second liquid crystal layer, a reflective layer, and a counter substrate. The second array substrate is between the first array substrate and the counter substrate; the first liquid crystal layer is between the first array substrate and the second array substrate; the second liquid crystal layer is between second array substrate and the counter substrate; and the reflective layer is between the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer. The display panel has a plurality of reflective regions and a plurality of transmissive regions. The reflective layer is present in the plurality of reflective regions and absent in the plurality of transmissive regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honggang Gu, Xianjie Shao, Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 11372296
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided and includes first and second substrates and liquid crystal layer therebetween; pixel electrode on first substrate; pedestal metal coupled to pixel electrode; semiconductor layer substantially U-shaped and coupled to pedestal metal at first coupling portion; scan line that extends in first direction and in layer different from semiconductor layer; signal line that extends in second direction different from first direction so as to three-dimensionally cross scan line, signal line being coupled to semiconductor layer at second coupling portion; and extending portion that is part of scan line and that protrudes from scan line, the extending portion extending along signal line, wherein: in first direction along a shorter side of each pixel unit, extending portion is adjacent to pedestal metal; and in second direction along a longer side of each pixel unit, length of extending portion is smaller than length of pedestal metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Gen Koide
  • Patent number: 11366353
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a backlight module, a display panel disposed on the backlight module, a viewing angle adjusting unit disposed on the backlight module, and a retardation structure disposed on the backlight module. The viewing angle adjusting unit includes a first viewing angle adjusting subunit and a second viewing angle adjusting subunit, and the first viewing angle adjusting subunit is disposed between the backlight module and the second viewing angle adjusting subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Jitsui, Satoru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11360362
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a liquid crystal display panel; and a dimming liquid crystal panel including a plurality of dimming pixels defined by a second mesh structure and arranged in an array, wherein the second mesh structure includes a plurality of light shielding lines extending along a first direction and having a waveform, each of the light shielding lines includes a plurality of periodic parts, each of the plurality of periodic parts includes a first portion and a second portion which are symmetrical relative to a symmetry axis along a second direction, the first portion comprises a first segment and a second segment, the second portion comprises a third segment which is symmetrical with the second segment relative to the symmetry axis and a fourth segment which is symmetrical with the first segment relative to the symmetry axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Yang, Yuanhui Guo, Yujie Gao, Lei Guo
  • Patent number: 11353737
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display and discloses a polarizer, a display panel and a display device, where the polarizer includes two layers of protective films, as well as one layer of main polarizing film and at least one layer of auxiliary polarizing film between the two layers of protective films, and a set angular difference exists between an angle of a transmittance axis of the auxiliary polarizing film and an angle of a transmittance axis of the main polarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhihua Sun, Yanping Liao, Ting Dong, Yingying Qu, Yifu Chen, Jianhua Huang, Zhiyu Lv
  • Patent number: 11353752
    Abstract: A switchable privacy display comprises a spatial light modulator (SLM), a first switchable liquid crystal (LC) retarder and first passive retarder between a first pair of polarisers and a second switchable LC retarder and second passive retarder between a second pair of polarisers. The first switchable LC retarder comprises a homeotropic alignment layer and a homogeneous alignment layer. The second switchable LC crystal retarder comprises two homeotropic alignment layers or two homogeneous alignment layers. In landscape or portrait privacy mode, on-axis light from the SLM is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance to reduce visibility to off-axis snoopers. Display reflectivity may be reduced for on-axis reflections of ambient light, while reflectivity may be increased for off-axis light to achieve increased visual security. In public mode, the LC retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance and reflectivity are unmodified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Michael G Robinson, Robert A Ramsey
  • Patent number: 11353735
    Abstract: An electronic device including a pair of substrates, a sealant, and a heating unit is provided. Each of the pair of substrates includes a peripheral area and an active area, and each of the peripheral areas are adjacent to an edge of a corresponding one of the pair of substrates. The sealant is disposed between the pair of substrates. The heating unit is disposed on one of the pair of substrates and comprising a first portion disposed in the peripheral area of the one of the pair of substrates and adjacent to an edge of the one of the pair of substrates, a third portion disposed in the active area, and a second portion connecting the first portion and the third portion. The resistance of the first portion is less than a resistance of the third portion. Therefore, the electronic device may have improved heating efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Hung Lin, I-Yin Li, Chia-Chi Ho, Hsiuyi Tsai
  • Patent number: 11347124
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera and a liquid crystal panel including a display portion which overlaps the camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a first transparent electrode which overlaps the camera and a light-shielding layer including a first opening having a circular shape and superposed on the first transparent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takanori Tsunashima
  • Patent number: 11347098
    Abstract: An optical filter for a display includes a filter film with at least one optical filter layer. The filter layer blocks a band of optical wavelengths and is transparent for optical wavelengths outside the band. The filter film has a thickness within the range of 25 microns through 1 mm. The filter film may include one or more laminate layers that are optically transparent in the wavelengths of the band blocked by the filter layer. The filter film may include one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers in layered contact with one or more transparent electrode layers and one or more layers of polymers in layered contact with the one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Esmaeil Banaei, Sean Northrup
  • Patent number: 11347120
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, conductive pads arranged on the substrate over a plurality of rows, and a drive circuit chip including bumps arranged over a plurality of rows to be electrically connected with the conductive pads, and the conductive pads arranged in a same row are arranged in parallel, and the bumps arranged in a same row are arranged in a zigzag form so as to be partially shifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Ho Park, Dae Geun Lee, Su Jeong Kim, Sang Won Yeo, Kyung Mok Lee, Wu Hyen Jung
  • Patent number: 11345218
    Abstract: A right side windshield is capable of changing a visible light transmittance of an upper part including an upper end, and a left side windshield is also capable of changing a visible light transmittance of an upper part. A light control switch is disposed on an instrument panel around a driver seat of a vehicle. The light control switch is operated to reduce the visible light transmittance of the upper part. The reduction in the transmittance can be performed simultaneously with the reduction in the visible light transmittance of an upper part of a front windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryusuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11340507
    Abstract: An array substrate and a display panel are provided, including a plurality of pixel grouping units, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of dual scan lines. Each of the pixel grouping units includes at least two subpixels. The plurality of pixel grouping units are arranged in rows and columns Adjacent pixel grouping units arranged in a row direction have opposite polarities and adjacent pixel grouping units arranged in a column direction have opposite polarities. Each of the data lines is located between any two adjacent columns of the pixel grouping units. Each of the plurality of dual scan lines is located between any two adjacent rows of the subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hui Yang
  • Patent number: 11333936
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device, and the electronic device includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of ultrasonic fingerprint sensing electrodes. The plurality of ultrasonic fingerprint sensing electrodes are disposed on the plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and a portion of the plurality of touch sensing electrodes are not overlapped with the plurality of ultrasonic fingerprint sensing electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Huai-Ping Huang, Chih-Lung Lin, Chang-Chiang Cheng