Patents Examined by Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12375787
    Abstract: A driving mechanism is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part connected to the fixed part, a first connecting member, and a first wire. The first connecting member is hinged to the fixed part and connected to the movable part. The first wire has SMA material and is connected between the fixed part and the first connecting member. When the first wire contracts in length, the first connecting member rotates relative to the fixed part, and the movable part is driven to move relative to the fixed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Jen Wang, Ya-Hsiu Wu, Yi-Ho Chen, Chao-Chang Hu
  • Patent number: 12366772
    Abstract: An optical path control member according to an embodiment includes: a first substrate on which a first direction and a second direction are defined; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and defining the first direction and the second direction; a second electrode disposed under the second substrate; a light conversion part disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an adhesive layer disposed between the first electrode and the light conversion part, and a cutting region formed by removing the second substrate, the second electrode, and the light conversion part, wherein the cutting region includes a first cutting region and a second cutting region that extend in a length direction of the first direction and are disposed to face each other in the second direction, the first cutting region and the second cutting region include a first region in which the adhesive layer is formed and a second region formed by partially or entire
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Gyeong Park, Byung Sook Kim, Jong Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 12345979
    Abstract: A display panel is provided, wherein the display panel includes a first base, a second base, and an auxiliary portion. The first base includes a first substrate and a plurality of support posts, the second base includes a second substrate and a plurality of light-shielding portions. The plurality of support posts and the plurality of light-shielding portions are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each of the plurality of support posts corresponds to a corresponding one of the plurality of light-shielding portions. The auxiliary portion is disposed on a side of the light-shielding portion disposed with the support post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SUZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mengqing Zhu
  • Patent number: 12345986
    Abstract: An electronic device with switchable modes includes a light scattering switching element, a light absorbing switching and an image generating element. The light absorbing switching element is disposed adjacent to the light scattering switching element. The image generating element is provided for generating an image. In a projection mode, the image generated by the image generating element sequentially passes through the light scattering switching element and the light absorbing switching element to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: De-Cheng Chung, Hsu-Kuan Hsu, En-Hsiang Chen, Chih-Chin Kuo, Tzu-Chieh Lai
  • Patent number: 12345973
    Abstract: A display device according to the present disclosure includes an optical member, a first electro-optical member, a housing, and an adhesive layer. The optical member has translucency and has a back surface including a first region and a second region outside the first region. The first electro-optical member is disposed on a back surface side of the optical member, has an optical characteristic changed with voltage application, and has a back surface including a third region and a fourth region outside the third region. The housing is disposed on the back surface side of the optical member and outside the first electro-optical member, and has a protruding portion extending along the back surface of the first electro-optical member. The adhesive layer is disposed between the third region and the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Inaba, Yuji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12339554
    Abstract: A self-powered cholesteric liquid crystal display (ChLCD) device and a method for tracking maximum power are disclosed. The ChLCD device includes a solar cell module, electrical energy for charging, an energy storage device, a charging unit, and a ChLCD module. The method of tracking the maximum power is: supply electrical energy for charging to the charging unit, sense the ambient temperature, and capture the sensed ambient temperature, correspond its value to the voltage value in the comparison data, and adjust the reference driving voltage with a resistor divider, and then electrically charging to the charging unit by the reference driving voltage, so that the charging unit can capture the maximum power of the electrical energy from the solar cell module, and then store the electrical energy in the energy storage device, to refresh the display screen of the ChLCD module and the ChLCD device can effectively utilize electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: IRIS OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Yi Chang, Wu-Chang Yang, Chi-Chang Liao
  • Patent number: 12332521
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a manufacturing method. In the display panel, the first substrate has a signal trace and an insulating protection layer, and the signal trace is positioned in the seal area, and the insulation protection layer covers the signal trace, and the insulation protection layer has an opening to expose the signal trace. A portion of the insulating protection layer located in the active area has a first thickness, and a portion of the insulating protection layer located in the seal area has a second thickness, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignees: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS DISPLAY CO., LTD., TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liang Li
  • Patent number: 12332522
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes at least one scanning signal line extending in a first direction, at least one data signal line intersecting with the at least one scanning signal line, and a pixel including a pixel electrode, a common electrode opposite the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The common electrode includes a slit, and the slit is arranged in a region overlapping the pixel electrode, the slit includes a slit center portion extending in a straight line at a first angle with respect to the first direction, the at least one data signal line includes a portion adjacent to the slit center portion and extends at a second angle with respect to the first direction, and the first angle and the second angle are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsufumi Sogabe
  • Patent number: 12313924
    Abstract: A self-powered display device includes a display module and a power module. The display module is a cholesteric liquid crystal display module, and the power module is a solar cell module. The display module allows light to enter the power module from the front side, and the power module generates electricity upon receiving the light to provide the necessary energy for the display module to show images. The power module has multiple active areas and multiple inactive areas between the active areas. When the width of the inactive area is less than or equal to 50 ?m, the human eye will have difficulty discerning the width of the inactive area. Additionally, a shielding layer can be placed on the inactive area to ensure that the visual color difference (?E) between the inactive area and the active area does not exceed 10 color difference units, thereby improving the image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: IRIS OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Yi Chang, Chih-Wei Chen, Chi-Chang Liao
  • Patent number: 12313931
    Abstract: A display device according to the disclosure includes an imaging layer including imaging pixels, a light guide layer positioned as a layer above the imaging layer and including light guide elements guiding light incident from above to the imaging pixels positioned below, and a display layer positioned as a layer above the light guide layer and including pixel circuits and pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 12313906
