Patents Examined by Phu Vu
  • Patent number: 11977294
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in the display device, on the substrate opposed the liquid crystal panel, an element is formed by grooves having steps in a minute and periodic pattern, and the element separates the backlight from the light source unit into light of different color wavelengths and diffract them toward the corresponding color subpixels of the liquid crystal panel. In the light source unit, the first lens shapes the incident light from the light source according to the shape of the display surface of the panel, and the second lens irradiates the light incident surface of the substrate with the light shaped by the first lens as the backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Chikyu Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 11977298
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination device that makes it possible to enhance utilization efficiency of light, and a display device that includes the illumination device. The illumination device includes: a light source that is configured to generate light of a first wavelength; a luminescent body that is configured to wavelength-convert the light of the first wavelength to light of a second wavelength, the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength; and a wavelength selective filter that is provided on a light-incident side of the luminescent body, the wavelength selective filter being configured to transmit the light of the first wavelength and to reflect the light of the second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishino
  • Patent number: 11972702
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel, a protective film, and an adhesive layer. The display panel includes a non-display area adjacent to a display area. The protective film is under the display panel, and the adhesive layer is between the display panel and the protective film. The protective film is or includes a polyethylene terephthalate film having a glass transition temperature equal to or greater than about 95° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjune Park, Byeongkyu Park, Jaiku Shin, Dong-Youb Lee, Sunhaeng Cho
  • Patent number: 11971628
    Abstract: In an optical apparatus, a processor(s) is configured to: generate a primary drive signal to drive a primary LC element including a primary active material to produce a first primary optical power for a first design wavelength, wherein there is also produced a second primary OP for a second design wavelength; and generate a secondary drive signal to drive a secondary LC element(s) with a secondary active material to produce a first secondary OP for the first design wavelength and a second secondary OP for the second design wavelength, based on said primary OPs, and different dispersion properties of secondary active material and primary active material. The first and second secondary OPs compensate for chromatic aberration produced by the primary LC element on polychromatic light for the first design wavelength and the second design wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Pixieray Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Kataja
  • Patent number: 11971622
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first display area and a second display area. The display device includes: a lamp panel, a diffusion plate, a camera, an optical film group, a light control panel, and a shading layer. A first light source of the lamp panel surrounds the camera. A first reflecting layer surrounding the camera is attached to an outer surface of the camera, so that the first display area simultaneously has a picture display function and an image pickup function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Huizhou China Star Optoelectronics Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongchen Huang, Yuexia Lin, Yinghui Wu
  • Patent number: 11966133
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of color filters disposed on the substrate, an optical film disposed on the plurality of color filter, and a defect disposed between the substrate and the optical film. The optical film has a first base, a protective layer on the first base, and a second base between the first base and the protective layer and having a first processed area. In a top view of the electronic device, the first processed area corresponds to the defect and at least partially overlaps at least two color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tai-Chi Pan, Chin-Lung Ting, I-Chang Liang, Chih-Chiang Chang Chien, Po-Wen Lin, Kuang-Ming Fan, Sheng-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 11966115
    Abstract: Used is a display device including: a first substrate having a first front surface and a first back surface located on an opposite side of the first front surface; a second substrate having a second back surface opposing the first front surface and a second front surface located on an opposite side of the second back surface; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first front surface of the first substrate and the second back surface of the second substrate; a first light guide plate adhesively fixed onto the second front surface of the second substrate via a first adhesive layer; and a light source unit arranged at a position opposing a first side surface of the first light guide plate, in which refractive index of the first light guide plate is lower than refractive index of the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Keita Ono, Keiji Tago
  • Patent number: 11960167
    Abstract: A backplane includes: a substrate including a circuit structure layer, a first reflective layer disposed on a bearing surface of the substrate, a plurality of light-emitting diode chips, and a plurality of optical structures. The first reflective layer includes a plurality of through holes spaced apart. A light-emitting diode chip in the plurality of light-emitting diode chips is located in one of the plurality of through holes. The plurality of light-emitting diode chips are electrically connected to the circuit structure layer. The circuit structure layer is configured to drive the plurality of light-emitting diode chips to emit light. An optical structure in the plurality of optical structures covers the light-emitting diode chip, a light incident surface of the optical structure is in contact with a light exit surface of the light-emitting diode chip, and a light exit surface of the optical structure is a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: BOE MLED Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei Li, Haiwei Sun, Ming Zhai, Lu Yu, Kangle Chang, Jinpeng Li, Pengjun Cao, Yutao Hao, Shubai Zhang, Shuo Wang, Pei Qin, Zewen Gao, Yali Zhang
  • Patent number: 11940710
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light control device includes a first liquid crystal cell including a first liquid crystal layer, a second liquid crystal cell including a second liquid crystal layer, and a polarization conversion element. The first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer each includes a first region which scatters a first polarized component and transmits a second polarized component and a second region which transmits the first polarized component and scatters the second polarized component. The polarization conversion element overlaps the first region and the second region, converts the first polarized component into the second polarized component, and converts the second polarized component into the first polarized component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Tae Kurokawa, Takeo Koito, Masashi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11934072
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell. The first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell each include a first strip electrode, a second strip electrode, a third strip electrode and a fourth strip electrode. The extension direction of the first strip electrode and the second strip electrode in the first liquid crystal cell is different from the extension direction of the first strip electrode and the second strip electrode in the second liquid crystal cell. The extension direction of the first strip electrode and the second strip electrode intersects with the extension direction of the third strip electrode and the fourth strip electrode at an angle other than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ikeda, Takeo Koito, Koichi Nagao, Shinichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11934082
