Patents by Inventor SHULIN YAO

SHULIN YAO 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).

  • Patent number: 10114249
    Abstract: A display panel and fabrication method is provided. The display panel includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a plurality of sub-regions arranged in a matrix, a first organic film layer formed and a first alignment layer formed on the first transparent substrate, a second organic film layer and a second alignment layer formed on the second transparent substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate. Further, the plurality of sub-regions arranged in the matrix include at least one first sub-region and at least one second sub-region. The first organic film layer has a first polarization axis in the first sub-region, the second organic film layer has a second polarization axis in the first sub-region, the first polarization axis has an angle ? with the second polarization axis, wherein 89°???91°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Zhang, Shulin Yao, Ting Zhou, Poping Shen
  • Publication number: 20180204531
    Abstract: A driving method of display panel, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The driving method includes: in a single-frame display time, sequentially applying signals to a plurality of first sub-pixels connected to first data lines in a scanning direction so that: a signal polarity applied to each of a plurality of first white sub-pixels connected to the first data lines is opposite to a signal polarity applied to a first sub-pixel which is located at an upstream of the first white sub-pixel along the scanning direction and is adjacent to the first white sub-pixel, and a signal polarity applied to each of a plurality of first colored sub-pixels is identical with a signal polarity applied to a first sub-pixel which is located at an upstream of the first colored sub-pixel along the scanning direction and is adjacent to the first colored sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Guohuo SU, Zhihua SUN, Yujie GAO, Shulin YAO, Baoyu LIU, Xu ZHANG, Weichao MA, Zhihao ZHANG, Wenkai MU, Yingmeng MIAO, Guangquan HE
  • Patent number: 9989805
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a TFT substrate; a backlight system configured to emit light beams in a first color; a color film substrate having at least a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a liquid crystal layer; and a polarization system. The first subpixel is configured to let the light beams in the first color pass through and to emit the light beams in the first color. The second subpixel includes a plurality of first quantum dots and a plurality of second quantum dots and is configured to emit light beams in at least a second color based on the light beams in the first color. The third subpixel includes a plurality of third quantum dots and a plurality of fourth quantum dots and is configured to emit light beams in at least a fourth color based on the light beams in the first color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: Xiamen Tianma Micro-electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shulin Yao, Poping Shen, Lei Han
  • Patent number: 9897859
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of regions arranged in an array including a first region and a second region, a first organic film on the first substrate, and a second organic film on the second substrate. In the first region, at least one stripe-shaped first electrode is formed having a first configuration direction, the first organic film has a polarization direction in a first direction and the second organic film has a polarization direction perpendicular to the first direction. In the second region, at least one stripe-shaped second electrode is formed having a second configuration direction, the first organic film has a polarization direction in a second direction and the second organic film has a polarization direction perpendicular to the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shulin Yao, Long Zhang, Ting Zhou, Poping Shen
  • Patent number: 9891466
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate arranged opposite to the first transparent substrate, and multiple sub-regions arranged in an array, including a first sub-region and an adjacent second sub-region. The display panel also includes a first organic film layer configured on the first transparent substrate and a second organic film layer configured on the second transparent substrate. The first organic film layer and the second organic film layer comprise a polymer doped with a dichroic organic dye. The display panel also includes a first alignment layer configured on the surface of the first transparent substrate facing the second transparent substrate, and a second alignment layer configured on the surface of the second transparent substrate facing the first transparent substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shulin Yao, Long Zhang, Ting Zhou, Poping Shen, Zhaokeng Cao
  • Patent number: 9891494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pixel unit, a driving method of the pixel unit, a driving module of the pixel unit, a display panel and a display device. The pixel unit includes four sub-pixels and a first color filter, a second color filter, a third color filter and a fourth color filter corresponding to the four sub-pixels respectively, the first color filter allows only light of a first color to pass through, the second color filter allows only light of a second color to pass through, the third color filter allows only light of a third color to pass through, and the fourth color filter allows light of n different colors selected from the first color, the second color, and the third color to pass through, wherein n is larger than or equal to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua Sun, Seungmin Lee, Baoyu Liu, Weichao Ma, Shulin Yao, Xu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9830017
