Patents Issued in July 28, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160216526
    Abstract: Aiming systems are provided for use with a particle projection device. Such aiming systems may have a housing mountable to the particle projection device for movement therewith, a window defining a field of view when in a first orientation and a second field of view when in a second orientation. A first reticle image is visible in the window when the housing and particle projection device are at the first orientation with the first reticle image representative of a projection path of the particles in the first field of view. A second reticle image is visible in the window when the housing and particle projection device are at the second orientation with the second reticle image being representative of a projection path of the particles in the second field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: LaserMax, Inc.
    Inventors: Wiliam Houde-Walter, Christopher A. Gagliano
  • Publication number: 20160216527
    Abstract: The lens arrangement has at least two lenses, wherein a first lens may be used for autofocus and optical image stabilization. The first lens is tilted to compensate for the shaking movement of the hand-held device and to stabilize the image to be captured on the image plane. The tilt action may occur in two degrees of freedom, wherein an actuator causes the first lens to tilt around a pivot. A second lens is a field flattener lens that compensates for the error caused by the difference between the image plane and the focus plane. The field flattener lens causes the focal plane of the first lens to lie in the image plane when the first lens is in a tilted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mikko Juhola, Marko Eromäki
  • Publication number: 20160216528
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function may include an optical module having a movable body holding an optical element, a support body swingably supporting the movable body around two axial lines perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical element, and a swing drive mechanism structured to be capable of reciprocatedly swinging the movable body with respect to the support body around the two axial lines, and a rolling correction drive mechanism structured to be capable of reciprocatedly turning the optical module around the optical axis. The rolling correction drive mechanism includes a single phase motor in which the number of salient poles of a stator core around which a stator coil is wound is two times of the number of magnetic poles of a rotor magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shinroku ASAKAWA, Mitsuo YOKOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160216529
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lens moving apparatus. The lens moving apparatus includes a moving unit having at least one lens installed therein and moving by electromagnetic interaction between magnets and coils, elastic members configured to support the moving unit, and position sensors configured to sense change of electromagnetic force emitted from the magnets according to movement of the moving unit and to output an output signal based on a result of sensing, and a primary resonant frequency of frequency response characteristics according to gain of a ratio of the output signal of the position sensors to an input signal applied to the coils is 30 Hz to 200 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Jun Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20160216530
    Abstract: A lens barrel that prevents an oscillation phenomenon caused by vibrations occurring when a lens of an image blur correction mechanism shifts. A first cylinder is engaged in the cam cylinder and caused to move in a direction of an optical axis by rotation of a cam cylinder. A second cylinder supports a lens holding member, which moves in a direction different from a direction of an optical axis so as to correct for an image blur, and is engaged in the cam cylinder and caused to move in the direction of the optical axis by rotation of the cam cylinder. The second cylinder has a first vibration isolation pin that is engaged with the first cylinder movably in the direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Taro Murakami, Kiyoshi Nitto, Keisuke Adachi, Shuichi Terada
  • Publication number: 20160216531
    Abstract: A lens driving device including a first lens driving unit for auto focusing, and a second lens driving unit for handshake correction is proposed, the lens driving device including a base, a holder member mounted with a magnet and positioned at an upper side of the base by being spaced apart from the base at a predetermined distance, a plurality of support members configured to elastically support the holder member relative to the base, an upper stopper protrusively formed at an upper surface of the holder member, and a bottom stopper protrusively formed at a bottom surface of the holder member to form a shock point between the base and the holder member when there is generated a shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Kyoung Ho Yoo
  • Publication number: 20160216532
    Abstract: A method for making spectacle arms from composite material with differentiated rigidity, the arms defining a first portion and an adjacent second portion which is less rigid than the first portion. The method includes: providing a first layer of non-cross-linked fiber-reinforced polymer material in the first and second portions; providing a separating element in the first portion, and superimposing a second layer of non-cross-linked fiber-reinforced polymer material on the first layer so as to cover the separating element at the first portion and contact the first layer at the second portion; subjecting the first layer, the second layer, and the separating element interposed between them to a molding process at predetermined pressure and temperature levels so as to cross-link the polymer of the composite material, thus obtaining a thickness and rigidity of the arm at the first portion which are greater than the thickness and rigidity at the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: OPTIMAE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giovanna TIRINDELLI
