Patents Examined by Wen-Ying P. Chen
  • Patent number: 8094273
    Abstract: A display panel and a color filter substrate thereof are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, an alignment structure set, a second substrate, a pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The alignment structure set includes a first and a second alignment units disposed on the upper electrode. The first alignment unit is different from the second alignment unit. The pixel electrode is formed on the second substrate and includes a first electrode and a second lower electrode opposite to the first and second alignment units, respectively. A color filter may be disposed between the first substrate and the alignment structure layer to form a color filter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Jen Hu, Meng-Chang Tsai
  • Patent number: 8085363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a patternable coatable electrically conductive layer comprising a fluid-coated electrically conductive material, wherein the fluid-coated electrically conductive material has sufficient conductivity to induce an electric field strong enough to change the optical state of a light modulating material and a display comprising a substrate, at least one patternable coatable electrically conductive layer comprising a fluid-coated electrically conductive material, wherein said fluid coated electrically conductive material has sufficient conductivity to induce an electric field strong enough to change the optical state of a light modulating material which has a first and a second field-switched stable optical state, and an imaging layer comprising said light modulating material disposed over said at least one patternable fluid-coated electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Stanley W. Stephenson, Mary C. Brick, Terry J. Martin
  • Patent number: 8081282
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a gate line and two data lines crossing with the gate line to define a pixel, a first pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the first data line, and a second pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the second data line. A second substrate opposes the first substrate and includes a common electrode having a common electrode cutting pattern. The pixel electrode includes a pixel electrode cutting pattern to form domains and sub domains in the pixel with the common electrode cutting pattern. A liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first and second substrates. The pixel electrodes include bent portions. The pixel electrode and the common electrode include sub cutting patterns extending towards the sub domains at the bent portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industrial Cooperation Foundation of Chonbuk National University
    Inventors: Seung-hee Lee, Ji-won Sohn, Yeon-mun Jeon, Seong-jin Hwang, Jae-jin Lyu
  • Patent number: 8077276
    Abstract: A display system according to the present invention includes: a dimming device capable of switchably presenting a light reflecting state or a light transmitting state; and a display device for displaying information by modulating light transmitted through the dimming device and/or light reflected by the dimming device. The dimming device has a plurality of regions each being independently capable of switchably presenting a light reflecting state or a light transmitting state, and, when a plurality of types of information are being displayed on the display device, the dimming device is capable of selectively switching between the light reflecting state or the light transmitting state of each of the plurality of regions in accordance with the types of information being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideki Uchida
  • Patent number: 8064014
    Abstract: The light reflecting plate has a substrate made of metal plate, a binder layer made of organic resin or an inorganic material, which is formed on the substrate, a reflective layer formed of a plated layer of silver or silver alloy containing silver as a main component, which is formed on the binder layer, and a protective layer formed on the reflective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruyaki Tatsumi, Youji Tamura, Keiji Yamane
  • Patent number: 8059256
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an illuminator and a liquid crystal panel for performing displaying by using light which is emitted from the illuminator. The liquid crystal panel includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer provided between the pair of substrates, and a pair of alignment films provided on sides of the pair of substrates facing the liquid crystal layer. At least one of the alignment films is a photo-alignment film which is imparted with an orientation regulating force through a photo-alignment treatment, and the illuminator includes a light source causing primary generation of at least blue light, among other light which is used for displaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Miyachi
  • Patent number: 8059249
    Abstract: A flat panel display and a chip bonding pad thereof are provided. The flat panel display includes a display panel, an FPC board, first and second source driving chips, and a control circuit board. First and second wires in a peripheral circuit region of the display panel extend from the underneath of the FPC board to two opposite sides of the display panel and electrically connect the FPC board. The first source driving chips electrically connect the FPC board through parts of the first wires. The second source driving chips electrically connect the FPC board through the second wires. The chip bonding pad is under one of the first and second source driving chips. The chip bonding pad includes a first dielectric layer having first through holes and a second dielectric layer having second and third through holes arranged alternately. The second through holes correspond to the first through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Hsin Liu, Po-Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 8049861
