Patents Examined by Richard Kim
  • Patent number: 9643444
    Abstract: An identification medium can be affixed to cloth or leather products by sewing. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer on which an embossed surface for forming a hologram is formed, is sandwiched between a first supporting member and a second supporting member. A mounting region that can be affixed to clothing, etc., by sewing, is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hoshino, Itsuo Takeuchi, Tohru Ida, Seiya Shibuya
  • Patent number: 9638967
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the substrate, a first passivation layer disposed on the gate line and the data line, a first electrode disposed on the first passivation layer, a second passivation layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the second passivation layer and including a plurality of first cutouts and a plurality of branch electrodes defined by the plurality of first cutouts, wherein the second passivation layer has a second cutout overlapping a portion of the plurality of first cutouts, and the second cutout is defined close to the end of the first cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Park, Jun Ho Song
  • Patent number: 9638953
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a viewer-side polarizing plate 1, a liquid crystal cell 11, a backlight-side polarizing plate 21, and a backlight unit 31; in which a three-wavelength (RGB) backlight light source having a narrow half bandwidth of the light emission intensity spectrum is used, and the viewer-side polarizing plate includes, for example, a first absorption material which has a maximum value of absorbance in a wavelength range of 470 nm to 510 nm and has a peak of the absorbance full width at half maximum of which is 50 nm or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Watano, Yukito Saitoh, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 9632343
    Abstract: A portable terminal including a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) module is provided. The LCD module includes a reinforcement plate having a bottom surface and a side surface bent to extend from the bottom surface, wherein the reinforcement plate comprises a plurality of molding holes provided in a boundary portion between the bottom surface and the side surface of the reinforcement plate, a backlight unit coupled to an upper part of the reinforcement plate, a frame molded to the reinforcement plate, and an LCD panel coupled to an upper part of the backlight unit, wherein each of the plurality of molding holes extends into both the bottom surface and the side surface from the boundary portion between the bottom surface and the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sil-Kuy Lim
  • Patent number: 9629287
    Abstract: An electronic display assembly is disclosed herein. An electronic display may be positioned within a housing where the display is cooled by a combination of airflows. A closed loop of isolated gas may be used with an open loop of ambient air which passes through the housing in order to cool the display. Preferably, the closed loop of isolated gas cools the front surface of the display while the open loop of ambient air cools the rear surface of the display. Preferably, the closed loop of isolated gas is not permitted to mix with the open loop of ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventor: William Dunn
  • Patent number: 9625763
    Abstract: An LCD includes a first TAC film, a first optical uniaxial phase compensating film, an LC cell, a second optical uniaxial phase compensating film and a second TAC film from the incident surface to the emitting surface. The first optical uniaxial phase compensating film is used for providing a first compensating value and a second compensating value by adjusting thickness and by adjusting a first refractive index, a second refractive index, and a third refractive index. The second optical uniaxial phase compensating film is used for providing a third compensating value by adjusting thickness and by adjusting a fourth refractive index, a fifth refractive index, and a sixth refractive index. Leakage of light is controlled according to the first compensating value, the second compensating value, and the third compensating value in the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Hai, Chihtsung Kang
  • Patent number: 9627283
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device it is desirable to test in the state of TFT substrates, without reducing the number of TFT substrates to be obtained from one mother TFT substrate, and without increasing the overall size of the TFT substrates. Test terminals are formed on the outside of terminals for driving the liquid crystal display device. The test terminals of the specific TFT substrate are formed in another TFT substrate just below the specific TFT substrate. The area in which the test lines are formed is a space in which a sealing material is formed, between the display area and an end of the lower TFT substrate. Thus, the size of the TFT substrates is not actually increased. A test line area is not separately formed and not discarded, so that the number of TFT substrates to be obtained from one mother TFT substrate is not reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Gotoh, Takanori Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9618814
    Abstract: An LCD panel applied to a curved screen includes display sections, each of which includes pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a primary sub-pixel, a secondary sub-pixel, a common electrode, and a sharing capacitance sheet. An area of the sharing capacitance of each display section is adjusted using a sharing capacitance sheet. So a ratio of the charging voltage on the secondary sub-pixel to the charging voltage on the primary sub-pixel in the central display section is between the ratio of the charging voltage on the secondary sub-pixel to the charging voltage on the primary sub-pixel in the first display section and the ratio of the charging voltage on the secondary sub-pixel to the charging voltage on the primary sub-pixel in the second display section. Therefore, the brightness of the curved screen on display is improved. The quality of the curved screen on image display is improved as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hua Zheng
  • Patent number: 9612463
    Abstract: A display device with a liquid crystal display and a method for protecting the liquid crystal display are provided. The display device includes a liquid crystal display for displaying an image, a sensor system for detecting the illuminance of an incident optical radiation and for determining the current position of the Sun relative to the liquid crystal display, an adjustable shading device for protecting the liquid crystal display from the incident optical radiation, and a control unit. The control unit checks if the illuminance detected by the sensor system exceeds a predefined threshold value and if the current position of the Sun is in a predefined angle range, and controls the shading device according to a result of the check such that the shading device interrupts a beam path of a part of the optical radiation incident on the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang-Peter Pawusch
  • Patent number: 9599860
    Abstract: A display panel for displaying an image is provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix. Each pixel includes one or more units each including a plurality of subunits. Each subunit includes a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer which is provided so as to overlap a gate electrode with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween, a pixel electrode which drives liquid crystal connected to a source or a drain of the transistor, a counter electrode which is provided so as to face the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. In the display panel, a transistor whose off current is lower than 10 zA/?m at room temperature per micrometer of the channel width and off current of the transistor at 85° C. can be lower than 100 zA/?m per micrometer in the channel width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9599855