    Abstract: An infrared touch screen, a touch detection method thereof and a display apparatus are provided. The infrared touch screen comprises: a display device, an infrared emitter and a first infrared receiver arranged at any side of a display surface of the display device, the infrared emitter emitting a plurality of infrared rays scattered and covering a light exiting surface of the display device; and a plurality of second infrared receivers arranged at intervals on other sides the display surface of the display device except the side provided with the infrared emitter and corresponding to the plurality of infrared rays in a one-to-one correspondence relationship, wherein, the first infrared receiver detects an infrared ray reflected by a touch position, in the infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shulin Yao
  • Patent number: 9792849
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel, a display device and a display method. The display panel includes at least a first sub pixel column to a third sub pixel column that are sequentially arranged. The first sub pixel column is formed of 2N first color sub pixels, wherein N is a positive integer; the second sub pixel column is formed of 2N second color sub pixels and is offset by a predetermined pitch in a column direction with respect to the first sub pixel column; and the third sub pixel column is formed of alternate N third color sub pixels and N white sub pixels. Each of the second color sub pixels together forms a pixel unit with its adjacent white sub pixel, third color sub pixel and two first color sub pixels, to perform display. The present disclosure may provide a better display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shulin Yao, Zhaodong Zhang, Poping Shen, Ting Zhou
  • Patent number: 9767758
    Abstract: There are provided a driving apparatus of a display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The driving apparatus of the display panel comprises a gate driver circuit (101) configured to input a turn-on signal to each gate line on the display panel at a first moment; and a source driver circuit (102) configured to input a first voltage to each data line on the display panel at a first moment, the first voltage being a common electrode voltage of the display panel. The driving apparatus and the driving method, and the display device are capable of raising the effect of eliminating shutdown image sticking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhihua Sun, Seung Min Lee, Xingji Wu, Jianming Wang, Shulin Yao, Baoyu Liu, Weichao Ma
  • Patent number: 9741304
    Abstract: The application relates to a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a shift register circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register unit may include a gate starting terminal, a first clock terminal, a second clock terminal, a reset terminal, a low level terminal, a gate output terminal, a storage capacitor, a charging module, an output control module and a reset module. In the shift register according to the present application, since the reset operation is under control of the second transistor and the fifth transistor both, an improper reset operation will not occur, even if the signal at the reset terminal is unstable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shulin Yao, Seung Min Lee, Zhihua Sun, Xingji Wu, Wenhai Cui, Baoyu Liu
  • Patent number: 9734784
    Abstract: The present invention provides a voltage output device, which comprises a direct-current power supply, a reference level input terminal, a predetermined level output terminal, a voltage regulation module and a control signal generation module, the control signal generation module comprises a control signal generation unit, the voltage regulation module comprises a plurality of storage capacitors, wherein the control signal generation unit can send a charging control signal to the voltage regulation module in a charging stage of the voltage output device, and send an operation control signal to the voltage regulation module in an operating stage of the voltage output device. The present invention further provides a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. With the voltage output device provided by the present invention, a high-level voltage that is high enough and/or a low-level voltage that is low enough can be outputted, thereby satisfying specific application requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baoyu Liu, Zhihua Sun, Seungmin Lee, Honglin Zhang, Weichao Ma, Jianming Wang, Shulin Yao, Xu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170061846
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel, a display device and a display method. The display panel includes at least a first sub pixel column to a third sub pixel column that are sequentially arranged. The first sub pixel column is formed of 2N first color sub pixels, wherein N is a positive integer, the second sub pixel column is formed of 2N second color sub pixels and is offset by a predetermined pitch in a column direction with respect to the first sub pixel column; and the third sub pixel column is formed of alternate N third color sub pixels and N white sub pixels. Each of the second color sub pixels together forms a pixel unit with its adjacent white sub pixel, third color sub pixel and two first color sub pixels, to perform display. The present disclosure may provide a better display effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shulin YAO, Zhaodong ZHANG, Poping SHEN, Ting ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9575357
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, a color filter having a plurality of first color barriers, second color barriers, and third color barriers. A lower alignment layer is disposed on the first substrate having a plurality of first lower alignment units, second lower alignment units, and third lower alignment units corresponding to the plurality of first color barriers, second color barriers, and third color barriers, respectively. An upper alignment layer is disposed on the second substrate having a plurality of first upper alignment units, second upper alignment units, and third upper alignment units corresponding to the plurality of first color barriers, second color barriers, and third color barriers, respectively. A lower regionalized polarizer is disposed on the first substrate, and an upper regionalized polarizer is disposed on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shulin Yao, Long Zhang, Ting Zhou, Poping Shen, Zhaokeng Cao
