Patents Examined by Paul C Lee
  • Patent number: 11698548
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus, includes: a light-condensing backlight unit; a liquid crystal panel including a first linear polarizer and a second linear polarizer; a light scattering film facing the second linear polarizer; and a third linear polarizer facing the light scattering film. The light scattering film includes a functional layer including an organic polymer compound and light scattering particles. The functional layer includes a particle layer in which a fraction of 60% by volume to 100% by volume of the light scattering particles included in the functional layer expands along a surface of the particle layer at which the light output from the liquid crystal panel is received, and the particle layer is concentrated to a region having a thickness of 1 to 80% of a total thickness of the functional layer, in a direction perpendicular to the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Yoshida, Atsuko Maeda, Nobuaki Ikenaka, Katsumi Kondo, Toshihiro Yamashita, Hideki Nakagawa, Sumire Hombo, Mitsuhiro Takeba, Shintaro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11697770
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition with which a light absorption anisotropic film excellent in plane shape uniformity with a high alignment degree can be formed, a method of producing same, a light absorption anisotropic film, a laminate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition contains a high-molecular weight liquid crystal compound, and a dichroic substance, where the composition is a copolymer containing 90% by mass or more of a repeating unit (1) of Formula (1) and 10% by mass or less of a repeating unit (2) of Formula (2). In Formulae (1) and (2), P1 to P3 represent main chains, L1 to L3 represent a single bond or divalent linking group, P2 to SP3 represent a single bond or spacer group (SP1), M1 to M3 represent mesogenic groups, T1 represents a terminal group, and n and m are integers of 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuyama, Wataru Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11686976
    Abstract: A phase delay device, its preparation method and a display equipment are provided. The phase delay device includes linear polarization layer, alignment layer and liquid crystal layer. The linear polarization layer is configured to convert received light into a linear polarization light; the alignment layer is configured to align liquid crystals of a first subpart of the liquid crystal layer based on a preset alignment angle; the liquid crystal layer is located at a side of the alignment layer away from the linear polarization layer, and includes a first subpart adjacent to the alignment layer, a second subpart having a spiral structure with a preset spiral angle and a third subpart; a liquid crystal alignment angle of the third subpart is determined based on the preset alignment angle and the preset spiral angle; birefringence of the liquid crystal layer does not decrease with an increase of visible light wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Rayboch Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 11682880
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a device, such as a wearable display device configured with a laser diode driver implementing dynamic voltage control for laser diodes. The laser diodes may include one or more of a red laser diode, a blue laser diode, and a green laser diode. The device may determine a load condition based on a frame to be displayed at the device, and determine a target voltage level for a laser diode operably coupled to the laser diode driver of the device based on the load condition (e.g., an image signal processor (ISP) frame buffer load). The device may generate the target voltage level for the laser diode based on a base voltage level. For example, the device may be configured with a voltage booster operably coupled to the laser diode driver to provide the target voltage level in addition to the base voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Kai Xu, Kevin Orr
  • Patent number: 11675236
    Abstract: A display device with less light leakage and excellent contrast is provided. A display device having a high aperture ratio and including a large-capacitance capacitor is provided. A display device in which wiring delay due to parasitic capacitance is reduced is provided. A display device includes a transistor over a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, a signal line electrically connected to the transistor, a scan line electrically connected to the transistor and intersecting with the signal line, and a common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode and the signal line with an insulating film provided therebetween. The common electrode includes stripe regions extending in a direction intersecting with the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11668979
    Abstract: A liquid crystal cell including at least two substrates transparent to visible part of light spectrum, a liquid crystal layer encased between the substrates, and a stack of functional layers formed over the substrates and enclosed between a given substrate and the liquid crystal layer. In a direction from the given substrate towards the liquid crystal layer, said stack comprises a first dielectric layer, a transparent electrode layer, and a second dielectric layer. A refractive index of the first dielectric layer lies in a range between a refractive index of the given substrate and a refractive index of the transparent electrode layer. A refractive index of the second dielectric layer lies in a range between the refractive index of the transparent electrode layer and a refractive index of the liquid crystal layer corresponding to a homeotropic alignment of a liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Lightspace Technologies, SIA
    Inventors: Ainars Ozols, Ilmars Osmanis, Kriss Osmanis, Martins Narels, Gatis Mozolevskis, Roberts Zabels
  • Patent number: 11662618
