Patents Issued in November 27, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140347578
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first planar body having a first electrode patterned on one surface of a first substrate and a first lead-out wiring electrically connected to the first electrode, a cover sheet, a second planar body provided between the first planar body and the cover sheet except a predetermined region of a side edge of the first substrate, and a flexible wiring board interposed at a gap portion formed between the predetermined region of the side edge of the first substrate and the cover sheet, wherein the flexible wiring board includes a connector portion fixed onto the connection terminal of the first lead-out wiring held by the first planar body and electrically connected with the first lead-out wiring, and a spacer member that abuts with both the connector portion and the cover sheet is disposed between the connector portion and the cover sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: GUNZE LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Masaya Nakagoshi, Kousuke Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20140347579
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode panel of a touch panel and a method of manufacturing the same, the method, including: forming a plurality of electrode pattern cells on a substrate to be space apart from each other; forming an insulating layer on the electrode pattern cells; forming a hole on the insulating layer; and forming a bridge electrode and fills the hole with a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jae Joon Jang, Hyuk Jin Hong, Ji Won Jo
  • Publication number: 20140347580
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrostatic capacitance input device including: an input region of a substrate, in which a plurality of input position detection electrodes are provided; a plurality of wires that are electrically connected to the plurality of input position detection electrodes and extend outside the input region of the substrate; and a shield electrode that overlaps the wires on the input operation side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Takeshi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20140347581
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide an electro-active lens and method for manufacturing the same that encapsulates liquid crystal using solid transparent optical material using an improved liquid crystal seal feature. The seal feature greatly reduces the visibility of the liquid crystal seal feature in an assembled electro-active lens. The seal feature is also structurally robust such that the electro-active lens can be processed to fit a spectacle frame without disturbing containment of the liquid crystal and without disrupting electrical connectivity to the lens used to alter the refractive index of the liquid crystal, thereby ensuring fabrication of a commercially viable electro-active lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Joshua N. HADDOCK, William KOKANASKI, Roger CLARKE, Philip RAWLINS, Peter CROSSLEY, James JOHN
  • Publication number: 20140347582
    Abstract: An objective is to provide a stereoscopic display device that can reduce moire occurring when the viewer is not at the optimum viewing position while maintaining the vertical degree of freedom. A parallax barrier (42) includes transparent portions (48) and light-shielding portions (46) arranged alternatingly. Supposing that a first direction is a direction in which the light-shielding portions (46) and the transparent portions (48) are arranged alternatingly and a second direction is a longitudinal direction of the light-shielding portions (46), a boundary portion (52) is present between two adjacent pixels (50) arranged in the first direction and extends in the second direction, and the edges (381, 382) of the light-shielding portions (46) disposed in the first direction have portions crossing a reference line (L) extending in the second direction and fluctuate in a specified cycle along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Takehiro Murao, Takuto Yoshino, Hiroshi Fukushima, Tomoo Takatani
  • Publication number: 20140347583
    Abstract: In a driver for a smectic-A composition liquid crystal panel, the driver forms a resonant circuit operable to oscillate at resonant frequency for ordering the smectic-A liquid crystal composition of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: John Richard Moore, William Alden Crossland, Daping Chu
  • Publication number: 20140347584
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, a plurality of switching elements, and a plurality of light shielding layers. Each of the light shielding layers extends to cross, among the source lines, even-numbered source lines arranged in the direction of the extension of the gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakatsu Kitani
  • Publication number: 20140347585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device in which even in the case of using a photo-alignment technique, excellent afterimage characteristics can be stably obtained. Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a TFT substrate having an alignment film, an opposed substrate which is arranged to face the TFT substrate and on which an alignment film is formed, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the alignment films, wherein the alignment films are materials that can provide a liquid crystal alignment restraining force by irradiating polarized light, and the ratio of oxygen atoms on the surface of the alignment film is higher than that in the alignment film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo IMANISHI, Yosuke HYODO, Chikae MATSUI, Hidehiro SONODA, Noboru KUNIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20140347586
