Patents Examined by Thoi Duong
  • Patent number: 9846339
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate on which a pixel region is defined, a first sub-pixel electrode in the pixel region on the substrate, an insulating layer on the first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode in the pixel region on the insulating layer, a floating electrode in the pixel region on the insulating layer and disconnected from the second sub-pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer on the second sub-pixel electrode and the floating electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The floating electrode includes first to fourth floating electrodes in first to fourth quadrants of the pixel region, respectively. The first to fourth floating electrodes are separated from one another, and the first sub-pixel electrode partially overlaps the second sub-pixel electrode and the first to fourth floating electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Kang, Hae Ryeong Park, Yong Jo Kim, Dong Il Yoo, Tae Kyung Yim, Nak Cho Choi
  • Patent number: 9841623
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: an insulation substrate; a microcavity layer disposed on the insulation substrate and having a reversed taper side wall; a pixel electrode disposed in the microcavity layer on the insulation substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed in the microcavity layer; and a common electrode which covers the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Tae Chae, Sung Hwan Won, Yeun Tae Kim, Won Tae Kim, Seon Uk Lee
  • Patent number: 9841646
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate in which a pixel region is defined by a gate line and a data line intersecting the gate line, the pixel region being arranged in a matrix with other pixel regions, a pixel electrode disposed in the pixel region, and a shielding electrode disposed between the pixel electrode and another pixel electrode, wherein the shielding electrode is electrically connected to the data line and a different voltage from a voltage applied to the data line is applied to the shielding electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Gyeong Shin, Hui Gyeong Yun
  • Patent number: 9841642
    Abstract: Embodiments of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device are disclosed. The LCD includes a backlight to illuminate a display panel with a plurality of sub-pixels, which include a first sub-pixel having a first color filter, a second sub-pixel having a second color filter having a different color from the first color filter, and a third sub-pixel having a third color filter having a different color from the first color filter and the second color filter. The LCD display panel includes a plurality of drain lines formed between the plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of drain lines arranged as a first type of drain line set and a second type of drain line set, where the first type of drain line set includes only a single drain line positioned between two adjacent sub-pixels, and the second type of drain line set includes only two drain lines positioned between two adjacent sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katuji Tanaka, Daisuke Kajita
  • Patent number: 9835918
    Abstract: A display panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate facing the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and the non-display area includes a first non-display area disposed adjacent to a side portion of the display area and a second non-display area other than the first non-display area. The first non-display area overlaps the opposite substrate. The array substrate and the opposite substrate have the same or substantially the same area and a wire member is disposed under the array substrate to be connected to an external circuit module. Accordingly, the display panel does not need an extra space for the wire member, and thus the non-display area is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Jung, Young Gu Kim, Byoung-Hun Sung, Baekkyun Jeon
  • Patent number: 9835896
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a touch panel function includes an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal molecule, and a color filter substrate positioned over the array substrate via the liquid crystal layer. The color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate, first and second transparent electrode layers, a color filter formed on the first transparent electrode layer and including a red filter, a green filter and a blue filter, and a transparent resin layer formed on the color filter. The color filter and the transparent resin layer have a total thickness in a range of approximately from 2.5 ?m to 9 ?m. The liquid crystal molecule has negative dielectric anisotropy and an initial state alignment which is parallel to a substrate surface. The liquid crystal molecule rotates within a plane parallel to the substrate surface when a liquid crystal drive voltage is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 9835908
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes gate lines extending in a first direction, data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines. The pixels include pixels arranged in a k-th column between a k-th data line and a (k+1)th data line. The pixels arranged in the k-th column are arranged in a plurality of groups, and each of the groups includes 2i first pixels connected to the k-th data line and 2i second pixels connected to the (k+1)th data line. Successive ones of the pixels in each group are connected to the k-th data line and the (k+1)th data line in alternating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Namjae Lim, Hyunkyu Namkung, Jai-hyun Koh, Iksoo Lee
  • Patent number: 9817275
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate on which a display area and a non-display area which is outside the display area are defined; and a dam pattern disposed on at least one side of the display area and in the non-display area. The dam pattern includes a first dam pattern defining a first stem portion thereof which lengthwise extends in a first direction, and a first branch portion which extends from the first stem portion, and a second dam pattern defining a second stem portion thereof which lengthwise extends in the first direction, and a second branch portion which extends from the second stem portion and is spaced from and faces the first branch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hee Oh, Joon Hyeong Kim, Sung Hwan Bae, Seung Ki Song, Chung Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9786686
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate includes an insulating substrate including a pierced portion, a pad electrode formed on the insulating substrate, and a signal line electrically connected to the pad electrode, a wiring board includes an interconnecting wiring and located under the insulating substrate, and a conductive material provided in the pierced portion and electrically connecting the pad electrode and the interconnecting wiring to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yasushi Kawata
  • Patent number: 9784906
    Abstract: A backlight device includes LEDs, a light guide plate, and a heat dissipation member. The light guide plate includes edge surfaces including a light entrance surface through which light from the LEDs enters, a front plate surface as a light exit surface through which the light from the LEDs exits, and another plate surface as an opposed surface on an opposite side from the light exit surface. The heat dissipation member having heat dissipating properties includes a bottom plate portion extending along the opposed surface on an opposed surface side, and an upstanding portion extending from the bottom plate portion toward the light exit surface. The bottom plate portion includes projections projecting toward the light exit surface and facing short-side edge surfaces of the light guide plate. The projections are stopped at the corresponding edge surfaces to restrict a distance between the LEDs and the light entrance surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Gotou
  • Patent number: 9784996
