Patents by Inventor Kuo-Hsuan Yu

Kuo-Hsuan Yu 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: 20240027667
    Abstract: A polarizer applied for a viewing side of a display is disclosed. The polarizer comprises a polarizing layer with an absorption axis, and a protective film disposed on the viewing side surface of the polarizing layer. The protective film includes a birefringent substrate adjacent to the polarizing layer having a birefringence difference not greater than 0.10 and having a slow axis and a fast axis perpendicular to each other, wherein the slow axis is parallel to the absorption axis of the polarizing layer, and an interference elimination layer disposed on a display side surface of the birefringent substrate, wherein the interference elimination layer has a diffusing layer disposed on the birefringent substrate, and a refractive-index-matching layer disposed on the diffusing layer, wherein with the total haze of the protective film is between 30% and 75% and the reflectivity of the protective film satisfies the relationship (RSCI-RSCE)?1.0% and RSCE/(RSCI-RSCE)?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Tu, Chih-Wei Lin, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20240027669
    Abstract: An optical film applied for a viewing side of a display is disclosed. The optical film comprises a birefringent substrate with a birefringence difference not greater than 0.10 having a slow axis and a fast axis perpendicular to each other and an diffusing layer disposed on the birefringent substrate, wherein the total haze of the optical film ranges between 30% and 80% and the reflectivity of the optical film satisfies the relationship (RSCI?RSCE)?1.0%, and RSCE/(RSCI?RSCE)?1.6, wherein RSCI is an average reflectivity of diffuse component and specular component of the optical film, and RSCE is an average reflectivity of diffuse component of the optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Tu, Chih-Wei Lin, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11740388
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an anti-glare film. The anti-glare film comprises a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate and an anti-glare layer formed on a surface of the PET substrate, wherein the anti-glare coating layer comprises 75 to 90 weight parts of an acrylic-based resin, 0.01 to 10 weight parts of silica nanoparticles 5 to 20 weight parts of organic microparticles and 0.05 to 2 weight parts of leveling agent. The anti-glare film has a total haze ranging between 35% and 50%, a surface haze ranging between 10% and 15% and a gloss at a viewing angle of 60 degrees between 30% and 50% thereof. The anti-glare film can provide satisfactory anti-glare properties, high precision, surface fineness, no flicker, good visibility and also fine adhesion between layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Tsun Sheng Tao, Chih-Wei Lin, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11697741
    Abstract: An anti-glare film is disclosed. The anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer comprising an acrylic binder resin, a polyether-modified siloxane and a plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the silica nanoparticles are flocculated into a micro-floccule with an average secondary particle diameter of 1,500 nm to 3,100 nm. The present anti-glare film can provide a reliable anti-glare property with low haze and fine surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Gang-Lun Fan, Wei-Hsien Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11639445
    Abstract: A high-haze anti-glare film is disclosed. The high-haze anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer on the substrate. The anti-glare layer comprises acrylate binder, amorphous silica microparticles and spherical organic polymer microparticles, wherein the spherical organic polymer microparticles are monodispersity and the average particle size thereof is smaller than that of the amorphous silica microparticles. The total haze (Ht) of the anti-glare film is more than 40%, and the total haze is the sum of the surface haze (Hs) and the inner haze (Hi) of the anti-glare film, and the inner haze (Hi) and the total haze (Ht) satisfy the relation 0.25<Hi/Ht<0.75. The present high-haze anti-glare film provides high anti-glare and anti-sparkling properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Yu Ying, Yu-Wei Tu, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11614566
    Abstract: The invention disclosed an anti-reflective film. The anti-reflective film comprises a substrate, a hard coating layer disposed on the substrate and a low refractive layer disposed on the hard coating layer. The low refractivity layer comprises a fluorine-containing acrylate-modified polysiloxane resin, a plurality of hollow silica nanoparticles, an initiator and a leveling agent comprising a perfluoropolyether group-containing (meth)acrylic-modified organosilicone compound. The reflectivity of the anti-reflective film of the anti-reflective film is less than 1.1%, and the water contact angle thereof is ranging between 90° and 125°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20230092571
