Patents by Inventor Ji-Nian Lin

Ji-Nian Lin 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: 20160202512
    Abstract: A transparent display apparatus including a backlight module, a display panel, and a switching panel is provided. The backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate (LGP). The display panel is located on a light emitting surface of the LGP. The switching panel and the backlight module are located at the same side of the display panel. The switching panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode layer located between the first substrate and the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer, and a second electrode layer located between the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer and the second substrate. The first electrode layer is divided into first electrode patterns that are separated from and electrically independent from one another. Another transparent display apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Ji-Nian Lin, Chun-Wei Su
  • Patent number: 9329425
    Abstract: A transparent display apparatus including a backlight module, a display panel, and a switching panel is provided. The backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate (LGP). The display panel is located on a light emitting surface of the LGP. The switching panel and the backlight module are located at the same side of the display panel. The switching panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode layer located between the first substrate and the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer, and a second electrode layer located between the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer and the second substrate. The first electrode layer is divided into first electrode patterns that are separated from and electrically independent from one another. Another transparent display apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Ji-Nian Lin, Chun-Wei Su
  • Publication number: 20150355514
    Abstract: A transparent display device includes a first active LCD panel, a second active LCD panel and a backlight module sandwiched between the first active LCD panel and the second active LCD panel. Both of the first active LCD panel and the second active LCD panel can provide various images and show different displaying states. Therefore, the transparent display device can utilize the images or the displaying states shown by the second active LCD panel to facilitate the image displaying function of the first active LCD panel to achieve the purpose of improving the image contrast and the variety effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ji-Nian Lin, Chien-Hua Chen, Chun-Wei Su
  • Publication number: 20150226988
    Abstract: A transparent display apparatus including a backlight module, a display panel, and a switching panel is provided. The backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate (LGP). The display panel is located on a light emitting surface of the LGP. The switching panel and the backlight module are located at the same side of the display panel. The switching panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode layer located between the first substrate and the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer, and a second electrode layer located between the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer and the second substrate. The first electrode layer is divided into first electrode patterns that are separated from and electrically independent from one another. Another transparent display apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Ji-Nian Lin, Chun-Wei Su