Patents Examined by Paisley L Arendt
  • Patent number: 9019442
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes a back bezel, a backlight module disposed on the back bezel, a frame set surrounding and positioning the backlight module, and a liquid crystal panel receiving light emitted from the backlight module; wherein the liquid crystal panel is surrounded and supported by the frame set and has a transparent plate attached to the display surface of the liquid crystal panel. There is a stereoscopic image producing layer formed at a side of the transparent plate facing the display surface of the liquid crystal panel. The transparent plate, the frame set, and the back bezel constitute the outward appearance of the stereoscopic image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Ling Chen, Tsung-Fu Cheng, Yue-Feng Lin, Tsung-Hsien Chuang, Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 9019448
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light guide plate to emit light that enters through a side surface of the light guide plate through an upper surface of the light guide plate, a light source arranged on at least one side of the light guide plate, a reflection plate arranged under the light guide plate, a color filter layer arranged above the light guide plate, and an optical shutter arranged above the color filter layer to transmit or block at least a part of light according to electric control, wherein the color filter layer includes a transmission type color filter to transmit light in a particular wavelength band and reflect light in other wavelength bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-gyu Han, Hong-seok Lee, Chang-gyun Shin
  • Patent number: 9019462
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The method comprises: depositing a first transparent electrode layer on a base substrate, coating first photoresist on the transparent electrode layer, and performing exposure and development on the first photoresist to retain the first photoresist at a location where a first transparent electrode is to be formed, so that a first photoresist pattern is formed; etching the first transparent electrode layer with the first photoresist pattern, so as to form the first transparent electrode; and depositing a second transparent electrode layer on the base substrate after the etching, and then performing a photoresist lifting-off process on the first photoresist pattern to remove a part of the second transparent electrode layer on the first photoresist pattern so that a second transparent electrode is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Qin, Yun Dong
  • Patent number: 9019445
    Abstract: Uneven brightness is less likely to occur in lighting devices at low cost. A backlight unit 12 includes LEDs 17, a chassis 14 having a bottom plate 14a and housing the LEDs 17, and an LED drive controller 24 controlling drive of the LEDs 17. The LEDs 17 are arranged in a matrix in row and column directions (X-axis direction and Y-axis direction) along the bottom plate 14a, forming respective LED groups 25 each along the row direction. The LED groups 25 include a middle LED group 28 and an end side LED group 29. The middle LED group 28 is located in a middle portion of the bottom plate 14a in the column direction group and the end side LED group 29 is located closer to an end of the bottom part from the middle portion group. The LED drive controller 24 controls light of at least one of the middle LED group 28 and the end side LED group 29 such that the end side LED group 29 has relatively high brightness and the middle LED group 28 has relatively low brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaharu Shimizu, Mamoru Takaya
  • Patent number: 9016921
    Abstract: A light emitting diode assembly includes: a light emitting diode (LED) printed circuit board (PCB) having a base layer, an insulating layer on the base layer and a circuit pattern layer on the insulating layer, the LED PCB including a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other; and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) inserted into the plurality of through holes, respectively, from a bottom surface of the LED PCB, each of the plurality of LEDs including a lead contacting the circuit pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Min Kweon, Ji-Woon Min, Ho-Young Cheon
  • Patent number: 9019438
    Abstract: A 3D image display apparatus featuring a new polarization system is introduced which minimizes crosstalk between stereoimages. The polarization system includes a shutter panel that shifts the phase of an incident light, a polarizing film disposed between the shutter panel and an observer, a first retardation film disposed between the shutter panel and the polarizing film, a second retardation film disposed between the polarizing film and the first retardation film to correspond to the left eye of the observer, and a third retardation film disposed between the polarizing film and the first retardation film to correspond to the right eye of the observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Gu Lee, Hee Wook Do, Tecksoo Kim, Seungbeom Park, DuckJong Suh, Min Oh Choi
  • Patent number: 9013667
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a pair of substrates that are bonded together with a sealing member having a closed loop shape that is formed around a display region with a space maintained from the display region; and a liquid crystal layer that is disposed between the pair of substrates so as to maintain a cell gap of a predetermined thickness, wherein, between the display region and the sealing member, a cell thick area, in which a cell gap larger than the cell gap of the display region is formed, is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventor: Hayato Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 9013646
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first liquid crystal display panel which performs an image display; a second liquid crystal display panel which is arranged on a back surface side of the first liquid crystal display panel and performs a display of a parallax barrier pattern; a backlight unit which is arranged on a back surface side of the second liquid crystal display panel; and a first polarization reflector which is arranged between the first liquid crystal display panel and the second liquid crystal display panel, and allows the transmission of light having a polarization component, which has one polarization direction, of lights having two polarization components orthogonal to each other and reflects the light having a polarization component orthogonal to the polarization direction, wherein the first polarization reflector reflects the backlight light corresponding to the light blocking regions to the second liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Oka, Shinichi Komura
  • Patent number: 8982288
    Abstract: The invention provides a process capable of fabricating a cholesteric liquid crystal medium having a volume hologram with efficiency yet without recourse to complicated steps such as an alignment step. This is achievable as follows. A volume hologram layer is formed on a substrate, and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer is then formed on another substrate. The volume hologram layer and the cholesteric liquid crystal layer are laminated together via a bonding layer. Further, a bonding for lamination onto an application member is formed on either the volume hologram layer side or the cholesteric liquid crystal layer side to obtain a cholesteric liquid crystal medium having a volume hologram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masachika Watanabe, Masanori Umeya, Koji Eto, Tsuyoshi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8896786
