Patents Examined by Paisley L Wilson
  • Patent number: 12386227
    Abstract: The present application provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device. The display panel includes a light-transmitting region and a light-shielding region disposed at a periphery of the light-transmitting region. A thickness of a passivation layer of the display panel in the light-transmitting region is less than a thickness of the passivation layer in the light-shielding region, so as to reduce a thickness of an insulating layer between a pixel electrode and a common electrode. In this way, when a certain electric field is formed, a driving voltage which is required can be reduced, so as to reduce power consumption of the display panel, thereby alleviating an urgent need to reduce power consumption of display screen in prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bichan Zhao, Fen Long
  • Patent number: 12386215
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a cover configured to support a rear surface of the display panel, and a roller configured to wind or unwind the display panel and the cover. The cover includes an upper cover bonded to the display panel, and the upper cover includes a first upper cover and a second upper cover. The second upper cover includes a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions, and the first upper cover is disposed between the display panel and the second upper cover. The first upper cover is disposed to engage with the plurality of concave portions and the plurality of convex portions of the second upper cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: ChounSung Kang, Daeyun Kim, GeunChang Park
  • Patent number: 12353104
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors provided on the base substrate corresponding to a plurality of subpixels; color filters provided on the plurality of thin film transistors, respectively, and including colored layers of predetermined colors corresponding to the plurality of subpixels, respectively; a first transparent electrode provided above the color filters; a second transparent electrode provided on the first transparent electrode with an inorganic protection film interposed therebetween, the second transparent electrode including a slit having a belt shape; and an antireflection layer provided in a belt shape on the inorganic protection film in a boundary portion between the colored layers of different colors among the predetermined colors and including a first metal layer, an intermediate layer, and a second metal layer layered in order. The antireflection layer is provided with a cut-away portion not overlapping an end portion of the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Katsunori Misaki
  • Patent number: 12345976
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes an element substrate, a terminal provided at the element substrate, an FPC substrate electrically coupled to the terminal, a counter substrate disposed overlapping with the element substrate, a heater including a coupling portion provided at the counter substrate, an FPC substrate electrically coupled to the coupling portion, and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the element substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the terminal is provided outside one side of a rectangular region in which the element substrate and the counter substrate overlap with each other in plan view, and the coupling portion is provided outside sides other than the one side of the rectangular region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunari Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 12345907
    Abstract: An object of present invention is to provide an optical laminate that can be used for a reflective circular polarizer with little occurrence of a ghost in a case of being used in a virtual reality display device, an electronic finder, or the like; a laminated optical film including the reflective circular polarizer; an optical article including the optical laminate; and a virtual reality display device including the optical article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Saneto, Yujiro Yanai, Yohei Hamachi, Akira Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12332523
    Abstract: A display panel and a display terminal are disclosed. display panel. The display panel has a display area and a non-display area on at least one side of the display area. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a first metal layer on the first substrate, the first metal layer including a first metal part disposed in the display area and a second metal part disposed in the non-display area; and a second metal layer on a side of the first metal layer away from the first substrate, the second metal layer including a third metal part in the display area and a fourth metal part in the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Guangzhou China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., LTd.
