Patents Examined by William D Peterson
  • Patent number: 10613399
    Abstract: A liquid display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first base substrate, a first signal line disposed on the first base substrate and extended in a first direction, a second signal line disposed on the first base substrate, extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and insulated from the first signal line, a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate and electrically connected to the first signal line and the second signal line, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a shield pattern disposed on a same layer as but spaced apart from the pixel electrode, overlapped with the thin film transistor, and including a material same as a material of the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kee Bum Park, Hyung Jin Song, Jae Won Kim, Yoo Mi Ra, Do Yeong Park, Kye Uk Lee
  • Patent number: 10613404
    Abstract: A liquid crystal optical element having a variable optical power includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, an electrode configured to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer and to change the liquid crystal layer from an electro-inactive state to an electro-active state, a homogeneous alignment layer provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, a homeotropic alignment layer provided between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer; and a diffraction grating provided on a surface of the second substrate on a side of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 10613350
    Abstract: An electrically focus-tunable lens of an active matrix type includes a basic lens and a transparent phase modulator which includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a common electrode unit, a phase modulation electrode unit, and an array of thin film transistors. Each liquid crystal portion of the liquid crystal layer is independently controlled by applying a predetermined voltage between the common electrode and a corresponding one of data electrode strips of the phase modulation electrode unit to provide each pixel area of the transparent phase modulator with an independent refractive index so as to create a phase modulation profile for the transparent phase modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Yi-Hsin Lin, Hung-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 10598961
    Abstract: Glasses controls light that is to enter an eye. The glasses includes an optical element and a control section. The optical element includes a liquid crystal layer that refracts the light. The control section controls refraction of the light by forming an electric potential gradient in a saw-tooth shape in the liquid crystal layer through application of control voltage to the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ELCYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Giichi Shibuya, Sunri Lee, Yumi Atobe
  • Patent number: 10591784
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a thin film transistor on the first substrate; a first passivation layer on the thin film transistor; a first electrode on the first passivation layer; a second passivation layer on the first electrode; a second electrode of an oxide semiconductor on the second passivation layer; and an alignment layer on the second electrode. The second electrode includes first portions and second conductive portions alternating with the first portions. A surface of the first portions is flush with the second conductive portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hoon Lim, Do-Yeon Kim, Tae-Rim Lee, Sung-Won Lee, Sun-Yoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10585316
    Abstract: The present invention presents a switching layer S for use in a switching element which has forwards-scattering properties in at least one switching state. Furthermore, a switching element which comprises the switching layer S and a window element which includes the switching element are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Junge, Andreas Beyer, Ties De Jong
  • Patent number: 10578900
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a flexible display panel for showing a picture, a panel support member disposed at the rear surface of the display panel for supporting the display panel, and a first hinge member fixed to the panel support member, the first hinge member having a predetermined axis of rotation. The display panel includes a first portion disposed in one side (first side) of two regions divided by an imaginary plane in which the axis of rotation is located and which is perpendicular to a front surface of the display panel and a second portion disposed in the other side (second side). The rear surface of the end portion of the first portion in the first side direction is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinha Heo, Hyunjong Ryu
  • Patent number: 10578909
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a dichroic filter is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel including a liquid crystal layer and a quantum dot color filter disposed on the liquid crystal layer; a light source configured to emit light; a light guide plate configured to guide the light emitted from the light source towards the display panel; and a dichroic filter provided on a first side the light guide plate that is opposite to a second side of the light guide plate on which the display panel is provided, the dichroic filter being configured to concentrate the light emitted from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kye Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10569505
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizing film laminate comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a polarizing film wherein the adhesive layer comprises: a base adhesive zone made of a transparent base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and formed over a given range from one principal surface of the adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the adhesive layer; and a refractive index adjustment zone formed over a given range from the other principal surface of the adhesive layer in the thickness direction and comprising the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and material infiltrated into the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and different from the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, the refractive index adjustment zone having an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, and wherein the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material zone of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is located on the side of the polarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Atsushi Yasui
  • Patent number: 10564510
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a liquid crystal lens. The liquid crystal lens may comprise a plurality a liquid crystal lens units. At least one of the plurality of liquid crystal lens units may comprise a first substrate, a second substrate opposite the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a scattering member on the first substrate at an edge of the liquid crystal lens unit. The scattering member may be configured to scatter crosstalk light at the edge of the liquid crystal lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongxiao Li, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Qian Wang, Ming Yang, Xiaochen Niu, Haiyan Wang, Dacheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10564464
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device, including a display panel having a plurality of pixel units, a protection cover plate disposed on a light exit surface of the display panel, and a plurality of light sensing devices for pattern recognition disposed on one side of the pixel unit facing away from the light exit surface, and a light collimating member disposed between the protection cover plate and the plurality of light sensing devices, wherein orthogonal projections of the light sensing device and the pixel unit on the display panel do not overlap each other, and the light collimating member has a light transmitting area above the light sensing device and a light shielding area outside the light transmitting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Xiaoliang Ding, Rui Xu, Lijun Zhao, Yanan Jia, Pinchao Gu, Yunke Qin, Yuzhen Guo, Yanling Han, Chun Wei Wu, Changfeng Li, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 10551710
