Patents by Inventor Chung-Yang Fang
Chung-Yang Fang 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: 20240393638Abstract: A display panel including a substrate, a light emitting structure layer, a C-plate, and a first bandpass polarizing reflective layer is provided. The light emitting structure layer is disposed on the substrate and includes first light emitting structures. The first light emitting structures have a first peak emission wavelength. The C-plate is disposed on a side of the light emitting structure layer away from the substrate. The first bandpass polarizing reflective layer is disposed between the light emitting structure layer and the C-plate and overlapped with the light emitting structure layer. A reflectance of the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer for light with a wavelength in a first wavelength range is greater than 20%. The first wavelength range is the first peak emission wavelength±20 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Jing-Yu Wu, Chung-Yang Fang, Ping-Yen Chen, Chia-Hua Chen
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Publication number: 20240385472Abstract: The invention provides a display device including a display panel and a backlight module including a light guide plate, a light source, and an optical film. The light guide plate has light incident and exit surfaces. The light source is disposed at one side of the light incident surface. The optical film is overlapped with the light exit surface, and has first optical microstructures facing the light exit surface. The display panel includes a liquid crystal cell overlapped with the light exit surface, first and second polarizers respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the liquid crystal cell, and a phase retardation film disposed between the first and second polarizers. The first polarizer is located between the liquid crystal cell and the optical film. An axial direction of an optical axis of the phase retardation film is inclined with respect to a thickness direction of the first phase retardation film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Jen-Wei Yu
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Publication number: 20240385463Abstract: An optical engine module including a display panel, a transflective layer, a polarizing reflective layer, a first bifocal lens, a first and second electrically controlled half waveplate is provided. The transflective layer is disposed between the display panel and the polarizing reflective layer. The polarizing reflective layer is configured to allow the light beam having a first polarization state to pass through, and reflect the light beam having a second polarization state. The first and second electrically controlled half waveplate are disposed between the transflective layer and the polarizing reflective layer. The first bifocal lens disposed between the first and second electrically controlled half waveplate has a first focal length for the light beam with the first polarization state, and has a second focal length for the light beam with the second polarization state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Tzu-Hung Lin, Chung-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Ching-Chuan Wei, Bo-Han Cheng, Wei-Ting Wu
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Patent number: 12100789Abstract: A display device, including a circuit substrate, a light-emitting layer, a quarter-wave plate, and a band-pass polarizing layer, is provided. The light-emitting layer is disposed on the circuit substrate and has light-emitting structures, which are electrically connected to the circuit substrate and include first light-emitting structures, which have a first main light-emitting wavelength. The quarter-wave plate is disposed in overlap with the light-emitting structures and is located between the band-pass polarizing layer and the light-emitting layer. The band-pass polarizing layer includes at least one first band-pass polarizing pattern, which have a first absorption axis. The first wavelength range is the first main light-emitting wavelength±10 nm. An average transmittance of the first band-pass polarizing patterns to light with a wavelength outside the first wavelength range and a polarization direction parallel to the first absorption axis is less than 20%.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yu-Fan Chen
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Patent number: 12072522Abstract: The invention provides a display device including a display panel and a backlight module including a light guide plate, a light source, and an optical film. The light guide plate has light incident and exit surfaces. The light source is disposed at one side of the light incident surface. The optical film is overlapped with the light exit surface, and has first optical microstructures facing the light exit surface. The display panel includes a liquid crystal cell overlapped with the light exit surface, first and second polarizers respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the liquid crystal cell, and a phase retardation film disposed between the first and second polarizers. The first polarizer is located between the liquid crystal cell and the optical film. An axial direction of an optical axis of the phase retardation film is perpendicular to an axial direction of an absorption axis of the first polarizer.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Jen-Wei Yu
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Patent number: 12038652Abstract: An electrically controllable viewing angle switch device is provided with a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, multiple spacers, and multiple light-shielding patterns. The first substrate and the second substrate are overlapped with each other. The liquid crystal layer and the multiple spacers are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The multiple light-shielding patterns are disposed on the second substrate. The orthographic projection area of each spacer on the second substrate is less than or equal to the orthographic projection area of each light-shielding pattern on the second substrate. The orthographic projection of each spacer on the second substrate is located within the orthographic projection of each light-shielding pattern on the second substrate. A display apparatus using an electrically controllable viewing angle switch device is also provided, in which light leakage near the spacer is extremely slight.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Ying-Hsiang Chen, Chung-Yang Fang
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Publication number: 20240142794Abstract: A stereo projection screen including a scattering screen having a scattering structure layer, a phase retardation layer disposed between the scattering structure layer and the polarized projector, and a metal reflection layer covering at least a part of the scattering structure layer is provided. The scattering structure layer and the phase retardation layer are arranged in a first display area and a second display area of the stereo projection screen. The metal reflection layer is arranged in at least one of the first display area and the second display area. A first image light beam having a first polarization state has a second polarization state after being transmitted to the first display area and leaving the stereo projection screen. A second image light beam having the first polarization state still has the first polarization state after being transmitted to the second display area and leaving the stereo projection screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chung-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Bo-Han Cheng
