Patents Examined by William D Peterson
  • Patent number: 11169423
    Abstract: The invention provides a display panel and a display device. An array substrate of the display panel includes signal transmission circuits and a control signal circuit. The signal transmission circuits include a first signal transmission circuit and a second signal transmission circuit in the circuit region. The second signal transmission circuit and the control signal circuit are disposed at the same layer. Therefore, there is no need to provide a hole for electrical connection between second signal transmission circuit and control signal circuit in the circuit region. The density of the holes in the circuit region is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaoli Huang, Xinglong He
  • Patent number: 11143897
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal cell and a backlight module, and the liquid crystal cell comprises a color filter, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, an upper polarizer, and a lower polarizer. The color filter comprises a glass substrate, a plurality of black matrixes, and a plurality of color blocks, and the color blocks are doped with infrared quantum dots, the array substrate comprises a plurality of infrared sensing layers, the infrared sensing layers are located within corresponding shielding areas of the array substrate on which the black matrixes project. The in-panel recognition can be implemented through integrating the infrared quantum dots in the color blocks of the liquid crystal display device and disposing the infrared sensing layers in the shielding areas of the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Guowei Zha
  • Patent number: 11126054
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a lower substrate and an upper substrate cell-assembled together; a light-emitting control layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate; and a plurality of pixel units defined by a plurality of data lines and gate lines intersected with each other. Each pixel unit includes a plurality of subpixel areas. One or more side surfaces of the lower substrate are configured to receive incidence of the collimated light. The light-emitting control layer is configured to control the light-emitting directions and the light-emitting colors of the subpixel areas, to allow the light-emitting directions of the subpixel areas toward the central portion of the display panel. The light-emitting control layer is also configured to control the display grayscale of the subpixel areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Yafeng Yang, Xiaochuan Chen, Xianqin Meng, Jifeng Tan
  • Patent number: 11126023
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device (300) includes a liquid crystal panel (200) and a liquid crystal driver (100). The liquid crystal panel (200) includes a segment electrode (ESD1), a segment signal line (LSD1) connected to the segment electrode (ESD1), and a segment signal line (LSD2) connected to the segment electrode (ESD1). The liquid crystal driver (100) includes a segment terminal (TSD1) to be connected to the segment signal line (LSD1), a segment driving circuit that outputs a segment driving signal to the segment terminal (TSD1), a segment terminal (TSD2) to be connected to the segment signal line (LSD2), and an anomalous segment detection circuit that detects anomalous driving of the segment electrode (ESD1) based on a segment monitoring signal that is input to the segment terminal (TSD2) from the segment electrode (ESD1) via the segment signal line (LSD2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Kobayashi, Norichika Muraki
  • Patent number: 11126002
    Abstract: This head-mounted display is provided with, closer to the viewing side than a color filter having a black matrix between pixels in a liquid crystal display panel (160), an anisotropic optical film (150), the linear transmittance of which changes according to the angle of incident light, wherein the anisotropic optical film (150) includes a single-layered or multilayered anisotropic light diffusion layer, on at least on one surface of the anisotropic light diffusion layer, surface asperities having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.10 ?m or less, which is measured in accordance with JIS B0601-2001, are formed, the anisotropic light diffusion layer has a matrix region and a plurality of pillar regions having a refractive index different from that of the matrix region, and the visibility of the black matrix is lowered by the anisotropic optical film (150), thereby making it possible to obtain a higher sense of immersion without feeling coloring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Tomoegawa Co., Ltd., Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Sakano, Masahide Sugiyama, Tetsuya Ooshima, Ryotaro Kogure, Yukihiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11126046
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. By disposing a conductive film at terminals of an array substrate and a color filter substrate having sides flush with each other, forming a chamfer on an edge of a bonding area corresponding to the color filter substrate or the array substrate, and making a chip on film bonded to the conductive film and bent along the chamfer for bonding, frame widths of display panels and risks of broken lines in a frame area of display panels are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingbo Zheng
  • Patent number: 11112629
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image. A first mold is disposed under the display panel and includes a plurality of sidewall portions. A second mold is disposed adjacent to one of the sidewall portions and is coupled to the first mold. At least one flexible circuit board is connected to the display panel and is disposed between the first and second molds. The second mold includes a bottom mold covering one edge area of a bottom surface of the first mold. A cover mold covers the one sidewall portion of the first mold. A first distance between an inner side surface of the cover mold and an outer side surface of the one sidewall portion of the first mold is substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Chang Kim, Myunghun Baek, Jae-Hwan Jeon, Giyoung Kang
  • Patent number: 11112638
    Abstract: A touch and/or display panel with minimal border area includes a first substrate with first and second opposite surfaces. The panel further comprises a film on the first surface and bent to the second surface, the film is flexible and wires are patterned into the film. The film comprises first and second ends, the first end is located on the first surface, and the second end is located on the second surface and a chip is formed on the second end. A method for making the panel is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Min Lu, Chih-Fang Chen, An-Chou Chen, Kuo-Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 11114646
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display panel and a display device are provided. The organic light emitting display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of organic light emitting diode elements in an array on one side of the substrate, a phase compensation film on a side of the organic light emitting diode elements away from the substrate, and a circular polarizer on a side of the phase compensation film away from the organic light emitting diode elements, wherein the phase compensation film compensates for phase retardation amounts of the circular polarizer at all viewing angles, so that a phase retardation amount of light obliquely passing through the circular polarizer and the phase compensation film is substantially consistent with that of light perpendicularly passing through the circular polarizer and the phase compensation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Li, Bing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11106088
