Patents Issued in May 1, 2018
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Patent number: 9958675Abstract: A combiner for a head-up display apparatus has: a front surface; a rear surface; a plurality of grooves formed in a stripe shape so as to penetrate between the front surface and the rear surface in an upper end section; and a plurality of reflective protrusions each formed between each groove in the upper end section. Each reflective protrusion: has a triangular cross section; extends between the front surface and the rear surface; forms a pair of planar reflective surfaces inclined relative to the horizontal plane as a result of interposing therebetween a vertical angle pointing upwards in the triangular cross section; and reflects light to the side by using the reflective surfaces. The angle of the vertical angle in each reflective protrusion gradually increases from either the front surface or the rear surface, towards the other.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Makoto Inomata
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Patent number: 9958676Abstract: A projector device is provided. The projector device includes a projector unit, an optical beam splitting module and a first image forming element. The projector unit forms a beam projecting image. The horizontal projection width of the beam projecting image is smaller than the vertical projection width of the beam projecting image. The optical beam splitting module projects one or multiple projection sub-images according to the beam projecting image. The projection sub-images are projected to the first image forming element to form one or multiple projection images. Thus, the projector device obtains multiple projection images from a single image source, and the placement of the image forming elements in the projector unit may be adjusted to obtain the projection images with the best image ratios and the best resolutions. The projector device may be suitable for a head up display.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Ming-Chieh Chou, Kuo-Chih Wang, Han-Wei Su, Yao-Hui Lee, Yi-Cheng Chen
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Patent number: 9958677Abstract: A head-up display that allows an observer to visually recognize a virtual image in a viewpoint region of the observer is provided. The head-up display includes: a display device that has a display surface and displays an image on the display surface; and a first optical system that has a concave mirror, and a lens condensing the light and disposed between the concave mirror and the display surface. The first optical system causes a beam exiting from the display surface to form an intermediate image via the lens and the concave mirror, the intermediate image being enlarged from the image displayed on the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroaki Okayama
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Patent number: 9958678Abstract: A method for displaying a view of a target comprises establishing a network including a plurality of display devices, requesting by a first display device in the network having an obstructed view of the target, at least one of position and orientation data from one or more remaining display devices in the network each having a different view of the target than the obstructed view, selecting a remaining display device as a view provider to provide the different view of the target to the first display device, requesting the different view of the target from the selected view provider; providing the different view of the target to the first display device, and displaying the different view of the target via the first display device.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shang Q. Guo, Jonathan Lenchner, Maharaj Mukherjee
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Patent number: 9958679Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a light source which generates a light beams having various angle components; and a first optical element includes a plurality of light guiding materials are bonded to each other via a half mirror layer. The first optical element includes a first surface and a second surface, an incident surface is formed so as to intersect the first surface at a first angle, an emitting surface is formed so as to intersect the first surface at a second angle. A first part of the light is a light reflected by the second surface, and is incident on the emitting surface. The first optical element is formed so that the first part of the light is reflected by the emitting surface, with angles of the first angle and the second angle, and with a refractive index of the plurality of light guiding materials.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda
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Patent number: 9958680Abstract: A near-eye display device, with coaxial eye imaging, for mounting in field of view of an eye of a user, includes a display unit for displaying a display image, a viewing unit for (i) presenting the display image to the eye based upon polarized visible light received from the display unit and (ii) transmitting ambient light from an ambient scene toward the eye, and an eye imaging unit including (a) an illumination module for generating infrared light, (b) a first polarizing beamsplitter interface, disposed between the display unit and the viewing unit, for (i) merging a polarized infrared component of the infrared light with the polarized visible light and (ii) separating from the polarized visible light a portion of the polarized infrared component reflected by the eye, and (c) a camera for forming an image of the eye based upon the polarized infrared component reflected by the eye.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yi-Wei Liu, Jau-Jan Deng, Regis Fan
