Patents Examined by Timothy L Rude
  • Patent number: 9588365
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a gate line and a data line on the substrate, and insulated from and crossing each other; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an interlayer insulating layer on the thin film transistor; a coating member on the interlayer insulating layer, the coating member elongated to overlap the data line; a common electrode on the interlayer insulating layer, the common electrode overlapping the coating member; a planarization layer covering the common electrode; and a pixel electrode on the planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakae Tanaka, Hiroshi Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 9581870
    Abstract: A conducting film or device multilayer electrode includes a substrate and two transparent or semitransparent conductive layers separated by a transparent or semitransparent intervening layer. The intervening layer includes electrically conductive pathways between the first and second conductive layers to help reduce interfacial reflections occurring between particular layers in devices incorporating the conducting film or electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Fred B. McCormick, Sergey A. Lamansky, Leslie A. Kreilich, Manoj Nirmal
  • Patent number: 9570472
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display. The array substrate comprises a base substrate. The base substrate comprises a pixel region and a peripheral region; data lines and gate lines are formed to transversely and longitudinally cross each other on the base substrate to form a plurality of pixel units, and each of the pixel units comprises a switching element, a pixel electrode and a common electrode above the pixel electrode; the common electrode has slits in each pixel unit and is a plate-shaped electrode in the pixel region, when powered on, the common electrode forms a horizontal electric field together with the pixel electrode of the pixel unit; and a common electrode line fouled in the pixel region and connected with the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiyun Huang, Young Yik Ko, Minghua Xuan
  • Patent number: 9568783
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display including: a first insulation substrate; a thin film transistor positioned on the first insulation substrate; a first subpixel electrode positioned on the thin film transistor and to which a first voltage is applied; a second subpixel electrode positioned on the thin film transistor and to which a second voltage is applied; a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; a common electrode positioned on the second insulation substrate and receiving a common voltage; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate, in which the first subpixel electrode includes a plate region and a minute branch region overlapping the plate region with a passivation layer between the plate region and the minute branch region, and the plate region and the second subpixel electrode are positioned on a same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyun Lee, Ka Eun Kim, Cheol Shin, Hak Sun Chang, Ki Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 9563051
    Abstract: A display panel can display images or information on at least one surface side and transmit external light through a transmissive display element. The display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit light to the one surface side and can be driven independently and a plurality of transmissive display elements that can be driven independently. Alternatively, a display panel transmits external light through a double-side light-emitting element and a transmissive display element. The display panel includes a plurality of double-side light-emitting elements that can be driven independently and a plurality of transmissive display elements that can be driven independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Hatano
  • Patent number: 9563085
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including pixel areas, a second substrate including a common electrode, the second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the first substrate includes data lines disposed on a side of each pixel area, a first pixel electrode having a hexagonal shape disposed on the pixel areas, a shielding electrode overlapping the data line, the shielding electrode disposed on the same layer as the first pixel electrode, and a second pixel electrode disposed on the first pixel electrode, and a first distance between the shielding electrode and a first side of the first electrode disposed on a first pixel area of the pixel areas is greater than a second distance between a second side of the first electrode and the shielding electrode disposed on a second pixel area of the pixel areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang-Mi Kang, Mee-Hye Jung, Cheol-Gon Lee, Ii-Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 9557471
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a LCD panel having a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate and a second polarizer are sequentially provided from a front surface side, a frame which surrounds the LCD panel and has a first opening having first to fourth sides, a planar light source disposed on the rear surface side of the LCD panel in the first opening, a plurality of optical sheet groups which are disposed between the planar light source and the LCD panel, and an adhesive layer which has a second opening formed along the first to fourth sides of the frame. A front surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the LCD panel along at least the first side, and a rear surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the plurality of optical sheet groups and the frame along at least the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 9547199
    Abstract: A curved display device includes a display substrate which is curved in a first direction in a plan view and includes a display area including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, and a peripheral area disposed adjacent to the display area, an opposite substrate which faces the display substrate, the opposite substrate coupled to the display substrate and curved in the first direction along the display substrate, a grayscale control layer interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate, and a coupling member which is disposed in the peripheral area, interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate, and configured to couple the display substrate to the opposite substrate, and includes a first sealing portion which extends in the first direction and includes a light blocking material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Yongwoo Hyung
  • Patent number: 9541780
    Abstract: A curved surface backlight unit is disclosed which includes: a light source; a curved surface light guide plate disposed parallel to the light source; first patterns on one surface of the light guide plate; a reflection plate disposed under the light guide plate; optical sheets disposed on the light guide plate; and second patterns formed on one surface of at least one of the optical sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Yul Moon, Young Hun Jeong
  • Patent number: 9535293
    Abstract: A sealed, transparent liquid crystal display (LCD) assembly is disclosed. The assembly preferably contains a front and a rear glass panel. The assembly also preferably has a spacer element that is positioned around a perimeter of, and sandwiched between, the front and rear glass panels, thereby providing a gaseous seal. The LCD panel is positioned between the front and rear glass panels. In an exemplary embodiment, a two way light guide would be used within the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MANUFACTURING RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: William Dunn
  • Patent number: 9529221
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on and connected to the thin film transistor, and a liquid crystal layer disposed in a first microcavity. The first microcavity is disposed on the pixel electrode and includes an injection hole. The liquid crystal display further includes a roof layer disposed on the first microcavity, an injection hole formation region disposed between the first microcavity and a second microcavity adjacent to the first microcavity, and a liquid crystal transmission layer disposed in the injection hole formation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-Gon Kum, Choi Sang Park