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel including a first panel, a second panel, and a bonding layer; the first panel and the second panel are laminated by the bonding layer; the bonding layer includes at least one quantum dot material layer. The display panel of the present disclosure can achieve a display effect of a pixel-level backlight modulation, and can avoid interference fringes in the middle bonding area of the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11092840
    Abstract: A reflective pixel unit, a reflective display panel and a display apparatus are disclosed. The reflective pixel unit includes a substrate, a reflective plate on the substrate, and a reflective filter layer on a side of the reflective plate facing away from the substrate. The reflective filter layer is configured such that a surface of the reflective filter layer facing away from the reflective plate receives visible light and reflects a part of light having wavelengths within a specific range in the visible light, and allows another part of the light having wavelengths within the specific range to pass through the reflective filter layer to the reflective plate. The reflective plate is configured to reflect the another part of the light having wavelengths within the specific range passed through the reflective filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: BOE OPTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hunghuei Hsu, Xiuhe Zhou
  • Patent number: 11092730
    Abstract: An object is to provide an optical element that is thin and can gather and reflect light in a specific wavelength range in a predetermined direction, and a sensor including the above-described optical element. The optical element includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, in which the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and in a case where a length over which the direction of the optical axis rotates by 180° in the in-plane direction in which the direction of the optical axis changes while continuously rotating is set as a single period, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has in-plane regions having different lengths of the single periods in the liquid crystal alignment pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yujiro Yanai, Michio Nagai, Hiroshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11092850
    Abstract: Embodiments of a display device are described. The display device includes a first sub-pixel with a first quantum dot (QD) film and a first filter element. The QD film receives both UV light and blue light and converts a portion of the received light to emit a secondary light different from the UV and blue light. The filter element is disposed on the quantum dot film and allows the secondary light to pass through the filter element, and the filter element blocks an unconverted portion of the received light from passing through the filter element. The second sub-pixel has a second filter element that allows blue light to pass through the second filter element, and the second filter element blocks the UV light from passing through the second filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest C. Lee, Charlie Hotz, Jason Hartlove
  • Patent number: 11067871
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated imaging apparatus and a display device. The integrated imaging apparatus includes: a display member, an incident light adjusting member, a lens array and a second lens that are sequentially arranged. The display member is configured to display an image; the incident light adjusting member is configured to reduce a pixel divergence angle of an incident light emitted by the display member; the lens array includes a plurality of first lens, the plurality of first lens being arranged on a plane parallel to the display member; and the second lens and the display member are coaxially arranged. The present disclosure effectively extends the field of depth, thereby improving the imaging effect of the integrated imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baoqiang Wei, Jifeng Tan, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Xue Dong, Chenyu Chen, Xiaochen Niu
  • Patent number: 11067819
    Abstract: A optical device includes: a display device configured to output a display image; a lens on one side of the display device; and a polarization control unit between the display device and the lens and configured to output the display image output from the display device as first polarized light or second polarized light, wherein the lens comprises: a first polarizing mirror configured to reflect a display image of the first polarized light and to transmit a display image of the second polarized light; and a second polarizing mirror configured to reflect a display image of the second polarized light and to transmit a display image of the first polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin Cho, Jae Joong Kwon, Ju Hwa Ha, Jeong Woo Park, Su Bin Jung
  • Patent number: 11054561
    Abstract: An object is to provide an optical element that is thin and can gather and reflect light in a specific wavelength range in a predetermined direction, and a sensor including the above-described optical element. The optical element includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, in which the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and in a case where a length over which the direction of the optical axis rotates by 180° in the in-plane direction in which the direction of the optical axis changes while continuously rotating is set as a single period, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has in-plane regions having different lengths of the single periods in the liquid crystal alignment pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yujiro Yanai, Michio Nagai, Hiroshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11048122
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a liquid crystal layer containing reactive monomers, a backlight layer disposed on a side of the liquid crystal layer and used to emit backlight to the liquid crystal layer, and a light conversion film layer disposed between the backlight layer and the liquid crystal layer and used to absorb ultraviolet light in the backlight. The present disclosure can improve the display quality of liquid crystal display panels by the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qian Li
  • Patent number: 11036074
    Abstract: A color film substrate having a plurality of pixel areas includes a base substrate, a color resistance, a black matrix and protruding structures. The color resistance layer is arranged on the base substrate and including a plurality of color resistances arranged in an array. The black matrix is arranged between any adjacent color resistances. The protruding structure is arranged on at least a portion of the black matrix and surrounding at least one of the color resistances. Wherein a surface of the protruding structure away from the base substrate does not exceed a surface of the color resistance away from the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Xinyin Wu, Yong Qiao, Yongda Ma
  • Patent number: 11018201
    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: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Ryu Komatsu, Daiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11016230
    Abstract: Provided is an optical element including a wavelength selective reflective polarizer and a ?/2 plate in which the ?/2 plate includes an optically anisotropic layer which has an optical axis in a direction parallel to a surface and is formed of a cured layer of a liquid crystal composition and has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of the optical axis changes while continuously rotating in at least one direction in a plane of the optically anisotropic layer, and light in the specific wavelength range which is circularly polarized light oriented in a direction opposite to that of the specific circularly polarized light among light incident on a surface of the optical element on the ?/2 plate side is reflected in a direction different from a regular reflection direction of the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukito Saitoh, Hiroshi Sato