Patents by Inventor Au Optronics Corporation
Au Optronics Corporation 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).
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Publication number: 20130126834Abstract: An organic luminescent material includes a host luminescent material and a guest luminescent material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicants: ACADEMIA SINICA, AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Au Optronics Corporation, Academia Sinica
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Publication number: 20130127764Abstract: A touch panel including a substrate, at least one first sensing series and at least one second sensing series is provided. The first sensing series is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction. The first sensing series includes several first sensing pads and at least one first bridge line. The first bridge line connects two adjacent first sensing pads, and a material of the first bridge line differs from a material of the first sensing pads. The second sensing series is disposed on the substrate and extends along a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction. The second sensing series includes several second sensing pads and at least one second bridge line. The second bridge line connects two adjacent second sensing pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Au Optronics Corporation
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Publication number: 20130128619Abstract: A backlight module and a light source module thereof are disclosed. The light source module includes a substrate, at least one first light source, and at least one second light source. The substrate includes a first substrate portion and a second substrate portion. The first substrate portion extends along a length direction, and the second substrate portion bends an acute angle corresponding to an extending surface of the first substrate portion. The at least one first light source and the at least one second light source are disposed on the first substrate portion and the second substrate portion respectively. The acute angle is existed between the light-emitting directions of the first light source and the second light source, and the light-emitting directions are parallel to the first substrate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130120232Abstract: A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The driving apparatus includes a plurality of data driving ICs and a control board. The data driving ICs are used for receiving and transmitting a clock signal, a plurality of data signals and a first reference voltage from the 1st data driving IC to the last data driving IC in series. The control board is used for providing the clock signal, the data signals and the first reference voltage, and changing the first reference voltage received by each data driving IC according to a variation of the clock signal and the data signals transmitted between the data driving ICs, so that the operation frequency of the data driving ICs is unrestricted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Au Optronics Corporation
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Publication number: 20130120683Abstract: A pixel structure including a substrate, at least one switch, at least one color filter, a passivation layer and at least one pixel electrode is provided. The substrate has at least one sub-area. The switch is disposed on the sub-area and has an gate insulator that covers the sub-area of the substrate. The switch is electrically connected to a scan line and a data line. The color filter is disposed on the gate insulator, wherein the color filter is in contact with the switch and the gate insulator. A contact via is formed in the color filter and the gate insulator such that a part of the switch is exposed thereby. The pixel electrode is disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the switch through the contact via. A display panel including the above-mentioned pixel structure is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130114035Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a polymer stabilized alignment layer is provided. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The polymer stabilized alignment layer is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and an average surface roughness of the polymer stabilized alignment layer is greater than or equal to 10 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Au Optronics Corporation
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Publication number: 20130106922Abstract: A display device includes a light source module, a first light modulation module, a first polarizer layer, and a first color modulation layer. The light source module generates a first color light that is polarized to the first light modulation module, wherein the first light modulation module selectively modulates the polarization direction of the first color light. The first polarizer layer then receives the first color light and selectively blocks, partially blocks, or does not block the first color light from passing through. The first color modulation layer receives the first color light and generates a second color light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: AU Optronics Corporation
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Publication number: 20130093977Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, an LCD includes a front frame having a flange and a rear cover having a flange defining a housing therebetween, a liquid crystal (LC) panel placed in the housing, a backlight positioned between the LC panel and the rear cover, and a backlight frame having a first engaging structure configured to receive the flanges of the front frame and the rear cover, and a second engaging structure configured to retain the backlight and the LC panel in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130088673Abstract: An LCD panel includes an active device array substrate having a pixel array and fan-out lines electrically connected to the pixel array, an opposite substrate disposed above the active device array substrate, a sealant disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The sealant surrounds the pixel array. The fan-out lines extend from the pixel array. The opposite substrate has light shielding patterns connecting the sealant that covers at least a portion of each fan-out line. In a region where the sealant is distributed, a slit between any two of the adjacent light shielding patterns exclusively overlaps one of the fan-out lines, and the number of the slits is less than the number of the fan-out lines. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Au Optronics Corporation
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Publication number: 20130057597Abstract: A cumulative function of image is obtained according to its gray levels of pixels. This function is then mapped to obtain a backlight modulation function according to a reference line. The backlight brightness provided for different regions of the liquid crystal display are decided by the backlight modulation function while displaying the images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: AU Optronics CorporationInventor: AU Optronics Corporation
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Publication number: 20130050163Abstract: A display device is provided, and which includes a display panel; a gate and a source driving circuits, both coupled to the display panel, for driving the display panel; and a timing control circuit, coupled to the gate and the source driving circuits, for controlling the operations of the gate and the source driving circuits, wherein the timing control circuit comprises a personal identification circuit, and the personal identification circuit is used for receiving an input data; decoding a stored image to obtain decoded data; accumulating the decoded data to obtain an accumulated value; adding the accumulated value to the input data to obtain a compared value; setting the display device to operate normally and output images through the display panel when the compared value is identical to an initial value; and displaying a preset frame on the display panel when the compared value is different from the initial value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Au Optronics Corporation
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Publication number: 20130044082Abstract: A touch-sensing display panel including a front substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, photo-sensors, readout devices, a rear substrate and a display medium is provided. The front substrate has an inner surface. The scan lines and the data lines are on the inner surface of the front substrate and intersected to each other. The pixel structures are disposed on the inner surface of the front substrate, and each pixel structure is electrically connected to one of the scan lines and one of the data lines correspondingly. The photo-sensors are disposed on the inner surface of the front substrate. Each readout device is electrically connected to one of the photo-sensor correspondingly. The rear substrate is disposed opposite to the front substrate. The display medium is sealed between the front substrate and the rear substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Au Optronics Corporation
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Publication number: 20130038208Abstract: A lamp device and a light source module are provided. The lamp device includes a lamp body and a coil connecting tube. The lamp body has an end portion and a lead wire extends from the end portion. The coil connecting tube is disposed corresponding to the end portion of the lamp body and electrically connecting to the lead wire for power supply purpose. The coil connecting tube winds about an axial direction of the lamp body and is capable of stretching or compressing along the axial direction. The light source module includes the lamp device and a lamp connector which has a power source portion being coupled to the coil connecting tube for power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130026473Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first patterned metal layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor channel layer, a second patterned metal layer, a passivation layer, and a conducting layer. A gate line of the second patterned metal layer is electrically connected by the conducting layer to a gate extension electrode of the first patterned metal layer. A source electrode of the second patterned metal layer is electrically connected by the conducting layer to a second data line segment of the first patterned metal layer. A method for fabricating a pixel structure is also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130026472Abstract: A pixel structure including a substrate, a gate, an insulation layer, a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) layer, a source and a drain, at least one film layer, and a first electrode layer is provided. The gate is disposed on the substrate. The insulation layer covers the gate. The MOS layer is disposed on the insulation layer above the gate. The source and the drain are disposed on the MOS layer. The film layer covers the MOS layer and includes a transparent photocatalytic material, wherein the transparent photocatalytic material blocks ultraviolet light from reaching the MOS layer. The first electrode layer is electrically connected to the source or the drain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Au Optronics Corporation