Patents Examined by Paul C Lee
  • Patent number: 11520177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display apparatus comprising a bottom chassis and a printed circuit board installed on the bottom chassis. The bottom chassis comprises a rear portion, a mounting boss protruding backwards from the rear portion, and a mounting groove concavely formed in one side of the mounting boss. The printed circuit board comprises a substrate portion in a plate shape, a through hole provided in the substrate portion to allow the rear end of the mounting boss to pass therethrough, and a solder applied to a partial area on one surface of the substrate portion, the partial area being adjacent to the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Byung Jin Lee, Min Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 11513382
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a window layer including a transmission area and a bezel area adjacent to the transmission area, a color layer under the bezel area, an adhesive layer under the transmission area, and a display panel under the adhesive layer, wherein the color layer and the adhesive layer may not overlap in a direction perpendicular to the transmission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sejun Heo
  • Patent number: 11513391
    Abstract: An optical structure includes a high refractive-index layer and a low refractive-index layer laminated on the high refractive-index layer and having a refractive index lower than that of the high refractive-index layer, and is disposed on a display surface of a display device. An interface between the layers has a concave-and-convex shape, and each of a concavity and a convexity in the shape has a flat portion extending in a surface direction of the layers. A side surface of the concave-and-convex shape, which extends between the flat portions of the concavity and convexity, is a curved surface or a folded surface that is convex to the low refractive-index layer. A difference between a maximum angle and a minimum angle, which are defined between the side surface of the concave-and-convex shape and a normal direction of the layers, is not less than 3 degrees and not more than 60 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Ueba, Tatsuaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11513395
    Abstract: Provided are a bandpass filter having a high light transmittance in a transmission band and a wide wavelength range showing a high transmittance in the transmission band, and a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Kodama, Yujiro Yanai, Takeharu Tani, Shunya Katoh
  • Patent number: 11500240
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate which includes a display device and a second substrate which is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate covers a base layer, a color filter layer, a first sealing layer, a color control layer, a step compensating layer, and a second sealing layer. The base layer includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The color filter layer overlaps the display area in a plan view, and is disposed under the base layer. The first sealing layer covers the color filter layer. The color control layer overlaps the display area in the plan view, and is disposed under the first sealing layer. The step compensating layer overlaps the non-display area in the plan view, and is disposed under the base layer. The second sealing layer covers the color control layer and the step compensating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongki Kim, Jang-Il Kim, Jong-Hoon Kim, YeoGeon Yoon, Seok-Joon Hong
  • Patent number: 11500255
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical assembly having a first variable transmission layer comprising a first electro-optically active material between a first pair of substrates, a second variable transmission layer comprising a second electro-optically active material between a second pair of substrates, and an electronically switchable birefringent layer, that is capable of altering the phase of incident light, situated between the first and second variable transmission layers. The layers are arranged such that light passing through the optical assembly can be altered based on the voltage applied to each layer. The light transmission levels can be altered between maximally transmissive, minimally transmissive, and semi-transparent levels between the maximally and minimally transmissive levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ALPHAMICRON INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bahman Taheri, Pedro Coutino Soto
  • Patent number: 11493800
    Abstract: Ghost image formation due to reflections of image light by a display panel to an ocular lens may be suppressed by ensuring that the image light reflected by the lens does not get reflected by the display panel back towards the lens. To that end, the display panel may include a quarter-wave birefringent layer between the top polarizer of the display panel and a layer inside the display panel that the image light reflects from, such as a black grid layer or an active matrix layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Fenglin Peng, Dong Chen, Cheonhong Kim, Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai, Ying Geng, Jacques Gollier, Jianru Shi, Linghui Rao
  • Patent number: 11487169
    Abstract: A substrate and a display panel are provided, which relate to the technical field of display apparatus. The substrate includes an active area and a bonding area located outside the active area and close to an edge of the substrate, wherein a bonding electrode is disposed within the bonding area, a first lead extending toward the edge of the substrate is connected to one side of the bonding electrode toward the edge of the substrate, and the first lead includes a curved section close to the bonding electrode and a straight section close to the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Fuzhou BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Xu, Shanshan Xu, Wenchao Wang, Xin Fang
  • Patent number: 11480822
    Abstract: A display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a black matrix pattern on the base substrate, display units respectively in regions defined by the black matrix pattern, and a light-reflecting wall between at least two adjacent display units, where at least one of the at least two adjacent display units is a quantum dot display unit, and a reflectance of the light-reflecting wall to light in a first wavelength range is greater than a preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ge Shi, Shiyu Zhang, Ming Zhu, Haijun Niu, Yujie Liu, Zheng Fang, Yuyao Wang, Xiaochuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11474385
    Abstract: An electrically dynamic window structure may include first and second panes of transparent material and an electrically controllable optically active material positioned between the two panes. A driver can be electrically connected to electrode layers carried by the two panes. The driver may be configured to alternate between a drive phase in which a drive signal is applied to the electrode layers and an idle phase in which the drive signal is not applied to the electrode layers. The electrically controllable optically active material can maintain its transition state during the idle phase. As a result, the power consumption of the structure may be reduced as compared to if the driver continuously delivers the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cardinal IG Company
    Inventors: Hari Atkuri, Eric Bjergaard
  • Patent number: 11474402
