Patents Examined by Tai Duong
  • Patent number: 9326375
    Abstract: Discussed is a flexible display device with a reduced bezel width. The flexible display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel configured to display images, and including a flexible first substrate having a plurality of pixels disposed therein and a second substrate coupled to the flexible first substrate, the flexible first substrate including a display area, a bent part extending from the display area, and a pad part extending from the bent part; a panel driver connected to the pad part, and configured to supply signals to the respective pixels; and a supporting member configured to support the flexible first substrate, and including a bent part for guiding the bent part of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dal Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9316871
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal display, including: a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a first flat electrode formed thereon; a first alignment layer formed on the first flat electrode; a second substrate disposed oppositely to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate includes a gate line, a data line and a second flat electrode, wherein the gate line intersects with the data line to define a pixel region, the pixel region includes at least one sub-pixel electrode region, and an area of the second flat electrode is smaller than that of the first flat electrode; a second alignment layer formed on the second flat electrode; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer has chirality, wherein the sub-pixel electrode region has a multidomain pretilt angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: INNOLUX CORPORATION, INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Peng, Shih-Hung Fan
  • Patent number: 9291864
    Abstract: In a display panel and a method of manufacturing the display panel, the display panel includes a display substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and disposed on the first electrode, an opposite substrate including a third electrode facing the second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules, a reactive mesogen polymer, and nano-rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Joon Rho, Hyeok-Jin Lee, Ji-Hong Bae, Jun Ha Park, Hye-Lim Jang, Tae-Hoon Yoon, Dong-Han Song, Ki-Han Kim, Jung-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 9285622
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a liquid crystal unit, a lower polarizer, an upper polarizer and a touch sensing structure. The lower polarizer is installed under the liquid crystal unit, the upper polarizer is installed above the liquid crystal unit, and the touch sensing structure is installed under the upper polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: RTR-TECH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wen Kuo, Wei-Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9285630
    Abstract: A transparent display is disclosed. The display includes a self-emitting display unit, a first polarizing unit arranged on a viewing side of the self-emitting display unit, a liquid crystal module, and a second polarizing unit. The liquid crystal module and the second polarizing unit are arranged on a backlight side of the self-emitting display unit. In addition, the liquid crystal module is configured to adjust a display contrast of the self-emitting display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junhui Lou
  • Patent number: 9274384
    Abstract: One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device with high transmittance or viewing angle characteristics. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate (10) which includes a pixel electrode (30); a second substrate (20) which includes a counter electrode (25); and a liquid crystal layer (21) and a spacer (40) which are provided between the first substrate (10) and the second substrate (20). The pixel electrode (30) includes a first portion which is formed by a plurality of first branch portions (34A) extending in a first direction, a second portion which is formed by a plurality of second branch portions (34B) extending in a second direction, a third portion which is formed by a plurality of third branch portions (34C) extending in a third direction, and a fourth portion which is formed by a plurality of fourth branch portions (34D) extending in a fourth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9268085
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel in a display area and a non-display area; a plurality of optical sheets under the liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate under the optical sheets; a light source configured to apply light to the light guide plate; and a support main connected to the liquid crystal panel, the optical sheets and the light guide plate and including a first support guide in back of the liquid crystal panel; a second support guide in back of the optical sheets and extending from a side surface of the first support guide; and a third support guide extending from a side surface of the second support guide. An inside portion of the third support guide is narrower than an outside portion of the third support guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Im Huo, Sang Mo Yang, Kyoung Tae Kim, Dong Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 9268178
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes a first substrate including first and second gate lines which extend in a first direction, a source line which extends in a second direction, and a pixel electrode including a primary pixel electrode which is located between the first and second gate lines and which extends in the second direction, a second substrate including a common electrode which extends parallel to the primary pixel electrode on both sides across the primary pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates. At a position that intersects with the source line, at least one of the first gate line and the second gate line includes a depression provided in an end located on the side of the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Midori Takano, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 9256093
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including an upper substrate and a lower substrate coupled to a rear surface of the upper substrate; a guide frame supporting the display panel, and a coupling member coupling the guide frame to the display panel. The coupling includes a main adhesive adhering the guide frame to the display panel, and a sub adhesive adhered to the guide frame adjacent to the main adhesive. Accordingly, the display panel can more readily absorb an impact applied thereto, thus enhancing the stability of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Eui Shin, Chang Soo Jang
  • Patent number: 9250465
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode that are insulated from each other, and a conductive layer that is electrically connected in parallel to the common electrode. A double-layer metal layer is deposited on the common electrode at an opaque region of the pixel electrode to form a ring structure around a transparent region of the pixel electrode, thus reducing the resistances of the common electrodes. The ring structure can be U-shaped, half-ring shaped, or full-ring shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ma, Qijun Yao, Lijun Zhao
  • Patent number: 9244303
    Abstract: A wide-viewing-angle liquid crystal display panel, a color film base plate (20) and a manufacturing method thereof as well as a display device. The wide-viewing-angle liquid crystal display panel comprises an array base plate (10) and a color film base plate (20). The array base plate (10) comprises a planar electrode (11) and a slit-shaped electrode (12), which are mutually superposed and insulated, and the color film base plate (20) comprises: a transparent base plate (21) oppositely arranged on one side, of the array base plate (10), provided with the planar electrode (11) and the slit-shaped electrode (12); and a color resistor (22) arranged on the transparent base plate (21) and corresponding to the slit-shaped electrode (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minghua Xuan, Young Yik Ko, Xiangdan Dong, Shan Gao