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Publication number: 20240045243Abstract: The disclosure provides a viewing angle control module including a first liquid crystal panel, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, and a phase retarder. The first liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first alignment layer, a second alignment layer, a first liquid crystal layer, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. A second alignment direction of the second alignment layer is antiparallel to a first alignment direction of the first alignment layer. The first electrode layer has multiple electrode patterns arranged at intervals along a first direction and extending along a second direction. A first absorption axis of the first polarizer is perpendicular to a second absorption axis of the second polarizer. An included angle between the first absorption axis and the first alignment direction is 45 degrees. A display apparatus including the viewing angle control module is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chung-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Bo-Han Cheng
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Publication number: 20240036429Abstract: An electrically controlled optical screen including a switchable scattering element and an electrically controlled decorating module is provided. The switchable scattering element is disposed on a side of the electrically controlled decorating module and is configured to switch between a scattering state and a transparent state. The electrically controlled decorating module includes a first polarizer, a first quarter-wave plate, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, an electrically controlled wave plate, a second quarter-wave plate and a second polarizer, which are sequentially stacked. The electrically controlled wave plate has a liquid crystal layer. The second polarizer is disposed between the switchable scattering element and the second quarter-wave plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Jing-Yu Wu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Wei-Ting Wu, Tzu-Hung Lin
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Publication number: 20240027845Abstract: An electrically controllable viewing angle switch device is provided with a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, multiple spacers, and multiple light-shielding patterns. The first substrate and the second substrate are overlapped with each other. The liquid crystal layer and the multiple spacers are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The multiple light-shielding patterns are disposed on the second substrate. The orthographic projection area of each spacer on the second substrate is less than or equal to the orthographic projection area of each light-shielding pattern on the second substrate. The orthographic projection of each spacer on the second substrate is located within the orthographic projection of each light-shielding pattern on the second substrate. A display apparatus using an electrically controllable viewing angle switch device is also provided, in which light leakage near the spacer is extremely slight.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Ying-Hsiang Chen, Chung-Yang Fang
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Publication number: 20230408825Abstract: A near-eye optical display apparatus includes an optical waveguide, an image beam source, and an electrically controlled liquid crystal cell. The image beam source is disposed on one side of a first light incident surface to provide an image beam. After being transmitted through the optical waveguide, the image beam exits from the light-exit surface. The liquid crystal cell is disposed on one side of a second light incident surface, and has a first sight region and a second sight region disposed in a first direction. When a driving voltage is supplied to the liquid crystal cell, the percentage of an average transmittance of the second sight region for an ambient beam and an average transmittance of the first sight region for the ambient beam is less than or equal to 50%. The display contrast of the near-eye optical display apparatus proposed by the invention is not easily affected by the external environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang
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Patent number: 11841565Abstract: A display apparatus including a backlight module, first and second electrically-controlled elements, electrically-controlled first and second polarizers, a half-wave plate, and a display panel is provided. An included angle between first and second alignment directions of first and second alignment layers of the first electrically-controlled element is between 75 degrees and 105 degrees. An included angle between third and fourth alignment directions of third and fourth alignment layers of the second electrically-controlled element is between 165 degrees and 195 degrees. A first absorption axis of the first polarizer disposed between the backlight module and the first electrically-controlled element is perpendicular to a second absorption axis of the second polarizer disposed between the first and second electrically-controlled elements. The half-wave plate is disposed between the second polarizer and the second electrically-controlled element.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Chun-Wei Lee, Jung-Wei Chang
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Patent number: 11841585Abstract: A display apparatus including a backlight module, first and second electrically-controlled elements, electrically-controlled first and second polarizers, a half-wave plate, and a display panel is provided. An included angle between first and second alignment directions of first and second alignment layers of the first electrically-controlled element is between 75 degrees and 105 degrees. An included angle between third and fourth alignment directions of third and fourth alignment layers of the second electrically-controlled element is between 165 degrees and 195 degrees. The half-wave plate is disposed between the second polarizer and the second electrically-controlled element. The display panel is disposed on the second electrically-controlled element. An included angle between an extending direction of prism structures of each of two optical brightness enhancement films of the backlight module and a viewing angle control direction of the display apparatus is less than 45 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Chun-Wei Lee, Jung-Wei Chang