  • Publication number: 20160365056
    Abstract: There are provided a driving apparatus of a display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The driving apparatus of the display panel comprises a gate driver circuit (101) configured to input a turn-on signal to each gate line on the display panel at a first moment; and a source driver circuit (102) configured to input a first voltage to each data line on the display panel at a first moment, the first voltage being a common electrode voltage of the display panel. The driving apparatus and the driving method, and the display device are capable of raising the effect of eliminating shutdown image sticking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua SUN, Seung Min LEE, Xingji WU, Jianming WANG, Shulin YAO, Baoyu LIU, Weichao MA
  • Publication number: 20160358569
    Abstract: The present invention provides a voltage output device, which comprises a direct-current power supply, a reference level input terminal, a predetermined level output terminal, a voltage regulation module and a control signal generation module, the control signal generation module comprises a control signal generation unit, the voltage regulation module comprises a plurality of storage capacitors, wherein the control signal generation unit can send a charging control signal to the voltage regulation module in a charging stage of the voltage output device, and send an operation control signal to the voltage regulation module in an operating stage of the voltage output device. The present invention further provides a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. With the voltage output device provided by the present invention, a high-level voltage that is high enough and/or a low-level voltage that is low enough can be outputted, thereby satisfying specific application requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Baoyu LIU, Zhihua SUN, Seungmin LEE, Honglin ZHANG, Weichao MA, Jianming WANG, Shulin YAO, Xu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160357335
    Abstract: An infrared touch screen, a touch detection method thereof and a display apparatus are provided. The infrared touch screen comprises: a display device, an infrared emitter and a first infrared receiver arranged at any side of a display surface of the display device, the infrared emitter emitting a plurality of infrared rays scattered and covering a light exiting surface of the display device; and a plurality of second infrared receivers arranged at intervals on other sides the display surface of the display device except the side provided with the infrared emitter and corresponding to the plurality of infrared rays in a one-to-one correspondence relationship, wherein, the first infrared receiver detects an infrared ray reflected by a touch position, in the infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shulin Yao
  • Publication number: 20160329010
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pixel unit, a driving method of the pixel unit, a driving module of the pixel unit, a display panel and a display device. The pixel unit includes four sub-pixels and a first color filter, a second color filter, a third color filter and a fourth color filter corresponding to the four sub-pixels respectively, the first color filter allows only light of a first color to pass through, the second color filter allows only light of a second color to pass through, the third color filter allows only light of a third color to pass through, and the fourth color filter allows light of n different colors selected from the first color, the second color, and the third color to pass through, wherein n is larger than or equal to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Zhihua SUN, Seungmin LEE, Baoyu LIU, Weichao MA, Shulin YAO, Xu ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9482808
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate and a light bar disposed on the light guide plate, with white light sources and monochromatic light sources having at least one color of N primary colors wherein N is greater than or equal to 3. A display device includes the backlight module, and a plurality of sub-pixels of different colors, with the width of sub-pixels of the at least one color being less than the width of sub-pixels of other colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shulin Yao
  • Publication number: 20160260398
    Abstract: The application relates to a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a shift register circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register unit may include a gate starting terminal, a first clock terminal, a second clock terminal, a reset terminal, a low level terminal, a gate output terminal, a storage capacitor, a charging module, an output control module and a reset module. In the shift register according to the present application, since the reset operation is under control of the second transistor and the fifth transistor both, an improper reset operation will not occur, even if the signal at the reset terminal is unstable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Shulin Yao, Seung Min Lee, Zhihua Sun, Xingji Wu, Wenhai Cui, Baoyu Liu
  • Publication number: 20160238887
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first alignment layer, a second alignment layer, a first organic film layer, and a second organic film layer. The display panel includes a plurality of regions arranged in an array, and n regions form a region group, n being an integer and n?3. The first alignment layer has a first alignment direction and is disposed on the first substrate, and the first alignment direction in each of the n regions is different. The second alignment layer has a second alignment direction and is disposed on the second substrate, the second alignment direction in each of the n regions is different, and the second alignment direction is same as the first alignment direction in a same region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: SHULIN YAO, POPING SHEN, LONG ZHANG, TING ZHOU