Patents Examined by Paisley L Arendt
  • Patent number: 9671626
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described herein related to a see through head mountable device (HMD) configured to reduce glare originating from polarized light. Each eyeglass of the HMD is associated with a grid comprising a plurality of dynamically configurable polarization filters placed in the path of the light. A polarization analyzer module analyzes the polarization characteristics of a field of view and performs an optimization calculation. The polarization analyzer controls the said grid via a controller module in such a way that the filter state of each grid element can be addressed separately. The grid of polarization filters causes the polarization characteristics of the incident light to be adapted in such a way as to reduce glare and/or to provide a user of the said head mountable device with an enhanced visual perception of the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Maximilian Ralph Peter von und zu Liechtenstein
  • Patent number: 9658454
    Abstract: An eyewear display system includes a camera coupled to capture an image of an object in a surrounding environment. A projector is coupled to receive the captured image to output a projected image. A polarizing beam splitter optically coupled to receive the projected image and an actual view of the surrounding environment. The polarizing beam splitter is optically coupled to output a combined view of the projected image combined with the actual view of the surrounding environment. The combined image is to be directed to an eye of a user. An intensity controller is optically coupled between the surrounding environment and the polarizing beam splitter to controlling an intensity of the actual view of the surrounding environment received by the polarizing beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Hasan Gadjali
  • Patent number: 9651810
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. The first and substrate includes a plurality of pixel areas and a non-pixel area disposed adjacent to the pixel areas. The display panel further includes a plurality of signal lines disposed on the second substrate. The display panel further includes a color filter disposed on the first substrate or the second substrate. The display panel further includes an inorganic layer disposed on the color filter layer, an organic layer disposed on the inorganic layer, and a conductive layer disposed on the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HongKee Chin, Yunjong Yeo, Yui-Ku Lee, Yu-Gwang Jeong, Jin-Young Choi, Sanggab Kim
  • Patent number: 9645297
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The backlight module includes a light guiding plate having at least one light incident surface, a light source unit being arranged close to the light incident surface, and a light conversion unit being fixed between the light source unit and the light incident surface. The light conversion unit converts light beams emitted from the light source unit to white light beams. The light conversion unit is a complex fluorescent material bar of quantum dots having a plurality of fluorescent quantum dots, and the light beams emitted from the activated fluorescent quantum dots are composited with the light beams emitted from the light conversion unit to generate white light beams. The fixing process of the complex fluorescent material bar is simplified. In addition, by utilizing the quantum effects, the NTSC value of the backlight module is greatly enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Quan Li
  • Patent number: 9645453
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal panel and a display device, the liquid crystal panel comprising: an upper substrate and a lower substrate disposed opposite each other; and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. A plurality of first common electrodes and a plurality of first pixel electrodes alternately arranged are formed on the lower substrate, and a plurality of second common electrodes or second pixel electrodes are formed on the upper substrate. Positions where the plurality of second common electrodes or second pixel electrodes are formed correspond to positions where the plurality of first electrodes or first pixel electrodes are formed. According to technical solutions of the present invention, electric field distribution in liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal panel may be improved, transmittance of the liquid crystal panel may be increased, and voltage of the pixel electrode corresponding to the maximum transmittance may be lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingying Qu, Honglin Zhang, Dan Wang
  • Patent number: 9645439
    Abstract: A wire grid polarizer capable of improving light efficiency by applying a nano-wire grid pattern optimized to a LCD panel, a method of manufacturing thereof, and a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device provided with the wire grid polarizer are provided. The wire grid polarizer of the present invention has a plurality of areas, and a shape of a wire grid pattern of an area among the plurality of areas is different from those of the other areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Shinill Kang
  • Patent number: 9638957