    Inventors: Jing Yu, Juan Xiao
  • Patent number: 12313927
    Abstract: A decoration panel includes a first substrate, a first transparent conductive element, a transparent structure, a second substrate, a second transparent conductive element, and a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer. The first transparent conductive element is disposed on the first substrate. The transparent structure is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The second transparent conductive element is disposed on the second substrate. The first cholesteric liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first transparent conductive element and the second transparent conductive element. A display apparatus is adapted to render a decoration pattern, and the decoration pattern corresponds to the transparent structure. Moreover, a display apparatus including the decoration panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chuan Chen, Wei-Jen Su, Hsin Chiang Chiang, Chun-Han Lee, Peng-Yu Chen, Ko-Ruey Jen, Yung-Chih Chen
  • Patent number: 12313950
    Abstract: An optical path control member according to an embodiment comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode provided on the upper portion of the first substrate; a second substrate provided on the first substrate; a second electrode provided on the lower portion of the second substrate; and an optical conversion unit provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the optical conversion unit comprises partition wall parts and accommodation parts which are alternately arranged. The accommodation parts have a light transmission rate that varies according to the application of a voltage, and the accommodation parts comprise a plurality of unit accommodation cells spaced apart from each other, and comprises a dispersion and light-absorbing particles which are dispersed in the dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Sik Lee, Byung Sook Kim, Jin Gyeong Park, In Hae Lee, Young Ju Han
  • Patent number: 12298625
    Abstract: An electronic mirror device includes: a liquid crystal panel that displays an image; a linearly reflective polarizing layer that transmits a polarization component of incident light in a first direction and reflects a polarization component of the incident light in a second direction different from the first direction; a glass that transmits the incident light; and a PET film bonded to the glass. The linearly reflective polarizing layer is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the PET film. The PET film contains polyethylene terephthalate and has a retardation value in a range of 2000 nm or more and 4000 nm or less. An angle between a slow axis of the PET film and a polarization reflection axis of the linearly reflective polarizing layer is 30 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Sato
  • Patent number: 12292646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light modulation device having pixels. Essentially, the one half of the pixels are reflective and the other half of the pixels are transmissive. The reflective pixels are arranged in alternation with the transmissive pixels in the same substrate plane. The light modulation device also has a backplane, which has transistors and data lines for conducting signals to the pixels. Each pixel is assigned at least one transistor and at least two data lines. The transistors and the data lines of each adjacent pair of a reflective pixel and a transmissive pixel are arranged under the reflective pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SEEREAL TECHNOLOGIES S.A.
    Inventors: Norbert Leister, Bo Kroll
  • Patent number: 12286328
    Abstract: In order to make an operation display device that performs floor setting or maintenance work remotely with a remote controller smaller and better in design, it is equipped with: a faceplate 6 having a display opening 6a; a transmissive plate 7 closing the display opening 6a; an internal sheet metal 9 having a wiring opening 9a and disposed on the back side of the faceplate 6; a liquid crystal display 8 fixed to the front face of the internal sheet metal 9 so as to face the display opening 6a and having a cable 10 passed through the wiring opening 9a to the back side of the internal sheet metal 9; and an infrared receiving device 12 provided on the back side of the internal sheet metal 9 to receive infrared rays 5a from the remote controller 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yumiko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12282221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmittance-variable optical laminate, a method for manufacturing same, a smart window comprising same, and a vehicle and building window or door employing same, the optical laminate comprising: a first polarizing plate including a first polarizer and a polarization rotation layer; a first transparent conductive layer formed on one surface of the first polarizing plate; a second polarizing plate including a second polarizer and a retardation layer, and facing the first polarizing plate; a second transparent conductive layer formed on one surface of the second polarizing plate, and facing the first transparent conductive layer; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Su Kim, Sung-Ho Baek, Hong-Jun Ahn, Pyoung-Yun Oh
  • Patent number: 12278256
    Abstract: A display apparatus, includes: a liquid crystal panel; and a backlight configured to provide light to the liquid crystal panel, the backlight including a substrate and a light-emitting diode (LED) that is mounted on the substrate. The LED includes a plurality of light-emitting layers configured to emit light of different wavelengths. A wavelength of light emitted from each of the plurality of light-emitting layers is greater than or equal to 430 nm and less than or equal to 480 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungyeol Kim, Kyehoon Lee, Punjae Choi, Sooyoung Park, Chunsoon Park, Junsung Choi
  • Patent number: 12276876
