Patents Examined by Wen-Ying P. Chen
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Patent number: 9323115Abstract: A process for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel, a display device and a monochromatic quantum dot layer are disclosed; in the liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of pixel units are defined on the liquid crystal display panel, each pixel unit having sub-pixel units displaying different colors, at a position of the apposing substrate or the array substrate corresponding to a sub-pixel unit of at least one color in each pixel unit, a monochromatic quantum dot layer is disposed. Dispersing of monochromatic quantum dots with a macromolecular polymer network can prevent the quantum dots from aggregation and increase the quantum yield of the quantum dots, so as to increase the light efficacy of quantum excitation, as well as avoiding the contact between the monochromatic quantum dots with oxygen and increasing the life of quantum dots.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Renwei Guo, Xue Dong
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Patent number: 9316870Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The device comprises: an upper substrate, comprising: substrate; a color filter and a black matrix, formed on a surface of the substrate facing a lower substrate in the same layer; a lower substrate, cell-assembled with the upper substrate and comprising: a base substrate; a gate metal bus, a gate insulating layer, a source/drain metal bus and a first insulating protection layer, which are formed on the base substrate sequentially; a transparent electrode, formed on the first insulating protection layer; and a second insulating protection layer, covering the transparent electrode; and a seal agent, provided at a periphery of a display area of the liquid crystal display device, wherein an upper portion of the seal agent is attached to the substrate and a lower portion thereof is attached to the second insulating protection layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuting Zhang, Jing Lv, Zheng Fang
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Patent number: 9316860Abstract: A display polarizer may have a polymer layer such as a polyvinyl alcohol layer coated with a dichroic dye such as iodine. A polymer layer such as a tri-acetyl cellulose layer may be formed on the polyvinyl alcohol layer so that the iodine is interposed between the polyvinyl alcohol layer and the tri-acetyl cellulose layer. To provide protection for the iodine layer, an additional polymer layer such as an additional tri-acetyl cellulose layer and a layer of adhesive may be formed on top of the polymer layer. A functional layer such as an antireflection layer may form an outermost layer in the polarizer. Compensation films may be formed beneath the polyvinyl alcohol layer. Additional display layers such as a lower polarizer layer and interposed layers such as a thin-film transistor layer, liquid crystal layer, and color filter layer may be formed below the compensation films.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicholas C. Buchanan, Brian H. Thornton, Cheng Chen, Craig S. Gilden, Jun Qi, Nicholas G. Roland, Victor H. Yin, Zhibing Ge
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Patent number: 9304538Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus comprises: a display panel; a film extending across the display panel and beyond a periphery of the display panel; and a curved support configured to support the film outside the periphery of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Antero Heikki Hemminki Aaltonen, Jorma Mikael Ikonen
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Patent number: 9304347Abstract: A two layer touch panel structure utilizes direct-bonded touch panel and liquid crystal display (LCD) stackups for devices like tablets and computers. The top surface of a color filter and a receive conducting layer are placed close to the surface of the stackup. Placing a layer of conductive material on top of the color filter, on top of the polarizer, or on the cover glass can enable the process to be greatly simplified and cheaper than conventional processes, while maintaining excellent electrical and touch performance, and reducing ITO pattern visibility. Such a process also can utilize a large color filter, enabling significantly more pieces to be formed from a single stack and thus further improving efficiency and cost.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Gabriel Isaiah Rowe
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Patent number: 9298046Abstract: A conductive film (12) that covers the upper surface of a CF glass substrate (11) or the upper surface of a polarization plate (13) overlaid on the CF glass substrate is provided. The conductive film and a ground electrode (16) on a TFT glass substrate (10) are electrically connected with a conductive tape (20) having adherence. Then, a conductive paste (22), (23) is adhered to a part so as to be placed on both the conductive tape and the conductive film, and is adhered to a part so as to be placed on both the conductive tape and the ground electrode. The conductive tape is provided with a length allowance such that the entire length is longer than the shortest distance between a connection part between the conductive tape and the conductive film and a connection part between the conductive tape and the ground electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiro Sumida, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Yagi