    Abstract: There is provided an objective optical system, an image pickup apparatus, and an endoscope that are small in size and easy to assemble. The objective optical system includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative front lens group, an aperture stop, and a positive rear lens group. The front lens group includes a negative first lens disposed closest to the object, a meniscus second lens having a convex surface facing toward the image side, and a view-direction changing element. The objective optical system satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) to (4): 9<FL2/FL<15??(1) 0.3<FL1/FLf<0.64??(2) ?95<(r2f+r2r)/(r2f?r2r)<?18??(3) 2.8<FLr/FL<4??(4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motoko Nomi
  • Patent number: 12298615
    Abstract: A window is provided. The window includes a transparent display panel, a transparent substrate, and an ultraviolet light shielding layer. The transparent substrate is disposed on the transparent display panel. The ultraviolet light shielding layer is disposed between the transparent substrate and the transparent display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chia Huang, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 12292629
    Abstract: A display module and a display apparatus are provided in the present disclosure. The display module includes a backlight assembly and a display anti-peep assembly. The display anti-peep assembly is on a light-exiting side of the backlight assembly; and the display anti-peep assembly includes a display assembly and an anti-peep assembly; and the anti-peep assembly at least includes a plurality of light-blocking parts which is arranged along a direction in parallel with a plane where the display module is located. The display module further includes a first display mode and a second display mode. In the first display mode, the anti-peep assembly is in an operating state, and a light-exiting angle of the anti-peep assembly is ?1; and in the second display mode, the anti-peep assembly is not in an operating state, and the light-exiting angle of the display anti-peep assembly is ?2, where ?1<?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenqi Zhou, Minglong Wang, Yan Yang, Caijiao Zhong, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 12287545
    Abstract: The present application discloses a backlight module and a display apparatus with the backlight module. The backlight module includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources, and a plurality of reflectors. The reflectors are arranged on the peripheries of the light sources. The surfaces, facing the light sources, of the reflectors are multi-stage curved surfaces. Light emitted from a side surface of the light source basically emits in the vertical direction after being adjusted by the multi-stage curved surface of the reflector, so as to collimate the light emitted from the light source, prevent the light emitted from the lighted light source on the periphery from irradiating an unlighted area nearby, and prevent light leakage. By using the reflector with this structure, in internal space formed in the reflector, the light in the internal space formed by each reflector is uniform, improving the optical grade of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: WAYS ELECTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Yamaguchi, Tomoya Mimura
  • Patent number: 12287539
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a non-collimated backlight module; a transparent backlight module disposed on the non-collimated backlight module, wherein the transparent backlight module includes a direct-lit backlight module or an edge-lit backlight module; and a display cell disposed on the transparent backlight module; wherein when in a narrow mode, the non-collimated backlight module is in an off-state, and the transparent backlight module is in an on-state, wherein when in a wide mode, the non-collimated backlight module is in an on-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto Jitsui
  • Patent number: 12282241
    Abstract: The display panel comprises: a plurality of pixels arranged in an array. Each pixel comprises a plurality of subpixels. The plurality of pixels arranged in an array comprise: a plurality of pixel rows. Each pixel row comprises a plurality of subpixels arranged in a first direction. The plurality of pixel rows extend in a second direction. The first direction intersects with the second direction. The display panel comprises: a first array substrate and a first opposing substrate arranged opposite to each other, and a first liquid crystal layer located between the first array substrate and the first opposing substrate. The first array substrate comprises: a plurality of first driving transistors arranged in an array. At least one pixel is arranged between two adjacent first driving transistors in the first direction. The first opposing substrate comprises: a plurality of light shielding portions in one-to-one correspondence to the first driving transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: Fuzhou BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenli Fan, Tao Fang, Meiying Li, Zecun Zeng, Liqing Yao, Xin Fang, Shanshan Xu, Wenchao Wang, Sang Jin Park, Baoqiang Wang, Kai Diao
  • Patent number: 12271085
    Abstract: The present application discloses an array substrate and a display panel. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a first and a second shielding lines. The plurality of pixel electrodes are disposed on the base substrate and include a plurality of first pixel electrodes. The plurality of the first pixel electrodes are arranged in a first and a second directions. The first pixel electrode includes a first trunk electrode and a first branch electrode, the first trunk electrode includes a first vertical trunk extending in the first direction. The first shielding line is disposed on the base substrate, and includes a portion disposed on the periphery of the first vertical trunk. The second shielding line is disposed on the base substrate, and includes a portion disposed on the periphery of the first branch electrode. The first and the second shielding lines are electrically insulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Lu, Yani Chen
  • Patent number: 12271073
    Abstract: A back cover and a processing method thereof, and an electronic device are disclosed, which relate to the field of electronic product technologies, so as to resolve a problem that air bubbles may be easily generated between a cover plate and an electrochromic film layer when the electrochromic film layer is laminated to the cover plate. The electronic device includes a back cover, and the back cover includes: a transparent cover plate, the electrochromic film layer, and a shielding part. The electrochromic film layer and the transparent cover plate are laminated. The shielding part is disposed between an edge part of the electrochromic film layer and the transparent cover plate, and a thickness of the shielding part is less than 4 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chengjie Gao
  • Patent number: 12265290
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal panel capable of controlling a viewing angle with a reduced thickness and a liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal panel. A liquid crystal panel including: a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer; first light-shielding portions extending parallel to one another; second light-shielding portions extending parallel to one another in the same direction as the first light-shielding portions and located closer to a viewing surface side than the first light-shielding portions are.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takehisa Yoshida, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
  • Patent number: 12248221
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate having a display region; and a plurality of temperature detection wiring lines each having a conductive thin wiring line arranged at a position overlapping with the display region in plan view. A light shielding layer is arranged so as to extend in a first direction in the display region, and the conductive thin wiring line is arranged at a position overlapping with the light shielding layer and extends in the first direction along the light shielding layer in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Hirofumi Ohira, Soichiro Ohama, Toshihiko Tanaka