Patents by Inventor Chen-Kuan KUO

Chen-Kuan KUO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240012188
    Abstract: Disclosed is a patterned optical film, comprising a patterned alignment layer having a plurality of striped retardation regions arranged in strips with different depths, a liquid crystal filling layer provided to cover and planarize the striped retardation regions, and a polarizing layer disposed on the liquid crystal filling layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Chung-Yuan Cheng, Wei-Feng Xu, Cyun-Tai Hong
  • Publication number: 20210273204
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display is provided. The organic light emitting diode display comprises an organic light emitting diode panel, a quarter-wavelength retarder disposed on the organic light emitting diode panel, a polarizer disposed on the quarter-wavelength retarder, an adhesive layer disposed on the polarizer and a diffraction grating film adhered to the polarizer by the adhesive layer. The diffraction grating film comprises a substrate and a first diffraction grating layer comprising a plurality of first gratings aligned with a first direction disposed on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Feng Xu, Cyun-Tai Hong, Chen-Kuan Kuo
  • Publication number: 20210255502
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided, comprising a LCD panel, and a color enhancement film disposed on a light exit surface of the LCD panel. The color enhancement film includes a substrate, a strip-shaped micro-prism layer, and a filling layer. The strip-shaped micro-prism layer has a plurality of strip-shaped micro-prisms arranged in a first direction, and each of the strip-shaped micro-prisms has at least one inclined light-guide surface, and the inclined light-guide surface has an included angle with a normal direction of a surface of the color enhancement film on a cross section perpendicular to the first direction, wherein, the strip-shaped micro-prism layer has a first refractive index n1, the filling layer has a second refractive index n2, and n2 is more than n1. The LCD can improve the color-shift problem at side viewing angles without affecting the display quality of the front viewing angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Wei-Feng Xu, Yu-Jyuan Dai, Fung-Hsu Wu
  • Patent number: 10948643
    Abstract: An optical film for a cover plate of a flexible display, which is disposed on the display side of the flexible display, is disclosed. The optical film sequentially includes an optical substrate layer adjacent to the flexible display, a first adhesive layer, a polarizing layer, a second adhesive layer and a surface functional film which is disposed on the folding side of the flexible display. The optical film having excellent bending resistance and recovery property can be obtained by adjusting the ratio of the integrated bending modulus of the optical substrate layer, the polarizing layer, and the surface functional film to the total thickness of the optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Kuo-Jui Huang, Wei-Sheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 10838248
    Abstract: An optical film includes a first diffraction layer, a second diffraction layer, and a cover layer. The first diffraction layer includes a plurality of first diffraction gratings arranged in a direction on a surface thereof. The second diffraction layer is filled in the gap of the first diffraction gratings of the first diffraction layer and forms a plurality of second diffraction gratings arranged in a direction on the first diffraction layer, wherein the directions of the first diffraction gratings and the second diffraction gratings are parallel to each other. The cover layer fills and planarizes the second diffraction gratings of the second diffraction layer. The optical film can reduce the light leakage defect of a conventional liquid crystal display in a wide viewing angle and make the liquid crystal display have a uniform dark-state image and color image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Meng-Chieh Chou, Chuen-Nan Shen, Meng-Jie Lin, Chia-Feng Lin, Fung-Hsu Wu, Meng-Chia Cheng
  • Patent number: 10802321
    Abstract: An optical film includes a first diffraction layer, a second diffraction layer, and a cover layer. The first diffraction layer includes a plurality of first diffraction gratings arranged in the same direction on a surface thereof. The second diffraction layer includes a plurality of second diffraction gratings arranged in the same direction gap-filled the first diffraction gratings of the first diffraction layer, wherein the directions of the first diffraction gratings and the second diffraction gratings are parallel to each other. The cover layer is formed on the second diffraction gratings of the second diffraction layer. At least one of the first diffraction layer, the second diffraction layer and the cover layer contains dyes, and therefore, the optical film can reduce the light leakage defect of a conventional liquid crystal display in a large viewing angles and make the liquid crystal display have uniform dark-state images and colorful images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Meng-Chieh Chou, Chuen-Nan Shen, Meng-Jie Lin, Chia-Feng Lin, Fung-Hsu Wu, Meng-Chia Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200313121
    Abstract: An optical film for a cover plate of a flexible display, which is disposed on the display side of the flexible display, is disclosed. The optical film sequentially includes an optical substrate layer adjacent to the flexible display, a first adhesive layer, a polarizing layer, a second adhesive layer and a surface functional film which is disposed on the folding side of the flexible display. The optical film having excellent bending resistance and recovery property can be obtained by adjusting the ratio of the integrated bending modulus of the optical substrate layer, the polarizing layer, and the surface functional film to the total thickness of the optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Kuo-Jui Huang, Wei-Sheng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200251690