    Abstract: A high-haze anti-glare film is disclosed. The high-haze anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer on the substrate. The anti-glare layer comprises acrylate binder resin and amorphous silica microparticles. The total haze (Ht) of the anti-glare film is more than 20%, and the total haze is the sum of the surface haze (Hs) and the inner haze (Hi) of the anti-glare film, and the inner haze (Hi) and the total haze (Ht) satisfy the relation 0.01<Hi/Ht<0.25. The present high-haze anti-glare film provides high anti-glare and anti-sparkling properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Yu Ying, Yu-Wei Tu, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20230086813
    Abstract: A high-haze anti-glare film is disclosed. The high-haze anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer on the substrate. The anti-glare layer comprises acrylate binder, amorphous silica microparticles and spherical organic polymer microparticles, wherein the spherical organic polymer microparticles are monodispersity and the average particle size thereof is smaller than that of the amorphous silica microparticles. The total haze (Ht) of the anti-glare film is more than 40%, and the total haze is the sum of the surface haze (Hs) and the inner haze (Hi) of the anti-glare film, and the inner haze (Hi) and the total haze (Ht) satisfy the relation 0.25<Hi/Ht<0.75. The present high-haze anti-glare film provides high anti-glare and anti-sparkling properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Yu Ying, Yu-Wei Tu, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11447643
    Abstract: This invention is to provide a hard coating film, comprising a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) base film and an antiglare hard coating layer formed thereon, wherein the antiglare hard coating layer comprises a (meth)acrylate composition, an initiator, a plurality of silica nanoparticles, a plurality of organic microparticles and a leveling agent. The (meth)acrylate composition comprises a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer with a functionality of 6 to 15 and a molecular weight ranging between 1,000 and 4,500, and at least one (meth)acrylate monomer with a functionality of 3 to 6, and at least one (meth)acrylate monomer with functionality of less than 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Tze-Chi Wang, Kuo-Hsuan Yu, Gang-Lun Fan
  • Patent number: 11353629
    Abstract: An anti-glare film is disclosed. The anti-glare film comprises a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) base film and an anti-glare layer comprising an acrylic binder resin and organic microparticles, wherein the anti-glare layer comprises an miscible sub-layer adjacent to the interface between the anti-glare layer and the base film for urging the organic microparticles toward the upper portion of the anti-glare layer to form an anti-glare sub-layer with an uneven surface and wherein the average thickness of the miscible layer is at least 40 percent of the total thickness of the anti-glare layer and a ratio of the average thickness of the anti-glare sub-layer to the diameter of the microparticle is between 0.45 to 1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Gang-Lun Fan, Wei-Hsien Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11326072
    Abstract: A high hardness flexible hard coating film is disclosed. The high hardness flexible hard coating film comprises a substrate film and a hard coating layer. The hard coating layer comprises a (meth)acrylate binder and reactive silica nanoparticles, wherein the reactive silica nanoparticles comprise reactive (meth)acrylate modified silica nanoparticles and reactive (meth)acrylate-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) modified silica nanoparticles. The high hardness flexible hard coating film will not crack or fracture under an dynamic inward folding test for performing 180° bend testing at a radius of 1 mm with 2×105 times, and the pencil hardness (JIS K 5400) thereof is 6H or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Ling Chiu, Ching-Huang Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20210388211
    Abstract: An anti-glare film is disclosed. The anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer comprising an acrylic binder resin, an acrylate-ether-group-containing surface active agent and a plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the silica nanoparticles are flocculated into a micro-floccule with an average secondary particle diameter of 1,600 nm to 3,300 nm. The present anti-glare film can provide a reliable anti-glare property with a low haze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Gang-Lun Fan, Wei-Hsien Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20210388210
    Abstract: An anti-glare film is disclosed. The anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer comprising an acrylic binder resin, a polyether-modified siloxane and a plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the silica nanoparticles are flocculated into a micro-floccule with an average secondary particle diameter of 1,500 nm to 3,100 nm. The present anti-glare film can provide a reliable anti-glare property with low haze and fine surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Gang-Lun Fan, Wei-Hsien Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20210278567
