Patents Examined by William D Peterson
  • Patent number: 10466560
    Abstract: A display device whose power consumption can be reduced is provided. Alternatively, the aperture ratio of a display device is increased. The display device includes a pixel having a first subpixel and a second subpixel. The first subpixel includes a first coloring layer and a first transistor, and the second subpixel includes a second coloring layer and a second transistor. At least regions where channels might be formed in semiconductor layers of the first and second transistors are positioned to overlap with the first coloring layer. The first coloring layer is likely to absorb light with a shorter wavelength than light absorbed by the second coloring layer. The semiconductor layers, electrodes, wirings, and the like included in the transistors transmit visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kensuke Yoshizumi, Hideaki Shishido
  • Patent number: 10451911
    Abstract: A display device comprises a first chassis and a first backlight housing attached to the first chassis and comprising a first wall. A first optical film layer between a first light guide plate and a first rear polarizer comprises a secured end bonded to the first wall. A second chassis is rotatably coupled to the first chassis and includes a second backlight housing attached to the second chassis and comprising a second wall. A second optical film layer between a second light guide plate and a second rear polarizer includes a secured end bonded to the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rajesh Manohar Dighde, Kabir Siddiqui, Minhyuk Choi
  • Patent number: 10451879
    Abstract: A display device and a method of controlling the same realizes a virtual reality display and an augmented reality display. The display device includes a transparent display panel, an imaging device disposed at a light-exiting side of the transparent display panel, and a light adjusting cover disposed at a side of the transparent display panel away from the light-exiting side. The transparent display panel is disposed within a focal length of the imaging device. The imaging device is configured to image pictures displayed on the transparent display panel at a side thereof away from the imaging device. The light adjusting cover is switchable between a light-transmitting state and a light-shaded state, and is capable of covering a viewing field of human eyes. The display device can perform the virtual reality display or the augmented reality display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenru Wang, Xue Dong, Dong Chen, Haiwei Sun, Ruijun Dong, Lili Chen
  • Patent number: 10451938
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is provided, and includes a color film substrate and an array substrate. The array substrate includes a device layer disposed on a glass substrate; and two ultraviolet protective layers disposed on the same side of the device layer. A first ultraviolet protective layer is close to the UV light source, and a second ultraviolet protective layer is far away from the UV light source. The refractive index of the first ultraviolet protective layer to UV light is greater than the refractive index of the second ultraviolet protective layer to UV light. One UV mask is reduced, to ensure that device characteristics remain unaffected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Cheng
  • Patent number: 10437125
    Abstract: The display device includes: a substrate; a thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate; a passivation layer covering the thin-film transistor; a capping layer disposed on the passivation layer; and a pixel electrode disposed on the capping layer and connected to the thin-film transistor, wherein a thickness of the capping layer is determined according to: d1=(?/2)×(1/2n), where d1 denotes the thickness of the capping layer, ? denotes a wavelength within visible wavelength range, and n denotes a ratio of refractive indices of the passivation layer to the capping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Joon Oh, Se Jin Kim, Young Uook Lee, Jung Su Lee, Sang Yeoul Lim, So Mi Jung, Young Min Jung
  • Patent number: 10399321
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes disposing a curved cover window on a first jig, the first jig includes a settling unit having a curved portion and a supporting unit, the supporting unit includes a seesaw guide having a first portion and a second portion, a rotation axis disposed between the first and second portions, and a weight disposed on the first portion, wherein the seesaw guide is configured to rotate about the rotation axis, disposing a display panel on a second jig, rotating the first jig such that the cover window faces the display panel, and attaching the display panel to the cover window by raising or lowering the first jig or the second jig. The rotating of the first jig includes rotating the settling unit and the first jig such that the weight causes the second portion of the seesaw guide to contact the cover window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soochan Lee, Hirokazu Ishii, Katsuhiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10374018
    Abstract: A display device with improved viewing angle characteristics is provided. A display device with suppressed mixture of colors between adjacent pixels is provided. The display device includes a first coloring layer, a second coloring layer, and a structure body therebetween. The structure body has a portion closer to a display surface side than a bottom surface of the first coloring layer or a bottom surface of the second coloring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Ryu Komatsu, Daiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10366644
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display region including a data line and a pixel that is electrically connected to the data line, a non-display region including a lighting test line that is arranged alternately in a first layer and in a second layer disposed on the first layer, the non-display region being adjacent to the display region and including, and a lighting test unit providing a lighting test voltage to the display region through the lighting test line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Ja Kwon, Won-Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 10365511
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer, and a light-shielding pattern. The second substrate includes a conductive wire. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The light-shielding pattern is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The conductive wire is projected onto the first substrate along a first direction to obtain a projected line. The projected line includes a first border. The light-shielding pattern includes a first edge. The first edge includes a first curving rim. The first curving rim is adjacent to the first border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun-Chen Yang, Yu-Lun Hsu, Chung-Wen Yen, Chao-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10359661