    Abstract: The present application provides a color film substrate, a display device, and a color film substrate fabricating method. The color film substrate comprises a display region and a non-display region, wherein the color film substrate in the non-display region comprises: a base; and a photoresist layer disposed on the base; a planarization layer disposed on a side of the photoresist layer away from the base; a support layer disposed on a side of the planarization layer away from the base; wherein a total thickness of the photoresist layer, the planarization layer, and the support layer is greater than or equal to a first thickness threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianshu Yu, Lei Guo
  • Patent number: 11460737
    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: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11448921
    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 source lines and pixel electrodes. A pixel includes first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains. The pixel electrode has slits formed therein. The first substrate further includes a shield common electrode. The shield common electrode is located between the source lines and the pixel eleotrodes. The shield common electrode includes a solid portion overlapping the source lines and one end portion and the other end portion, in a row direction, of the pixel electrode, and also includes a first cutout portion formed across regions corresponding to the first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains in each pixel, the first cutout portion including portions overlapping the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Hirata
  • Patent number: 11448924
    Abstract: A light control device includes a first transparent coating substrate having a first bonding surface, a second transparent coating substrate having a second bonding surface, a light control sheet located between the first and second bonding surfaces, and a transparent adhesive layer that joins the first and second bonding surfaces together around the light control sheet. The light control sheet includes a first transparent electrode film, a second transparent electrode film, and a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal composition that fills space between the first transparent electrode film and the second transparent electrode film. The light control sheet has a sheet edge face, and the transparent adhesive layer covers the sheet edge face and has a water absorption rate of 2% or less in accordance with a method of JIS K 7209:2000 A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sohei Abe
  • Patent number: 11442315
    Abstract: To provide a vertical alignment liquid crystal display device capable of achieving a high-definition image display. Tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are within a plane that is in parallel to a border between a first pixel and a second pixel, and are different by 180 degrees between the first and second pixels. The first pixel is constituted with three sub-pixels for R, G, and B arranged in a direction in parallel to the border. Similarly, the second pixel is constituted with three sub-pixels for R, G, and B. The tilt directions of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are different by 180 degrees from each other between the sub-pixels for R of the first and second pixels, between the sub-pixels for G of the first and second pixels, and between the sub-pixels for B of the first and second pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Takatori
  • Patent number: 11442313
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first liquid crystal element opposed to a light emitting region, a second liquid crystal element including a first main surface and a second main surface, a first phase difference layer disposed on the second main surface, a second phase difference layer disposed on the second main surface and adjacent to the first phase difference layer, and a diffusion layer opposed to the first phase difference layer and the second phase difference layer. Each of the first liquid crystal element and the second liquid crystal element has a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, and is cured in a state in which an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules has continuously changed in plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Lu Jin, Yosuke Hyodo, Shinichiro Oka
  • Patent number: 11435611
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a rear chassis, a light source installed in the rear chassis to emit light, a diffuser plate that diffuses light emitted from the light source, a liquid crystal panel positioned in front of the diffuser plate to display an image, a front chassis that supports the liquid crystal panel, and a middle mold coupled between the front chassis and the rear chassis to support the diffuser plate, and is provided with a curved reflective surface formed in a curved shape to reflect the light, which is emitted from the light source module, to the diffuser plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Joong Chae, Dae Jin Kim, Yeon Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11435622
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, the pixel electrode including a first stem portion that extends in a first direction, a second stem portion that extends in a second direction crossing the first direction and intersecting with the first stem portion, a plurality of branch portions, the branch portions extending to the first direction and the second direction from the first stem portion or the second stem portion, a first connection portion that connects distal ends of some of the branch electrodes to each other, extends in the first direction and intersects with the second stem portion, and a first edge electrode that is connected to one distal end of the second stem portion and extends in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hyun Lee, Hak Sun Chang, Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 11435623
    Abstract: Included are a first orientation region in which a liquid crystal molecule is oriented along a first direction and a plurality of pixels are included; a second orientation region in which a liquid crystal molecule is oriented along a second direction intersecting the first direction and a plurality of pixels are included; a third orientation region in which a liquid crystal molecule is oriented along a third direction intersecting the second direction and opposite to the first direction and a plurality of pixels are included; and a fourth orientation region in which a liquid crystal molecule is oriented along a fourth direction intersecting the third direction and opposite to the second direction and a plurality of pixels are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Ota
  • Patent number: 11428972
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention discloses a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. In the embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal layer of the display panel includes a plurality of dichroic dye liquid crystal microcapsules, a dichroic dye in dichroic dye liquid crystal microcapsules can absorb incident light such that when the display panel performs no signal transmission, the dichroic dye polymer network liquid crystal can effectively absorb incident light to lower a dark state transmittance of the display panel to further enhance contrast of the display panel and improve optical characteristics thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Zhiqing Shi, Galatu Suri, Zhengyu Feng