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of spacers. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel units, which include at least two gate lines, and two neighboring thin film transistors connected to two gate lines, respectively. The second substrate is opposed to the first substrate. At least one of the spacers overlaps with at least a part of the first thin film transistor and at least a part of the second thin film transistor in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Min WANG, Chung-Min SHEN, Jian-Hong LIN
  • Publication number: 20140347587
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, the three sub-pixels are arranged in a row and are all divided into a first region and a second region. The first region of the first pixel is above the second region of the first pixel. The first region of the third pixel is above the second region of the first pixel. The first region of the second pixel is below the second region of the second pixel. The first regions of two adjacent sub-pixels are not adjacent such that two first regions do not form the two consecutive points and thus do not form a lightspot. Furthermore, in a low grey value display, the color-mixing effect is better because the first regions of sub-pixels are arranged in a triangle distribution. This also improves the color-mixing effect of RGB colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectric Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liang Xu
  • Publication number: 20140347588
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film including a channel formation region; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor; an insulating layer in contact with the pixel electrode; and a first common electrode in contact with the insulating layer. The second substrate faces the first substrate and includes a second common electrode. A negative liquid crystal material is used for the liquid crystal layer. The specific resistivity of the liquid crystal material is greater than or equal to 1.0×1013 ?·cm and less than or equal to 1.0×1016 ?·cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo HATSUMI, Shuji FUKAI, Daisuke KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20140347589
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method of manufacturing the same, which can increase a transmittance of a high-resolution pixel. The LCD device includes a gate line formed to be shared by vertically adjacent first and second pixels, a data line formed to interest the gate line, first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) respectively formed in the first and second pixels, a passivation layer formed to cover the first and second TFTs, including a contact hole that exposes drains of the first and second TFTs, first and second pixel electrodes formed on the passivation layer and in the contact hole, and respectively connected to the drains of the first and second TFTs, and a common electrode formed under or on the first and second pixel electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kakyung KIM, EuiHyun CHUNG, Seongjun CHO
  • Publication number: 20140347590
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a thin-film transistor (101), a terminal portion (102), an interlevel insulating layer (14) including a first insulating layer (12) which contacts with the surface of a drain electrode (11d), and a first transparent conductive layer (15), a first dielectric layer (17) and a second transparent conductive layer (19a) formed on the interlevel insulating layer (14). The terminal portion (102) includes a lower conductive layer (3t), a second semiconductor layer (7t) arranged on a gate insulating layer (5), and lower and upper transparent connecting layers (15t, 19t). The gate insulating layer (5) and the second semiconductor layer (7t) have a contact hole (CH2), and their side surfaces located on a side of the contact hole (CH2) are aligned with each other. The lower transparent connecting layer (15t) contacts with the lower conductive layer (3t) in the contact hole (CH2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Yoshihito Hara, Yukinobu Nakata
  • Publication number: 20140347591
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes upper and lower pixels; gate lines in electrical connection with the adjacent pixels and extending in a row direction, and data lines which cross the gate lines; and a reference voltage line including a vertical portion which passes through the adjacent pixels, and horizontal portions which alternately extend from the vertical portion. Each of the adjacent pixels includes first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) each in electrical connection with a gate line and a data line which correspond to a respective pixel; and a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode in connection with an output terminal of the first TFT, and a second subpixel electrode in connection with an output terminal of the second TFT. The horizontal portions of the reference voltage line are in electrical connection with the second subpixel electrodes of the adjacent pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Kyung-Ho PARK, Bo-Yeong KIM, Jae-Won KIM, Byoung-Sun NA, Hyung-Jun PARK, Dong-Hyun YOO, Kye-Uk LEE
  • Publication number: 20140347592
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a data line disposed on a base substrate, a first pixel electrode disposed at a first side of the data line, a second pixel electrode disposed at a second side of the data line and a storage electrode overlapping with the data line. The storage electrode overlaps with the first pixel electrode by a first overlapping width, and overlaps with the second pixel electrode by a second overlapping width larger than the first overlapping width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Jong-Woong CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140347593