    Abstract: An embodiment of present invention discloses a liquid crystal display provided with viewing angle compensation. The liquid crystal display provided with viewing angle compensation comprises a liquid crystal cell in a vertical arrangement, upper and lower polarizer sheets, and further comprises the first biaxial compensation film provided between the liquid crystal cell and the lower polarizer sheet, the second biaxial compensation film provided between the liquid crystal cell and the upper polarizer sheet, and a monoaxial compensation film provided at the upside and/or downside of the liquid crystal cell. The embodiment of present invention may be applicable for the viewing angle compensation in wide viewing-angle techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yafeng Yang, Guangkui Qin, Jiaoming Lu, Jaegeon You
  • Patent number: 9638950
    Abstract: A display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A liquid crystal layer may be located between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The display may have an active area surrounded by an inactive area. The opaque border layer may contain first and second opaque layers in the inactive area. The first opaque layer may have an opening in the inactive area that is overlapped by an isolation layer. The second opaque layer may be located in the inactive area and may overlap the opening in the first opaque layer to block light in the inactive area. The isolation layer may be interposed between the first and second opaque layers and may prevent static charge from an electrostatic discharge event along the edge of the display from migrating to the active area through the opaque border in the inactive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Young Cheol Yang, Xinyu Zhu, Jin Yan, Cheng Chen, Po-Wen Chiu, Jun Qi, Victor H. Yin
  • Patent number: 9632357
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel and a backlight unit. The backlight unit comprises: a bottom cover; a light source module mounted on the bottom cover and including: light sources arranged at uniform intervals; and a circuit board on which the light sources are mounted; a reflective layer placed above the light source module to reflect the light emitted from the light sources towards the display panel; a screening layer disposed over the reflective layer at a distance therefrom and having patterned holes to allow only a portion of the light reflected from the reflective layer to be transmitted; and a spacer disposed between the reflective layer and the screening layer to form a light guide layer defined by a vacant space between the reflective layer and the screening layer and to maintain the uniform height of the light guide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chilkeun Park, Sangcheon Kim, Mangeun Kim, Hyouk Kwon, Hyunho Lee
  • Patent number: 9632345
    Abstract: A transmissive liquid crystal (LC) control structure comprising: a superstrate (44) having a first surface (44a) having a GaN HEMT structure disposed thereon to provide a conductor on the first surface of said superstrate; a substrate (42) having a first surface disposed over and spaced apart from the first surface of said superstrate and having a GaN HEMT structure (43) disposed thereon to provide a conductor on the first surface of said substrate and wherein the GaN HEMT structure on one of the superstrate and substrate surfaces are patterned into individual electrodes; a polymer network liquid crystal (PNLC) (48) disposed in the space between the first surface of said superstrate and the first surface of said substrate; and a control circuit coupled to the individual electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Terry A. Dorschner, Irl W. Smith, Amanda J. Kirchner, Steven R. Collins, Daniel P. Resler, Linda A. Palmaccio
  • Patent number: 9632350
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight assembly including a light source that generates a light and an optical sheet that transmits the light, and a display panel disposed on the backlight assembly. The optical sheet includes a light-transmitting portion and an extending portion that are formed as a unitary single unit, and further includes a side light-blocking portion that is combined with the extending portion. The light-transmitting portion extends in a first direction, and the extending portion extends continuously from an end of the light-transmitting portion in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Ha Nam, Won-Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 9625757
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device, include a first substrate includes a first pixel electrode including m first strip electrodes, a second pixel electrode including m second strip electrodes, a third pixel electrode including n third strip electrodes, a fourth pixel electrode including m fourth strip electrodes, a fifth pixel electrode including m fifth strip electrodes, and a sixth pixel electrode including n sixth strip electrodes, m and n being positive integers and unequal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Atsuko Oono, Arihiro Takeda, Jin Hirosawa, Satoru Kawasaki, Yuji Maede, Saori Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9629244
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first main body, a guide member disposed on a side surface of the first main body, and a connecting member disposed on the first main body. The second connector is configured to be combined with the first connector. The second connector includes a second main body, a fixing member disposed on a side surface of the second main body and rotatably connected to each side surfaces at an end portion of the second main body, and a connecting pad disposed on the second main body to contact with the connecting member. Thus, the first connector and the second connector may combine and separate easily, so that a damage of the connector assembly may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song-Ho Choi, Yun-Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 9625773
