Patents Examined by Thoi V. Duong
  • Patent number: 11550198
    Abstract: Provided is an electrochromic display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate on the first substrate; an electrolyte layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first transparent electrode provided between the electrolyte layer and the first substrate; second transparent electrodes provided between the electrolyte layer and the second substrate; a first electrochromic layer provided between the first transparent electrode and the electrolyte layer; and a second electrochromic layer provided between the second transparent electrodes and the electrolyte layer, wherein the second transparent electrodes each extend in a first direction and be disposed apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second electrochromic layer extends between the second transparent electrodes and contacts a lower surface of the second substrate, the first electrochromic layer includes an inorganic electrochromic material, and the second electrochromic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chil Seong Ah, Juhee Song, Hojun Ryu, Tae-Youb Kim, Sang Hoon Cheon, Doo-Hee Cho, Seong-Mok Cho, Chi-Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11550180
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a first substrate. The liquid crystal display also includes a plurality of first thin film transistors disposed on the first substrate. The liquid crystal display further includes a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate. In addition, the liquid crystal display includes a plurality of second thin film transistors disposed on the second substrate. The liquid crystal display also includes a plurality of sensing units disposed on the second substrate, and at least one of the plurality of sensing units electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of second thin film transistors. The liquid crystal display further includes a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Chia Huang, Yuan-Lin Wu, Chandra Lius, Kuan-Feng Lee, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 11550429
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device comprises first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a base member, a sensor between the base member and the liquid crystal layer, a collimation layer between the sensor and the liquid crystal layer, an insulating layer between the sensor and the collimation layer, an insulating layer, and a light shielding layer between the sensor and the base member. The sensor is configured to output a signal corresponding to light incident from a liquid crystal layer side. The light shielding layer overlaps with an outer peripheral part of the first collimation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ito, Kazuki Matsunaga, Shigesumi Araki, Kazuhide Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11543703
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, an insulating layer, an alignment film, and a sealant. The insulating layer is disposed on the substrate and with a plurality of grooves. The alignment film is disposed on the insulating layer. The sealant is disposed on the alignment film. Wherein, the sealant overlaps at least a portion of the plurality of grooves. In a predetermined unit region, the side length of the predetermined unit region is a maximum width X of the sealant, and a total side length of the portions of the plurality of grooves located in the predetermined unit region is greater than 8 times of the maximum width X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shao-Hong Chen, Jui-Kang Tsui
  • Patent number: 11537009
    Abstract: An array base plate and a fabricating method thereof, a display panel and a displaying device. The array base plate includes a substrate, the substrate is divided into a displaying region and a non-displaying region that surrounds the displaying region, and the non-displaying region includes a chip binding region; the array base plate further includes a target film layer provided on the substrate, and the target film layer extends to the non-displaying region; and the target film layer has a depression structure on a side that faces the chip binding region, and a position of the depression structure corresponds to a position of the chip binding region, whereby an orthographic projection of an alignment film in the array base plate on the substrate does not have a coinciding area with the chip binding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanli Zhao, Xiaoji Li, Gang Chen, He Sun, Jianghong Wen, Guang Wang, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 11536997
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a first substrate, a frame positioned in the rear of the first substrate, a second substrate opposite the first substrate and positioned between the first substrate and the frame, the second substrate having an area less than an area of the first substrate, and a member layer electrically connected to the first substrate and extended toward the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyojin Won, Yongho Lee
  • Patent number: 11537016
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an array substrate is provided, which comprises: forming a first metal layer and an insulating layer in sequence on a base substrate, the insulating layer covering the first metal layer; forming an etch barrier layer on the insulating layer; etching the etching barrier layer and the insulating layer multiple times, wherein an effective blocking area of the etching barrier layer decreases successively in each etching to form a connection hole penetrating the insulating layer, the connection hole includes a plurality of via holes connected in sequence, and a slope angle of a hole wall of each via hole is smaller than a preset slope angle; and forming a second metal layer, the second metal layer being connected to the first metal layer through the connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOFT FCTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Leilei Cheng, Jingang Fang, Luke Ding, Jun Liu, Wei Li, Bin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11531244
    Abstract: A switchable optical assembly comprises a switchable waveplate configured to be electrically activated and deactivated to selectively alter the polarization state of light incident thereon. The switchable waveplate comprises first and second surfaces and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second surfaces. The first liquid crystal layer comprises a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. Said first and second surfaces may be curved. Said plurality of liquid crystal molecules may vary in tilt with respect to said first and second surfaces with outward radial distance from an axis through said first and second surfaces and said liquid crystal layer in a plurality of radial directions. The switchable waveplate additionally comprises a first plurality of electrodes to apply an electrical signal across said first liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Chulwoo Oh, Ravi Kumar Komanduri, Gary Sharp
  • Patent number: 11531205
    Abstract: A head mounted display device includes a display, a light waveguide element, and a light shutter. The display periodically provides a display image. The light waveguide element receives the display image, generates a projection image according to the display image, projects the projection image from a second surface, and projects the projection image to a target zone from a first surface. The light shutter is adjacent to the second surface of the light waveguide element and is coupled to the light waveguide element. The light shutter is periodically disabled and enabled in an alternating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsiu Tsai, Wei-Jen Chang, Fu-Cheng Fan
  • Patent number: 11520171
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a display panel manufacturing method including steps: disposing an alignment mark on a display panel; using an invisible-light identifier device to identify the alignment mark; and, processing the display panel according to the identified alignment mark. The invisible-light identifier device is configured to identify invisible light having wavelength longer than visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guanghui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11513374