  • Publication number: 20160216533
    Abstract: Eyewear can be provided that comprises at least one lens, at least one earstem, and a retention assembly that interconnects the lens with the earstem. The retention assembly can include an engagement protrusion attached to the lens and a coupling mechanism attached to an end of the earstem. The coupling mechanism can include a housing configured to receive the engagement protrusion and a lever mechanism being operative to move between open and closed positions for disengaging or engaging with the engagement protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Anthony Calilung, Chad Michael McKonly, Nathan Eino Heronen, Eric Yoshinari
  • Publication number: 20160216534
    Abstract: Contact lenses, methods and systems for accomplishing the requirement for biocompatibility of oxygen delivery to the eye, and the cornea in particular, when elements and components are used which reduce the transmissibility of oxygen and which require coverage of a significant area of the non-vascularized cornea. A contact lens assembly is provided, comprising: an anterior surface, a posterior surface and at least one element or component having a substantially low oxygen permeability disposed within the lens. The contact lens also includes a layer having an oxygen permeability greater than the aforementioned element or component. The thickness of this layer is such that the layer provides an equivalent oxygen percentage to the cornea beneath the aforementioned element or component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jerome A. Legerton, Jay P. Marsh, William E. Meyers, Arthur Yasheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160216535
    Abstract: A multifocal diffractive lens comprises a multifocal diffractive structure coupled to a refractive component. The refractive component comprises at least one curved surface. The multifocal diffractive structure comprises a first plurality of substantially monofocal echellettes having a first optical power for near vision correction and a second plurality of substantially monofocal echellettes for far vision correction. The first plurality of substantially monofocal echellettes combined with the second plurality of substantially monofocal echellettes can provide a multifocal diffractive profile having decreased light scatter, chromatic aberration, and diffraction to non-viewing orders such that dysphotopsia is substantially inhibited. A third plurality of substantially monofocal echellettes having an intermediate optical power can be combined with the first plurality of substantially monofocal echellettes and the second plurality of substantially monofocal echellettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Huawei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20160216536
    Abstract: A device for assisting in the driving of a motor vehicle, the assistance device comprising a screen with variable light transmission, intended to be arranged between a road scene and a driver of the vehicle, and a control or control means for controlling a transmission coefficient of the screen with variable light transmission. According to the invention, the screen and the control or control means are configured so as to be able to be embedded on the vehicle as different components of an after-sale product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: David Hue, Hafid El Idrissi, Kostadin Beev, Marc Rocklinger, Steed Gratien
  • Publication number: 20160216537
    Abstract: An optical system having a transmission pattern comprising at least a first zone Z1 extending from at or about 380 nm to a first limit L1 between Z1, and a second zone Z2. A third zone Z3 extends from a second limit L2 between Z2 and Z3 to about 780 nm. L1 may be greater than or equal to or about 436 nm. Second limit L2 may be greater than L1 and smaller than or equal to or about 487 nm. The average transmission values T1, T2, T3, in each zone Z1, Z2, Z3 may be: T2 >5*(T1+T3)/2, with T1 the average transmission over Z1, T2 the average transmission over Z2, T3 the average transmission over Z3. T1 and T3 may be greater than or equal to or about 3% and smaller than or equal to or about 70%. T2 may be greater than or equal to or about 75%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Bjorn DROBE
  • Publication number: 20160216538
    Abstract: We have seen that some waveguides exhibit variable and increasing back reflection of single wavelength illumination over time, limiting their effectiveness and reliability. We have developed approaches to improve the transmission of these waveguides. We have found that by modulating the illumination wavelength over a small wavelength range we can reduce or eliminate this back reflection from the waveguide. In addition, we describe the writing and erasing of gratings within SiON waveguides by forming standing waves. Methods, systems, instruments, and devices are described that provide improved transmission of light through such waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mark McDonald, Aaron Rulison, Paul Lundquist, Tsuei-Lian Wang, Deborah Pao-Tung Kwo, Shang Wang
  • Publication number: 20160216539
    Abstract: An optical module includes a substrate and terminals. The substrate has: a first planar part having first through holes into which the terminals are inserted respectively; a second planar part that opposes the first planar part as a result of the substrate being folded and has second through holes into which the terminals are inserted respectively; at least one first land part that is formed on the first planar part around at least one of the first through holes and that is connected to at least one of the terminals inserted through the first through hole; and at least one second land part that is formed on the second planar part around at least one of the second through holes into which another one of the terminals not being connected to the first land part is inserted and that is connected to the terminal inserted through the second through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Masaki SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160216540