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Patent number: 9958681Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a display; at least one optical lens configured to change an optical path of light generated in the display at a fixed refractive index; a prism configured to reflect the light, which has passed through the at least one optical lens, at least one time to guide the light to a destination point; a variable lens positioned in the optical path of light between the display and the destination point, a refractive index of at least a portion of the variable lens being changed by a control signal to change at least a portion of the optical path of light; and a controller configured to generate the control signal. An optical path of light generated in the display may be changed by the variable lens whose refractive index can be changed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Dongseuck Ko, Jeongyun Heo, Yujune Jang, Jeeyoung Cheon
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Patent number: 9958682Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for optical splitters are described. An optical splitter includes a transparent polygonal structure having an input side to receive light from a light source and an output side that is segmented into multiple facets. Each facet is engineered to provide a respective planar surface that is oriented at a different angle in each of at least two spatial dimensions relative to the other facets in order to refract and route a respective portion of the light along a respective set of optical paths. The input side may be faceted as well to further refine the optical paths. A particular application of the polygonal structure in an optical splitter providing eyebox expansion by exit pupil replication in a scanning laser-based wearable heads-up display is described in detail.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: THALMIC LABS INC.Inventors: Joshua Moore, Lloyd Frederick Holland
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Light guide device, virtual image display apparatus, and method for manufacturing light guide device
Patent number: 9958683Abstract: In a light guide device, a step between optical surfaces connected to each other by a connection portion can be limited (e.g., to 1 mm or smaller) so that a large stepped portion is not allowed to be formed at the connection portion in a hard coat formation process, whereby a coating liquid that flows along portions that are to form the optical surfaces forms no liquid pool or causes no liquid sagging. The light guide device can thus maintain satisfactory light guiding performance at the light guide portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Takahiro Totani, Takashi Takeda, Akira Komatsu -
Patent number: 9958684Abstract: A near-eye optical display system utilizes a compact display engine that couples image light from an imager to a waveguide-based display having diffractive optical elements (DOEs) that provide exit pupil expansion in two directions. The display engine comprises a pair of single axis MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) scanners that are configured to reflect the image light through horizontal and vertical scan axes of the display system's field of view (FOV) using raster scanning. The MEMS scanners are arranged with their axes of rotation at substantially right angles to each other and operate with respective quarter wave retarder plates and a polarizing beam splitter (PBS) to couple the image light into an in-coupling DOE in the waveguide display without the need for additional optical elements such as lenses or relay systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventor: Steven John Robbins
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Patent number: 9958685Abstract: A tilt platform for use in an HMD comprises a monolithic spring structure including a first outer planar structure, a second outer planar structure, a middle planar structure disposed between the first and second outer planar structures, a first hinge structure coupling the first outer planar structure and the middle planar structure to each other, and a second hinge structure coupling the second outer planar structure and the middle planar structure to each other. The first and second hinge structures have respective first and second hinge axes that are orthogonal to each other. The tilt platform further comprises a first adjustment mechanism configured for tilting the first outer planar structure and the middle planar structure relative to each other about the first hinge axis, and a second adjustment mechanism configured for tilting the second outer planar structure and the middle planar structure relative to each other about the second hinge axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Randall L. Kovaluk, Eric L. Hauquitz, Gregory Knipping
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Patent number: 9958686Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an illumination module, a first structured light generation module, a second structured light generation module and a beam splitting unit. The beam splitting unit is arranged between the illumination module, the first structured light generation module and the second structured light generation module. When a source beam from the illumination module is received by the beam splitting unit, the source beam is split into a first light beam and a second light beam. The first light beam is propagated in a direction toward the first structured light generation module. The second light beam is propagated in a direction toward the second structured light generation module. After the first light beam passes through the first structured light generation module, a first structured light is generated. After the second light beam passes through the second structured light generation module, a second structured light is generated.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Everready Precision Ind. Corp.Inventors: Jyh-Long Chern, Chih-Ming Yen
