Patents Examined by Paisley L Arendt
  • Patent number: 9134563
    Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a gate line and a data line arranged on the first substrate crossing each other and defining a pixel region, a switching device at a crossing of the gate line and the data line, a common electrode and a pixel electrode alternately disposed in the pixel region, at least one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode including a multi-layer having a conductor layer and a reflectance reducing layer, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji-Young Ahn
  • Patent number: 9134575
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens, a manufacturing method thereof, an operation method thereof and a photoelectric device are provided. The lens comprises: a first electrode layer; a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate, provided to a lower surface of the first electrode layer and opposite to the first transparent substrate; a second electrode layer, provided to an upper surface of the first transparent substrate and comprising a first sub-electrode-layer and a second sub-electrode-layer which are separated from each other; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the second transparent substrate and the second electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaegeon You, Juan Chen
  • Patent number: 9134569
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal lens which, even with the use of a thin sheet glass as a glass sheet for dividing a liquid crystal layer, can reduce the likelihood of breakage of the thin sheet glass in the production process and the liquid crystal lens. A mother liquid crystal lens having a plurality of liquid crystal lens units arrayed in a longitudinal direction thereof is cut for each of the liquid crystal lens units to separate out the liquid crystal lens units and thus manufacture respective liquid crystal lenses 10. Longitudinally extending side surfaces 13c, 13d, 14c, and 14d of glass ribbons which provide thin sheet glasses 13 and 14 have an outwardly bulging curved shape in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Wada
  • Patent number: 9128320
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display including a display and a micro-lens is provided. The display has a plurality of pixel units thereon, and each pixel unit has a pixel pitch i. The micro-lens is disposed at a side of the display, the micro-lens has a plurality of lens units thereon, and each lens unit has a lens pitch l. A right eye viewing zone and a left eye viewing zone are formed if an image displayed from the display passes though the micro-lens, wherein a distance between the center of the right eye viewing zone and the center of the left eye viewing zone is wz, and lens pitch l satisfies: 2 ? i > l ? 2 ? i × w z w z + i , wz is between 70 and 500 mm and i is between 0.1 and 500 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Lung Chen, Chih-Jen Hu, Yue-Shih Jeng, I-Hsiung Huang, Po-Wei Wu, Yu-June Wu, Chih-Wen Chen, Meng-Chieh Tsai
  • Patent number: 9122109
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosed technology provides a blue phase liquid crystal display device, comprising: a lower polarizer; a thin film transistor substrate, formed above the lower polarizer; a color filter substrate, disposed above and opposite to the thin film transistor substrate; an upper polarizer, formed above the color filter substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes, disposed on a surface of the thin film transistor substrate facing the color filter substrate and protruded toward the color filter substrate, wherein negative pixel electrodes and positive pixel electrodes are alternately disposed; a plurality of common electrodes, disposed on the color filter substrate; and a blue phase liquid crystal layer, provided between the thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weili Zhao, Jaegeon You
  • Patent number: 9116373
    Abstract: An LCD device is discussed. The LCD device includes: an LCD panel; a backlight unit configured to apply light to the LCD panel; a bottom cover configured to receive the LCD panel and the backlight unit and include a bottom surface, which supports the backlight unit, and bending processed hemming portions extended from 4 edges of the bottom surface; and a support main disposed between the bottom cover and the outsides of the LCD panel and the backlight unit, wherein the bottom cover further includes stepped portions positioned at both ends of the hemming portion and inwardly inclined at a fixed angle from the edge of the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 9116382
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having brightness uniformity at its front and lateral sides is provided according to one or more embodiments. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal display device includes a reflection sheet reflecting light, an optical plate including a substrate for guiding light, a height-varying portion formed on one surface of the substrate, not facing the reflection sheet, and a prism pattern formed on the height-varying portion, and a plurality of light sources arranged on one lateral surface of the optical plate in a first direction so as to correspond to a position of the height-varying portion having a height not greater than an average height from the one surface of the substrate to the height-varying portion, wherein the prism pattern extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the average height is in a range of about 0.1% to about 10% of the thickness of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Min Seo, Jee Hong Min, Young Chan Kim, Moon Gyu Lee, Kyu Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 9110340