  • Patent number: 9235083
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device of a lateral electric field mode including a first substrate (50) and a second substrate (60) having a liquid crystal layer (70) therebetween, a first electrode (18) and a second electrode (16) located in the first substrate, and an alignment film (28) provided to be in contact with the liquid crystal layer; the alignment film (28) includes a first alignment region that aligns liquid crystal molecules in a first domain (P1) in a first alignment axis azimuth (D1), a second alignment region that aligns liquid crystal molecules in a second domain (P2) in a second alignment axis azimuth (D2), a third alignment region that aligns liquid crystal molecules in a third domain (P3) in the first alignment axis azimuth (D1), and a fourth alignment region that aligns liquid crystal molecules in a fourth domain (P4) in the second alignment axis azimuth (D2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 9235077
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first display panel, a second display panel having a lower surface that faces the first display panel and an opposing an upper surface of the second display panel, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display panel and the second display panel, a first resistive layer disposed on the upper surface of the second display panel and extending in a first direction, a pressure sensing layer disposed on the first resistive layer, and a second resistive layer disposed on the pressure sensing layer and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Mo Hwang, Hyeon Yong Jang, Jae Jin Pyun, Ii Ho Lee, Moon Jung Baek
  • Patent number: 9235075
    Abstract: An electronic display includes electrically conductive layers. At least one active layer is disposed between adjacent electrically conductive layers. The active layer includes cholesteric liquid crystal material. The display includes a front transparent substrate behind which the electrically conductive layers are disposed. A back component is disposed at a back of the display below the active layer. At least one patterned layer is disposed at at least one of the following locations: on, in or near the front substrate and as an interlayer between the front substrate and the back component. The patterned layer is opaque or semitransparent. Electronic circuitry applies a voltage to the conductive layers that enables at least one of erasing or writing of the active layer. The active layer and the patterned layer cooperate to produce an image on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: KENT DISPLAYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erica N. Montbach, Asad A. Khan, Clinton I. Braganza, Nithya Venkatarman
  • Patent number: 9229258
    Abstract: A to-be-cut liquid crystal mother panel includes a TFT mother substrate forming at least one voltage-applying area onto which an external voltage is applied, a CF mother substrate arranged corresponding to the TFT mother substrate, and a pressure-reduction member located between the CF mother substrate and the TFT mother substrate; the pressure-reduction member corresponds to the voltage-applying area for reducing an adsorptive force between the voltage-applying area and an end portion of the CF mother substrate corresponding to the voltage-applying area. The pressure-reduction member increases the surface roughness of the end portion, avoids a vacuum state formed between the end portion and the voltage-applying area, reduces the adsorptive force between the end portion and the voltage-applying area, and allows the splitting device to separate the end portion from the TFT mother substrate easily after the liquid crystal mother panel is cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Song, Tao Ding, Tao Ma, Guodong Zhao, Ming Liu, Yijun Liu
  • Patent number: 9229482
    Abstract: Disclosure herein is related to laptop computer having a rear cover with luminous full-color pattern. The look of laptop computer essentially includes a host body and a screen cover. The host body and the screen cover are pivotally connected. Within the host body of the laptop computer, an input unit, an output unit, power supply unit, and a mainboard are generally included. It is characterized in that the screen cover is constituted of a liquid crystal display panel, an active light source, and a rear cover printed with a pattern. The liquid crystal display panel and the active light source are respectively connected with the mainboard electrically. The active light source of the laptop computer allows generating various lighting modes no matter in booting the computer, in use, or in standby state. Furthermore, to cooperate with the pattern on the light-transmissive rear cover, a variety of esthetic visions are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: CLEVO CO.
    Inventors: Cheng-Kuang Cheng, Shen-Hsiang Lin, Tsung-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9217899
    Abstract: A nanocrystal display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas corresponding to the plurality of pixels, and a boundary area between the pixel areas. Each pixel includes a first electrode on an upper surface of the substrate and in a corresponding pixel area; a second electrode on the upper surface of the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode in a cross-section direction, a tunnel-shaped cavity defined in the plurality of pixel areas and spaced apart from the substrate by a predetermined distance; and an image display layer in the tunnel-shaped cavity; and a backlight unit which provides a light to the display panel and faces the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoonsik Kim, YeoGeon Yoon, SuWan Woo, Younggoo Song
  • Patent number: 9213189
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a stereoscopic display device that is capable of preventing a malfunction of the touch panel while maintaining 3D capability. The device includes: a display panel (12); a switch liquid crystal panel (14); a touch panel (20); a driving circuit (16); and an RC circuit (18). The switch liquid crystal panel (14) is located on the front side of the display panel (12) and is capable of forming a parallax barrier (38). The touch panel (20) is located on the front side of the switch liquid crystal panel (14). The driving circuit (16) drives the switch liquid crystal panel (14) to form the parallax barrier (38). The RC circuit (18) is located between the switch liquid crystal panel (14) and the driving circuit (16). The driving circuit (16) drives the switch liquid crystal panel (14) using a voltage with an effective value of 3 volts or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuto Yoshino, Takehiro Murao, Hiroshi Fukushima, Tomoo Takatani
  • Patent number: 9207480
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) with a built-in touch screen panel in which the touch screen panel is built-in the LCD. The LCD with the built-in touch screen panel includes a lower substrate on whose upper surface a pixel electrode is formed, an upper substrate on whose bottom surface facing the lower substrate sensing patterns, color filters, and a common electrode are sequentially formed, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Haeng Cho, Tae-Hyeog Jung
  • Patent number: 9201263
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal display includes first, second, and third sub-pixels respectively displaying red, green, and blue colors. The first, second, and third sub-pixels have different cell gaps from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Inoue, Soyoun Park, Taeho Kim