    Abstract: A display module and a display device are provided. The display module includes a display panel and a front frame. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region both located at a side of a light emitting surface, wherein, the non-display region disposed at a peripheral area of the display panel and provided with a test pad electrically connected to wiring a of the display region. The front frame includes a front plate disposed opposite to at least a portion of the non-display region, and having an electric conduction portion for conducting away a current and an insulation portion for insulating the electric conduction portion from the test pad on the display panel. The present invention can avoid LCD screen noise and flicker because the test pad of the display panel contact with the front frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bing Han, Shih-hsun Lo
  • Publication number: 20140347594
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a rear face housing, and a slender support member. The display panel is configured to display image. The rear face housing is disposed on a rear side of the display device with respect to the display panel. The support member is disposed between a peripheral edge portion of the display panel and a peripheral edge portion of the rear face housing. The support member supports the peripheral edge portion of the display panel from the rear side. The support member has a protruding portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a lengthwise direction of the support member. The rear face housing includes an insertion component at the peripheral edge portion of the rear face housing, with the protruding portion of the support member being engaged with the insertion component of the rear frame housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi ANDO, Tatsuji SUDO, Yasuhiro MORI
  • Publication number: 20140347595
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a rear frame, a support member and a fastening member. The rear frame is disposed on a rear side of the display device with respect to the display panel. The rear frame has a protrusion on a peripheral edge of the rear frame. The protrusion protrudes toward a front side of the display device. The support member is disposed corresponding to the peripheral edge of the rear frame. The support member supports an outer peripheral part of the display panel from the rear side. The fastening member extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the display panel. The fastening member fastens the support member with the protrusion of the rear frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MORI, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Kazuya TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140347596
    Abstract: To alleviate brightness unevenness arising from optical sheet bending or wrinkling, as well as brightness unevenness caused by light leakage, and improve light usage emitted by a light source unit, provided is a backlight unit (1) comprising a light guide plate alignment unit (5) which is positioned to maintain a given location with respect to a back chassis (10), latches with a depression part (23), and further comprising a depression part (51) which is formed such that a portion of an optical sheet (4) is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Jo Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20140347597
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device may include a display panel including a front substrate and a back substrate, a frame positioned behind the display panel, an optical layer positioned between the display panel and the frame, and a supporting film attached to the display panel and connected to the frame. The display device may also include a fastening device for fastening the supporting film to the frame. The display panel may include a front polarizing film attached to a front surface of the front substrate, and a back polarizing film attached to a back surface of the back substrate. The supporting film may be attached to the back polarizing film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jaeho KIM, Bumgi MIN, Youngsung KIM, Jinha HEO
  • Publication number: 20140347598
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are disclosed, and the backlight module comprises a backboard where the backboard comprises a backboard main body and side walls. The side wall is provided with a light emitting article at its inner side, and the light emitting article and the backboard main body are provided with a support fixation article in between, for the support and immobilization of the light emitting article. This invention assures the alignment of the light emitting article with a light guide plate, which substantially boosts the incident efficiency of the light emitting article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-hsiang Chen, Gege Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140347599
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a back cover and a liquid crystal panel fixed to the back cover to form a space for receiving the backlight module. The backlight module includes a main reflecting plate, a plurality of light sources disposed on the main reflecting plate, an inverter board disposed on the main reflecting plate to simultaneously provide power for the light sources, the light sources are electrically and physically connected to the inverter board, a side reflecting sheet covering the inverter board; and a diffusion plate supported on the back cover. The main reflecting plate and the side reflecting sheet reflect light emitted by the light sources towards the diffusion plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TABITO HAFUKA, ADRIAN ARTURO ACUNA MONTALVO, JOSE DANIEL BAROCIO MONTEMAYOR, JOSE MANUEL IBARRA VILLEZCAS
  • Publication number: 20140347600