    Abstract: There is disclosed a transparent display device including: a transparent display panel, a first optical structure fixed on a light incidence side of the transparent display panel, and a plurality of light sources arranged on a side of the first optical structure, wherein there is a scattering lens structure arranged on a side of the first optical structure facing away from the transparent display panel and a refractive index of a medium between the first optical structure and the transparent display panel is less than a refractive index of the first optical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Hao Zhou, Weihao Hu, Hai Chi, Liang Zhang, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10551688
    Abstract: An electrode structure and a liquid crystal display panel are disclosed. The electrode structure comprises a first trunk electrode and a second trunk electrode, the first trunk electrode and the second trunk electrode intersecting with each other to form a trunk electrode intersecting point; and a plurality of branch electrodes, the branch electrodes being spaced from one another, and one end of each branch electrode being connected with at least one of the first trunk electrode and the second trunk electrode and forming a trunk-branch angle with a corresponding trunk electrode. The trunk-branch angles of the branch electrodes decrease gradually or increase gradually along a direction from the trunk electrode intersecting point to far therefrom. An electric field distribution in the electrode structure can be optimized, and an orientation of liquid crystal can be optimized accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaohui Yao
  • Patent number: 10551538
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display module including a bending area that is bendable along a reference axis, and a polarization member disposed on the display module. The polarization member includes a ?/4 phase retardation layer disposed on the display module and including a nematic liquid crystal coating layer. The polarization member further includes a first adhesion member disposed on the ?/4 phase retardation layer, a ?/2 phase retardation layer disposed on the first adhesion member and including a discotic liquid crystal coating layer, a second adhesion member disposed on the ?/2 phase retardation layer, and a line polarizer disposed on the second adhesion member and including an absorption axis, wherein an angle between the reference axis and the absorption axis is about 15 degrees to about 75 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heeyoung Lee, Eunmi Seo
  • Patent number: 10538055
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizing film laminate comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a polarizing film wherein the adhesive layer comprises: a base adhesive zone made of a transparent base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and formed over a given range from one principal surface of the adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the adhesive layer; and a refractive index adjustment zone formed over a given range from the other principal surface of the adhesive layer in the thickness direction and comprising the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and material infiltrated into the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and different from the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, the refractive index adjustment zone having an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, and wherein the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material zone of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is located on the side of the polarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Atsushi Yasui
  • Patent number: 10534211
    Abstract: A geometrically true and perfectly flat display screen includes a first frame, a backlight module and a first bolster. The backlight module is received in the first frame and includes a reflector plate at a lower portion of the backlight module. The first bolster is directly attached to the reflector plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Chen-Sheng Hsu
  • Patent number: 10520781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: a lower electrode including a unit pixel electrode; an upper electrode including an upper unit electrode facing the unit pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules aligned approximately perpendicular to the surfaces of the lower electrode and the upper electrode in the absence of an electric field, wherein the unit pixel electrode includes a stem forming a boundary between a plurality of sub-regions and a plurality of minute branches extending in different directions in two different sub-regions, the upper unit electrode includes an opening facing the stem and extending parallel to the stem, any alignment aid to pretilt the liquid crystal molecules is absent, and a length of the minute branches is equal to or less than about 53 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Wi Ryu, Cheol Shin, Hak Sun Chang, Ki Chul Shin, Jae-Soo Jang, Ka Eun Kim, Ho Kil Oh, Se Hyun Lee, Hyo Ju Jung, Sang Hyeon Song, Sang Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 10509278
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip on film (COF) single-layer flexible printed circuit board, including: a flexible packaging substrate including a bonding area and a controlling chip being packaged on the flexible packaging substrate. The bonding area of the flexible packaging substrate is configured to bond with a bonding area of an array substrate. The controlling chip electrically connects to the bonding area of the flexible packaging substrate. The controlling chip and the bonding area of the flexible packaging substrate are configured on the same side of the flexible packaging substrate, and a portion of the flexible packaging substrate is bent at least one time. As such, the controlling chip faces away the array substrate, the cost and the complexity of the post-process may be reduced, and the COF single-layer flexible printed circuit board may be shipped in the folding manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Cheng, Gege Zhou
  • Patent number: 10495791
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film including a light reflection layer, in which the light reflection layer is a layer in which alignment of liquid crystal molecules is immobilized, the liquid crystal molecule forms a helical structure in a film thickness direction of the light reflection layer, and a tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecule is 15° to 55°. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of the optical film including curing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound and a chiral agent interposed between a support and another support. In the optical film according to the present invention, an absolute value of oblique retardation is smaller. In the liquid crystal display device including the optical film, front surface brightness is high and an oblique change in the shade is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukito Saitoh, Hideyuki Nishikawa, Kunihiro Atsumi, Wataru Hoshino, Yoshiaki Takada
  • Patent number: 10481449
    Abstract: An array substrate including a color filter layer is provided. The array substrate includes a first substrate, a TFT array, arranged on the first substrate, and a color filter layer arranged on the TFT array. The color filter layer includes color-resist units with different colors. A mixed color-resist area is arranged between the two neighboring color-resist units. The mixed color-resist area comprises two or more color-resist film layers arranged in layers with different colors. A method of producing an array substrate having a color filter layer is also provided. A liquid crystal display includes the array substrate having the color film layer is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yuxin Pan