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses an array substrate comprising: a base substrate; a common electrode layer formed on the base substrate; a protective layer formed on the common electrode layer; and pixel electrodes formed onto the protective layer, wherein the base substrate is formed thereon with a plurality of protrusions parallel to each other, the common electrode layer is overcoated onto the protrusions, portions of the common electrode layer covering the protrusions are formed as protrusion electrode parts, and the pixel electrode comprises portions arranged alternately with the protrusion electrode parts. The embodiment of present invention also provides a liquid crystal panel comprising the above array substrate, as well as a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9104055
    Abstract: A second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, the counter electrode is divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of the plurality of display lines in series, and the counter electrodes also serve as scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a counter electrode selector circuit that selects the counter electrodes. The counter electrode selector circuit includes an address decoder circuit that selects the counter electrodes of the respective blocks for a given period, and a selector circuit that applies a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrode of the block selected by the address decoder circuit, and applies a counter voltage to the counter electrodes of the blocks not selected by the address decoder circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Keita Sasanuma, Kazune Matsumura
  • Patent number: 9097946
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display area, a non-display area, a plurality of signal pads and a passive covering layer. The non-display area is adjacent to the display area. The signal pads are disposed within the non-display area. The passive covering layer is disposed on the display area and extends to cover at least a portion of the non-display area. The passive covering layer has a first thickness within the display area. The passive covering layer has a second thickness within the non-display area. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Po-Fu Huang, Chih-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 9097837
    Abstract: An optical film is provided and has retardations satisfying relations (1) to (3): 0?Re(550)?10;??(1) ?25?Rth(550)?25;??(2) and |I|+|II|+|III|+|IV|>0.5 (nm),??(3) with definitions: I=Re(450)?Re(550); II=Re(650)?Re(550); III=Rth(450)?Rth(550); and IV=Rth(650)?Rth(550), wherein Re(450), Re(550) and Re(650) are in-plane retardations measured with lights of wavelength of 450, 550 and 650 nm, respectively; and Rth(450), Rth(550) and Rth(650) are retardations in a thickness direction of the optical film, which are measured with lights of wavelength of 450, 550 and 650 nm, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Nakayama, Hirofumi Toyama, Yuta Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9075272
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, pixel structures and a positive blue phase liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate is provided. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The pixel structures are disposed on the first substrate and between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each pixel structure includes a first electrode, a dielectric layer, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The first electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The dielectric layer covers the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed on the dielectric layer, overlapped with the first electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode. The third electrode is disposed on the dielectric layer and overlapped with the first electrode. The third electrode substantially surrounds the second electrode. The third electrode is spaced apart a distance from the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Szu-Yu Lin, Cheng-Yeh Tsai
  • Patent number: 9069211
    Abstract: A method of aligning an alignment layer of a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes positioning a substrate on a stage; the substrate having the alignment layer provided thereon and the alignment layer including a plurality of alignment regions. Data identifying positions of the alignment regions relative to the alignment layer are loaded. A control signal for controlling a supply of light based on the loaded data identifying the positions of the alignment regions is generated. The light is supplied to the alignment regions according to the control signal and the alignment regions are aligned. The light is supplied from at least two different angles of incidence so that the alignment regions are aligned in at least two different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheong-Wan Min, Jeamin Lee, Jaeil Kim, BongSung Seo
  • Patent number: 9057917
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel, including: a pixel electrode formed on a first substrate; an alignment layer formed on the pixel electrode, wherein the alignment layer includes an alignment layer material and aligns first liquid crystal molecules in a direction substantially perpendicular to the pixel electrode; and a photo hardening layer formed on the alignment layer, wherein the photo hardening layer includes a photo hardening layer material and aligns second liquid crystal molecules to be tilted with respect to the pixel electrode, wherein the alignment layer material and the photo hardening layer material have different polarities from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyong-Sik Choi, Myung-Jae Park, Min-Wook Park, Sung-Hoon Kim, Gak-Seok Lee, Woo-Jung Shin, Jun-Hyup Lee, Keun-Chan Oh, Sang-Gyun Kim, Su-Jeong Kim, Seung-Beom Park, Youn-Hak Jeong