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Patent number: 9958687Abstract: An apparatus of structured light generation is equipped with a light source and a lens unit. The lens unit is installed in a compact housing of the apparatus of structured light generation. Moreover, the lens unit constructed two different optical path lengths within the housing. By the lens unit, light beams from the light source are collimated and converted into linear light beams. The linear light beams are locally overlapped or globally overlapped. Consequently, the light beam from the light source is shaped into a linear structured light or a linearly-overlapped structured light for detection.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Everready Precision Ind. Corp.Inventors: Jyh-Long Chern, Chih-Ming Yen
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Patent number: 9958688Abstract: The present invention provides a stereoscopic display, which comprises a backlight, a display panel, a phase delay film arranged at a light-exiting side of the display panel, and a visual angle adjusting baffle arranged between the backlight and the display panel and parallel to the display panel for adjusting a vertical or horizontal stereoscopic visual angle of the stereoscopic display. The shading strips of the visual angle adjusting baffle can be reflective strips which can reflect light from the backlight arriving at the reflective strips back to the backlight, and the light reflected by the reflective strips to the backlight can enter the display panel after passing through the transparent strips in the visual angle adjusting baffle, thus improving display brightness of the stereoscopic display.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Lifeng Lin, Hongming Zhan, Yongcan Wang
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Patent number: 9958689Abstract: A light-guiding device includes a first transparent substrate having an incident surface and a transmission surface; a first parallax barrier located on the first transparent substrate and configured to allow a first type of light in the light source to be converged to a first assemblage point and allow a second type of light in the light source to be converged to a second assemblage point, wherein the first parallax barrier includes a plurality of light-shielding units, each of which is produced by using a micro-electro-mechanical system switch, and includes a light-shielding body; an attraction cantilever, connected with the light-shielding body, an attraction and a separation of the attraction cantilever configured to force the light-shielding body to move so as to change transmission of the light in the light source.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanlong Shang, Guang Yang
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Patent number: 9958690Abstract: An autostereoscopic display screen includes a light-deflecting component and a double-sided lenticular lens. The light-deflecting component is configured to deflect the light beam towards a plurality of directions. The double-sided lenticular includes a first cylindrical lens array, a second cylindrical lens array, and a central portion. The first cylindrical lens array faces towards light-deflecting component. The first cylindrical lens array includes first cylindrical lenses, and each of the first cylindrical lenses has a first length A in a first axial direction. The second cylindrical lens array faces away from the light-deflecting component. The second cylindrical lens array includes second cylindrical lenses, and each of the second cylindrical lenses has a second length B in the first axial direction. The first length A is greater than the second length B. The central portion is disposed between the first cylindrical lens array and the second cylindrical lens array.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: June-Jei Huang
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Patent number: 9958691Abstract: A multi-view display device is provided, and the multi-view display device at least comprises a projector, a first lens set, and a second lens set. The projector contains a scan-lamp image, and the projector slants an incident ray corresponding to the scan-lamp image with a first angle. The first lens set receives the slanted incident ray and refracts that. The second lens set is slanted with the first angle, and the second lens set receives the slanted incident ray which is refracted by the first lens set and refracts that again, so as to expand a view area of the multi-view display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: June-Jei Huang
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Patent number: 9958692Abstract: The invention provides an autostereoscopic display device having an adjuster for adjusting the direction of a light beam (5). The adjuster (1) has an off-state and on-state and comprises a stack (10) of layers. The stack (10) comprises a first solid material layer (100) having a first optic axis (111), a second solid material layer (200) having a second optic axis (211), and switchable birefringent twisted nematic liquid crystal material (30) or chiral nematic liquid crystal material. Further, the stack includes a first interface (130) between the first solid material layer (100) and birefringent material (30) and a second interface (230) between the second solid material layer (200) and birefringent material (30). In the off-state, the birefringent material (30) at the first interface (130) is configured to have an optic axis parallel to the first optic axis (111) and the birefringent material (30) at the second interface (230) is configured to have an optic axis parallel to the second optic axis (211).Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Fetze Pijlman