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an illuminator and a liquid crystal panel for performing displaying by using light which is emitted from the illuminator. The liquid crystal panel includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer provided between the pair of substrates, and a pair of alignment films provided on sides of the pair of substrates facing the liquid crystal layer. At least one of the alignment films is a photo-alignment film which is imparted with an orientation regulating force through a photo-alignment treatment, and the illuminator includes a light source causing primary generation of at least blue light, among other light which is used for displaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Miyachi
  • Patent number: 8049827
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of scan lines, an insulating layer, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels arranged in an array of rows and columns. The pixels in each row are aligned in a row direction, the pixels in each column are aligned in a column direction, and the pixels are separated from each other by the scan lines and the data lines. Each pixel includes a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode. The pixel electrode has at least one opening that extends from the periphery to the inside of the pixel electrode and at least one extension part that extends in the row direction into an opening of a neighboring pixel electrode in the same row. Each of the scan lines alternately controls one of the pixel electrodes in a first row and one of the pixel electrodes in a second row immediately adjacent to the first row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Chin-Chang Liu, I Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 8049828
    Abstract: A flat-panel display device having test architecture is disclosed for disposing shorting bars without sacrificing wiring-on-array bus layout area of the outer-lead-bonding region. The flat-panel display device essentially includes a substrate having a plurality of driving integrated-circuit (IC) mounting areas, a plurality of signal lines and transmission lines disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of shorting bars disposed on the driving IC mounting areas. Each shorting bar is coupled to a corresponding signal line and a corresponding transmission line. Furthermore, in order to take out the laser-cutting process in the fabrication of the flat-panel display device for saving production cost, each driving IC mounting area is further disposed with a plurality of transistors for controlling the signal connections between the shorting bars and the signal lines, and also for controlling the signal connections between the shorting bars and the transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsin Liu, Yung-Chih Chen, Po-Yuan Liu, Tsung-Ting Tsai
  • Patent number: 8049863
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The method includes: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; providing a plurality of liquid crystal drops on the first substrate, wherein two adjacent liquid crystal drops in X direction is kept by a distance d1 mm, and two adjacent liquid crystal drops in Y direction is kept by a distance d2 mm, each liquid crystal drop is G mg, d1 16.7, d2 15.4, and G 1; connecting the first substrate and the second substrate so that the liquid crystal drops are sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and polymerizing the polymeric components of the liquid crystal drops while applying a predetermined voltage to the liquid crystal drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jia-Hau Jian, Chih-Ho Chiu, Cheng-Jung Chiang, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Te-Sheng Chen, Norio Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8049830
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an LCD device comprising: providing first and second substrates; forming an active area having a source region, a drain region, a channel region, and a storage region on the first substrate; forming a first insulation film on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode, a gate line and a pixel electrode on the first substrate and forming a storage line partially overlapping with the storage region; forming a second insulation film on the first substrate; forming first and second contact holes exposing a portion of the source and drain regions by removing a portion of the first and second insulation films and exposing the pixel electrode by removing the second insulation film on the pixel electrode; and forming a source electrode electrically connected to the source region through the first contact hole and forming a drain electrode electrically connected to the drain region through the second contact hole and partially overlapping with the storage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong In Park, Dea Yun Lee
  • Patent number: 8031306
    Abstract: A device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode and an underlayer electrode a part of which is opposed to the pixel electrode, a second substrate including a counter-electrode which is opposed to the pixel electrode, and a layer which is held between the first and the second substrate, and which is in a first state prior to power-on and transitions to a second state, at a time of a display operation, wherein the pixel electrode includes a first part that passes light and a second part that reflects light, the second part includes a projection which is opposed to the counter-electrode, and a transverse electric field generating section, which is provided near the projection so as to generate a transverse electric field between the underlayer electrode and the second part, is disposed at an end portion of the second part, which is opposed to the underlying electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fukami, Mitsutaka Okita, Kenji Nakao