  • Patent number: 9529223
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a reflection type image display portion having a sheet-like anisotropic scattering member. In an area, in an in-plane direction, of the anisotropic scattering member, a low-refractive index area and a high-refractive index area are disposed in a mixture style. The anisotropic scattering member is disposed so that a light is scattered when an outside light is made incident from a surface side on which a degree of a change in a refractive index in a vicinity of a boundary between the low-refractive index area and the high-refractive index area is relatively large, and is emitted from a surface side on which the degree of the change in the refractive index in the vicinity of the boundary between the low-refractive index area and the high-refractive index area is relatively small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 9526352
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a sealed transparent LCD assembly having a front and rear glass panel with a spacer positioned between the two panels to provide a sealed cavity containing a liquid crystal display (LCD). A wireless transmitter/receiver may be placed within the sealed cavity to receive image or video data wirelessly. The sealed transparent LCD assembly may be used with a display case which defines a cavity housing a second wireless transmitter/receiver which can push the image or video data to the wireless transmitter/receiver contained within the sealed cavity between the two glass panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: MANUFACTURING RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Marcos Diaz
  • Patent number: 9530825
    Abstract: A display panel which can avoid RC delay is provided. The display panel comprises photosensitive transistors, data lines electrically connected with source electrodes of the photosensitive transistors, first electrodes electrically connected with drain electrodes of the photosensitive transistors, and light emitting diodes, wherein the photosensitive transistors are arranged in rows the direction of which is perpendicular to the extension direction of the data lines, and the light emitting diodes are arranged in rows, each row of light emitting diodes are arranged along the direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the data lines, and are used for simultaneously turning on all of the photosensitive transistors in a corresponding row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunbing Zhang, Liyan Xu
  • Patent number: 9523901
    Abstract: The invention provides an array substrate including an array of sub-pixels, multiple data lines and multiple scan lines. The array of sub-pixels is divided into multiple column groups along the arrangement direction of the data lines and divided into multiple row groups along the arrangement direction of the scan lines. By the arrangement design of a connection manner of the sub-pixels with the data lines and scan lines in the array substrate, when is driven by a dot inversion method, each column of sub-pixels have intervally arranged well-charged sub-pixels and poorly-charged sub-pixels, so that in a liquid crystal panel including the array substrate, brightnesses of various areas are balanced on the whole and the drawback of the existence of bright and dark lines in the vertical direction is improved. A liquid crystal panel including the array substrate, and a corresponding liquid crystal display device also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Qianqian Li, Je-hao Hsu, Caiqin Chen
  • Patent number: 9519194
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display, including: a first substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and including a stem portion and a plurality of branch electrodes that extends obliquely from the stem portion; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and the pixel electrode further includes a plurality of oblique portions disposed between the plurality of branch electrodes and the stem portion, and the plurality of oblique portions extends in a direction different from a direction in which the plurality of branch electrodes extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Hwan Lee, Hae Ryeong Park, Dong Il Yoo, Mun-Soo Park, Kyu Su Ahn, Yong Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 9519191
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel and an array substrate are disclosed. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel cells. Pixel electrodes of each of the pixel cells connect to at least one scanning line and two data lines correspondingly. The two data lines are parallel and spaced apart from each other, and each of the pixel cells is arranged symmetrically along an axis parallel to the two data lines. In this way, the ports corresponding to the intersection of the scanning lines and the adjacent data lines are at the same height to ensure that the pixel cells may be precisely engaged with each other so as to enhance the flexibility of the pixel arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hua Zheng
  • Patent number: 9513521
    Abstract: A display device including: a substrate including a display area in which pixels are positioned and a peripheral area around the display area; a common electrode and a pixel electrode that are positioned on the display area and overlapping with each other, with a first insulating layer disposed therebetween; a common voltage line positioned on or below the common electrode and contacting the common electrode; an edge common voltage line connected with the common voltage line and formed along an edge of the display area; and a first common voltage transfer line contacting the edge common voltage line in the peripheral area and configured to transfer a common voltage to the common voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Sup Byeon, Sung Hoon Kim, Ji-Won Sohn
  • Patent number: 9513513
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a gate line disposed on a first substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line; a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer; a data line disposed on the semiconductor layer and including a source electrode; a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer and facing the source electrode via the semiconductor layer interposed therebetween; a passivation layer disposed on the data line and the drain electrode; a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer and connected to the drain electrode; a first alignment pattern layer disposed on the pixel electrode; and a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode and the first alignment pattern layer and made of a photoalignment material, wherein the first alignment pattern layer includes a plurality of first alignment patterns separated with a predetermined interval, and the first alignment layer has a concave-convex shape
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong Sung Seo, Hwa Sung Woo, Baek Kyun Jeon
  • Patent number: 9507218
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. Each of pixels in the display panel includes a pixel area; a switch element located near an intersection of a data line and a scan line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switch element; and a common electrode located on the first substrate. The common electrode comprises first common electrodes superposing data lines or scan lines and having the same first width; and second common electrodes overlapping with respective pixel areas and having the same second width, the first width is the same as the second width. Alternatively, the common electrode comprises first slits, which have the same first slit width, located above data lines and scan lines, and second slits, which have the same second slit width and are located in respective pixel areas. The first slit width is the same as the second slit width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Niu, Zhihua Ling, Lingxiao Du, Jun Ma, Sitao Huo, Tianyi Wu