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) module and device with switchable viewing angles. The LCD module and device contain parallel and sequentially stacked backlight unit, LCD unit, and view-angle adjustment unit. The backlight unit is positioned along a back side of the LCD module and device as a backlight light source. The LCD unit is sandwiched between the backlight unit and the view-angle adjustment unit. Light produced by the backlight unit propagates through the LCD unit and the view-angle adjustment unit sequentially. Through the view-angle adjustment unit, The LCD module and device can switch between a wide angle mode and a narrow angle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 9766493
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display provided by the present invention acquires the light of linear polarization by doping the quantum-dot material in the color resist layer to excite the quantum-dots by the backlight to form the light of a certain light spectrum and cooperating with the anisotropic polarization layer manufactured by organic dye molecules for selectively allowing the light of different polarization states to pass through. The light leakage issue due to the light polarization state change caused by the quantum-dot material can be effectively solved to raise the contrast ratio. The polarization layer can be employed to replace the upper or the lower polarizer, and thus, one polarizer attachment process can be omitted to simplify the process, to save the cost and meanwhile to achieve better polarization result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoping Cheng, Hsiaohsien Chen
  • Patent number: 9766494
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a double-faced display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, the double-faced display panel includes: an array substrate, including a first transparent substrate, a first trans-reflective layer formed on the first transparent substrate and a first electrode layer formed on the first trans-reflective layer; an opposed substrate, disposed to face the array substrate, and including a second transparent substrate, a second trans-reflective layer formed on a side of the second transparent substrate facing the first transparent substrate and a second electrode layer formed on a side of the second transparent substrate facing the first transparent substrate; a display structure, disposed between the array substrate and the opposed substrate and including a plurality groups of display units arranged in matrix, wherein each of the first and second trans-reflective layers includes a plurality of reflection regions and a plurality of transmission regions disposed alterna
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xin Gu
  • Patent number: 9760823
    Abstract: A display may have an active area surrounded by an inactive border area. The display may be a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. An upper polarizer may have a polarized central region that overlaps the active area of the display. The upper polarizer may also have an unpolarized portion in the inactive border area overlapping the border structures. The border structures may include colored material such as a white layer on the inner surface of the thin-film transistor layer. Binary information may be embedded into an array of programmable resonant circuits. The binary information may be a display identifier or other information associated with a display. The programmable resonant circuits may be tank circuits with adjustable capacitors, fuses, or other programmable components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Byung Duk Yang, Kwang Soon Park, Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov, Kyung Wook Kim, Shih Chang Chang
  • Patent number: 9759939
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate; and a plurality of liquid crystal molecules disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a transparent substrate, an insulator layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate and formed with a plurality of grooves, and a pixel electrode formed on a surface of the insulator layer and formed with a plurality of electrode slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Yu Lee, Ching-Che Yang, Ker-Yih Kao, Yu-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 9759954
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate, including a first sealant coating area, wherein the first sealant coating area is provided with a first concave slot; a second substrate, disposed oppositely to the first substrate, and including a second sealant coating area disposed right oppositely to the first sealant coating area; a spacer, the spacer having two terminals, wherein, one terminal of the spacer is fixed to and connected with a bottom of the first concave slot, and the other terminal of the spacer is extended toward the second sealant coating area; and a frame sealant, filled between the first sealant coating area and the second sealant coating area in order to form a sealed liquid crystal filling area. The display panel of the present invention can effectively increase the bonding force of the frame sealant to the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haiyan Sun, De-Jiun Li, Haibo Peng, Hongqing Cui
  • Patent number: 9759958
    Abstract: The array substrate comprises a pixel electrode located in a pixel area and a common electrode corresponding to the pixel area; and a first passivation layer provided between the common electrode and the pixel electrode; wherein the pixel electrode comprises a plurality of strip-shaped first pixel electrodes and strip-shaped second pixel electrodes which are alternately arranged at intervals; and the common electrode comprises a plurality of strip-shaped common electrodes which are spaced from each other; wherein ends of the plurality of strip-shaped first pixel electrodes are connected to each other to form a comb shape, and ends of the plurality of strip-shaped second pixel electrodes are connected to each other to form a comb shape; and the comb-shaped first pixel electrode and the comb-shaped second pixel electrode are spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunsic Choi, Hui Li, Zhiqiang Xu, Yoonsung Um
  • Patent number: 9756158
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with convex displays. A convex display may be used to maximize the internal volume of a device. Convex displays may be formed from one or more flexible layers. A flexible display layer may be mounted to a rigid support structure or a rigid cover layer. Flexible display layers that conform to the curved shape of a rigid structure may provide additional internal volume in which internal components of the device may be positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Brian Lynch
  • Patent number: 9753313
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for displaying on a transparent screen are disclosed. The electronic device includes: a display unit having a first side and a second side and configured to display an image; a first adjusting unit provided on the first or second side of the display unit and is configured to switch from a first state to a second state. The first adjusting unit has a first transmittance in the first state and a second transmittance in the second state. The first transmittance is different from the second transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Junfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 9746726
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display, a method improving the response time thereof, and an array substrate. The array substrate comprises a substrate and multiple pixel units provided in the array on the substrate. Each said pixel unit comprises a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are used to generate a first electric field to control liquid crystal molecules deflected from an initial direction to a predetermined angle spaced from each other provided along a first direction, and a third pixel electrode and a fourth pixel electrode that are used to generate a second electric field to control liquid crystal molecules deflected from the predetermined angle to the initial direction spaced from each other provided along a second direction. Compared with the prior art, the present invention can improve the response time of the liquid crystal display, thereby improving the display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chang Xie