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display is provided. The organic light emitting diode display comprises an organic light emitting diode panel, a quarter-wavelength retarder disposed on the organic light emitting diode panel, a polarizer disposed on the quarter-wavelength retarder, an adhesive layer disposed on the polarizer and a diffraction grating film adhered to the polarizer by the adhesive layer. The diffraction grating film comprises a substrate and a first diffraction grating layer comprising a plurality of first gratings aligned with a first direction disposed on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Wei-Feng Xu, Cyun-Tai Hong, Chen-Kuan Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200201063
    Abstract: A light redirecting film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The light redirecting film comprises a substrate, a first diffraction grating layer of a first curable resin on the substrate and a second diffraction grating layer of a second curable resin on the first diffraction grating layer. Wherein the grating directions of the first diffraction grating layer and the second diffraction grating layer cross each other at an angle of 90±10°, and the difference of the refractive index of the first curable resin and the second curable resin is no less than 0.1 and no more than 0.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Chuen-Nan Shen, Chung-Hung Chien, Hung-Jiun Shieh, Tsung-Chi Yeh, Fung-Hsu Wu
  • Publication number: 20200192112
    Abstract: A light redirecting film in a sandwich-laminated structure is provided. The light redirecting film comprises a first layer, a second layer; and an intermediate layer sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The intermediate layer includes a first grating surface having a plurality of first gratings extending in a first grating direction and a second grating surface opposite to the first grating surface having a plurality of second gratings extending in a second grating direction, wherein the first grating direction and the second grating direction cross each other at an angle of 90°±10°, and the first grating surface and the second grating surface of the intermediate layer are gap-filled and planarized with the first layer and the second layer respectively to generate the light redirecting film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Fung-Hsu Wu
  • Patent number: 10649225
    Abstract: A light redirecting film in a sandwich-laminated structure is provided. The light redirecting film comprises a first layer, a second layer; and an intermediate layer sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The intermediate layer includes a first grating surface having a plurality of first gratings extending in a first grating direction and a second grating surface opposite to the first grating surface having a plurality of second gratings extending in a second grating direction, wherein the first grating direction and the second grating direction cross each other at an angle of 90°±10°, and the first grating surface and the second grating surface of the intermediate layer are gap-filled and planarized with the first layer and the second layer respectively to generate the light redirecting film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Fung-Hsu Wu
  • Patent number: 10642086
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical film for improving image quality of a liquid crystal display comprising: a light directing structure layer, a first filling layer, a plurality of first diffraction gratings and a second filling layer. The light directing structure layer comprises a plurality of light directing micro structures, wherein the ratio of height to width of each light directing micro structure is in the range of 1.5 to 6. The first filling layer is disposed on the light directing structure layer, and the refractive index of the first filling layer and the light directing structure layer are different. The first diffraction gratings along with a first direction are formed on the first filling layer. The second filling layer is disposed on the first diffraction gratings and the refractive index of the second filling layer and the first diffraction gratings are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Chuen-Nan Shen, Meng-Jie Lin, Chia-Feng Lin, Meng-Chia Cheng
  • Patent number: 10642057
    Abstract: A light redirecting film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The light redirecting film comprises a substrate, a first diffraction grating layer of a first curable resin on the substrate and a second diffraction grating layer of a second curable resin on the first diffraction grating layer. Wherein the grating directions of the first diffraction grating layer and the second diffraction grating layer cross each other at an angle of 90±10°, and the difference of the refractive index of the first curable resin and the second curable resin is no less than 0.1 and no more than 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Chuen-Nan Shen, Chung-Hung Chien, Hung-Jiun Shieh, Tsung-Chi Yeh, Fung-Hsu Wu
  • Patent number: 10459284
    Abstract: A polarizer for the display side of a liquid crystal display is provided. The polarizer comprises a polarizing layer, a light collimation layer and a quantum dot diffraction layer. The polarizing layer has a light incident surface and a light exiting surface. The light collimation layer is disposed on the light exiting surface of the polarizing layer. The quantum dot diffraction layer is disposed on the light collimating layer on the opposite side of the polarizing layer, and comprises a diffraction microstructure layer disposed on the light collimation layer, and a quantum dot planarization layer which fills and planarizes the diffraction microstructure layer and can be divided into a plurality of pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Chia-Feng Lin, Meng-Jie Lin
  • Publication number: 20190025630
