Patents by Inventor Anthony Joseph Whitehead, Jr.

Anthony Joseph Whitehead, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Liquid crystal panel having multiple spacer walls
    Patent number: 7705957
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate having thereon a display active region; an inner spacer wall disposed on the first substrate along periphery of the display active region; an outer spacer wall disposed adjacent to the inner spacer wall on the first substrate; a groove formed between the inner spacer wall and the outer spacer wall; a seal spread in the groove; a second substrate being supported by the inner spacer wall and the outer spacer wall and being glued to the first substrate via the seal, wherein the first substrate, the second substrate and the inner spacer wall define a chamber; and a liquid crystal layer filling the chamber by using one-drop-fill process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Whitehead, Jr., Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chi-Tai Meng
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090103038
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate having thereon a display active region; an inner spacer wall disposed on the first substrate along periphery of the display active region; an outer spacer wall disposed adjacent to the inner spacer wall on the first substrate; a groove formed between the inner spacer wall and the outer spacer wall; a seal spread in the groove; a second substrate being supported by the inner spacer wall and the outer spacer wall and being glued to the first substrate via the seal, wherein the first substrate, the second substrate and the inner spacer wall define a chamber; and a liquid crystal layer filling the chamber by using one-drop-fill process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Whitehead, JR., Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chi-Tai Meng
  • Liquid crystal panel having multiple spacer walls and method of making the same
    Patent number: 7508481
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate having thereon a display active region; an inner spacer wall disposed on the first substrate along periphery of the display active region; an outer spacer wall disposed adjacent to the inner spacer wall on the first substrate; a groove formed between the inner spacer wall and the outer spacer wall; a seal spread in the groove; a second substrate being supported by the inner spacer wall and the outer spacer wall and being glued to the first substrate via the seal, wherein the first substrate, the second substrate and the inner spacer wall define a chamber; and a liquid crystal layer filling the chamber by using one-drop-fill process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: United Microdisplay Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Whitehead, Jr., Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chi-Tai Meng
  • LCOS display panel having a micro dichroic layer positioned in the back plane to filter colors
    Patent number: 7268852
    Abstract: An LCOS panel has a back plane, a plurality of pixel electrodes positioned on a surface of the back plane, a light absorbent layer positioned on the pixel electrodes, a micro dichroic layer positioned on the light absorbent layer, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the micro dichroic layer and the front plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: United Microdisplay Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ta-Shuang Kuan, Anthony Joseph Whitehead, Jr., Chia-Te Lin, Chia-Tsung Chan
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20070153211
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate having thereon a display active region; an inner spacer wall disposed on the first substrate along periphery of the display active region; an outer spacer wall disposed adjacent to the inner spacer wall on the first substrate; a groove formed between the inner spacer wall and the outer spacer wall; a seal spread in the groove; a second substrate being supported by the inner spacer wall and the outer spacer wall and being glued to the first substrate via the seal, wherein the first substrate, the second substrate and the inner spacer wall define a chamber; and a liquid crystal layer filling the chamber by using one-drop-fill process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Whitehead Jr., Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chi-Tai Meng
  • LCOS DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20070052889
    Abstract: An LCOS display panel includes a back plane, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in an array and positioned on the back plane, a multi-layer reflecting thin film positioned on the pixel electrodes, a front plane positioned above the multi-layer reflecting thin film, and a liquid crystal layer filled in between the multi-layer reflecting thin film and the front plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Whitehead Jr., Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
  • Spatial light modulator and method for color management
    Patent number: 7139112
    Abstract: A SLM includes a pixel array. The pixel array contains a plurality of quadrilateral pixels with the same size, wherein an interior angle of each of the quadrilateral pixels is an acute angle. Each of the quadrilateral pixels further contains a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: United Microdisplay Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Whitehead, Jr., Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
  • OFF-AXIS OPTICAL ENGINE IN AN LCOS PROJECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20060209263
    Abstract: An off-axis optical engine in an LCoS projection system has an LCoS panel, and the LCoS panel has a liquid crystal layer with a longitudinal axis of liquid crystal molecules parallel to an incident direction of a first light beam directed to the LCoS panel. The liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are vertically aligned and pretilted by an angle of about 0-20 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Whitehead Jr., Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chia-Tsung Chan, Yi-Ming Chang
  • COLOR MANAGEMENT METHOD OF A SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR
    Publication number: 20060087620
    Abstract: A color management method of an SLM performs the color management function by forming a plurality of micro color filters corresponding to each pixel, and adjusting the transmission rate of the micro color filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Ta-Shuang Kuan, Anthony Joseph Whitehead Jr., Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
  • LCOS DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20060087612
    Abstract: An LCOS panel has a back plane, a plurality of pixel electrodes positioned on a surface of the back plane, a light absorbent layer positioned on the pixel electrodes, a micro dichroic layer positioned on the light absorbent layer, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the micro dichroic layer and the front plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Ta-Shuang Kuan, Anthony Joseph Whitehead Jr., Chia-Te Lin, Chia-Tsung Chan