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Patent number: 9958693Abstract: Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses with spectrally complementary filters disposed thereon. The filters curved surface lenses are configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. Complementary images are projected for viewing through projection filters having passbands that pre-shift to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts. At least one filter may have more than 3 primary passbands. For example, two filters include a first filter having passbands of low blue, high blue, low green, high green, and red, and a second filter having passbands of blue, green, and red. The additional passbands may be utilized to more closely match a color space and white point of a projector in which the filters are used. The shaped glasses and projection filters together may be utilized as a system for projecting and viewing 3D images.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Martin J. Richards, Wilson Allen, Gary D Gomes
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Patent number: 9958694Abstract: A minimized-thickness angular scanner of electromagnetic radiation includes an optical sandwich having a two-dimensional (2D) image source, and a scanning assembly that includes a first optic and a second optic, wherein at least one of the first optic and the second optic are oscillatorily translating. Translation of the optics provides for generation of a three-dimensional (3D) image, while the optical sandwich design provides for compact implementation of 3D displays.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: GULA CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANYInventors: Oliver Cossairt, Gregg E. Favalora
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Patent number: 9958695Abstract: In some embodiments, a system and/or method may operate a liquid crystal device. The method may include increasing a voltage provided to a driven level to a liquid crystal addressable element of the liquid crystal device. Said increasing may be performed over a time period greater than 1 ms. The liquid crystal addressable element may be in a driven state at the driven level. The method may include reducing the provided voltage to a relaxed level. The liquid crystal addressable element may be in a relaxed state at the relaxed level. Said increasing the voltage over the time period to the driven level may result in a reduced acoustical noise associated with the provided voltage. In some embodiments, the liquid crystal device may include a three-dimensional (3D) display.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: zSpace, Inc.Inventors: Dmytro Yu Reznikov, Mark F. Flynn, Chun Wun Yeung
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Patent number: 9958696Abstract: The present invention provides a stereo display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The stereo display device comprises a liquid crystal display unit including a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the two substrates; and a polarization control unit including a third substrate, a gate line, a protective layer, a first electrode, a spacer, a second electrode and a quarter-wave plate. The second electrode is arranged on the first polarizer. The spacer, the first electrode, the protective layer and the third substrate are sequentially arranged on the second electrode. The gate line is arranged on the third substrate, and the quarter-wave plate is arranged at a side of the third substrate away from the protective layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Mengjie Wang
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Patent number: 9958697Abstract: A stereoscopic image apparatus that is capable of minimizing loss of optical energy and improving quality of a stereoscopic image is disclosed. The stereoscopic image apparatus includes a polarizing beam splitter to reflect or transmit incident light based on polarization components of the light to split the light in at least three different directions, a reflective member to reflect the light reflected by the polarizing beam splitter to a screen, at least one modulator to modulate the light reflected by the reflective member and the light transmitted through the polarizing beam splitter, and a refractive member disposed in an advancing direction of light to be incident upon the polarizing beam splitter to refract the light to be incident upon the polarizing beam splitter.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: RealD Inc.Inventors: Chul Woo Lee, Sung Ho Cho, Byung Gul Lim
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Patent number: 9958698Abstract: Disclosed are a 3D display panel and the 3D display device. The 3D display panel includes a base plate, a plurality of pixel units, and first and second light emission units. Each of the pixel units includes at least one the sub-pixel, which includes primary and secondary pixel respectively corresponding to the first and second light emission units. Each of the two light emission units includes an anode, a hole transportation layer, an orientation layer, a light emissive layer, an electron transportation layer, and a cathode that are sequentially stacked. In the first and second light emission units, the orientation layers set the orientations of the light emissive layers to first and second orientation states, respectively, and first and second electrons and first and second holes respectively generated by the cathodes and anodes are recombined in the light emissive layers to respectively emit first and polarization light, which are orthogonal.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Co., LtdInventor: Kaifeng Zhou