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device with slimness and narrowness, wherein the display device may include a liquid crystal panel; a light source for providing light to the liquid crystal panel; a light guide formed of a glass material, wherein the light source is combined with one side of the light guide; a reflector formed on at least one of one and the other surfaces of the light guide, wherein the reflector includes an organic material and a metal compound; and an adhesive member formed on the one surface of the light guide confronting the liquid crystal panel, and configured to attach the liquid crystal panel and the light guide to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Kyung Sun Yun, Seoung Jin Park, Moo Hyoung Song, Chang Soo Jang
  • Publication number: 20140347601
    Abstract: A luminescent layer includes a series of down-converting luminophores dispersed in a matrix to collect ambient light energy over a range of wavelengths longer than a desired color band and a set of up-converting luminophores dispersed in the matrix. The series of down-converting luminophores transfer the ambient light energy to the set of up-converting luminophores, and the set of up-converting luminophores emits at least a portion of the ambient light energy in the desired color band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Gary Gibson, Xia Sheng, Richard H. Henze
  • Publication number: 20140347602
    Abstract: A backlight module for a liquid crystal display including a light source, a triangular wedge for generating parallel beams, a reflecting device, and a deflection-collimating device, all of which are disposed in front of a liquid crystal display in sequence. The triangular wedge includes a first incident surface, a first emergent surface, and a second emergent surface. The included angle formed between the first emergent surface and the second emergent surface is 5°. The first incident surface is opposite to the light source. The reflecting device is disposed at one side of the first emergent surface to reflect the light rays from the first emergent surface back to the triangular wedge. The deflection-collimating device is disposed between the second emergent surface and the liquid crystal display to refract parallel beams from the second emergent surface to generate light rays vertical to the plane of the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Tong LI
  • Publication number: 20140347603
    Abstract: A light guide plate includes an optically effective portion and an optical coupling portion adjoining the optically effective portion. The optically effective portion includes a first bottom surface, a light output surface opposite to the first bottom surface, and a side surface connected between the first bottom surface and the light output surface. The optical coupling portion includes a second bottom surface, a first light incident surface opposite to the side surface, a second light incident surface, a first connecting surface, and a second connecting surface. The second bottom surface is coplanar with the first bottom surface. The second light incident surface extends from the first light incident surface away from the side surface. The first connecting surface extends from the second light incident surface toward the side surface. The second connecting surface is connected between the first connecting surface and the light output surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHEN-HAN LIN
  • Publication number: 20140347604
    Abstract: A backlight that includes an illumination device that has at least one light source, a circular-mode reflective polarizer, and a specular partial reflector is disclosed. The specular partial reflector is disposed between the illumination device and the circular-mode reflective polarizer. Furthermore, the specular partial reflector is in substantially direct polarization communication with the circular-mode reflective polarizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Mark B. O'Neill, Philip E. Watson, Matthew B. Johnson, Adam D. Haag, Keith M. Kotchick, Sergey Lamansky
  • Publication number: 20140347605
    Abstract: A backlight module is disclosed. The backlight module includes an ambient light collector for collecting ambient lights, at least one optical fiber connecting to the ambient light collector, a light emitting plate arranged closely to an optical plate, at least one fixing sleeve being received in the through hole, and at least one optical fiber sleeve. The light emitting plate includes a plurality of through holes. The optical fiber sleeve is fixed within the fixing sleeve and engages with the light emitting ends of the optical fibers to fix the optical fibers on the light emitting plate. The backlight module utilizes the ambient lights as light source. In addition, by cutting the light emitting end of the optical fibers, the light emitting angle of the lights are greatly enlarged. As such, the brightness difference is decreased and the display performance is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Yongyuan Qiu, Yong Fan
  • Publication number: 20140347606
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent display device including a light guide plate formed with a plurality of concave patterns at the lower surface thereof to totally reflect polarized light entered in a lateral direction while transmitting natural light entered from a lower direction therethrough; a light source disposed in a lateral direction of the light guide plate to emit visible light including first and second polarized lights; a first polarizing plate disposed at a lateral portion of the light guide plate to transmit either one of the first and second polarized lights through the light guide plate; a liquid crystal panel for driving liquid crystals to change the phase of the polarized light; and a second polarizing plate for controlling an amount of the polarized light according to the changed phase of the polarized light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Se-Hong PARK, Jong-Sin PARK