    Abstract: The invention is to provide an anti-reflective film. The anti-reflective film comprises a substrate, a hard coating layer disposed on the substrate and a low refractive layer disposed on the hard coating layer. The low refractive layer comprises a (meth)acrylate resin, hollow silica nanoparticles, an initiator and a leveling agent. Wherein the leveling agent comprises a (meth)acrylic-modified organosilicone compound having a perfluoropolyether group. The reflectivity of the anti-reflective film of the present invention is in the range of 1.2% to 1.4%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu, Gang-Lun Fan
  • Publication number: 20210263193
    Abstract: The invention disclosed an anti-reflective film. The anti-reflective film comprises a substrate, a hard coating layer disposed on the substrate and a low refractive layer disposed on the hard coating layer. The low refractivity layer comprises a fluorine-containing acrylate-modified polysiloxane resin, a plurality of hollow silica nanoparticles, an initiator and a leveling agent comprising a perfluoropolyether group-containing (meth)acrylic-modified organosilicone compound. The reflectivity of the anti-reflective film of the anti-reflective film is less than 1.1%, and the water contact angle thereof is ranging between 90° and 125°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20210261787
    Abstract: This invention is to provide a hard coating film, comprising a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) base film and an antiglare hard coating layer formed thereon, wherein the antiglare hard coating layer comprises a (meth)acrylate composition, an initiator, a plurality of silica nanoparticles, a plurality of organic microparticles and a leveling agent. The (meth)acrylate composition comprises a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer with a functionality of 6 to 15 and a molecular weight ranging between 1,000 and 4,500, and at least one (meth)acrylate monomer with a functionality of 3 to 6, and at least one (meth)acrylate monomer with functionality of less than 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Tze-Chi Wang, Kuo-Hsuan Yu, Gang-Lun Fan
  • Publication number: 20210255366
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an anti-glare film. The anti-glare film comprises a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate and an anti-glare layer formed on a surface of the PET substrate, wherein the anti-glare coating layer comprises 75 to 90 weight parts of an acrylic-based resin, 0.01 to 10 weight parts of silica nanoparticles 5 to 20 weight parts of organic microparticles and 0.05 to 2 weight parts of leveling agent. The anti-glare film has a total haze ranging between 35% and 50%, a surface haze ranging between 10% and 15% and a gloss at a viewing angle of 60 degrees between 30% and 50% thereof. The anti-glare film can provide satisfactory anti-glare properties, high precision, surface fineness, no flicker, good visibility and also fine adhesion between layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Tsun Sheng Tao, Chih-Wei Lin, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20210255365
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an anti-glare film. The anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the anti-glare coating layer comprises 75 to 90 weight percent of an acrylic-based hard coating composition, 0.01 weight percent to 10 weight percent of silica nanoparticles and 5 weight percent to 20 weight percent of organic microparticles. The anti-glare film provides a satisfied anti-glare property and a surface fineness, and especially the anti-glare property at the wide viewing angle to enhance the visibility of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: TsunSheng Tao, Chih-Wei Lin, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11054550
    Abstract: The invention is to provide an anti-reflective film. The anti-reflective film comprises a substrate, a hard coating layer disposed on the substrate and a low refractive layer disposed on the hard coating layer. The low refractive layer comprises a (meth)acrylate resin, hollow silica nanoparticles, an initiator and a leveling agent. Wherein the leveling agent comprises a (meth)acrylic-modified organosilicone compound having a perfluoropolyether group. The reflectivity of the anti-reflective film of the present invention is in the range of 1.2% to 1.4%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu, Gang-Lun Fan
  • Patent number: 11053393
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a hard coating layered optical film, comprising a poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) base film and a hard coating layer thereon. The hard coating layer comprises a (meth)acrylate composition and an initiator, wherein the (meth)acrylate composition comprises a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer of functionalities from 6 to 15, at least one (meth)acrylate monomer of functionalities from 3 to 6 and at least one (meth)acrylate monomer of functionalities less than 3, wherein the molecular weight of the (meth)urethane acrylate oligomer of functionalities from 6 to 15 is ranging between 1,000 to 4,500. The hard coating layer of the hard coating layered optical film can be further coated with a functional layer, such as a low reflection layer to form an anti-reflection hard coating layered optical film. The hard coating layer can optionally comprise micro-particles to generate an anti-glare hard coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Tze-Chi Wang, Kuo-Hsuan Yu, Gang-Lun Fan