Patents Examined by William D Peterson
  • Patent number: 10705361
    Abstract: Provided herewith is a display device comprising: a first display unit having an alignment mark; and a bottom plate disposed under the first display unit and comprising an alignment hole corresponding to the alignment mark, wherein the bottom plate comprises: a base portion having a first area and a second area surrounding the first area, the alignment hole being located in the second area; a side wall portion along a periphery of the base portion; and a protruding portion protruding from the base portion to surround the alignment hole. Accordingly, in the liquid crystal display device having a narrow bezel, the protruding portion made of a rigid material surrounds the alignment hole formed in the bottom plate, such that alignment holes can be formed uniformly. As a result, it is possible to suppress misalignment from possibly occurring during the process of bonding the liquid crystal display panel with the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Cheol Song, Dongyoung Suh
  • Patent number: 10698246
    Abstract: Provided are a display screen, a display screen assembly, and a terminal. The display screen includes a display panel and an optical film. The display panel includes a display surface and a side surface. The display surface is configured to display an image. The display surface includes a non-display region and a display region. The non-display region surrounds the display region. The side surface surrounds the periphery of the display surface. The optical film includes a lightproof portion and a light-transmitting portion. The light-transmitting portion is stacked on the display region, and correspondingly covers the display region. The lightproof portion is fixedly connected to the light-transmitting portion. The lightproof portion is stacked on the side surface and the non-display region, and correspondingly covers the side surface and the non-display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiao Cheng, Yanhao Hu
  • Patent number: 10698248
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a counter substrate, a display panel, a display device, and fabricating method, further simplifying the fabricating process of the display panel by reducing the number of masking times required during the making of a spacer pattern and a frame light shielding pattern while achieving the frame light shielding function of the counter substrate and getting the counter substrate conductive with an array substrate. The fabricating method of the counter substrate comprises: forming a transparent electrode layer on a first base substrate; forming a black spacer pattern and a frame light shielding pattern at the same time on the transparent electrode layer, wherein the frame light shielding pattern comprises a first via hole that exposes a portion of the transparent electrode layer; and forming a conductive light shielding layer pattern in the first via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi Shu, Chuanxiang Xu, Teng Luo, Feng Gu
  • Patent number: 10690832
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides a liquid crystal display panel, a display device, and a driving method for the same. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array of pixel units, wherein each pixel unit includes a plurality of sub-pixel units. The liquid crystal display panel further includes: a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode layer, a common electrode layer, and a waveguide grating which are stacked over each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongxiao Li, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 10684505
    Abstract: Provided is a tunable electro-optic filter including a reflective structure including a first reflective layer including a first pattern layer having a first meta-surface structure disposed on a first side of the liquid crystal layer and a second reflective layer including a second pattern layer having a second meta-surface structure disposed on a second side of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the first meta-surface structure and the second meta-surface structure includes multiple dielectric materials which are alternately stacked, and a thickness of each dielectric material gradually increases. Alternately, the tunable electro-optic filter may include a pattern layer having a meta-surface structure disposed on at least a side of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghyun Nam, Seokho Yun, Jesada Ungnapatanin
  • Patent number: 10682901
    Abstract: Light-dimmable glass, a controllable light shielding device, a controllable light shielding method and a vehicle are provided. The light-dimmable glass includes a plurality of light-dimmable regions and a plurality of light dimmers each arranged on a respective one of the plurality of light-dimmable regions. Each of the light dimmers is capable of being controlled individually so as to change its light transmittance, thereby to adjust a light transmittance of the corresponding light-dimmable region where the light dimmer is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiao Chu
  • Patent number: 10678081
    Abstract: A cover glass for covering a display panel of a display device, includes a front surface not to be faced to the display panel, a back surface to be faced the display panel, a front-side chamfered part which is a chamfered part on the side of the front surface, and a back-side chamfered part which is a chamfered part on the side of the back surface. The front-side chamfered part has a surface roughness Ra of more than 100 nm. The back-side chamfered part has a surface roughness Ra of 100 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Inoue, Yasuhiro Inoue, Takeaki Ono, Kyohei Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10670935