  • Publication number: 20140347607
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a polarizing device, a liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The polarizing device comprises: a first support layer, a polarizing layer used to output linear polarized light, and a conversion layer with phase delay of m/4 wavelength. The m is an odd number larger than zero. The first support layer, the polarizing layer, and the conversion layer are staked sequentially. The angle ? between the optical axis of the conversion layer and the polarization axis of the polarizing layer are n*90°+45°, the n being an integer not less than zero. In this way, the present invention can change the polarization state of the emitted light of the liquid crystal display device without significantly increasing the cost of production, which can protect the human eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Zhao, Dong Fu, Xianwen Sun
  • Publication number: 20140347608
    Abstract: An optical device (100) includes laser light sources (111 to 113), polarization films (121 to 123), and a stacked wave plate (130). The laser light sources (111 to 113) respectively output light of a different wavelength. The stacked wave plate (130) includes multiple wave plates (131 to 133) and induces a phase difference on polarization components of transmitted light. The polarization films (121 to 123) adjust the polarization direction of the light such that an angle between polarization directions of the light emitted by the laser light sources (111 to 113) and input to the stacked wave plate (130) becomes an angle that corrects an orientation angle difference that occurs at the stacked wave plate (130), consequent to differences in the wavelength of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiko Kato
  • Publication number: 20140347609
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus comprises a liquid crystal display device, a first polarizer and a diffractive optical element. The first polarizer is disposed on a light emitting side of the liquid crystal display device. An azimuth angle of a polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 90 degrees. The diffractive optical element is disposed on the light emitting side of the liquid crystal display device and comprises at least a first diffraction grating. An azimuth angle of a grating direction of the first diffraction grating is 10±30 degrees or 85±25 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Wang-Yang Li, Ting-I Wu
  • Publication number: 20140347610
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal panel. The color filter substrate includes a substrate a transparent conductive film, a black array, and an auxiliary conductive layer. Wherein the black array is arranged on the substrate and the transparent conductive film is disposed on the black array. Wherein the auxiliary conductive layer is disposed over a surface of the substrate facing the black array, and has at least portions arranged between the substrate and the black array. By these arrangements, the present invention can effectively reduce the brightness interference of the liquid crystal panel, while increasing the adhesion of the auxiliary conductive layer in addition, this arrangement can effectively avoid the damage to the transparent conductive film by the auxiliary conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bing Han, Shih-hsun Lo, Zuomin Liao
  • Publication number: 20140347611
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate; a roof layer facing the pixel electrode and including a color filter; and a microcavity disposed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer. The microcavity includes a controllable material disposed therein. The color filter includes a first color filter and a second color filter. A first blocking region is disposed on the first color filter and a second blocking region is disposed on the second color filter. The respective thicknesses of the first blocking region and the second blocking region are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Seok Kim, Woo Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20140347612
    Abstract: A display substrate is disclosed. In one aspect, the substrate includes a first substrate which includes a first display region, a first peripheral region and a first seal-line region and a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a second display region, a second peripheral region and a second seal-line region. The substrate also includes a sealing member formed on the first seal-line region and the second seal-line region to affix the first and second substrates and a color filter formed in the first display region. The substrate further includes a first dam formed using the same material as the color filter, formed in the first peripheral region, adjacent to the first seal-line region in the first peripheral region and a second dam formed using the same material as the color filter and formed adjacent to the first display region in the first peripheral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ho Park, Dong-Hyeon Ki, Seon-Kyoon Mok, Hyung-Jin Song, Kye-Uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20140347613
    Abstract: A retardation film including: a first optical anisotropic layer including a polymer material; and a second optical anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal material, in which the first optical anisotropic layer has refractive indices which satisfy the following inequation: nz1?nx1>ny1, the second optical anisotropic layer has refractive indices which satisfy the following inequation: nx2>ny2?nz2, a fast axis of the first optical anisotropic layer and a slow axis of the second optical anisotropic layer form a predetermined angle such that refractive indices of the retardation film satisfy the following inequation: 0<(nx0?nz0)/(nx0?ny0)<1, and in-plane retardation values (Re0) of the retardation film respectively at a wavelength of about 450 nanometers, 550 nanometers and 650 nanometers satisfy the following inequation: Re0 (450 nm)<Re0 (550 nm)<Re0 (650 nm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Jun KIM, Ji-Hoon LEE, Myung Sup JUNG, Won-Cheol JUNG