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a display panel includes a display region in which an image is to be displayed, and a non-display region formed into a frame shape surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes a first region in which the gate driver is arranged, and a second region in which the source driver is arranged. The non-display region has a non-light transmitting layer formed therein, which is configured to restrict transmission of light. The non-light transmitting layer has a first slit formed therein, which extends through the first region and the second region and passes through the non-light transmitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ibaraki, Tomohiro Murakoso
  • Patent number: 10317734
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a thin film transistor panel including a first alignment layer, an opposing panel including a second alignment layer, and opposite to the thin film transistor panel, and a liquid crystal layer between the thin film transistor panel and the opposing panel, and including liquid crystal molecules, wherein a difference between a pretilt angle provided by the first alignment layer and a pretilt angle provided by the second alignment layer is equal to or greater than about 0.8 degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Jeong Kim, Oh Jeong Kwon, Ki Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 10317740
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus including the display panel are provided. The display panel includes: a light transmitter disposed on a first pixel electrode and a light converting unit disposed on a second pixel electrode. A portion of the light converting unit extends toward the light transmitter and covers a part of the first pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kye Hoon Lee, Sang Hyun Sohn
  • Patent number: 10310335
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed relating to reducing orders of diffraction patterns in phase modulating devices. An example phase modulating device includes a phase modulating layer having first and second opposing sides, a common electrode adjacent the first side of the phase modulating layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes adjacent the second side of the phase modulating layer, and blurring material disposed between the phase modulating layer and the pixel electrodes. In the example phase modulating device, the blurring material is configured to smooth phase transitions in the phase modulating layer between localized areas associated with the pixel electrodes, the pixel electrodes have a pixel pitch by which the pixel electrodes are distributed along the phase modulating layer, and the pixel electrodes are separated from one another by an inter-pixel gap, where the ratio of the inter-pixel gap to the pixel pitch is between 0.50 and 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Georgiou, Joel S. Kollin
  • Patent number: 10295869
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a first substrate that comprises a first base substrate, an insulating layer located on the first base substrate, and a barrier layer located on the insulating layer; a second substrate that faces the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer that is located between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first spacer that is located between the first substrate and the second substrate and is in contact with the first substrate, wherein the first substrate further comprises a second spacer that is located on the barrier layer and overlaps with the first spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Seul Ki Kim, Seung Ha Choi, Yun Seok Han, Kap Soo Yoon, Jeong Uk Heo
  • Patent number: 10288920
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes a display panel, a functional panel on the display panel, a first support unit configured to support the functional panel, a light-emitting unit below the display panel, a second support unit configured to support the light-emitting unit and being attached to the first support unit, and a dual sealing tape configured to bind the first support unit and the second support unit together, and to seal a gap between the first support unit and the second support unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ChangGong Kang
  • Patent number: 10288958
    Abstract: A double-sided display device includes a first liquid crystal panel for displaying images; a second liquid crystal panel opposite to the first liquid crystal panel, the second liquid crystal panel is configured for displaying the same image with the first liquid crystal panel; a backlight module between the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel, and the backlight module is configured for providing a surface light source to the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel; and wherein the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel share the same driving system. By adopting only one driving system, the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel are controlled to display the same images. The number of the signal input devices and the signal sources may be decreased such that the number of the integrated circuits may also be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yuejun Tang
  • Patent number: 10288893
    Abstract: A device having a partially reflective cover, in particular for use as a decorative mirror element, is described. The device comprises a light source and a cover, which is arranged in front of the light source, the cover comprising a reflective polarizer and a circular polarizer, which is arranged behind the reflective polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: e.solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Jens Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 10261380
    Abstract: To stabilize the alignment direction in the boundary between two regions in a structure in which a pixel includes two regions where the initial alignment directions of the liquid crystal are orthogonal to each other. A pixel is divided into a first region, a second region, and a boundary region between those regions. The initial alignment directions of the liquid crystal in the first region and the second region are orthogonal to each other, the extending directions of the pixel electrode in the first region and the second region are also orthogonal to each other. The extending direction of the pixel electrode in the first region meets the pixel electrode of the second region when extended. The initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal in the boundary region is a direction rotated in a same rotating direction from the initial alignment direction of the first region at an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Chikaaki Mizokuchi