    Abstract: The display device includes a first substrate; an active layer disposed on the first substrate; a first insulation layer disposed on the active layer; a first electrode layer disposed on the first insulation layer including a gate electrode line extending along a first direction and a protruding portion extending along a second direction; a second insulation layer disposed on the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer disposed on the second insulation layer. The second electrode layer includes a date line extending along the second direction and a conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion, wherein the first conductive portion has a first maximum width A along the first direction, and the second conductive portion has a second maximum width B along the first direction. The first maximum width A is less than the second maximum width B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Yen, Yu-Tsung Liu, Chao-Hsiang Wang, Te-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 10663828
    Abstract: The present application relates to a liquid crystal device. The liquid crystal device of the present application may realize a transparent white state, a transparent black state and a scattering state according to a level of an applied voltage at a fixed frequency. The liquid crystal device may be applied to, for example, a window of a vehicle, a smart window, a window protective film, a display, a light cutoff panel for a display, an active retarder for a 3D image display or a viewing angle controlling film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Jung Lim, Sung Joon Min, Jung Sun You, Jung Woon Kim, Jin Hong Kim, Dong Hyun Oh
  • Patent number: 10653559
    Abstract: Shading goggles having a function of double protection comprises a goggle body having an LCD lens panel therein for protecting the eyes of a worker by blocking harmful light, and a soft skirt coupled to the rear side of the goggle body and being worn on a worker with an end being in close contact with the face of the worker to for an inside space, the goggles further comprises a protective lens having a gasket continuously disposed around the edge of the front side thereof and pressed on the rear side of the LCD lens panel and having an anti-fogging coating layer on the rear side exposed to the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SERVORE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woon Su Seo, Jeong Min Seo
  • Patent number: 10656462
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a light source and a liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate on the light source, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a color conversion layer between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and including a light emitting element configured to receive a first visible light from the light source and emit a second visible light, a first polarizing layer between the liquid crystal layer and the color conversion layer, and a first phase difference layer between the liquid crystal layer and the first polarizing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beom Seok Kim, Hyunseok Choi, Ju Hyun Kim, Masashi Tsuji, Sangah Gam, Joungeun Yoo
  • Patent number: 10656466
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion substrate according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate having an optical transparency; and a light modulation unit provided on one surface of the first substrate and configured to modulate a spectrum of incident light in accordance with a polarization state of the incident light. The light modulation unit includes: a plurality of metallic structures periodically provided at intervals from one another on one surface of the first substrate and configured to exhibit plasmon resonance due to incident light; and a plurality of wavelength conversion units provided so that at least some wavelength conversion units are adjacent to the plurality of metallic structures and comprising a wavelength converting material configured to emit light in a wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Murata, Masakazu Kamura, Takashi Katayama, Mitsuru Chida, Takuya Ootani, Emi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10649292
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate and a thin film transistor formed on the substrate, wherein a source and a drain of the thin film transistor have complementary V-shaped structures, so as to form a V-shaped space region between the source and the drain, such that when the thin film transistor is in operation, a V-shaped conductive channel is formed in a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor. An activation current of the thin film transistor can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yue Wu
  • Patent number: 10642107
    Abstract: A display substrate, a method of manufacturing a display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a display area and a non-display area. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a spacer wall on the base substrate and in the non-display area. The spacer wall includes a plurality of first spacers. The spacer wall extends in a first direction, each of the plurality of first spacers extends in a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingwei Chen, Weihong Jiao, Qian Zhang, Yangqing Wang, Duo Zhang
  • Patent number: 10627563
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a prism film arranged at a light-exiting side of the light guide plate. The display device includes the above backlight module and a lower polarizer arranged on the prism film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiman Kim, Chulgyu Jung
  • 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