Patents Examined by Phu Vu
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Patent number: 11686967Abstract: The present specification relates to a viewing angle compensation film, a polarizing plate including the same, and a display device including the same, and the viewing angle compensation film includes: a pattern layer; and a low refractive layer, in which a difference in refractive index between the pattern layer and the low refractive layer is 0.02 to 0.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Byung Mook Kim, Sunghak Bae, Do Ki Chang, Kyungki Hong, Dae Hee Lee, Sangcholl Han, Youngjin Kim
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Patent number: 11662632Abstract: A display panel is provided and includes an array substrate and a display region located on a surface of the array substrate, wherein a portion of the array substrate not occupied by the display region forms a bezel, and a driving chip and a flexible circuit board are bound in the bezel; wherein at least one a protrusion is formed at an end of the bezel away from the display region, the driving chip is located between an edge of the protrusion and an edge of the display region; and a portion of the flexible circuit board is bent to a back of the array substrate via an edge of an indent on at least one lateral side of the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Inventors: Yantao Lu, Guanghui Liu, Chao Wang, Jiakuai Bian
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Patent number: 11656527Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Tae Kurokawa, Takeo Koito, Masashi Mitsui
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Patent number: 11656500Abstract: An optical device includes a light source and a polarization selective optical element. The polarization selective optical element includes a stack of a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers. The plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers includes a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer with liquid crystal molecules arranged in a first helical configuration having a first pitch range for light of a first wavelength range and a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer with liquid crystal molecules arranged in a second helical configuration having a second pitch range for light of a second wavelength range. The second wavelength range is different from the first wavelength range.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Yuge Huang, Fenglin Peng, Lu Lu, Junren Wang
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Patent number: 11656489Abstract: A mold frame includes a bottom frame, a side frame and at least one position-limiting structure. The bottom frame has an opening. The side frame is disposed on a periphery of the bottom frame. The at least one position-limiting structure is disposed on a first inner side wall of the side frame. The position-limiting structure has a first side wall that is in direct contact with the first inner side wall of the side frame, and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall. The second side wall includes two surfaces that are arranged along a thickness direction of the bottom frame, and the two surfaces are connected. At least one of the two surfaces is inclined with respect to the first side wall, and a first angle, facing the first side wall, between two planes where the two surfaces are located is an obtuse angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Hanyan Sun, Hui Zheng, Xiaohu Li, Minghui Zhang, Inho Park
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Patent number: 11650457Abstract: A surface light source includes a plurality of light sources, a substrate, a first member disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of recessed first demarcating portions each including a first inclined portion and a first bottom portion and one or more recessed second demarcating portions each including a second inclined portion and a first opening, and a second member overlying a portion of the first member and including a third inclined portion overlapping with the second inclined portion, a fourth inclined portion adjacent to the third inclined portion and not overlapping with the second inclined portion, a second bottom portion located inside the first opening, and a third bottom portion continuous with a lower end of the fourth inclined portion, and the plurality of light sources being respectively disposed on the substrate exposed in the first bottom portion, the second bottom portion, and the third bottom portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Koki Shibai, Shimpei Sasaoka, Yoshihiro Sho, Naoya Kashiwagi
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Patent number: 11650459Abstract: A spatial light modulator for suppressing a fringe field effect includes: a transparent electrode layer; a reflective electrode layer including a pixel electrode, in which a pixel area is surrounded by a boundary of the pixel electrode; a liquid crystal layer located between the transparent electrode layer and the reflective electrode layer to establish a pixel formed by the liquid crystal layer covering the pixel area in the pixel electrode; and an alignment film having a first pattern and a second pattern and covering the pixel area. The first pattern and the second pattern in the pixel area make liquid crystals in the liquid crystal layer of the pixel generate arrangements of a first azimuth angle and a second azimuth angle, respectively, and the first azimuth angle is different from the second azimuth angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Inventor: Cheng-Hsing Liao