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Patent number: 9958699Abstract: Polarizing beam splitters and systems incorporating such beam splitters are described. More specifically, hybrid polarizing beam splitters and systems with such beam splitters that incorporate polymeric reflective polarizers aligned with MacNeille or wire grid reflective polarizers are described.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Philip E. Watson, Yarn Chee Poon, Andrew J. Ouderkirk
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Patent number: 9958700Abstract: An optical modulator (12) for speckle suppression in a laser projection system includes a first planar transparent conductor (20); a second optionally transparent planar conductor (26); a diffusing element (22) disposed between the first and second conductor; and an alternating voltage applied across the first and second conductors creates in-plane movement or distortion in the diffusing element to reduce laser speckle.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Kevin D. Lofftus, Paul James Kane, James Henry Reynolds
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Patent number: 9958701Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing an imaging-module and an imaging-module manufacturing device that can increase the flexibility of the component arrangement in an electronic device. A relative position of the lens unit and the imaging device unit, held on an axis perpendicular to a measurement chart, and the measurement chart on the axis is changed and images of the measurement chart are captured at the relative positions in the state where, when the lens unit is installed in an electronic device, a magnetic field having a magnitude equal to a magnitude of a magnetic field applied to the movable image-stabilizing unit is applied to the movable image-stabilizing unit. A compensation amount is calculated using signals acquired by capturing the images of the measurement chart, a tilt of the imaging device unit relative to the lens unit is adjusted, and the imaging device unit is fixed to the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yasunobu Kishine
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Patent number: 9958702Abstract: An eyeglasses assembly structure having a nose support is disclosed herein. It comprises a frame having an assembly holder disposed in a middle bottom portion thereof, wherein the assembly holder is provided with a receiving slot, and the receiving slot is provided with a first inner surface having a protrusion thereof and a second inner surface having a recess thereon; and a nose support having an inserting part for inserting into the receiving slot of the assembly holder of the frame, wherein the inserting part is provided with a first outer surface having an engaging slot for correspondingly engaging with the protrusion and a second outer surface having an engaging block for correspondingly engaging with the recess.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Prohero Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pen-Wei Chen
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Patent number: 9958703Abstract: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing an ophthalmic lens with diffractive/refractive variable optic structures. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic included within the ophthalmic lens as it may be predetermined. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, James Daniel Riall, C. Benjamin Wooley, Edward R. Kernick, Frederick A. Flitsch, Andres F. Arrubla
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Patent number: 9958704Abstract: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. A liquid crystal layer may be used to provide a variable optic function and in some examples, an alignment layer for the liquid crystal layer may be patterned in a cycloidally dependent manner. The patterning may allow for a polarization dependent lens in some examples. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some examples, an ophthalmic lens is cast-molded from a silicone hydrogel. The various ophthalmic lens entities may include electroactive liquid crystal layers to electrically control optical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Luciano De Sio, Frederick A. Flitsch, Praveen Pandojirao-S, Randall Braxton Pugh, Svetlan Serak, Nelson V. Tabirian, Adam Toner, Olena Uskova, James Daniel Riall
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Patent number: 9958705Abstract: A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, William Kokonaski
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Patent number: 9958706Abstract: A tinted optical article includes an optical substrate providing with an optical filter wherein the optical filter is configured to selectively emit light in at least one selected range of wavelengths of light in the visible spectrum of 460 nm to 530 nm, allowing retinal exposure of a wearer eye to chronobiological blue-enriched light.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)Inventor: Gilles Baillet