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Patent number: 9299299Abstract: The present invention discloses an array substrate. The data line repair structure of the array substrate includes repair line, control line and a plurality of switch elements. One end of each data line is connected to shorting bar during shorting bar test stage, and the other end is connected to the repair line through a switch element. The control terminal of switch element is connected to control line, input terminal is connected to one end of repair line and the output terminal is connected to a data line. The other end of the repair line is connected to shorting bar during shorting bar test stage. The present invention further discloses a PSVA liquid crystal display panel and manufacturing method thereof. As such, the present invention can improve PSVA process yield rate.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Xin Zhang
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Patent number: 9285101Abstract: An illumination unit includes: a light source section including a laser light source; an optical-path branching device outputting light incident from the light source section, by branching the light into an outgoing optical path of illumination light and other optical path; a photodetector receiving a light flux that travels on the other optical path; a control section controlling an emitted light quantity in the laser light source, based on a quantity of the light flux received by the photodetector; and a light-quantity-distribution control device disposed between the optical-path branching device and the photodetector on the other optical path, the light-quantity-distribution control device controlling a light quantity distribution in the light flux to be incident upon the photodetector.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kazumasa Kaneda
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Patent number: 9285513Abstract: A display apparatus at least comprises a touchscreen, and a symmetric diffusion film (SDF) disposed above the touchscreen. The SDF comprises at least two different materials, including a first material mixed with a second material. The first material has a first refractive index and the second material has a second refractive index, and the first refractive index is different from the second refractive index.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Shibazaki, Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Haruyama
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Patent number: 9274261Abstract: A light emitting device comprising a first frame, a light bar and a light guide plate is provided. The first frame has a groove which has a bottom plane, two inner walls, and an opening. The light bar disposed in the groove comprises a substrate having a lower surface attached to the bottom plane and an upper surface having several light sources. The light guide plate has a light emitting surface and a light incident surface. The light incident surface perpendicular and adjoining to the light emitting surface has several abutting portions. The light guide plate is inserted to the groove via the opening. The emitting light of the light source entering the light guide plate is guided by the light guide plate to be emitted off the light emitting surface. The abutting portions abut to the upper surface, so that the light bar is fixed in the groove.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: LEXTAR ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chen-Yi Su, Yung-Long Jian
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Patent number: 9274366Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate which is light transmissive and has a display region and a periphery region surrounding the display region. A light shielding portion is formed in at least the periphery region of the first substrate and has a light passing portion in the periphery region. A first scale mark portion is formed on the first substrate so as to be arranged inside the light passing portion. A second substrate overlaps the first substrate and a second scale mark portion is formed on the second substrate and forms a pair with the first scale mark portion. A sealing member seals the first and second substrates in the periphery region between the display region and the light passing portion. A dam portion is formed on the first substrate between the display region and the light passing portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takao Sato, Saori Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9274387Abstract: Pixel electrodes each include a pixel plane portion expanded along a surface of the substrate, and a pixel wall portion rising up from the pixel plane portion. Common electrodes each include a common plane portion expanded along a surface of the substrate, and a common wall portion rising up from the common plane portion so as to face the pixel wall portion. Each of the compartment areas has the pixel wall portion on one of right and left sides in the lateral direction, and has the common wall portion on the other of the right and left sides. Molecules of the liquid crystal material are tilted up from the pixel wall portions in a direction of the common wall portion by the electric field. The respective pixel wall portions of the adjacent compartment areas are positioned on opposite sides to each other in the lateral direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takato Hiratsuka, Osamu Itou, Daisuke Sonoda, Toshimasa Ishigaki
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Patent number: 9268081Abstract: A light guide assembly, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD) are provided. The backlight module includes a back plate light guide plate, an adhesive member and a light source. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate and includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface and a light-incident surface. The first optical surface is opposite to the second optical surface. The light-incident surface connects the first optical surface and the second optical surface. The first optical surface or the second optical surface of the light guide plate is set with recess. The adhesive member is disposed in the recess to adhere the light guide plate to the back plate. The light source is disposed on the back plate and emits light toward the light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yu-Hung Hsu, Jui-Lin Chen