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Patent number: 11828974Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source, a first optical film, and a second optical film. The light source is disposed on one side of a light incident surface of the light guide plate. The first optical film is disposed between the light guide plate and the second optical film. An illumination beam from the light source has a first polarization component and a second polarization component perpendicular to the first polarization component. A ratio of the first polarization component to the second polarization component is greater than or equal to 1.2 and less than or equal to 10. The second optical film includes a substrate and a plurality of prism structures disposed between the substrate and the light guide plate. An included angle between an extending direction of the prism structures and the light incident surface is less than 5 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Yu-Sung Lai, Chung-Yang Fang, Shih-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 11796843Abstract: A viewing angle control device including a plurality of first polarizing portions and a plurality of transmissive portions is provided. The first polarizing portions are arranged along a first direction and extended in a second direction. The transmissive portions and the first polarizing portions are alternately arranged. Each of the first polarizing portions has a width in the first direction and a height in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. A ratio of the height to the width of the first polarizing portion is greater than 1. A display apparatus adopting the viewing angle control device is also provided. The viewing angle control device and the display apparatus provided herein have a filter effect at a large viewing angle, improved light transmittance in the viewing angle direction, and excellent anti-peeping performance.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang
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Publication number: 20230305215Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide element including first optical microstructures and second optical microstructures. An angle value of an angle of the first optical microstructures is V1. When the second optical microstructures are respectively recessed into or protrude from a bottom surface, a projection of each sub-optical microstructure on a reference plane has a peak point closest or to farthest from a light emitting surface and a first valley point and a second valley point farthest from or closest to the light emitting surface, a height difference between the peak point and the first valley point or the second valley point is ?H, a length difference between the peak point and the first valley point or the second valley point is ?L, and tan?1(?H/?L) is V2, where V2>0 and V2?0.5·V1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ying-Hsiang Chen, Cheng-Yi Tseng, Chung-Yang Fang, Ping-Yen Chen
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Patent number: 11714317Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, including at least one viewing angle limiting device, a display panel, and a light polarization converter disposed between the at least one viewing angle limiting device and the display panel. The light polarization converter includes first regions and second regions alternately arranged. Light beams passing through the first regions and the second regions respectively have a first light polarization direction and a second light polarization direction. The light polarization converter is overlapped with the at least one viewing angle limiting device and the display panel. The viewing angle limiting device includes light-absorbing molecules. The light-absorbing molecules have a first absorption coefficient in a thickness direction of the viewing angle limiting device and a second absorption coefficient in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. A ratio of the first absorption coefficient to the second absorption coefficient is greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Jen-Wei Yu
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Patent number: 11709385Abstract: An electronically-controlled viewing angle switching device, including a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a plurality of first insulation patterns, and a plurality of second insulation patterns is provided. The first electrode and the second electrode are respectively located at a first side and a second side of the liquid crystal layer. The first insulation patterns are located at the first side of the liquid crystal layer. The second insulation patterns are located at the second side of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the first insulation patterns is at least partially overlapped with the corresponding second insulation pattern. A display device adopting the electronically-controlled viewing angle switching device is also provided. The electronically-controlled viewing angle switching device and the display device provide a good anti-peed effect from a side viewing angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chung-Yang Fang, Ping-Yen Chen, Yang-Ching Lin, Jen-Wei Yu, Yu-Fan Chen
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Patent number: 11698553Abstract: A backlight module including a circuit substrate, a plurality of light-emitting devices, a first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer, and a second cholesteric liquid-crystal layer is provided. The light-emitting devices are disposed on the circuit substrate and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer is disposed on the light-emitting devices and overlapped with a light-emitting surface of each of the light-emitting devices. The second cholesteric liquid-crystal layer is disposed on the first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer and overlapped with the first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer. The first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer and the second cholesteric liquid-crystal layer respectively have a first chiral direction and a second chiral direction. A display apparatus adopting the backlight module is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chung-Yang Fang, Ping-Yen Chen, Chih-Jen Tsang, Chung-Wei Huang, Bo-Han Cheng, Wen-Chun Wang
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Publication number: 20230205008Abstract: A display apparatus including a backlight module, first and second electrically-controlled elements, electrically-controlled first and second polarizers, a half-wave plate, and a display panel is provided. An included angle between first and second alignment directions of first and second alignment layers of the first electrically-controlled element is between 75 degrees and 105 degrees. An included angle between third and fourth alignment directions of third and fourth alignment layers of the second electrically-controlled element is between 165 degrees and 195 degrees. The half-wave plate is disposed between the second polarizer and the second electrically-controlled element. The display panel is disposed on the second electrically-controlled element. An included angle between an extending direction of prism structures of each of two optical brightness enhancement films of the backlight module and a viewing angle control direction of the display apparatus is less than 45 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Chun-Wei Lee, Jung-Wei Chang