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a first polarizer, a liquid crystal lens, a first quarter-wave plate, and a second quarter-wave plate. The display panel displays an image. The first polarizer disposed on the display panel reflects a first light having a polarization direction parallel to a reflection axis of the first polarizer. The liquid crystal lens includes liquid crystal molecules and changes a phase of the first light or a second light according to a driving signal applied to the liquid crystal lens. The second and first lights travel in opposite directions with respect to each other. The first quarter-wave plate is disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal lens. The second quarter-wave plate is disposed between the liquid crystal lens and a second polarizer. The display device operates in a mirror mode, a three-dimensional mode, and a two-dimensional mode according to the driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: JUNG-HYUN CHO, Seung Jun Jeong
  • Publication number: 20160216541
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal device including a first substrate, a lower electrode, a lower pattern electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate, an upper electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The lower electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The lower pattern electrode is insulated from the lower electrode and disposed on the lower electrode, and the lower pattern electrode includes branch parts. The upper electrode is disposed on the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Taehyung HWANG, Seongsu LIM, Jungwook KIM, Taehoon YOON
  • Publication number: 20160216542
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of suppressing display defects in the image display portion, improving the display quality in the image display portion and the transmissive portion, improving the visibility in the transmissive portion, and improving the long-term reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Kazuko YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160216543
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate including a first light blocking region where a plurality of transistors are formed and a second light blocking region where a data line is extended in a vertical direction; a first color filter and a second color filter formed on the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a common electrode formed thereon; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the first and second color filters are spaced apart from each other in an intersection region of the first and second light blocking regions and are overlapped with each other in the second light blocking region other than the intersection region to form a color filter overlapped part in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ki Pyo HONG, Hyung Gi JUNG, Sang Woo WHANGBO
  • Publication number: 20160216544
    Abstract: An in-cell touch type liquid crystal display device includes a touch line and a dummy touch line along a direction between neighboring pixel electrodes on a first passivation layer; a second passivation layer on the touch line and the dummy touch line; and common electrodes separated from one another in respective touch blocks, and each including first openings corresponding to each pixel region and a second opening corresponding to the touch line, wherein a connection pattern extending over a gate line from a side of the touch line at an inner region of the touch block is connected to a common electrode through a touch contact hole, and wherein an open portion is between the touch line and the dummy touch line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ji-Eun CHAE, Tae-Keun LEE
  • Publication number: 20160216545
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display including: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the thin film transistor and connected to the thin film transistor; a roof layer disposed on the pixel electrode to be spaced apart from the pixel electrode with a microcavity therebetween; a liquid crystal layer positioned in the microcavity; a polarizer; and a quantum rod layer in which a plurality of quantum rods is disposed, in which one of the polarizer and the quantum rod layer is disposed below the substrate and the other one is disposed on the roof layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Baek Hee LEE, Nam Seok ROH, Hae Il PARK
  • Publication number: 20160216546
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors positioned on the substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes connected with one terminal of the thin film transistor; a plurality of partition walls formed between the plurality of pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal material positioned in a microcavity between adjacent partition walls; a common electrode positioned on the partition wall and the liquid crystal material; and a color filter layer formed on the common electrode, in which the partition wall is a photoresist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Min Su KIM, Si Kwang KIM, Tae Woon CHA, Seung-Yeon CHAE
  • Publication number: 20160216547
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device including a thin substrate disposed with a rear electrode that is capable of preventing defects caused by static electricity, the method comprising adhering a first auxiliary substrate on an outer surface of a first substrate; forming a rear electrode on an outer surface of a second substrate, the second substrate being disposed opposed to the first substrate; adhering a second auxiliary substrate on the rear electrode; disposing a liquid crystal layer between an inner surface of the first substrate and an inner surface of the second substrate and adhering the first substrate and the second substrate together; and removing the first auxiliary substrate and the second auxiliary substrate from the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Younggu KIM, Kyungho PARK, Suji PARK, Yeongrong PARK, Baekkyun JEON, Minsik JUNG, Jaeweon HUR
  • Publication number: 20160216548
    Abstract: Interconnects (34) include an inside interconnect section (40) and an outside interconnect section (41). The inside interconnect section (40) includes a first interconnect layer (42), a second interconnect layer (43), and a connection section (44) that connects the first interconnect layer (42) and the second interconnect layer (43). The outside interconnect section (41) includes a third interconnect layer (45). Of a plurality of interconnects (34), in one interconnect (X) of neighboring interconnects the second interconnect layer (43) and the third interconnect layer (45) are connected, and in another of the neighboring interconnects (Y), the first interconnect layer (42) and the third interconnect layer (45) are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yohsuke FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160216549
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: an insulation substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the thin film transistor; a roof layer formed to be spaced apart from the pixel electrode with a microcavity therebetween and including a support member; and a liquid crystal layer filling the microcavity, in which the microcavity includes a plurality of microcavities having a semicircular cross section arranged along an extending direction of the gate line and extending in the extending direction of the data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hyun Deok IM, DAE HYUN KIM, Hyun Min CHO, Jae Byung PARK
  • Publication number: 20160216550
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed on the first substrate; a dummy pixel disposed on the first substrate and disposed at an outer side of the plurality of pixels; a pixel pattern disposed on the first substrate and disposed at an outer side of the dummy pixel; a first light blocking member disposed on the dummy pixel and the pixel pattern; a second light blocking member adjacent to the first light blocking member and having a part disposed on the pixel pattern at a predetermined first thickness; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate and configured to be applied with a common voltage; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Do Yeong PARK, Je Hyeong PARK, Kyung-Bae KIM, Jun Seok LEE, Chang Il TAE
  • Publication number: 20160216551
    Abstract: A normally white type liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display, a backlight source and a dimmer film. The dimmer film is located on one surface, far away from the backlight, of the liquid crystal display, or in the liquid crystal display, or between the liquid crystal display and the backlight source, or in the backlight source. Under the circumstances that a voltage is not applied between an upper polarizer and a lower polarizer of the normally white type liquid crystal display device and a voltage is not applied to the backlight source, the transmittance of incident light and reflected light is reduced due to the existence of the dimmer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Junwen Hu, Lin Li, Shengbao Hong, Xueyong Huang, Jiqiang He
  • Publication number: 20160216552
    Abstract: A display device includes a window panel over a display panel. The window panel includes a display area to transmit an image generated by the display panel and a non-display area adjacent the display area. The window panel includes a first light-shielding printed layer and first to third decor printed layers. The first light-shielding printed layer is in the non-display area. The first decor printed layer is in the non-display area and covers a side surface of the first light-shielding printed layer and at least a portion of an upper surface of the first light-shielding printed layer. The second decor printed layer is on the first light-shielding printed layer and the first decor printed layer. The second light-shielding printed layer is on the first light-shielding printed layer and the second decor printed layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Kyongbin JIN
  • Publication number: 20160216553
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate arranged opposite to a light source; a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate; a liquid-crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a color filter provided on the first substrate and having coloring members provided in association with pixels; a black matrix provided on the first substrate and between adjacent coloring members; and switching transistors provided on the second substrate in association with the pixels. The black matrix is shifted with respect to the center of a switching transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: ORTUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko OTANI
  • Publication number: 20160216554
    Abstract: There are provided a display device having dual color filter patterns and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate including first color filter patterns, a counter substrate including second color filter patterns, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the first color filter patterns and the second color filter patterns include photoresists having different color coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yun Ho LEE, Jin A. SEO, Myung Jin LEE, Chul HUH
  • Publication number: 20160216555
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected thereto are formed on the first substrate. The second substrate faces the first substrate and includes a color filter. The color filter includes a blue color filter, a green color filter, and a red color filter corresponding to each pixel electrode. A yellow color filter is formed on at least one of the green color filter and the red color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hee Ra KIM, Chang-Soon JANG, Yi Seop SHIM, Sun-Young CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160216556
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display device and a method of controlling the same, dedicated spectacles and a display system, thereby enabling switching between secrecy display and normal display. The display device comprises a display panel, in which two adjacent sub-pixels located in the same row are configured to display different image information, and which only displays one image of information when in a first display state displays at least two images of information when in a second display state; the display device further comprises a control panel located at a light exit side of the display panel and comprises first regions and second regions which are alternately arranged and is configured so that when the display panel is in the second display state, a polarization direction of light emitted from the display panel after passing through the first regions is different from that of light emitted from the display panel after the light passes through the second regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Yufan Du
  • Publication number: 20160216557
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD). The LCD includes a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on a first substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the TFT, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light emitting layer positioned between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate, a first polarizing plate positioned on a rear surface of the first substrate and including a collimating film and a second polarizing plate positioned between the light emitting layer and the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Soon Joon RHO, Sun Young KWON, Kyung Min KIM, Keun Chan OH
  • Publication number: 20160216558
    Abstract: A strengthened glass substrate can include a polysiloxane film on at least one surface of the glass substrate. The polysiloxane film can be under internal compressive stress. such that the fracture strength of the glass substrate may be improved. The polysiloxane film can be a color-filtering polysiloxane film, a polarizing polysiloxane film or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventors: Motoyuki Toki, Masumi Honda
  • Publication number: 20160216559
    Abstract: A backlight module for providing backlight to a display panel includes a plurality of light sources, a plurality of optical elements corresponding to the light sources, and a circuit board. The circuit board is electrically connected to the light sources, and defines a plurality of predetermined regions corresponding to the optical elements. Each of the predetermined regions includes a plurality of patterns on an upper surface of the circuit board. The patterns in the same predetermined region form a series of concentric rings centered on the corresponding light source. The patterns adjusts a transmitting parameter of the light to be reflected by the corresponding predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: IVAN DE JESUS CAZAREZ LOPEZ, CHIA-CHUN FANG, YU-CHI LI
  • Publication number: 20160216560
    Abstract: A rearview assembly for a vehicle includes a housing for attachment to the vehicle, a glass element disposed in the housing and a display disposed behind the mirror element in the housing. The display contains a light source for emitting light, a first brightness enhancement film having a first plurality of prismatic elements extending in a first direction and positioned to receive light emitted from the light source, a diffuser configured to transmit about 97% of light from the first brightness enhancing film, a second brightness enhancement film having a plurality of prismatic elements extending in a second direction and positioned to receive light exiting the diffuser, and a display element disposed to receive light from the second brightness enhancement film with the display element having a second plurality of prismatic elements extending in a second direction. The first direction is substantially vertical and the second direction is substantially horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: John A. VanderPloeg, Andrew D. Weller, Ethan J. Lee
  • Publication number: 20160216561
    Abstract: This is provided a display apparatus. The display apparatus a light source configured to emit a light; and a reflective diffusion lens configured to emit a light emitted from the light source to an upper direction or a lower direction with respect to a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the light source through an incident surface, a lateral surface, and a reflective diffusion surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Chol LEE, Yae Kyung SON, Yong-hun KWON, Jong Cheol LEE, Jae Hak CHO
  • Publication number: 20160216562
    Abstract: A curved display device may include a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The pixel electrode may be longer in a first direction than in a second direction in a plan view associated with the curved display device. The second direction may be perpendicular to the first direction. The common electrode may have a slit and a conductive portion. The slit may be longer in the first direction than in the second direction in the plan view and may abut the conductive portion. The conductive portion may be longer than an end-to-end (and/or edge-to-edge) length of the slit in the first direction in the plan view and may have no opening that extends in the second direction in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Hee HONG, Un Byoll KO, Jang-Il KIM
  • Publication number: 20160216563
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes substrates opposed to each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, a seal line surrounding an outer peripheral portion of the liquid crystal layer and disposed between the substrates and a liquid crystal alignment layer including a polyimide, the liquid crystal alignment layer including a first region and a second region disposed in an outer peripheral portion of the first region and disposed on one surface of at least one of the substrates, wherein at least a portion of the second region is overlapped with the seal line, the second region having a surface roughness value greater than that of the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Min Su KIM, Jang Hyun KIM, Joo Young YOON, Hyoung Sub LEE, Tae Woon CHA
  • Publication number: 20160216564
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device provided with light fastness, stabilized alignment of liquid crystal, and excellent display quality. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device in which at least one of a pair of substrates includes a photo-alignment film, and an electrode in the stated order from the liquid crystal layer side; the photo-alignment film aligns liquid crystal molecules horizontally to the photo-alignment film surface; a polarization transmission axis direction of a polarizing element in the observation surface side of the liquid crystal cell crosses an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules at a voltage lower than the threshold voltage in the liquid crystal layer; and a material constituting the photo-alignment film contains a material for aligning liquid crystal molecules in a direction crossing a polarization direction of polarized light by polarized light irradiated to the photo-alignment film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Koichi MIYACHI, Isamu MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20160216565
    Abstract: A pixel unit, including: a pixel electrode, a gate electrode, a gate electrode line connected with the gate electrode, a source electrode, a data line connected with the source electrode, a second electrode disposed in a same layer as the pixel electrode, a first drain electrode connected with the pixel electrode, and a second drain electrode connected with the second electrode; the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode and the source electrode are provided with a channel therebetween, and the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode do not contact each other; along a direction of the data line, the edge of the second electrode is parallel with the edge of the pixel electrode and the two do not contact. An array substrate, a pixel driving method and a display device are further disclosed for overcoming the phenomenon of light leakage of the edge of the pixel unit caused by reduction of the width of the black matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Zhenwei WANG, Yao YU, Lei TANG, Xin LI, Jian REN, Jing WANG, Ying ZHANG, Yang PEI
  • Publication number: 20160216566
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display, including: a first substrate; a first sub-pixel electrode positioned on the first substrate including a first sub-region and a second sub-region; a second sub-pixel electrode positioned on the first substrate including a third sub-region and a fourth sub-region; and an insulating layer positioned between the first sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode, wherein liquid crystal molecules corresponding to a first region in which the second sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode is positioned, a second region in which the first sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode and the third sub-region of the second sub-pixel electrode overlap each other, and a third region in which the fourth sub-region of the second sub-pixel electrode is positioned are configured to have different pretilts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Eun-Kil PARK, Swae-Hyun KIM, Chang Il TAE
  • Publication number: 20160216567
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a substrate including a light transmitting region and a light blocking region; a thin film transistor disposed in the light blocking region, the thin film transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode; a first insulating layer disposed on the drain electrode, the first insulating layer including a contact hole for exposing the drain electrode; a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, the pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole; and a protruding portion disposed on the pixel electrode, wherein the pixel electrode includes: a stem portion disposed in the light transmitting region; a plurality of branch portions connected to the stem portion; and an extension disposed in the light blocking region, the extension configured to extend from the stem portion or the branch portions, and wherein the protruding portion overlaps the extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Sang Yong NO
  • Publication number: 20160216568
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines intersecting the gate lines and insulated from the gate lines. The intersections of the gate lines and data lines define a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units comprise a first electrode and a second electrode laminated, with the second electrode having at least one branch electrode, and the first electrode having at least one first slit disposed between the pixel units and extending in a direction of the data lines. In the array substrate, the display panel and the display device, the electrode under the black matrix is removed by hollowing out to reduce the electric field strength under the black matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jing Li, Ting Zhou, Boping Shen
  • Publication number: 20160216569
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, including at least two sub-pixel electrodes separated from one another; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, each of the sub-pixel electrodes includes a stem electrode, an outer electrode connected to the stem electrode, a first branch electrode extending from the stem electrode or the outer electrode in a first direction, and a second branch electrode extending from the stem electrode or the outer electrode in a second direction, wherein an angle between the first direction and the second direction is in a range of about 170 to about 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Seungkyu LEE, Wan NAMGUNG, Hongmin YOON, Hojun LEE
  • Publication number: 20160216570
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device improves an aperture ratio and stabilizing a storage voltage, including a first substrate; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate; a semiconductor layer overlapping the gate line; a first drain electrode overlapping the gate line and the semiconductor layer and connected to the data line; a first source electrode overlapping the gate line and the semiconductor layer; a first sub-pixel electrode connected to the first source electrode; a second drain electrode overlapping the gate line and the semiconductor layer and connected to the first drain electrode; a second source electrode overlapping the gate line and the semiconductor layer; and a second sub-pixel electrode connected to the second source electrode. The second source electrode overlaps the gate line more than the first source electrode does.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Gunwoo YANG, Keunwoo KIM, Youngseung KIM, Sooyoung PARK, Kichan JEON, Munsoo PARK
  • Publication number: 20160216571
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a pixel electrode formed on the first substrate; a first insulating layer formed on at least part of the pixel electrode; a sustain electrode line formed on the first insulating layer and over at least a portion of the pixel electrode so as to form a capacitance; a second insulating layer formed on the sustain electrode line; and a data line formed on the second insulating layer, the data line and sustain electrode line positioned so that the sustain electrode line is positioned between the data line and the pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Duk-Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20160216572
    Abstract: A curved display device including a gate line and a first data line, a first switching element connected to the gate line and the first data line, and a first subpixel electrode connected to the first switching element and including a first horizontal stem part, a second horizontal stem part, and a vertical stem part, in which the first subpixel electrode includes a first sub region, a second sub region, a third sub region, and a fourth sub region which are divided by the first horizontal stem part, the second horizontal stem part, and the vertical stem part
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Valeriy PRUSHINSKIY, Min Soo KIM, Cheol-Gon LEE
  • Publication number: 20160216573
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present system and method provides a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate; a first electrode formed on the first substrate; a second substrate configured to face the first substrate; and a second electrode formed on the second substrate, wherein the first electrode includes a first portion having a plate shape and a plurality of branch electrodes extended from the first portion, the second electrode includes a cross-shaped cutout including a horizontal stem and a vertical stem that cross each other at a center thereof, and the vertical stem of the cross-shaped cutout includes a first portion having a width that is increased from an end of the first portion of the vertical stem toward the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ka Eun KIM, Cheol SHIN, Hak Sun CHANG, Ki Chul SHIN, Se Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20160216574
    Abstract: A display device may include a common electrode, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, an insulation layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The first pixel electrode overlaps the common electrode. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode and is positioned between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode. A first portion of the second pixel electrode does not overlap the first pixel electrode in a direction perpendicular to the common electrode. A second portion of the second pixel electrode overlaps a first portion of the first pixel electrode. A second portion of the first pixel electrode does not overlap the second pixel electrode in the direction perpendicular to the common electrode. The insulating layer is positioned between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The liquid crystal layer is positioned between the common electrode and the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Dong-Chul SHIN, Oh Jeong KWON, Su Jin KIM, Jin Won KIM, Dong Han SONG, Ki Chul SHIN, Sung-Jae YUN, Hyeok Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20160216575
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base plate, plural scan lines and plural data lines formed on the first base plate and intersected each other, wherein two adjacent scan lines and two adjacent data lines define a pixels region. Each pixel region includes a first transparent conductive layer formed above the first base plate, an insulating layer formed on the first transparent conductive layer, and a second transparent conductive layer formed on the insulating layer. The second substrate includes a second base plate and a third transparent conductive layer formed on the second base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hsin-Yu Lee, Ching-Che Yang, Chen-Kuan Kao