  • Publication number: 20140347614
    Abstract: This liquid crystal display device (100) includes: a first substrate (10) including a pixel electrode (11); a second substrate (20) including a counter electrode (21); and a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer (30). At least one liquid crystal domain with axisymmetric alignment is produced when a voltage is applied between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in each pixel. The second substrate further includes an alignment controlling projection which induces liquid crystal molecules (31) in the liquid crystal domain to get aligned axisymmetrically and a plurality of columnar spacers (24), which includes a first columnar spacer (24m) and a second columnar spacer (24s) which is lower than the first columnar spacer. The pixel electrode has a length of 35 ?m or less as measured along its shorter sides. In at least some of the pixels, the second columnar spacer functions as the alignment controlling projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Katsushige Asada, Manabu Sawasaki, Junichi Morinaga, Masayuki Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20140347615
    Abstract: The liquid crystal lens is formed by placing a TN type liquid crystal with a twist angle of 90 degrees between the first and second substrates. A first substrate having a flat surface with a slit is formed on the liquid crystal side of the first substrate, and a second electrode having a comb electrode, as seen in a plane view, is formed on the liquid crystal side of the second substrate. The slit formed in the first electrode extends in the same direction as the comb electrode of the second electrode, and the slit is located in the center between the comb electrodes of the second electrodes as seen in a plane view, to prevent the electric lines of force, moving from directly above the second electrode to the first electrode, from spreading in the plan direction, thereby preventing light leakage directly above the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichiro OKA, Tomohiko NAGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20140347616
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel, a display device and an electric apparatus are disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel including a color filter substrate and an array substrate; pixel electrodes, common electrodes and an insulator layer that separates the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes are provided on the array substrate; a plurality of first protruding structures in an upward protruding direction and a plurality of second protruding structures in a downward protruding direction are provided inside the insulator layer; the first protruding structures and the second protruding structures are disposed alternately, the pixel electrode and the common electrode are respectively formed on the first protruding structures and the second protruding structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongcan Wang, Hongming Zhan, Lifeng Lin
  • Publication number: 20140347617
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate and first conductive wires. The first conductive wires are arranged at a surface of the substrate. Each of the first conductive wires includes a plurality of first connecting portions, a plurality of second connecting portions and a conductive portion with a plurality of conductive particles. The conductive portion is sandwiched between the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions, thus electrically connecting the first connecting portions to the second connecting portions. A method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Charles CHIEN, Shang-Yu HUANG, Tsau-Hua HSIEH, Chien-Ting LAI
  • Publication number: 20140347618
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes an element substrate, a first protruding member that is arranged around a display region on the element substrate, a second protruding member that is arranged around the first protruding member, a spacer that is higher than the first protruding member and the second protruding member and is arranged at least between the first protruding member and the second protruding member, a sealing member that is arranged so as to cover the first protruding member, the second protruding member, and the spacer, and a second substrate that is bonded to the first substrate so as to hold a liquid crystal layer with the sealing member between the second substrate and the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Shirai
  • Publication number: 20140347619
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal element in which the liquid crystal layer shows less thickness variation. A spacer 12 includes a first spacer 12a, a second spacer 12b made of resin, and a third space 12c made of resin. The first spacer 12a is formed of an annular glass or metal sheet in which an opening 12a1 constituting an interior space 18 is formed. The second spacer 12b has a smaller thickness than the first spacer 12a. The third spacer 12c has a smaller thickness than the first spacer 12a. An opening 12b2, 12c2 connected to the opening 12a1 in the first spacer 12a and constituting an inlet 17 is formed in at least one of the second and third spacers 12b, 12c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Wada, Takasi Akimoto, Kiichi Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20140347620