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has brightness uniformity at its front and lateral sides. 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. The prism pattern extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The average height is in a range of about 0.1% to about 10% of the thickness of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Min Seo, Jee-Hong Min, Young-Chan Kim, Moon-Gyu Lee, Kyu-Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 8879034
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an insulating film having a tilted face, the tilted face sloping down toward inside of an opening area of a pixel arranged in a pixel area in plan view, and a pixel electrode that is disposed in the pixel on an upper layer side relative to the insulating film and is formed so as to include at least an area that overlaps the tilted face of the insulating film in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takunori Iki
  • Patent number: 8879012
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a fabrication method thereof, and a liquid crystal display device having the same are disclosed. The array substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a fabrication method thereof, and a liquid crystal display device having the same according to the present disclosure eliminate optical loss by use of a shielding film that can decrease the optic leakage current to minimize the optic leakage loss, thus it is possible to improve the picture quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo Ho Moon, Chul Gu Lee, Seong Woo Jeong, Jeong Yeon Kim, Ji Suk Kim, Hoon Choi, Sang Moo Park, Sang Kug Han
  • Patent number: 8860918
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a narrow black matrix located outside an effective display region. The device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, first conduction lines spaced apart from each other on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate, a first insulating layer covering the first conduction lines, second conduction lines spaced apart from each other on the first insulating layer and formed in regions corresponding to intervals of the first conduction lines, a second insulating layer covering the second conduction line, a sealant interposed between the second insulating layer and the second substrate and overlapping at least a portion of the first and second conduction lines, and a black matrix interposed between the second substrate and the sealant and overlapping the first and second conduction lines and the sealant. At least one kind of conduction lines is formed of a transparent conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Ryun Park, Sang-Woo Park, Sun-Kyo Jung
  • Patent number: 8854561
    Abstract: A LCD panel in which a pixel has a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area, each area having a storage capacitor. Each pixel has a first gate line for providing a first gate-line signal for charging the first and second storage capacitors, and a second gate line for providing a second gate-line signal for removing part of the charges in the second storage capacitor to a third capacitor after the first gate-line signal has passed. The width of the first and second gate-line signals and their timing can be varied so that the first gate-line signal provided to a row can be used as the second gate-line signal to one of the preceding rows. In some embodiments, a pixel in each row has a duplicate pixel arranged to similarly receive the first and second gate-line signals, but data signals are received from different data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Pei-Chun Liao, Tien-Lun Ting, Wen-Hao Hsu, Hung-Lung Hou
  • Patent number: 8845172
    Abstract: A reflective plate includes a high heat conductivity material having a first heat conductivity and a reflective material having a second heat conductivity on the high heat conductivity material, wherein the first heat conductivity of the high heat conductivity material is greater than the second heat conductivity of the reflective material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myong Gi Jang, Gi Bin Kim, Tae Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 8848139
    Abstract: An optical member including: a Fresnel lens sheet for deflecting and emitting deflected light, A louver for restricting a direction of light rays, where the louver restricts the traveling direction of incident light from the deflecting element to a direction that is parallel to the optical path of the incident light, and emits the restricted light. The Fresnel lens sheet is disposed so that a machined surface thereof faces the louver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Niioka, Ken Sumiyoshi, Shin-Ichi Uehara, Masao Imai, Kenichi Takatori, Fujio Okumura
  • Patent number: 8848142
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method fabricating the same are provided. The LCD device and the method of fabricating the same have the shielding means formed directly on the array substrate instead of the color filter substrate of the opposite substrate to the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-In Park, Dai-Yun Lee, Young-Joo Kim, Su-Hyuk Kang
  • Patent number: 8842250
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first and a second substrate placed opposite each other, a first electrode provided on the first substrate extending in a first direction, a second electrode provided on the second substrate extending in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and a vertically-aligned liquid crystal layer provided between the two substrates. A pixel is defined where the two electrodes intersect, and alignment treatment is performed to the first or second substrate in a direction parallel to the first direction. The first electrode has a linear shape in which electrode edges on either side extend in the first direction, and the second electrode is of a polygonal line shape in which an electrode edge of one side includes a line segment which obliquely crosses the first direction, and the pixel is demarcated by pixel edges including obliquely crossing line segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Iwamoto, Kunihiko Katano, Hiroto Fukushima
  • Patent number: 8842245
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin film pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises forming an organic material pattern on a substrate, forming a metal material of liquid phase on a substrate provided with the organic material pattern, hardening the metal material of liquid phase, and removing the metal material located on the organic material pattern, allowing some metal material to be left at an area non-overlapped with the organic material pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kye Chan Song, Kang Il Kim
  • Patent number: 8836896
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical sheet for controlling the direction of light rays which is used for manufacturing backlight units of TFT-LCDs for computer monitors and televisions, and more specifically to an optical sheet which can uniformly diffuse light, improve brightness, and adjust viewing angle. There is provided an optical sheet for controlling the direction of light rays comprising a substrate film; a microlens group arranged on a first face of the substrate film; and a plurality of protuberances formed on a second face of the substrate film, wherein each protuberance comprises a reflective layer at the bottom thereof, and the plurality of protuberances comprise an aperture formed therebetween, and wherein a unit microlens of the microlens group has a first side and a second side with different radii of curvature from each other with respect to a light emission control part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc.
    Inventors: Jun-Sang Park, Jeong-Tae Seo, Hee-Cheong Lee, Sang-Hoon Lee, Tae-Yong Ryu