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD), which comprises: back plate; light-guiding plate, disposed on top of back plate; optical film, disposed on top of light-guiding plate; mold frame, connected to back plate to fix optical film and light-guiding plate; LCD panel, disposed on top of mold frame, comprising upper and lower glass substrates disposed oppositely, both glass substrates comprising bottom surface, top surface and side surface connecting top and bottom surfaces; driving chip, flexible circuit board, comprising metal wire and connected to LCD panel; wherein driving chip bonded to flexible circuit board, coupled through metal wire of flexible circuit board to LCD panel; joint of bottom and side surfaces of upper glass substrate disposed with first routing gap, flexible circuit board connected to LCD panel routing through first routing gap. The LCD can effectively hide COF in liquid crystal display to maximize borderless LCD design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yanxue Zhang
  • Patent number: 9618794
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display apparatus in which a retardation ?nd of a liquid crystal layer is greater than 2 ?m. Absorbing axes of the first polarizer and the second polarizer are in parallel to an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules on surfaces of the first substrate or the second substrate. A slow axis of the optical film and the absorbing axes of the first polarizer and the second polarizer are in parallel to each other or orthogonal to each other. An in-plane retardation of the optical film is from 300 nm to 430 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Hamamoto, Yoshihisa Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 9618807
    Abstract: Methods and devices to compensate for image color variance due to display temperatures are provided. In one example, a display of an electronic device may include a first pixel section that has multiple pixels. The pixels may include a red subpixel, green subpixel, and blue subpixel that each has a respective aperture ratio. The display may also include a second pixel section that has multiple pixels. Again, the pixels may include a red subpixel, green subpixel, and blue subpixel that each has a respective aperture ratio. One or more of the subpixel aperture ratios of the first pixel section may be greater than a respective one or more of the subpixel aperture ratios of the second section to overcome image color variance that may exist due to temperature variations of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Chia-Ching Chu
  • Patent number: 9618659
    Abstract: A display panel according to the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged opposite to each other, and an outer surface of the second substrate includes a display region and a border region surrounding the display region. Wherein, the display panel further includes a plurality of light guides provided on the outer surface of the second substrate, and the light guides include first light guides, which are provided at edges of the display region so as to guide light emitted from the edges of the display region towards an upside of at least a part of the border region. Since the first light guides guide light emitted from the edges of the display region towards an upside of at least a part of the border region, display with a narrow border or even display without a border can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiuxia Yang, Feng Bai, Yiming Zhao
  • Patent number: 9622365
    Abstract: An electronic device (100) includes a housing member (103) and a display layer (512). The display includes two substrate layers (404,405) sealed together at a seam (408) disposed along a periphery (602) of each substrate layer. A compression gasket (604) is disposed between the housing member and the display, the compression gasket being disposed against the display interior to the seam. A second compression gasket (995) can be disposed interior to the compression gasket to provide a dampening function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Joseph L. Allore, David G. Fliszar, Jason P. Wojack
  • Patent number: 9606381
    Abstract: A display device includes: pixels corresponding to respective plural colors arranged in matrix, wherein each pixel has a pixel circuit portion in which a circuit for display driving of the pixel is arranged and a pixel opening to be an area obtaining effective display light, the pixel openings of the pixels corresponding to at least one color have an area different from areas of the pixel openings of pixels corresponding to other colors, and the pixel circuit portions in respective pixels are arranged at equal pitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Hironao Tanaka, Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 9606392
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate including red, green, blue and white sub-pixel areas; red, green and blue color filter layers respectively in the red, green and blue sub-pixel areas; and a dummy color filter layer in the white sub-pixel area. The dummy color filter layer is adjacent to at least one of the red color filter layer, the green color filter layer, and the blue color filter layer, and the dummy color filter layer forms a step with the adjacent color filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyun Park, Jung-Soo Lee, Jeong Min Park, You Young Jin, Ji-Hyun Kim, Jun Chun, Jin Ho Ju