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light control device includes a first substrate including a plurality of first control electrodes disposed in an effective area, and a plurality of feed lines disposed in a peripheral area, a second substrate, and a first liquid crystal layer. The first control electrodes are transparent electrodes. Each of the first control electrodes includes, in the effective area, first segments crossing a first direction at a first angle, second segments crossing the first direction at a second angle, and third segments crossing the first direction at a third angle. The first control electrode is electrically connected to the feed line. The first to third angles are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Masashi Mitsui, Tae Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11927852
    Abstract: An optical device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a optical device includes a liquid crystal element having a top surface, a bottom surface, and sides separating the top surface and the bottom surface, and an outer layer surrounding the sides of the liquid crystal element, wherein the liquid crystal element comprises a first base layer, a second base layer, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first base layer and the second base layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer positioned between the first base layer and the liquid crystal layer, and a spacer to maintain a gap between the first base layer and the second base layer, wherein the optical device satisfies Equation 1: ?T2×0.4?T1?T2?T2×0.4??[Equation 1] wherein, T1 is a thickness of the outer layer, and T2 is a thickness of the liquid crystal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Woon Kim, Jung Sun You, Doo Young Huh, Dong Hyun Oh
  • Patent number: 11914244
    Abstract: A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate, and a third display substrate; the second display substrate and the first display substrate are assembled to form a first liquid crystal cell; the third display substrate and the second display substrate are assembled to form a second liquid crystal cell; the display panel further includes a first wire grid polarizer on the second display substrate and a first bonding portion at a side of the second display substrate close to the first display substrate, and the first bonding portion is located outside the first liquid crystal cell; and an orthographic projection of the first wire grid polarizer on the second display substrate is not overlapped with an orthographic projection of the first bonding portion on the second display substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Huang, Guangcai Yuan, Xin Gu
  • Patent number: 11906850
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid crystal display panel and a display device. The panel comprises a first and second polarizers, a liquid crystal layer, a first and second optical compensation films. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the opposite first and second polarizers; the first optical compensation film is located between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, and an optical axis of the first optical compensation film is parallel to a plane where the first optical compensation film is in; and the second optical compensation film is located between the first and second polarizers, an optical axis of the second optical compensation film is parallel to a plane where the second optical compensation film is in and perpendicular to the optical axis of the first optical compensation film, and in-plane retardations of the first and second optical compensation films are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lintao Ji, Feifei Wang, Kaixuan Wang, Bowen Li, Xinli Ma, Jiao Li
  • Patent number: 11906848
    Abstract: A display for an information handling system includes a display panel, a semi-integrated guide panel, an integrated rear cover, and an optical cable. The semi-integrated guide panel is coupled to a back surface of the display panel. The integrated rear cover is in physical communication with the semi-integrated guide panel. The optical cable is in physical communication with and located in between the semi-integrated guide panel and the integrated rear cover. The optical cable provides one of a plurality of colors based on a determined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Guentaek Oh
  • Patent number: 11906841
    Abstract: A polarizing device and a method for manufacturing the polarizing device, a display panel and a display device are provided. The polarizing device comprises a first polarizing layer and at least two second polarizing layers, wherein each of two sides of the first polarizing layer is provided with respective at least one of the second polarizing layers; a light transmission axis of the first polarizing layer is parallel to the first polarizing layer, a phase delay axis of the second polarizing layer is parallel to the second polarizing layer, an orthographic projection of the light transmission axis onto the first polarizing layer intersects with an orthographic projection of the phase delay axis onto the first polarizing layer to form an included angle, the included angle is configured to convert linear polarized light incident on the polarization assembly into polarized light emitted from the polarization assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Jingxuan Wang, Xu Wang, Huiyan Li, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11906837
    Abstract: A picture generation apparatus includes: a PCB on which one or more light sources are disposed; an LCD projecting an image using light that is emitted from the one or more light sources; a diffuser disposed between the PCB and the LCD; and a screen configured to be in contact with at least a portion of the LCD and discharge heat generated from the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Woo Kang
  • Patent number: 11906838
    Abstract: A display module, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. The display module comprises: a light guide plate; a blue light source, disposed at the light entering face of the light guide plate; and a display panel, disposed at a side of the light exiting face of the light guide plate, the display panel comprises a plurality of display units, and adjacent display units are spaced apart with a light shielding barrier wall; each display unit comprises a quantum dot unit and a liquid crystal unit arranged side by side, and the liquid crystal unit and the quantum dot unit are spaced apart with a transparent barrier wall; a side of the liquid crystal unit away from the light guide plate is provided with a first light shielding pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dejiang Zhao, Lu Wang
  • Patent number: 11892718
    Abstract: A dual view display for an automotive vehicle comprises a spatial light modulator and a polar control retarder comprising a switchable liquid crystal retarder arranged between a first pair of polarisers. The switchable liquid crystal retarder comprises a polarisation-switch retarder and a polar control retarder with an average director that is directed towards an off-axis viewing location. In a first temporal phase of operation, the spatial light modulator and polar control retarder are arranged to direct light comprising a first image towards a first direction and in a second temporal phase of operation to direct light comprising a second image towards a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Michael G. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11892734
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel comprises an array substrate and a color filter substrate, wherein the color filter substrate comprises a second substrate and a black matrix pattern, wherein the black matrix pattern comprises a body, via hole shielding parts, and compensation shielding parts, the via hole shielding parts being disposed within first domains of part of plurality of sub-pixel regions, the compensation shielding parts being disposed within second domains that are adjacent in first direction to the first domains where the via hole shielding parts are disposed, and at most one of the via hole shielding part and the compensation shielding part being disposed in one sub-pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingting Zhao, Tong Yang, Yongcan Wang, Xianjie Shao