    Abstract: A counter substrate for a liquid crystal device is provided and includes an insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface facing to the first surface, a first light shielding layer extending in a first direction and a second light shielding layer extending in a second direction crossing the first direction at the first surface side, wherein the first light shielding layer and the second light shielding layer are layered while contacting each other at a crossing part, the first light shielding layer contacts the first surface, and the second light shielding layer contacts the first surface in the part other than the crossing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Kawamura, Seiji Uejima, Koichiro Adachi, Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11665930
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a poly-silicon layer disposed on the first substrate; a first metal layer disposed on the poly-silicon layer and including a gate electrode; a first insulating layer disposed on the first metal layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer; a second metal layer covering a part of the second insulating layer; and a light emitting diode unit electrically connected to a first portion of the second metal layer, wherein a thickness of the second insulating layer under the second metal layer is larger than a thickness of the second insulating layer uncovered with the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuang-Pin Chao, Yun-Sheng Chen, Ming-Chien Sun
  • Patent number: 11656502
    Abstract: A vertical alignment liquid crystal display module including a vertical alignment liquid crystal display panel and an image color switch film is provided. The image color switch film is disposed on the vertical alignment liquid crystal display panel. In various viewing angle directions having included angles of 60 degrees to 75 degrees with respect to a normal of the image color switch film, the image color switch film has a following optical characteristic: an average transmittance of a visible light transmittance spectrum of the image color switch film at an end of short wavelength is less than an average transmittance of the visible light transmittance spectrum of the image color switch film at an end of long wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Chung-Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 11650463
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell bonded to the first liquid crystal cell. Each of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, one or more first spacers disposed inside the sealant and holding the gap, and a plurality of second spacers disposed in an effective area surrounded by the sealant and holding the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Junko Nagasawa, Hiroya Morimoto, Yuji Maede
  • Patent number: 11650452
    Abstract: Disclosed are display devices and methods of fabricating the same. The display device comprises a display panel, an optical layer on the display panel, and a backlight unit that is below the display panel and provides the display panel with light. The optical layer includes a plurality of optical fiber segments, and an air layer between the optical fiber segments. The light generated from the backlight unit is provided to the optical fiber segments through the display panel, and the light is diffused by the optical fiber segments and an air layer dispersed among the optical fiber segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juyoun Son, Dohun Kim, Jieun Nam, Jae Sul An, Kise Lee, Young-keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11644715
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; and a vertical alignment-type liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a backplane circuit, a first interlayer insulating layer covering the backplane circuit, a first reflective electrode provided on the first interlayer insulating layer and including a first region located in each of pixels and a second region located between any two adjacent pixels, a second interlayer insulating layer covering the first reflective electrode, and a pixel electrode provided on the second interlayer insulating layer in each pixel. The pixel electrode is electrically connected with the backplane circuit in first and second contact holes formed in the first and second interlayer insulating layers. The first substrate further includes a second reflective electrode provided on the second interlayer insulating layer so as to overlap the first contact hole as seen in a direction normal to a display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Satoh, Takahiro Sasaki, Hiroyuki Hakoi, Ming Ni
  • Patent number: 11644707
    Abstract: A viewing angle expansion film, a method for preparing the same, and a display device are provided. The viewing angle expansion film includes a first film layer having a flat layer, a plurality of first projections, and a plurality of second projections, and a second film layer disposed on the first film layer. The plurality of first projections and the plurality of second projections are arrayed on the flat layer. The second film layer is filled in gaps between the first projections and the second projections adjacent to the first projections, gaps between adjacent first projections, and gap between adjacent second projections. A refractive index of the second film layer is greater than a refractive index of the first film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Huizhou China Star Optoelectronics Display Co., Ltd., TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang Zeng, Yuan Shao, Yue Wang, Hongshan Yin
  • Patent number: 11644703