    Abstract: An optical film includes a first diffraction layer, a second diffraction layer, and a cover layer. The first diffraction layer includes a plurality of first diffraction gratings arranged in the same direction on a surface thereof. The second diffraction layer includes a plurality of second diffraction gratings arranged in the same direction gap-filled the first diffraction gratings of the first diffraction layer, wherein the directions of the first diffraction gratings and the second diffraction gratings are parallel to each other. The cover layer is formed on the second diffraction gratings of the second diffraction layer. At least one of the first diffraction layer, the second diffraction layer and the cover layer contains dyes, and therefore, the optical film can reduce the light leakage defect of a conventional liquid crystal display in a large viewing angles and make the liquid crystal display have uniform dark-state images and colorful images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Meng-Chieh Chou, Chuen-Nan Shen, Meng-Jie Lin, Chia-Feng Lin, Fung-Hsu Wu, Meng-Chia Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190025605
    Abstract: A light redirecting film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The light redirecting film comprises a substrate, a first diffraction grating layer of a first curable resin on the substrate and a second diffraction grating layer of a second curable resin on the first diffraction grating layer. Wherein the grating directions of the first diffraction grating layer and the second diffraction grating layer cross each other at an angle of 90±10°, and the difference of the refractive index of the first curable resin and the second curable resin is no less than 0.1 and no more than 0.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Chuen-Nan Shen, Chung-Hung Chien, Hung-Jiun Shieh, Tsung-Chi Yeh, Fung-Hsu Wu
  • Publication number: 20190025480
    Abstract: A light redirecting film in a sandwich-laminated structure is provided. The light redirecting film comprises a first layer, a second layer; and an intermediate layer sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The intermediate layer includes a first grating surface having a plurality of first gratings extending in a first grating direction and a second grating surface opposite to the first grating surface having a plurality of second gratings extending in a second grating direction, wherein the first grating direction and the second grating direction cross each other at an angle of 90°±10°, and the first grating surface and the second grating surface of the intermediate layer are gap-filled and planarized with the first layer and the second layer respectively to generate the light redirecting film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Fung-Hsu Wu
  • Publication number: 20190025632
    Abstract: An optical film includes a first diffraction layer, a second diffraction layer, and a cover layer. The first diffraction layer includes a plurality of first diffraction gratings arranged in a direction on a surface thereof. The second diffraction layer is filled in the gap of the first diffraction gratings of the first diffraction layer and forms a plurality of second diffraction gratings arranged in a direction on the first diffraction layer, wherein the directions of the first diffraction gratings and the second diffraction gratings are parallel to each other. The cover layer fills and planarizes the second diffraction gratings of the second diffraction layer. The optical film can reduce the light leakage defect of a conventional liquid crystal display in a wide viewing angle and make the liquid crystal display have a uniform dark-state image and color image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Meng-Chieh Chou, Chuen-Nan Shen, Meng-Jie Lin, Chia-Feng Lin, Fung-Hsu Wu, Meng-Chia Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190025631
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical film for improving image quality of a liquid crystal display comprising: a light directing structure layer, a first filling layer, a plurality of first diffraction gratings and a second filling layer. The light directing structure layer comprises a plurality of light directing micro structures, wherein the ratio of height to width of each light directing micro structure is in the range of 1.5 to 6. The first filling layer is disposed on the light directing structure layer, and the refractive index of the first filling layer and the light directing structure layer are different. The first diffraction gratings along with a first direction are formed on the first filling layer. The second filling layer is disposed on the first diffraction gratings and the refractive index of the second filling layer and the first diffraction gratings are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Cyun-Tai Hong, Chuen-Nan Shen, Meng-Jie Lin, Chia-Feng Lin, Meng-Chia Cheng
  • Patent number: 10007049
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a quantum rod backlight module for a liquid crystal display. The quantum rod backlight module includes a quantum rod layer disposing at one side of a backlight source and comprising a plurality of quantum rods, wherein the major axes of the plurality of quantum rods are aligned along a direction parallel to a surface of the quantum rod layer; a first micro-prism layer including a plurality of first parallel strip-shape prisms, and a second micro-prism layer including a plurality of second parallel strip-shape prisms, wherein both of the alignment directions of the first parallel strip-shape prisms and the second parallel strip-shape prisms are perpendicular to the direction of the major axes of the plurality of quantum rods, and the retardations of the first micro-prism layer and the second micro-prism layer are zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ren-Hung Huang, Jian-Hung Wu, Shih-Wei Chao, Po-Tung Lai, Ya-Chun Chang, Yi-Lung Yang, Chung-Hung Chien, Meng-Chia Cheng, Chien-Yi Kao, Chen-Kuan Kuo