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Patent number: 9257141Abstract: A polarization conversion element includes a phase reversal element and a polarization plane rotation element including a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer has a plurality of regions disposed along circumferential direction with the intersection point of the polarization plane rotation element and the optical axis as the center with alignment directions different from each other. When electric voltage in accordance with the wavelength of linear polarization incident on the polarization plane rotation element is applied, each region rotates the polarization plane of the polarization component transmitted by each region, and thereby converts linear polarization to radial polarization. The phase reversal element reverses, among the first and the second annular portions alternately disposed along the radial direction with the optical axis as the center, the phase of light incident on the first annular portion relative to the phase of light incident on the second annular portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Makoto Kurihara, Kenji Matsumoto, Masafumi Yokoyama, Ayano Tanabe
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Patent number: 9250471Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a light source, a light source circuit board on which the light source is mounted, and which electrically controls the light source, a light guide plate optical system including a light guide plate having an incidence plane from which a light emitted from the light source is input, and outputting the light as a planar light, and a frame that holds the light guide plate optical system and the light source circuit board, and has a hole at a position of a light source arrangement plane which faces the incidence plane in which the light source is arranged. The light source circuit board is located at the frame so that the light source is arranged inside the hole from a rear surface side of the light source arrangement plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Tokuyama, Norihiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 9250469Abstract: A polarizer having at least one optical film and at least one polarizing film, wherein the absolute value of the photo-elastic coefficient C of the optical film is 2×10?12 Pa?1 or more, the optical film has an in-plane direction in which the sound propagation velocity is the maximum, and the angle between the in-plane direction in which the sound propagation velocity through the optical film is the maximum and the direction of the absorption axis of the polarizing film falls within a range of from 0° to less than 45°, is excellent in working aptitude and can prevent optical unevenness of the liquid-crystal display device accompanied by environmental changes.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyuki Sasada, Mitsuo Osato, Kazuya Hisanaga
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Patent number: 9235232Abstract: A lightweight, weatherproof, protective enclosure for flat panel displays comprising a containing element in the form of an open, shallow rectangular prism with a regular network of shallow reinforcing depressions formed in its outer surface and a substantially transparent planar viewing element hingedly connected to the containing element such that when the viewing element is closed over, and sealed to, the containing element the protective enclosure forms a lightweight, monocoque structure with enhanced structural rigidity.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Inventor: Justin King
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Patent number: 9229272Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight of an edge light system. The backlight includes a light source, and a light guide plate that has a light emitting surface for emitting a light input from the light source into a planar shape, and is placed on the liquid crystal display panel. The light source is located to face an end surface of the light guide plate on a side of the liquid crystal display panel so as not to overlap with the liquid crystal display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Atsuo Nakagawa, Eiji Oohira
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Patent number: 9230994Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device which allows a desirable storage capacitor to be ensured in a pixel without decreasing the aperture ratio in response to changes in frame frequency. In a liquid crystal display device including a pixel transistor and two capacitive elements using an oxide semiconductor material in each pixel, one of the capacitive elements comprises a light-transmitting material to improve the aperture ratio of the pixel. Furthermore, through the use of characteristics of the light-transmitting capacitive element, the size of the storage capacitor in the pixel is varied by adjusting the voltage value of a capacitance value in response to the frame frequency varied depending on images displayed.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 9223168Abstract: A PDLC film structure, a manufacturing method and a controlling method thereof are provided. The PDLC film structure comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other; and a PDLC layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate. A transparent electrode is provided on a surface of the first substrate which faces the second substrate, and a plurality of control units are provided on a surface of the second substrate which faces the first substrate, each control unit comprising a first thin film field effect transistor and a first transparent electrode connected thereto, and a second thin film field effect transistor and a second transparent electrode connected thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jaegeon You, Miki Kashima