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate. A first reflection layer is disposed under the first substrate. A first polarization layer is disposed on the first substrate. A light source is disposed at a side of the first substrate. A thin film transistor is disposed on the first polarization layer. A pixel electrode is connected to the thin film transistor. The first polarization layer includes a plurality of wire grid polarization patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-Il Kim, Yeo Geon Yoon, Hyoung Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 9594279
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display, including: a first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, in which the common electrode includes a cross-shaped cutout, the cross-shaped cutout overlapping the pixel electrode and dividing the pixel electrode into a plurality of subregions, and the pixel electrode includes a direction controller extend in a direction parallel to a line connecting an intersecting point of the cross-shaped cutout and a pixel corner edge opposing the intersecting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Guen Yoon, Sung-Jae Yun, Oh Jeong Kwon, Jae Hong Park, Jin Won Kim, Kyung Hae Park, Dong-Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 9594202
    Abstract: A backlight device for use in a display device includes a light source device and a light diffusion member. The light source device includes a plurality of light sources. The light diffusion member includes a light transmission body and reflectors. The light transmission body includes a light receiving surface facing a first one of the light sources for receiving the light emitted from the first light source and a light output surface facing away from the light receiving surface for outputting the light transmitted through the light transmission body. The reflectors are attached to the light transmission body and include first and second reflection surfaces oriented such that the light received from the first light source through the light receiving surface is reflected by the first and second reflection surfaces while the light passes through the light transmission body toward the light output surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan Jae Park, Seung Hwan Baek, Hwan Jun Sung
  • Patent number: 9588393
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel comprises an array substrate and an opposing substrate that is opposite to the array substrate; a polymer dispersed blue phase layer configured to serve as an alignment layer is formed on the array substrate; and at least two electrodes are provided on the array substrate. The liquid crystal panel can omit a rubbing process for an alignment layer on a side of an array substrate, and resolve the problem of the dark-state light leakage of the liquid crystal panel. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal panel is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingchao Li
  • Patent number: 9575353
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate, a data line disposed on the first substrate, a first passivation layer disposed on the gate line and the data line, a color filter disposed on the first passivation layer, a common electrode disposed on the color filter, a light blocking member disposed directly on or directly below the common electrode, a second passivation layer disposed on the common electrode and the light blocking member, and a pixel electrode disposed on the second passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Je Jang, Sung In Ro, Young Gu Kang, Hyun Wuk Kim, Ock Soo Son, Jean Ho Song, Sung Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 9568769
    Abstract: A transparent liquid crystal display device including a transparent liquid crystal cell disposed on a transparent luminous plate is provided. The transparent luminous plate includes a first transparent electrode plate, a fluorescent powder layer, and a cavity layer, which are sequentially disposed on a second transparent electrode plate. An electron generator is disposed on a lateral side of the cavity layer. A viewer is able to see not only an image to be displayed by a screen of the display panel, but also an object or a scene behind the display panel through the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsiao, Shih Hsiang Chen, Guofu Tang, Quan Li, Chengling Lv, Chaofan Guo
  • Patent number: 9568761
    Abstract: An array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The array substrate includes: a plurality of pixel units defined by a plurality of intersecting data lines and scanning lines, wherein each of the plurality of pixel units comprises a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode electrically connected with the thin film transistor; a plurality of common electrode blocks disposed in a layer different from the pixel electrode, the common electrode blocks being reused as touch electrodes; a plurality of sensing lines, each of which is electrically connected with one of the common electrode blocks; and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes disposed in the same layer as the pixel electrode, wherein each of the plurality of auxiliary electrodes is disposed between two adjacent pixel electrodes, and overlapped and electrically connected with one of the sensing lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9563303
    Abstract: The application disclose an embedded capacitive touch display panel and an embedded capacitive touch display device, including: a first transparent substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other, a grid-shaped metal conductive layer formed on the first transparent substrate, and a number of force touch detection electrodes independent of each other formed on the second substrate, wherein the embedded capacitive touch display panel further includes a color filter layer including at least red color resists, green color resists, and blue color resists, wherein the color resists in the same colors are arranged in respective color resist bars, and the color resist bars including green color resist resistance strips; and the grid-shaped metal conductive layer includes periodically arranged force touch fixed potential electrodes and floating electrodes, wherein the force touch fixed potential electrodes are separate from the floating electrodes with gaps being formed between them, and the gaps incl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingyao Zhou, Qijun Yao, Hao Chen, Jun Ma, Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 9563322
    Abstract: The application discloses an embedded capacitive touch display panel and an embedded capacitive touch display device, including: a first transparent substrate, and a grid-shaped metal conductive layer, formed on the first transparent substrate, including a number of touch electrodes separate from each other with gaps being formed between them, wherein the embedded capacitive touch display panel further includes a color filter layer including at least red color resists, green color resists, and blue color resists, wherein the color resists in the same colors are arranged in respective color resist bars, and the color resist bars include green color resist bars; and the gaps include first gap sections which are parallel to the color resist bars, and which do not overlap with the green color resist bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingyao Zhou, Qijun Yao, Hao Chen, Jun Ma, Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 9559208
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided in which the aperture ratio can be increased in a pixel including a thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor is used. In the liquid crystal display device, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer and an oxide semiconductor layer which are provided so as to overlap with the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode which overlap part of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided between a signal line and a pixel electrode which are provided in a pixel portion. The off-current of the thin film transistor is 1×10?13 A or less. A potential can be held only by a liquid crystal capacitor, without a capacitor which is parallel to a liquid crystal element, and a capacitor connected to the pixel electrode is not formed in the pixel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Arasawa, Hideaki Shishido, Shunpei Yamazaki