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes an array substrate, a color film substrate disposed on the array substrate, and a photochromic glass layer disposed on the color film substrate. A color change region is formed when an ultraviolet laser irradiates the photochromic glass layer, and the color change region filters passing lights. The display panel further includes a plurality of scattered particles distributed on the photochromic glass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongchen Huang, Yuexia Lin, Hongji Li
  • Patent number: 11506923
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of standard pixel units, and a plurality of dummy pixel units. A plurality of first conductor patterns and a plurality of shield blocks of a shield pattern layer are arranged in an array above the substrate. Each of the standard pixel units includes one of the first conductor patterns and a first shield block of the shield blocks. The first shield blocks and the first conductor patterns are overlapped, respectively. Each of the dummy pixel units includes a second shield block of the shield blocks. The second shield blocks and the first conductor patterns are not overlapped. A first edge of the substrate is spaced apart from a second edge of one of the standard pixel units adjacent to the dummy pixel units by a first distance. The first distance is within a range from 50 ?m to 3000 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Hung Shih, Wei-Chieh Sun, Peng-Che Tai, Chia-Heng Chen, Jhih-Ci Chen, Meng-Ting Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11506948
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an array substrate. The array substrate may include a base substrate, an auxiliary electrode, a thin film transistor, a first insulating layer, a first electrode, a second insulating layer, and a second electrode sequentially arranged in a direction away from the base substrate. The auxiliary electrode is between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer and insulated from the first electrode, the auxiliary electrode is coupled to a drain of the thin film transistor through a first via hole in the first insulating layer, and the second electrode is coupled to the auxiliary electrode through a second via hole in the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maokun Tian, Zhonghao Huang, Xu Wu, Yuanyao Dou
  • Patent number: 11493818
    Abstract: An autonomous light management system for a window includes an electrochromic film stack comprising an electrochromic layer on a first transparent electrode, an ion storage layer on a second transparent electrode, and an electrolyte sandwiched between the ion storage and electrochromic layers. The electrochromic film stack exhibits a transmissive state or an absorptive state depending on charging or discharging of the electrochromic layer. The light management system further comprises an array of power units disposed on a front surface of the electrochromic film stack, where each power unit comprises at least one solar microcell. Collectively, the solar microcells cover an area no greater than about 6% of a total area of the front surface. The array of power units is configured to control the charging and discharging of the electrochromic layer, thereby manipulating light transmission through the electrochromic film stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Mikayla A. Yoder, Marjorie M. Potter, Aaron Petronico, Sean E. Lehman, Ralph G. Nuzzo
  • Patent number: 11493816
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a liquid crystal display device which has excellent viewing angle characteristics and higher quality. The present invention has a pixel including a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element through the second switch and the first resistor. The pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a Cs line through the third switch and the second resistor. A common electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second liquid crystal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 11480712
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to nanostructured trans-reflective filters having sub-wavelength dimensions. In one embodiment, the trans-reflective filter includes a film stack that transmits a filtered light within a range of wavelengths and reflects light not within the first range of wavelengths. The film stack includes a first metal film disposed on a substrate having a first thickness, a first dielectric film disposed on the first metal film having a second thickness, a second metal film disposed on the first dielectric film having a third thickness, and a second dielectric film disposed on the second metal film having a fourth thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Tapashree Roy, Rutger Meyer Timmerman Thijssen, Robert Jan Visser
  • Patent number: 11480840
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes, on a first base material, pixels and a capacitive element disposed in a light shielding region between the pixels, and the capacitive element includes a first capacitive wiring disposed along the light shielding region, a dielectric layer that covers at least consecutive three surfaces (a surface O, a surface P and a surface Q) of the first capacitive wiring, and a second capacitive wiring that faces at least the consecutive three surfaces of the first capacitive wiring through the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11474391
    Abstract: An electro-optical device, which includes a display area and a peripheral area, includes a transmissive base member, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a transmissive lens layer having a plurality of lenses disposed corresponding to the plurality of pixel electrodes, an insulating layer disposed between the transmissive base member and the transmissive lens layer, and a light-shielding film disposed between the transmissive base member and the insulating layer, and having a light-shielding property. The insulating layer has a contact surface in contact with the transmissive lens layer, and has a refractive index different from a refractive index of the transmissive lens layer. The contact surface has a first surface located in the display area, and a second surface located in the peripheral area. The first surface has a plurality of first recessed portions disposed corresponding to the plurality of lenses, and the second surface has one or more second recessed portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shotaro Izawa
  • Patent number: 11467439
    Abstract: A privacy glazing structure may include an electrically controllable optically active material that provides controlled transition between a privacy or scattering state and a visible or transmittance state. To make electrical connections with electrode layers that control the optically active material, the privacy glazing structure may include electrode engagement regions. In some examples, the electrode engagement regions are formed as notches in peripheral edges of opposed panes bounding the optically active material. The notches may or may not overlap to provide a through conduit in the region of overlap for wiring. In either case, the notches may allow the remainder of the structure to have a flush edge surface for ease of downstream processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Cardinal IG Company
    Inventors: Eric Berner, Eric Bjergaard, Timothy Braun, Andrew DeMiglio, Chad Peters
  • Patent number: 11460736
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens has at least two driving regions, and the liquid crystal lens includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrode groups, and each first electrode group includes a plurality of first electrodes. The plurality of first electrodes included in each first electrode group is configured to receive a plurality of first driving signals in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and each driving region in the at least two driving regions corresponds to at least one first electrode group. The second electrode layer is disposed opposite to the first electrode layer, and includes at least one second electrode configured to receive at least one second driving signal in a one-to-one correspondence manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haiyan Wang