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal display panel bonded to a rear face of a front panel, a second liquid crystal display panel bonded to the rear face of the front panel and located side by side with the first liquid crystal display panel, a light-blocking rib disposed in a gap between the first liquid crystal display panel and the second liquid crystal display panel, a first backlight disposed to be opposite to the first liquid crystal display panel, and a second backlight disposed to be opposite to the second liquid crystal display panel. The rib includes a first corner and a second corner. A corner of the first liquid crystal display panel and a corner of the first backlight are in contact against inside of the first corner. A corner of the second backlight is in contact against inside of the second corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoharu Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11630352
    Abstract: A wavelength-tunable etalon includes a pair of substrates, each comprising a reflection layer, an electrode, and an alignment layer on opposing surfaces of the pair of substrates; a first seal line configured to seal liquid crystal between the pair of substrates; and a second seal line configured to divide a space in which the liquid crystal is sealed into a main liquid crystal accommodating space configured to pass laser and a sub-liquid crystal accommodating space provided external of the main liquid crystal accommodating space. The first seal line comprises a sub inlet configured to fluidly communicate the main liquid crystal accommodating space with the sub-liquid crystal accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Jang Kun Song
  • Patent number: 11624953
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light unit to emit blue light, a first base substrate disposed on the light unit, a gate pattern disposed on the first base substrate and including a gate electrode, a first inorganic insulation layer disposed on the gate pattern, a data pattern disposed on the first inorganic insulation layer and including a drain electrode, a light blocking pattern disposed on the first inorganic insulation layer, a second inorganic insulation layer disposed on the data pattern and the first inorganic insulation layer, a pixel electrode disposed on the second inorganic insulation layer, and electrically connected to the drain electrode, a color conversion pattern overlapping the pixel electrode and including a quantum dot or phosphor, and a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, wherein the light blocking pattern overlaps the thin film transistor, and the light blocking pattern is disposed on the first base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doyeong Park, Kee-Bum Park, Seongyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11614648
    Abstract: A first organic insulating film is arranged on a first substrate in a circumference area outside an active area. A mounting portion is located in the circumference area for mounting a signal source. A second organic insulating film is formed on a second substrate in the circumference area so as to face the first substrate. The second substrate exposes the mounting portion. A seal material is arranged between the first organic insulating film and the second organic insulating film to attach the first substrate and the second substrate. A resin layer is arranged between the first organic insulating film and the second organic insulating film in the circumference area, and formed in a rectangular frame shape including four linear ends. An end along the mounting portion is formed broadly than other ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Atsuko Oono
  • Patent number: 11614658
    Abstract: A vertical alignment liquid crystal display module including a vertical alignment liquid crystal display panel and an image color switch film is provided. The image color switch film is disposed on the vertical alignment liquid crystal display panel. In various viewing angle directions having included angles of 60 degrees to 75 degrees with respect to a normal of the image color switch film, the image color switch film has a following optical characteristic: an average transmittance of a visible light transmittance spectrum of the image color switch film at an end of short wavelength is less than an average transmittance of the visible light transmittance spectrum of the image color switch film at an end of long wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Chung-Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 11604375
    Abstract: A display device includes a diffuser plate, a plurality of light sources that irradiates the diffuser plate with light, a mounting substrate on which the plurality of light sources is mounted, a chassis to which the mounting substrate is secured, and a support member that is disposed between the chassis and the diffuser plate and that supports the diffuser plate. The support member includes a securing pin that is fitted in a hole that is formed in the mounting substrate, a support pin that is located between the diffuser plate and the chassis, and a coupling portion that extends in a plane direction of the mounting substrate and that couples the securing pin and the support pin with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Gotou
  • Patent number: 11592703
    Abstract: Provided are an optical film, a circularly polarizing plate, and an image display apparatus in each of which the occurrence of cracks is suppressed in the obtained film in a case of being punched. The optical film includes a stretched resin film and a liquid crystal layer formed by fixing a liquid crystal compound twist-aligned along a helical axis extending along a direction in thickness, in which a ?a value calculated using a three-dimensional solubility parameter of a resin in the stretched resin film is 8.0 MPa1/2 or less, the liquid crystal layer contains a cured substance of a polyfunctional compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule, and an absolute value of a difference between the ?a value calculated using the three-dimensional solubility parameter of the polyfunctional compound and the ?a value calculated using the three-dimensional solubility parameter of the resin is 4.0 MPa1/2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Fukushima, Keisuke Kodama, Yoshinori Maeda, Akira Maruyama, Yuki Nakamura, Shunya Katoh, Yuta Takahashi