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a display panel having an imaging area and a display area, wherein at least a portion of the display area surrounds the imaging area; and an imaging module located on a non-display side of the display panel and including an imaging element and a driving mechanism, wherein the driving mechanism drives the imaging element to move within an orthographic projection range of the imaging area. The display device of the present disclosure can address the problem that the imaging element is fixedly mounted in a position and the imaging range thereof is not adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuliang Yu, Suimang Song
  • Patent number: 12265289
    Abstract: A display module and a display device are provided. The display module includes a display panel and a compensation display assembly disposed in a frame region of the display panel. The compensation display assembly includes a viewing angle brightness adjustment layer. The viewing angle brightness adjustment layer includes an anti-peep function layer configured to adjust a brightness of the light emitted from the display function layer within a side viewing angle range of the display module after exiting from a side of the viewing angle brightness adjustment layer away from the display function layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongyuan Xu, Xing Lei, Meinan Li
  • Patent number: 12265303
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate behind the liquid crystal panel; a light source adjacent to a thickness surface of the light guide plate and configured to emit light toward the thickness surface of the light guide plate; a rear chassis behind the light guide plate; and a holder coupled to the rear chassis and supporting the light guide plate, wherein the holder includes: a first tooth; a first tooth groove next to the first tooth; a second tooth facing the first tooth; and a second tooth groove next to the second tooth, wherein in a first state, the first tooth is disposed outside the second tooth groove and the second tooth is disposed outside the first tooth groove, and in a second state, the first tooth is inserted into the second tooth groove and the second tooth is inserted into the first tooth groove, and wherein the holder is configured to elastically deform between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungpil Choi, Byoungjin Cho, Yeonkyun Park, Yonghwan Park
  • Patent number: 12261405
    Abstract: An optical apparatus for spectrally shaping a laser beam within a fiber MOPA laser is disclosed. The apparatus includes a birefringent optic and a linear polarizer. The laser beam is divided between two orthogonal polarization axes of the birefringent optic having polarization mode dispersion. Propagation of the laser beam through the birefringent optic causes a wavelength-dependent phase shift between components of the laser beam in the two polarization axes. A polarizing direction of the polarizer is oriented between the two polarization axes. Propagation of the polarization-dispersed laser beam through the polarizer modulates the power spectral density of a transmitted portion of the laser beam. This spectral modulation can be tuned to shape a Gaussian spectral distribution from the master oscillator into a uniform spectral distribution for amplification by the power amplifier. The uniform spectrally-shaped laser beam can be amplified to higher powers than the original Gaussian laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Nufern
    Inventor: Mitchell Underwood, III
  • Patent number: 12248204
    Abstract: A reflective polarization rotator based on a twisted nematic (TN) liquid crystal (LC) configuration may be optimized for achromatic performance in both bright and dark states by compensating wavelength dependence of polarization transformation by the TN LC layer. At linear achromatic input polarization, the compensation aims to provide a circular achromatic polarization at the reflector, which guarantees the achromaticity of the 90 degrees polarization rotation on double pass. The compensation takes care to preserve linear polarization at the reflector when the LC device is driven to a vertical LC director configuration. Such an approach ensures that the performance of the polarization rotator is achromatic in both driven and undriven states of the LC device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platform Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gary D. Sharp, David Coleman
  • Patent number: 12244786
    Abstract: A display device based on micro light emitting diodes (microLEDs) includes a plurality of chiplets. Each chiplet includes one or more raxels, each raxel including a plurality of microLEDs supported on a substrate. The chiplet also includes a micro integrated circuit (microIC) electronically connected with the one or more raxels. MicroIC includes a plurality of interconnects supported on a backplane such that, when connected with the raxel, microIC may be used to electrically drive each one of the MicroLED of the raxel. In an embodiment, a plurality of chiplets are disposed on a display substrate to for an auto-view horizontal parallax only 3D display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Klug, Gang He, Richard Schneider, James Richard Dodd, Craig Peters
  • Patent number: 12242146
    Abstract: A display device and a method of assembling the display device are discussed. The display device includes a liquid crystal panel displaying an image, a backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal panel, a cover bottom having the backlight unit mounted thereon, a rear cover accommodating the cover bottom, and a guide panel surrounding an edge of the liquid crystal panel and supporting the liquid crystal panel, wherein the cover bottom and the guide panel are integrated by an insert injection method so that an end of the cover bottom is inserted into the guide panel, and an outer surface of the guide panel is obliquely provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeongho Kim, Inkwon Kim