  • Patent number: 8031317
    Abstract: A first wiring is formed on an array substrate, such that the first wiring has a first protrusion. A second wiring is formed on a different layer from that of the first wiring, such that a portion of the second wiring overlaps with the first protrusion. A protection layer that covers the first and second wirings is formed, such that the protection layer has first and second contact holes that expose the first and second wirings, respectively. Then, a third wiring that electrically connects the first wiring to the second wiring through the first and second contact holes is formed. When electrical connection between the first and second wirings is abnormal, a laser beam is irradiated toward the first protrusion, so that the electrical connection may be repaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Jae Park, Hyang-Shik Kong
  • Patent number: 8018555
    Abstract: A backlight device for a liquid crystal display device includes a light source providing light; a light waveguide plate 40 guiding light from the light source, having an emitting surface, a front surface and a bottom surface, the emitting surface adjacent to the light source; a reflector arranged under the bottom surface of the light wave guide plate, reflecting light; and at least one cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) film arranged over the front surface of the light wave guide plate, collimating light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon-ho Son, Jong-weon Moon
  • Patent number: 8013963
    Abstract: A color filter is described, including a first color filter layer, a first light absorbing layer, a second color filter pattern and a second light absorbing pattern. The first color filter layer is disposed over a substrate. The first light absorbing layer is disposed between the substrate and the first color filter layer. The second color filter pattern covers a portion of the first color filter layer. The second light absorbing pattern is disposed between the second color filter pattern and the first color filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Pei-Wen Ko, Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chin-Hsia Chen
  • Patent number: 8004624
    Abstract: A Gate In Panel (GIP) type liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, an area between the first and second substrates including an active region for displaying images and a dummy region outside of the active region; a common line in a peripheral area of the dummy region of the first substrate; a GIP gate driver on one side of the dummy region of the first substrate; a GIP dummy gate driver in the dummy region between the common line and the GIP gate driver; signal lines that applying signals outputted from a timing controller to the GIP gate driver and the GIP dummy gate driver, the signal lines on the one side of the dummy region on the first substrate; and an electrostatic prevention circuit formed in the dummy region of the first substrate between the common line and the signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wang-Seob Kil
  • Patent number: 8004636
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel for a flat panel display includes a substrate, a first signal line formed on the substrate, a second signal line intersecting and insulated from the first signal line, a switching element having a first terminal connected to the first signal line, a second terminal connected to the second signal line, and a third terminal, a pixel electrode connected to the third terminal of the switching element, and first and second light blocking members extending parallel to the second signal line, each being disposed on an opposite side of and partially overlapping an respective edge of the second signal line, an interval between the first and second light blocking members being in a range of from more than 1.5 ?m to less than 4 ?m. The array panel prevents light leakage from the display and improves its transmittance, aperture ratio and color reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Ha Choi, Min-Seok Oh, Jeong-Min Park, Doo-Hee Jung, Hi-Kuk Lee, Sang-Gab Kim
  • Patent number: 7999906
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including: first and second substrates; a gate line on the first substrate; a data line crossing the gate line having a gate insulating film therebetween to define a pixel area; a pixel electrode formed of a transparent conductive film in a pixel hole passing through the gate insulating film in the pixel area; and a thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a semiconductor layer defining a channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode, wherein the semiconductor layer overlaps with a source and drain metal pattern including the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode; and wherein the drain electrode protrudes from the semiconductor layer toward inside of the pixel electrode to be connected to the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chul Ahn, Byoung Ho Lim, Jae Jun Ahn
  • Patent number: 7995166
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device, and a terminal device, which can achieve a high image quality by decreasing deterioration of the image quality that may be caused due to combining a reflection plate including an uneven structure with an image distributing device, are provided. The display panel includes a lenticular lens for distributing light emitted from each of pixels towards different directions from each other along an arranging direction (a first direction) of a pixel for displaying an image for a first viewpoint and a pixel for displaying an image for a second viewpoint within a pixel unit, wherein a reflection plate including an uneven structure is formed in each of the pixels, and a layout pattern of the uneven structure on the reflection plate is different to the lenticular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Uehara