  • Patent number: 9052089
    Abstract: A display panel includes a pixel group having first through fourth pixels disposed in a two-by-two matrix form. Each of the first through fourth pixels includes at least three subpixels. The first and second pixels have the same subpixel layout. The third pixel has a different subpixel layout from the first pixel. The fourth pixel has a different subpixel layout from the first and third pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Ah Kwon, Jai-Hyun Koh, Ik-Soo Lee, Kuk-Hwan Ahn
  • Patent number: 9046726
    Abstract: A pixel structure including a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, a capacitor electrode line, a semi-conductive pattern layer and at least one dielectric layer is provided. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The capacitor electrode line is located under the pixel electrode. A first storage capacitor is formed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode. The semi-conductive pattern layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode, the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the semi-conductive pattern layer. A second storage capacitor is formed between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line. The dielectric layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode and located between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wei Cheng, Sung-Hui Lin, Ming-Yung Huang, Pin-Miao Liu, Wen-Shin Wu, Chun-Yao Huang, Wei-Sheng Yu
  • Patent number: 9025113
    Abstract: A display panel has a portion of a color filter or patterned color layer with a thickness of at least half of the cell gap of the display panel, wherein the repair method includes providing a energy light beam to the portion of the color filter or the patterned color layer in the sub-pixel region with a bright point defect to make the portion of the color filter or patterned color layer have porous structure so that bright point is repaired to become a grey point or a dark point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Min Yin, Hsin-Chang Huang, Jung-Hsiang Lin, Shen-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 9025098
    Abstract: A pixel structure including a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, a capacitor electrode line, a semi-conductive pattern layer and at least one dielectric layer is provided. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The capacitor electrode line is located under the pixel electrode. A first storage capacitor is formed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode. The semi-conductive pattern layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode, the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the semi-conductive pattern layer. A second storage capacitor is formed between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line. The dielectric layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode and located between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wei Cheng, Sung-Hui Lin, Ming-Yung Huang, Pin-Miao Liu, Wen-Shin Wu, Chun-Yao Huang, Wei-Sheng Yu
  • Patent number: 9019444
    Abstract: An edge-type backlight module and a liquid crystal display using the same. The edge-type backlight module comprising a printed circuit board having a supporting surface; plural light emitting diodes disposed on the supporting surface, each of the light emitting diodes comprising a light emitting surface and the light emitted by the light emitting diode being emitted from the light emitting surface; a reflective film disposed on the supporting surface; a light guide plate disposed above the reflective film so that the reflective film being disposed between the light guide plate and the supporting surface; a reflective surface disposed on a side edge of the light guide plate and kept a distance from the light emitting diode, the reflective surface used for reflecting the light emitted from the light emitting surface; and a dark surface disposed on the supporting surface for absorbing the light reflected by the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guofu Tang
  • Patent number: 9019452
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a compensation system and a liquid crystal display apparatus used for a liquid crystal panel. The compensation system comprises a first biaxial retardation film and a second biaxial retardation film respectively disposed on either side of the liquid crystal panel. An in-plane retardation value of the first biaxial retardation film at a wavelength of 550 nm is Ro1. An out-of-plane retardation value in a thickness direction is Rth1. An in-plane retardation value of the second biaxial retardation film at the wavelength of 550 nm is Ro2. An out-of-plane retardation value in a thickness direction is Rth2. Wherein: 30.8 nm?Ro1?91 nm; 70.4 nm?Rth1?208 nm; 21 nm?Ro2?93.8 nm; Y1?Rth2?Y2; Y1=0.00424817×Rth12?1.9854256×Rth1+277.7: Y2=?0.003333×Rth12?0.033459×Rth1+234.2. The present invention effectively reduces light leakage of the liquid crystal panel in dark mode by disposing the double-layered biaxial retardation films having reasonable retardation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chih-tsung Kang, Bo Hai