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel for displaying an image, a heat source arranged at a side surface of at least one side of the display panel, a heat absorbing section for absorbing heat generated by the heat source, a back surface plate arranged at a back surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, a portion of the back surface plate being in close contact with the heat absorbing section, a front surface plate arranged at a front surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, and a middle chassis arranged between the front surface plate and the heat absorbing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJII, Shinpei NAGATANI
  • Publication number: 20140347621
    Abstract: A silicone contact lens has a radial cross-section of the inner face, the rim portion contour of which is convex between a point of inflection and the outer edge. For its manufacture, a silicone precursor is brought between a female and a male mold and is polymerized, and the polymerized contact lens is released from the mold by means of a liquid swelling same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Görne, Thomas Kordick
  • Publication number: 20140347622
    Abstract: A lens for correcting vision of a user includes a central zone and an outer zone. The central zone is configured to cause light passing therethrough to form an image on a retina of an eye of the user. The outer zone surrounds the central zone and has a plurality of different aspherical coefficients for respectively causing light passing therethrough to form images spaced apart from the retina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HILINE OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Richard WU
  • Publication number: 20140347623
    Abstract: A viewer includes a multifocal lens capable of setting one of a plurality of focal lengths. When a measuring section detects a change in gazing point distance, a selection section selects a focal length to be set among the plurality of focal lengths, and a determiner determines a time duration before a focal length of the multifocal lens is changed. A controller changes the focal length of the multifocal lens when a detector detects a blink or saccadic eye movement of the user before the determined time duration elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi INOUE, Yumiko KATO, Jun OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20140347624
    Abstract: Provided is a diffraction-type multifocal ophthalmic lens for which halos are reduced. Also provided is a diffraction-type multifocal ophthalmic lens having three or more focal points, which is implemented on the basis of the discovery that the diffraction-type multifocal ophthalmic lens has a characteristic whereby multiple focal points can be generated in the intermediate region as well as the near and far regions. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a diffraction-type multifocal ophthalmic lens which provides a simple design and manufacturing method by means of a simple diffraction structure and by replacing a cumbersome computer simulation with a simple method. This diffraction-type multifocal ophthalmic lens has a diffraction structure (20) where a plurality of diffraction zones are formed concentrically on the lens (10), and an equal-pitch region is provided where pitches of at least two zones among the diffraction zones are made equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: MENICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Ando, Hiroaki Suzuki, Atsushi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140347625
    Abstract: An optical component is an optical component including: a plastic base; and a multilayer film disposed on at least a surface having a greater curvature, of a front surface of the plastic base and a rear surface of the plastic base, wherein the multilayer film has a maximum reflectivity of 3% to 50% in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Masaoki TOMODA, So MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140347626
    Abstract: Method for determining a semi-finished lens blank, comprising the steps consisting of:—determining, for a given material, a set of faces (S-i , S2, . . . Sn) to be defined for a line of ophthalmic lenses, each face (Si, Sj) being defined for a corresponding subset (SEi, SEj) of wearer data and/or frame data; determining, for each face (Si, Sj), a minimum thickness requirement (EnvSi, EnvSj) necessary to produce all the lenses of the corresponding subset (SEi, SED; determining combinations of two faces (Si, Sj) to be paired; defining a “double-faced” semi-finished lens blank (SF(ij)) consisting of two paired defined faces (Si and Sj) and including the minimum thickness requirements (EnvSi and EnvSj) respectively determined, for said faces, in a manner that allows producing all the lenses of the subsets (SEi and SEj) corresponding to said faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jean Sahler, Agnès Ladous, Bruno Amir
  • Publication number: 20140347627
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for controlling, in one image capture region, image capture of a plurality of high-magnification images having a viewing angle smaller than the viewing angle of the image capture region presents to an operator for selection a plurality of basic patterns each representing a distribution of positions at which to respectively capture high-magnification images. An image capture condition of the plurality of high-magnification images associated with the basic pattern selected from the plurality of basic patterns is adjusted in accordance with an instruction of the operator. An image capture apparatus is caused to capture the plurality of high-magnification images in the image capture region in accordance with the adjusted image capture condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura