Patents Issued in September 21, 2017
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Publication number: 20170269371Abstract: A light fixture includes a circuit board having a plurality of light-emitting elements, and a plurality of collimators positioned adjacent the circuit board. Each of the collimators includes a first end positioned adjacent one of the light-emitting elements, a second end, and an interior wall extending between the first end and the second end. The wall is curved to internally reflect the light output of the associated light-emitting element and focus the light through the second end and provide a light distribution. The light fixture further includes a beam controlling optic positioned adjacent the second end of the plurality of collimators to modify the light output from the plurality of collimators to provide a modified light distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Connie Anna Steadman, Shawn Ard Wilcox
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Publication number: 20170269372Abstract: A display for a computer system may be created by generating a three-dimensional image using a rotating helicoid. The helicoid may be formed by deforming a catenoid to form a helicoid. The helicoid may be supported by a pair of structures that do not occlude an image projected onto the helicoid nor occlude the user's ability to view the full extent of the image on the helicoid. The helicoid generated image may be transformed to an aerial floating image by a corner cube reflector array plate. Then depth sensing cameras may sense user interaction with the floating aerial image and may modify the image to make it appear that the user is actually modifying a physical object by manual manipulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson
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Publication number: 20170269373Abstract: A display device includes a rear polarizing plate having a first transmission axis, a rear panel in which a major axis of a liquid crystal molecule in an initial alignment is oriented in a first initial alignment direction, a ?/2 wavelength plate, a front panel in which a major axis of a liquid crystal molecule in an initial alignment is oriented in a second initial alignment direction different from the first initial alignment direction, the front panel being tilted at a predetermined angle with respect to the rear panel, and a front polarizing plate having a second transmission axis oriented in a direction different from the first transmission axis and tilted at the predetermined angle with respect to the rear polarizing plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: SHIGEO KASAHARA
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Publication number: 20170269374Abstract: A zoom lens includes a focus lens unit that moves in focus adjustment, a magnification lens unit including lens units that move in magnification, and a relay lens unit that does not move for magnification, in this order from the object side toward the image side, and a correction lens unit that is disposed in the focus lens unit or magnification lens unit and moves in the optical axis direction to correct displacement of the in-focus position. The amounts of change in in-focus position at the wide angle and telephoto ends with the correction lens unit moved by 1 mm in the optical axis direction, the maximum absolute value of the amount of movement of the correction lens unit for correcting displacement of the in-focus position, and the maximum absolute value of the amount of movement of the lens units in the magnification lens unit are set as appropriate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Shoichi Takemoto, Tsuyoshi Wakazono, Nobuyuki Miyazawa
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Publication number: 20170269375Abstract: The invention relates to a lens exchanging structure. Lens-frame assembling parts of a glasses frame of a main spectacle frame are assembled with lens frames. Intercalating flanges on one sides of the lens frames are correspondingly intercalated by intercalating concave parts of the lens-frame assembling parts. Positioning slots on another sides of the lens frames are inserted by positioning bumps of the fixing parts in sliding slots of the glasses frame. Therefore, when the main spectacle frame or the lens frames are needed to be exchanged, it only needs to fiddle the fixing parts to separate the positioning bumps of the fixing parts and the positioning slots of the lens frames. Then, the lens frames can be removed from the main spectacle frame. The removed lens frames can be assembled with other main spectacle frames having is other styles and colors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: WEN-HSIUNG CHOU
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Publication number: 20170269376Abstract: A head-worn automatic flipping eyewear comprises a housing (1), front automatic flipping lenses (2), rear fixed lenses (3), a transmission system, a circuit control system and a head fixing piece (7). The front automatic flipping lenses (2) are rotatably connected to the housing (1), and the rear fixed lenses (3) are fixedly connected to the housing (1), wherein the front automatic flipping lenses (2) are located in front of the rear fixed lenses (3). The transmission system and the circuit control system are located in the housing (1), and the head fixing piece (7) is located on the housing (1), wherein the circuit control system controls operations of the transmission system, and the transmission system controls flipping of the front automatic flipping lenses (2). The head-worn automatic flipping eyewear can be worn on the head for training, and the lenses are automatically flipped up or down, such that holding the lenses with a hand or manually flipping the lenses is unnecessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Dongguang LIU
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Publication number: 20170269377Abstract: Adjustment of an eyeglass lens or a pair of eyeglasses by means of an individual brightness-dependent centering of an eyeglass lens. In particular, a method for adjusting an individual eyeglass lens for at least one eye of an eyeglass wearer, including: defining an individual usage situation which comprises at least one target brightness value for the light to be captured by the at least one eye; determining a position of the pupil in at least one direction of view of the at least one eye which occurs or is expected at the at least one target brightness value; determining a reference point of the eyeglass lens, in which the eyeglass lens effects a required correction of individual refraction data for the at least one direction of view; on the basis of the determined individual value of the pupil position, providing and arranging the eyeglass lens in such a manner that the at least one reference point of the eyeglass lens is arranged in front of the at least one eye of the eyeglass wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Stephan Trumm, Peter Seitz, Rainer Sessner, Adam Muschielok, Helmut Altheimer, Wolfgang Becken, Andrea Welk, Anne Seidemann, Wolfgang Hauk, Gregor Esser
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Publication number: 20170269378Abstract: A deformable membrane assembly comprises an at least partially flexible fluid-filled envelope, one wall of which is formed by an elastic membrane that is held around its edge by a resiliently bendable supporting ring, a fixed support for the envelope and selectively operable means for causing relative movement between the supporting ring and the support for adjusting the pressure of the fluid in the envelope, thereby to cause the membrane to deform. The bending stiffness of the ring varies round the ring such that upon deformation of the membrane the ring bends variably to control the shape of the membrane to a predefined form. The moving means comprise a plurality of ring-engaging members that are arranged to apply a force to the ring at spaced control points.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Robert Edward Stevens, Alex Edginton, Benjamin Thomas Tristram Holland, Daniel Paul Rhodes, Dijon Pietropinto, Derek Paul Forbes Bean, Roger Brian Minchin Clarke, Peter Lee Crossley, Richard Leefe Douglas Murray, Edwin James Stone
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Publication number: 20170269379Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described, including a corrective optical film for converting a corrective single-focal lens to a multi-focal lens and/or a progressive lens. A thickness and/or a curvature of the corrective optical film is different in different regions of the corrective optical film, such that the corrective optical film is configured, upon being adhered to the single-focal lens, to change a focal length of the single-focal lens differently in different regions of the single-focal lens. Other applications are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: ADDON OPTICS LTD.Inventors: Yoel ARIELI, Haim ENGLER, Amir ERLICHMAN
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Publication number: 20170269380Abstract: A light reflecting lens includes a lens body, a light diffusion layer, and a light-transmitting cover layer. The lens body has a front surface and a back surface opposite to each other. The light diffusion layer includes spread aggregates formed by spraying a dispersion of light-transmitting resinous micro-beads and is formed on one of the front and back surfaces of the lens body. The light-transmitting cover layer is formed on the light diffusion layer. The spread aggregates have a mean aggregate size such that the light reflecting lens has a haze not larger than 3% and a transmittance not less than 3%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: Vactech Enterprise Co., LTD.Inventor: CHIN-YING LIAO
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Publication number: 20170269381Abstract: The invention relates to an assembled structure of a main spectacle frame and an assistant lens frame. Sliding slots having fixing parts are disposed on inner sides of the lens frame of the main spectacle frame. Through holes are disposed in front of the lens frame and positioned to correspond to the sliding slots. The assistant lens frame is disposed on the front side of the lens frame of the main spectacle frame. Positioning bumps are protrudingly disposed on inner sides of the assistant lens frame to correspond to the through holes on two sides of the lens frame of the main spectacle frame. Tip holes are disposed on lateral sides of the positioning bumps to be inserted by tip rods for positioning correspondingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: WEN-HSIUNG CHOU
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Publication number: 20170269382Abstract: The present application disclosed myopic sunglasses including a myopic glasses underframe and a sunglasses face frame, where the inner circle of the myopic glasses underframe is provided with a first groove, the first groove is provided with a first magnet group, the sunglasses face frame is provided with a second groove, the second groove is provided with a second magnet group, and the sunglasses face frame is coupled to the myopic glasses underframe by the absorptive force between the first magnet group and the second magnet group. The myopic sunglasses provided by the present application are convenient to wear, firm in structure and not easy to be damaged or scratched.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Daomin WANG
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Publication number: 20170269383Abstract: Eyeglasses with a removable upper section are disclosed. The upper section is pre-attached to the lenses, such that the upper section of the eyeglasses is lowered, each with a respective lens, into a lower section of the eyeglasses. The upper section and lower section then form a continuous front face of the eyeglasses and are held together by connectors, such as magnets at extreme left and right sides of the upper sections to magnets within a cutout of the lower section adapted to fit the upper section there-within. This creates, at least a continuous top side and front side of the eyeglasses with lenses between the upper and lower portions thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: David Orfahli
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Publication number: 20170269384Abstract: A method of determining of user data for the production of an eyeglass lens for a selected eyeglass frame for a user. The method includes providing an eyeglass frame image data set of the selected eyeglass frame; gathering user image data at least of one portion of the user's head, together with at least one part of the selected eyeglass frame worn by the user; finding the pupils of the user in the user image data, and determining a pupil data set, said pupil data set comprising the size and/or the shape and/or the relative distance between the pupils of the user; and determining contour points of the rim of the eyeglass lens to be produced in the user image data, based on the eyeglass frame image data set and the pupil data set.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Markus Tiemann, Peter Seitz, Leo Schmid, Adam Muschielok
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Publication number: 20170269385Abstract: Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes an image capture device for capturing image data and/or measurement data of a user. A computer is communicatively coupled with the image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on the captured image data and/or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user-guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Timothy A. FONTE, Eric J. VARADY
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FLEXIBLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY, WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PANEL
Publication number: 20170269386Abstract: The present disclosure describes a flexible liquid crystal display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, a flexible liquid crystal display and a wearable device to reduce impact of the variation in the cell gap of the liquid crystal layer on the display effect and to improve the display quality. The flexible liquid crystal display panel comprises a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate arranged in cell alignment, and a liquid crystal layer located between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate. The liquid crystal in the liquid crystal layer has a birefringence ?n1<0.045, and the liquid crystal layer has a cell gap d1>8 ?m, which satisfy the formula ?n1*d1=?0 where ?0 is a phase difference when the flexible liquid crystal display panel is not deformed and is a set constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Xi Xiang, Junrui Zhang, Ni Jiang -
Publication number: 20170269387Abstract: An optical module includes: first and second optical elements; third and fourth optical elements; a first polarization control element and a first reflective light modulator that are sequentially arranged in one of a positive direction of a first vector and a negative direction of a second vector from the second optical element; a second polarization control element and a second reflective light modulator that are sequentially arranged in one of a negative direction of the first vector and a positive direction of the second vector from the third optical element; and a sliding mechanism that relatively moves the first and second optical elements and the third and fourth optical elements in the direction of the first vector relative.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hiroto SAKAI, Yasushi OHBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170269388Abstract: System and apparatus including: a plurality of lens elements; and an aperture module coupled to the plurality of lens elements and including an array of pixels, wherein the aperture module is configured to be variable in pattern and transparency. Key words include variable aperture and pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Kazunori Tanaka
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Publication number: 20170269389Abstract: An apparatus for generating electromagnetic radiation includes a pump laser so adapted that in operation of the apparatus it generates electromagnetic continuous-wave pump radiation; an optical parametric oscillator which is arranged in the beam path of the pump radiation and has a non-linear optical crystal, and is so adapted that in operation of the apparatus it generates signal and idler radiation from the pump radiation, and a non-linear optical device having a non-linear optical crystal, being arranged at least in a beam path of the signal radiation or idler radiation, and being so adapted that in operation of the apparatus it generates from the signal or idler radiation electromagnetic radiation at a frequency greater than a frequency of the signal or idler radiation. The non-linear optical crystal being heated in a furnace so that the crystal has a temperature gradient in the beam direction of the signal or idler radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jens KIEßLING, Ingo BREUNIG, Frank KÜHNEMANN
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Publication number: 20170269390Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe systems, apparatuses and methods for providing athermicity and a tunable spectral response for optical filters. Finite impulse response (FIR) filters are commonly implemented in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to make devices such as wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) devices, asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers (AMZIs) and array waveguide gratings (AWGs). Athermicity of an FIR filter describes maintaining a consistent frequency transmission spectrum as the ambient temperature changes. A tunable spectral response for an FIR filter describes changing the spectrum of an FIR filter based on its application, as well as potentially correcting for fabrication deviations from the design. In addition, embodiments of the invention reduce energy dissipation requirements and control complexity compared to prior art solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Jonathan Edgar Roth, Daniel Knight Sparacin, Gregory Alan Fish
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Publication number: 20170269391Abstract: The optical device includes a waveguide positioned on a base and a modulator positioned on the base. The modulator includes a ridge of an electro-absorption medium having a top side and a lateral side. The lateral side is between the top side and the base and the top side has a width. The waveguide is configured to guide a light signal through the modulator such that the light signal is guided through the ridge of electro-absorption medium. A heater is positioned over the lateral side of the electro-absorption medium without being positioned over the entire width of the ridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Dazeng Feng, Cheng-Chih Kung, Jacob Levy, Wei Qian, Wei Liu, Mehdi Asghari
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Publication number: 20170269392Abstract: An optical modulator comprises a silicon substrate, a buried oxide (BOX) layer disposed on top of the silicon substrate, and a ridge waveguide disposed on top of the BOX layer and comprising a first n-type silicon (n-Si) slab, a first gate oxide layer coupled to the first n-Si slab, a first p-type silicon (p-Si) slab coupled to the first gate oxide layer, and a light propagation path that travels sequentially through the first n-Si slab, the first gate oxide layer, and the first p-Si slab.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Dawei Zheng, Hongbing Lei, Qianfan Xu, Xiao Shen, Yu Sheng Bai
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Publication number: 20170269393Abstract: An optical modulator may include a lower waveguide, an upper waveguide, and a dielectric layer disposed therebetween. When a voltage potential is created between the lower and upper waveguides, these layers form a silicon-insulator-silicon capacitor (also referred to as SISCAP) guide that provides efficient, high-speed optical modulation of an optical signal passing through the modulator. In one embodiment, at least one of the waveguides includes a respective ridge portion aligned at a charge modulation region which may aid in confining the optical mode laterally (e.g., in the width direction) in the optical modulator. In another embodiment, ridge portions may be formed on both the lower and the upper waveguides. These ridge portions may be aligned in a vertical direction (e.g., a thickness direction) so that ridges overlap which may further improve optical efficiency by centering an optical mode in the charge modulation region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Donald ADAMS, Prakash B. GOTHOSKAR, Vipulkumar PATEL, Mark WEBSTER
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Publication number: 20170269394Abstract: A light modulator according to the invention includes an optical waveguide formed of a material having an electro-optic effect, a buffer layer formed on the optical waveguide, and a pair of electrodes formed on the buffer layer, the width in the direction, in which the pair of electrodes are opposed to each other, of the buffer layer located on the side of the electrodes opposed to the optical waveguide is smaller than the width in the direction, in which the pair of electrodes are opposed to each other, of the buffer layer located on the optical waveguide side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Hiroto TOMIOKA
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Publication number: 20170269395Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to photonic integrated circuits with an on-chip optical isolator. A photonic transmitter chip may include a laser and an on-chip isolator optically coupled with the laser that includes an optical waveguide having a section coupled with a magneto-optic liquid phase epitaxy grown garnet film. In some embodiments, a cladding may be coupled with the garnet film, the on-chip isolator may be arranged in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration, the waveguide may include one or more polarization rotators, and/or the garnet film may be formed of a material from a rare-earth garnet family. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: John Heck, David N. Hutchison, Jie Sun, Haisheng Rong, Woosung Kim
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Publication number: 20170269396Abstract: A polymeric dispersed liquid crystal light shutter device and system and method for forming the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, a catoptric form having a shape is subjacently positioned below a pre-cure or un-cured polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) light shutter device having liquid crystals dispersed in a polymer binder system between two substrates. Light is applied during curing. The liquid crystal microdroplet sizes vary according to the shape of the catoptric form such that domains of smaller liquid crystal microdroplet sizes correspond to the shape and domains of larger liquid crystal microdroplet sizes correspond to negative space relative to the shape. Upon tuning an electric field, the PDLC light shutter device changes states from presenting a surface having an image formed by non-scattering regions contrasted against opaque scattering regions, to a surface characterized by mostly or entirely clear, non-scattering light transmittance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Robert Northrup, Menting Tim Tsai
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Publication number: 20170269397Abstract: The present invention is to provide an attachment device of a display panel capable of, while solving enclosure of bubbles in an attachment surface at the time of attachment, reliably removing bubbles generated even after attachment, and remarkably lowering a defectiveness ratio of an attachment body to improve productivity of attachment tasks. A vacuum chamber unit 3 is formed by a chamber main body 10 and a chamber lid body 11. A fixed attachment base 12 including a dam jig 13 is provided in an interior of the chamber main body 10, and a movable attachment base 16 is provided in an interior of the chamber lid body 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Daisuke KOMODA
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Publication number: 20170269398Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, one line on the substrate, the one line extending from a peripheral region through a display region, pixels on the display region, the pixels being connected to the one line, an outer line on the peripheral region, the outer line being connected to the one line during a short circuit test process that detects a position of a short circuit defect, an electrostatic protection resistor on the peripheral region, the electrostatic protection resistor being connected to the outer line, a pad on the peripheral region, the pad being connected to the outer line through the electrostatic protection resistor, a short circuit test signal being applied to the pad during the short circuit test process, and a bypass line connecting a node between the pad and the electrostatic protection resistor to the outer line.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Kyong-Tae PARK
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Publication number: 20170269399Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate defining a top surface thereof, a bottom surface thereof facing the top surface, and side surfaces thereof connecting the top and bottom surfaces to each other. The side surfaces included: a first side surface defined by: a first patterned surface including a first pattern of which a length thereof extends in a diagonal direction in a plan view of the first patterned surface, and a second patterned surface which extends obliquely from an upper end of the first patterned surface, the second patterned surface including a second pattern of which a length thereof extends in a perpendicular direction from the upper end of the first patterned surface in a plan view of the second patterned surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Se Ki PARK, Joo Young KIM, Dong Rak KO, Young Woon KHO, Dong Kwon KIM, June Hyoung PARK, Eun Ji SEO, Hee Kyun SHIN, Seung Je LEE
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Publication number: 20170269400Abstract: A polymeric dispersed liquid crystal light shutter device employing an electronically tunable lens and system and method for forming the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, a patterned UV-photomask with an image is superposed on a pre-cure or un-cured polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) light shutter device having liquid crystals dispersed in a polymer binder system between two substrates. UV-light is applied during curing. The liquid crystal microdroplet sizes vary according to the image on the patterned mask such that domains of larger liquid crystal microdroplet sizes correspond to the image and domains of smaller liquid crystal microdroplet sizes correspond to negative space relative to the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Robert Northrup, Menting Tim Tsai
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Publication number: 20170269401Abstract: A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. Each pixel of the display panel includes a transmission region and a reflection region, and the display panel includes a first polarizer, a first base substrate, a first alignment layer, a liquid crystal layer, a second alignment layer, a second base substrate, and a second polarizer. A reflection layer is provided between the second alignment layer and the second polarizer in the reflection region. The liquid crystal layer in the reflection region includes nematic liquid crystal and a polymer network. The liquid crystal layer in the transmission region includes a liquid crystal mixture including the nematic liquid crystal and polymerizable monomers. The polymer network in reflection region is formed by polymerizing the polymerizable monomers in the liquid crystal mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Guangkui QIN, Dengke YANG, Xiaochen ZHOU
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Publication number: 20170269402Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device in which the same driving voltage is applied to pixels and a manufacturing method thereof. One aspect of a display device comprises a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising a plurality of sub-cells, wherein the plurality of sub-cells respectively comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal and a polymer cured to fix a helical pitch of the cholesteric liquid crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Hee Yuel ROH, Soon Bum KWON, Kyoung Sun KIM, Yan JIN, Joo Ho KIM, Burm Young LEE, Jun Sung CHUNG
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Publication number: 20170269403Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid crystal cell, a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal cell and a display panel. The method for manufacturing the liquid crystal cell comprises: forming a fixed retaining wall structure on a first substrate, at least a part of the fixed retaining wall structure being used for forming a border of the liquid crystal cell; injecting liquid crystal into the retaining wall structure; forming a first pure heat curing adhesive on a second substrate for sealing the border of the liquid crystal cell; performing cell aligning to the first substrate and the second substrate, thereby aligning the retaining wall structure on the first substrate with the first pure heat curing adhesive on the second substrate; and performing heat curing to the first pure heat curing adhesive, thereby sealing the border of the liquid crystal cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Feifei ZHANG, Xiaohui YI, Zhinan ZHANG
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Publication number: 20170269404Abstract: An object of this invention is to increase the number of liquid crystal display panels obtained from a mother substrate. There is provided a liquid crystal display device including a TFT substrate and a counter substrate bonded together by a seal portion formed along the periphery of the counter substrate, the TFT substrate having a terminal area formed in a portion thereof not opposed to the counter substrate. The TFT substrate has a bank-like organic passivation film formed along the edge of the terminal area. A stepped part is formed on the organic passivation film. The film thickness of the organic passivation film on the edge side of the stepped part is greater than the film thickness inside the stepped part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Tomokazu ISHIKAWA, Yuki KURAMOTO, Hitomi HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20170269405Abstract: a reliability of seal portion of a liquid crystal display device can be improved by the following structure. A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate which includes a display region and a terminal part, and has an inorganic insulating film formed on an organic passivation film and an alignment film formed over the inorganic insulating film; a counter substrate, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate bonded together by a sealing material formed at a seal part surrounding the display region; and a liquid crystal sealed inside. At the seal part, a transparent conductive oxide film is formed between the inorganic insulating film and the alignment film. The transparent conductive oxide film exists inside an edge of the TFT substrate and hence, the edge of the TFT substrate is free of the transparent conductive oxide film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Takenori HIROTA, Yasuhiro KANAYA, Hidehiro SONODA, Toshiki KANEKO
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Publication number: 20170269406Abstract: A display panel includes an active area and a peripheral area surrounding the active area, and includes first and second substrates, a shading layer and an adhesive agent. The second substrate is disposed opposite the first substrate. The shading layer is disposed on the first substrate and corresponds to the peripheral area. The shading layer includes a first contact surface contacting with the first substrate, the first contact surface has a first edge. The adhesive agent is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and corresponds to the shading layer. The adhesive agent includes two second contact surfaces respectively facing the first substrate and the second substrate, one of the second surfaces has a second edge near the active area, and the line edge roughness of the second edge is greater than that of the first edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Cheng-Hsiung CHEN, Chao-Hsiang WANG, Yi-Ching CHEN
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Publication number: 20170269407Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal drop filling system comprising a liquid crystal drop filling device performing a liquid crystal drop filling process to obtain a liquid crystal panel; an image acquisition device acquiring an image of the liquid crystal panel; an image processor processing the acquired image and determining a defect of the liquid crystal panel based on the processed image; and a communication module communicating an information about the defect determined by the image processor to the liquid crystal drop filling device, so that the liquid crystal drop filling device can adjust parameters of the liquid crystal drop filling process according to the information. In addition, the present disclosure further discloses a control method of a liquid crystal drop filling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Xuebing Jiang, Ran Zhang, Jian Zhao
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Publication number: 20170269408Abstract: A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure includes an active device, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a conductive line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The second pixel electrode and the first pixel electrode are electrically insulated. The conductive line is located below the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode through the conductive line. The conductive line is coupled to the second pixel electrode to form a coupling capacitance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Kun-Cheng Tien, Shin-Mei Gong, Chih-Chang Shih, Chien-Huang Liao
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Publication number: 20170269409Abstract: Various embodiments provide a thin film transistor (TFT), a fabrication method thereof, and a display apparatus including the TFT. A carbon nanotube layer is formed over a substrate. The carbon nanotube layer includes a first plurality of carbon nanotubes. A plurality of gaps are formed through the carbon nanotube layer to provide a first patterned carbon nanotube layer. Carbon nanotube structures each including a second plurality of carbon nanotubes are formed in the plurality of gaps. The carbon nanotube structures have a carrier mobility different from the first patterned carbon nanotube layer, thereby forming an active layer for forming active structures of the thin-film transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: SHUAI ZHANG, YU CHENG CHAN
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Publication number: 20170269410Abstract: An array substrate and a fabricating method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixel units arranged in matrix on the base substrate, wherein, a first electrode groove and a second electrode groove separated from each other are arranged in a region of the base substrate corresponding to one of the pixel units, the first electrode groove and the second electrode groove respectively extending from an upper surface of the base substrate towards a lower surface of the base substrate; the pixel unit includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode, the pixel electrode being arranged in the first electrode groove, and the common electrode being arranged in the second electrode groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ying Zhang, Zhi Hou, Daeoh Oh, Ziheng Yang, Yinan Wang, Xin Ding, Fu Chen, Jianhui Liu, Rong Shen
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Publication number: 20170269411Abstract: A method of manufacturing an array substrate includes: forming a first functional layer comprising a plurality of array substrate areas and connection areas between adjacent array substrate areas; forming a plurality of conductive portions within each of the array substrate areas, the plurality of conductive portions extending from a corresponding one of the array substrate areas to a corresponding one of the connection areas and terminals of the plurality of conductive portions being in connection with capacitor lines within the corresponding one of the connection areas such that two capacitor lines between two adjacent array substrate areas face each other and are formed into a first capacitor element; forming a plurality of second functional layers on the first functional layer formed with the plurality of conductive portions and the capacitor lines, for forming a plurality of array substrates; and performing a cutting process at the connection areas between adjacent array substrates and removing the capacType: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Cong Liu, Yuchun Feng, Chunze Zhang, Zhaohui Hao, Lin Li
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Publication number: 20170269412Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and a driving method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes a common electrode, a plurality of common electrode lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of gate lines, and at least a part of the data lines overlap with the common electrode and/or the common electrode line. The plurality of data lines are divided into at least two groups. The driving method includes: starting to supply, to the data lines in different groups, data signals corresponding to a gate line at different time points after the gate line is enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Saichang YUN
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Publication number: 20170269413Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a driver, a first pixel circuit disposed apart from the driver in plan view but electrically connected to the driver, a second pixel circuit separated further from the driver than the first pixel circuit in plan view but electrically connected to the driver, a first pixel electrode overlapping the driver in plan view, a second pixel electrode overlapping the first pixel circuit in plan view, a first relay line electrically connecting the first pixel circuit and the first pixel electrode to each other, and a second relay line electrically connecting the second pixel circuit and the second pixel electrode to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Masaya Tamaki, Akihiko Saitoh
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Publication number: 20170269414Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Kazuhiko YANAGAWA, Yasushi IWAKABE, Yoshiaki NAKAYOSHI, Masatoshi WAKAGI
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Publication number: 20170269415Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Masaru KUBOTA, Kentaro KOJIMA, Katsuhiko MATSUNAMI, Naoshi ISOBE, Shosaku IKEDA, Kazuya MURATA
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Publication number: 20170269416Abstract: A display panel is provided which includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a driving circuit. The driving circuit is arranged at an end of the data lines for supplying a scan signal to the gate lines and supplying grayscale signals to the data lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Jinghua MIAO, Chungchun CHEN, Xue DONG, Xiaochuan CHEN, Rui XU, Mubing LI, Ming YANG
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Publication number: 20170269417Abstract: Detection electrode wirings formed by an ITO film have a high resistance and the detection capability thereof is degraded with the increase of the size and/or resolution. A manufacturing method of a display device includes: (a) arranging liquid crystal between an array substrate and a counter substrate; (b) forming a metal layer and a low-reflection layer on the counter substrate after the step (a); (c) applying an overcoat film onto the metal layer and the low-reflection layer; and (d) curing the overcoat film to form a protection layer. The step (d) cures the overcoat film with light and heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Toshimasa ISHIGAKI, Daisuke SONODA, Tatsuya IDE, Koji ISHIZAKI, Yoshihiro WATANABE, Hayato KURASAWA, Masanobu IKEDA
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Publication number: 20170269418Abstract: Methods and linear polarization devices for linear light polarization and display and illumination devices utilizing such methods and linear polarization devices are provided. The linear polarization devices generate linearly polarized light having a desirable axis of polarization from unpolarized light and include a first non-absorptive linear polarizing filter and one or more rotating filters and second linear polarizers. The first non-absorptive linear polarizing filter has a predetermined axis of polarization for decomposing incident light into a transmitted beam of light and a reflected beam of light wherein at least one of the transmitted beam of light and the reflected beam of light has an undesirable axis of polarization. The one or more rotating filters rotate the polarization axis/axes of the beam/beams of light having undesirable axis of polarization to the desirable axis of polarization.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Mohammadhossein Shahali
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Publication number: 20170269419Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is provided. The liquid crystal display panel comprises: a first substrate (110) and a second substrate (120) which are oppositely arranged, and a liquid crystal layer (130) arranged between the first substrate (110) and the second substrate (120); an alignment film (300) arranged on an inner side of the first substrate (110); and a compensation film (400) arranged on an inner side or an outer side of the second substrate (120). The inner side of the first substrate (110) and the inner side of the second substrate (120) are sides facing each other, and the outer side of the second substrate (120) is a side provided away from the inner side of the second substrate (120).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yafeng YANG, Xin LI
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Publication number: 20170269420Abstract: The invention discloses a structure of a chip on a soft panel, including a soft panel whereon a set of lead wires on an input terminal and a set of lead wires on an output terminal deposited, a bonding region formed on each end of the lead wires on the output terminal; a driver chip, which is deposited on the soft panel and connected to the lead wires on the input terminal and that on the output terminal electrically; a connection of the bonding region and an end of the corresponding lead wire is defined as A, and where the bonding region apart from the end of the corresponding lead wire on the output terminal is defined as B, a distance between A and B is L, an area of the bonding region is larger than that of the corresponding lead wire on the output terminal in the distance L.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haiman SONG, Dongsheng GUO