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Patent number: 11644718Abstract: In order to avoid generation of black unevenness caused by the water intrusion into a liquid crystal display device, there is to provide a liquid crystal display device including a display area and a terminal portion, in which a TFT substrate with an organic passivation film formed and an opposite substrate are adhered to each other by a seal portion and a liquid crystal is enclosed there, wherein in the seal portion of the TFT substrate, a groove-shaped through-hole is formed in the organic passivation film to surround the display area, a water absorption layer formed of the same material in the same process as that of the organic passivation film is formed within the groove-shaped through-hole, and the water absorption layer is not covered with the inorganic insulating film.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Tomonori Nishino, Masato Shimura, Tomokazu Ishikawa, Yuki Kuramoto, Satoshi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11644706Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass plate which is provided with a first main surface, and a second main surface which faces the first main surface. An antiglare portion and a non-antiglare portion are provided to the first main surface. The average lengths (RSm) of elements of roughness curves of the antiglare portion and the non-antiglare portion are respectively 1 ?m or higher. The difference between the RSm of the antiglare portion and the RSm of the non-antiglare portion is 100 ?m or lower.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Hitoshi Mishiro, Takehiko Nose, Minoru Tamada, Yohei Kawai, Naoya Wada
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Patent number: 11640077Abstract: A display device including a rear chassis; a light source module installed on the rear chassis, the light source module being configured to emit light; a diffuser plate provided in front of the light source module, the diffuser plate being configured to diffuse the light emitted by the light source module; a liquid crystal panel provided in front of the diffuser plate, the liquid crystal panel being configured to display an image; a front chassis covering a side surface of the liquid crystal panel and a side surface of the diffuser plate; a middle mold provided between the front chassis and the rear chassis, the middle mold being coupled to the rear chassis and the diffuser plate; and a first adhesive provided between the diffuser plate and the middle mold, the first adhesive bonding the diffuser plate being to the middle mold.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jonghyun Kang, Dongwoon Kim, Beomhan Kim, Byoungjung Kim, Junpil Oh, Dongyool Lee, Seojoon Lee, Kyo Jeong, Junsu Jung, Hyunjoong Chae
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Patent number: 11635659Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate with a first alignment film, a second substrate with a second alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. The first substrate has first and second electrodes. An initial alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is parallel to a first direction or a direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second electrode includes comblike electrodes extending parallel to the first direction and a connecting portion which connects the comblike electrodes. The connecting portion includes a projection which projects in a second direction more than an outermost comblike electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Toshiharu Matsushima
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Patent number: 11635648Abstract: A display device including a peripheral circuit portion with high operation stability. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A first insulating layer is on a first plane of the first substrate, and a second insulating layer is on a first plane of the second substrate. An area of the first plane of the first substrate is the same as an area of the first plane of the second substrate. The first plane of the first substrate and the first plane of the second substrate face each other. A bonding layer is between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. A protection film is in contact with the first substrate, the first insulating layer, the bonding layer, the second insulating layer, and the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Tetsuji Ishitani, Daisuke Kubota, Ryo Hatsumi, Masaru Nakano, Takashi Hamada
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Patent number: 11635660Abstract: This liquid crystal display device has a plurality of pixels. Each pixel in the plurality of pixels includes first to fourth alignment regions; these first to fourth alignment regions are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the pixels, and the difference between any two alignment orientations in the first to fourth alignment regions is approximately equal to an integer multiple of 90 degrees. Of the pre-tilt angles defined by a first alignment film and a second alignment film in each of the first to fourth alignment regions, one pre-tilt angle is less than 90 degrees and the other pre-tilt angle is substantially 90 degrees. The optical alignment film is formed using a polymer having an optical alignment group in the side chain, and the content of the optical alignment group in the side chain of the polymer is less than 1.1 mmol/g.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: JSR CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Miyachi, Yoshihiko Kuroda, Ryuzo Ono, Syunsuke Kawamata
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Patent number: 11635649Abstract: A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display area and a frame area surrounding the display area, and includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate. The color filter substrate includes a substrate, first support structures in the display area and second support structures in the frame area; each first support structure includes a first main support part in contact with the array substrate and a first auxiliary support part having a first gap with the array substrate; each second support structure includes a second main support part in contact with the array substrate and a second auxiliary support part having a second gap with the array substrate; and a thickness of the first auxiliary support part is greater than a thickness of the second auxiliary support part.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Cao, Yupeng Wang, Jianjun Wang, Jiliang Zhang, Yuting He, Bingyue Wang
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Patent number: 11624970Abstract: A projection liquid crystal display device including a first optical system that splits a light beam outputted from a light source into a red light beam, a green light beam, and a blue light beam, a red liquid crystal panel, a green liquid crystal panel, and a blue liquid crystal panel that modulate the red light beam, the green light beam, and the blue light beam, respectively, a second optical system that combines the modulated red light beam, the modulated green light beam, and the modulated blue light beam into one optical path, and a projection lens system that projects a light beam outputted from the second optical system on a projection surface, in which a configuration of a liquid crystal layer of the red liquid crystal panel is different from respective configurations of liquid crystal layers of the green liquid crystal panel and the blue liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Toriyama, Yoshitaka Yagi
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Patent number: 11604373Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically controllable viewing angle switch device and a display apparatus. The switch device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, spacers, a first alignment film, a second alignment film, a first polarizer, and a second polarizer and has a light transmission region. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer and the spacers are located between the first substrate and the second substrate in the light transmission region. The spacers are fixed on the first or second substrate. The first polarizer and the second polarizer are disposed on opposite sides of the liquid crystal layer. The axial directions of the transmission axis of the first polarizer and the transmission axis of the second polarizer are parallel or perpendicular to the alignment direction of the first alignment film and the second alignment film.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Yang-Ching Lin, Chung-Yang Fang, Ping-Yen Chen
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Patent number: 11579489Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a light source configured to provide light to the liquid crystal panel, and an optical member disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the light source. The optical member includes a diffuser sheet that is configured to diffuse the light from the light source, and a deformation preventing layer including a first material having a lower expansion or contraction rate than the diffuser sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Naewon Jang, Daeyoung Kim, Byoungjin Cho, Kilhong Lee
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Patent number: 11579484Abstract: The present specification relates to a film for compensating for a viewing angle, which comprises a base substrate; a pattern layer; and an optical layer, and in which the pattern layer has a first surface comprising a flat surface and a second surface facing the first surface, and the second surface comprises a plurality of protrusions comprising a curved surface, thereby improving a contrast ratio and a viewing angle and decreasing a color band phenomenon, and a polarizing plate comprising the same, and a display device comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventors: Sunghak Bae, Sangcholl Han, Byung Mook Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Youngjin Kim
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Patent number: 11573442Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a module structure of a liquid crystal display, the module structure includes a panel glass assembly, a backlight assembly and a display housing retaining wall; an accommodating space formed by the display housing retaining wall accommodates the panel glass assembly and the backlight assembly; the panel glass assembly includes a front glass sheet, a rear glass sheet and a sealant for sealing a liquid crystal accommodating space between the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet. The module structure is characterized in that, a filling gap is provided between outer peripheral surfaces of the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet of the panel glass assembly and an inner peripheral surface of the display housing retaining wall facing the outer peripheral surfaces; and a panel edge protective adhesive is filled in the filling gap. The present disclosure also relates to a manufacturing process of the module structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Weihe Fei, Zhaocai Wang
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Patent number: 11573457Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an array substrate comprising a substrate body provided, on a perimeter edge thereof, with a sealant coating region to be coated with a sealant, and the sealant coating region comprises a first region provided with a metal trace structure, and further comprises a region provided with a metal structure, a difference between an area of the metal structure and that of the metal trace structure being smaller than a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Chunping Long, Hui Li