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Patent number: 9958707Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement electrically tunable metasurfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventor: Harry A. Atwater
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Patent number: 9958708Abstract: The present application is directed to a method of short pulse generation. The method includes the step of creating, via electrical circuitry in a master oscillator, a square wave pulse with a predetermined pulse repetition rate. The method includes the step of retiming the square pulse with a clock. The method includes the step of recovering an electrical signal from the retimed square pulse. Further, the method includes the step of sending the recovered electrical signal to a modulator for modulating an optical signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: LGS INNOVATIONS LLCInventor: Inuk Kang
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Patent number: 9958709Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an optical valve that modifies a laser beam to allow more energy to be irradiated onto less absorbing areas on a substrate and less energy to be irradiated onto more absorbing areas on the substrate, thus creating a more uniform heating field. The optical valve is a layered structure comprising a reflective switch layer, an absorbing layer, a thermal resistor and a thermal bath.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventor: Bruce E. Adams
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Patent number: 9958710Abstract: A method may include generating a laser light beam with a laser source, splitting the laser light beam into a first front side beam and a back side beam for a back side of an ion trap using a first beamsplitter, directing the front side beam to a second beamsplitter using an input telescope, and splitting the first front side beam into a plurality of second front side beams directed to a common acousto-optic medium using a second beamsplitter. The common acousto-optic medium may have a respective plurality of electrodes coupled to the common acousto-optic medium for each of the second front side beams. The method may further include directing the plurality of second front side beams to a front side of the ion trap using an output telescope, and generating a respective RF drive signal for each of the plurality of electrodes using a plurality of RF drivers.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: HARRIS CORPORATIONInventors: Randall K. Morse, Peter A. Wasilousky, Lee M. Burberry, Michael R. Lange, Catheryn D. Logan, Pat O. Bentley
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Patent number: 9958711Abstract: A laser system may include a laser source configured to generate a laser light beam and an acousto-optic modulator (AOM). The AOM may include an acousto-optic medium configured to receive the laser light beam, and a phased array transducer comprising a plurality of electrodes coupled to the acousto-optic medium and configured to cause the acousto-optic medium to output a zero order laser light beam and a first order diffracted laser light beam. The system may further include a beamsplitter downstream from the AOM and configured to split a sampled laser light beam from the zero order laser light beam, a photodetector configured to receive the sampled laser light beam and generate a feedback signal associated therewith, and a radio frequency (RF) driver configured to generate an RF drive signal to the phased array transducer electrodes so that noise is diverted to the first order diffracted laser light beam based upon the feedback signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: HARRIS CORPORATIONInventors: Randall K. Morse, Peter A. Wasilousky, Lee M. Burberry, Michael R. Lange, Catheryn D. Logan, Pat O. Bentley
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Patent number: 9958712Abstract: A voltage may be provided to a liquid crystal addressable element as part of a liquid crystal device. The provided voltage may be reduced from a driven state to a relaxed state in a time period greater than 1 ?s. The reduction may further be performed in less than 20 ms. The liquid crystal device may be a polarization switch, which in some embodiments may be a multi-segment polarization switch. In one embodiment, pulses of limited duration of a light source may be provided to the polarization switch. The manner of voltage reduction may reduce optical bounce of the liquid crystal device and may allow one or more of the pulses of the light source to be shifted later in time.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: zSpace, Inc.Inventors: David A. Chavez, Michael A. Cheponis, Mark F. Flynn
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Patent number: 9958713Abstract: An array substrate and a display device are disclosed. A coating layer (8) is disposed between a base substrate (1) and a first transparent conductive oxide film layer (2), a refractive index of the coating layer (8) is bigger than that of the base substrate (1) and smaller than that of the first transparent conductive oxide film layer (2). A multi-layer reflection phenomenon caused by the relatively big difference between the refractive indexes of the base substrate 1 and the first transparent conductive oxide film layer 2 can be weakened, thereby the light transmission rate of the array substrate may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ki Man Kim, Jaegeon You
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Patent number: 9958714Abstract: A manufacturing method of a bottom chassis includes providing a base plate having a flexibility and a first rigidity through a press molding process, providing a bent-maintaining member having a second rigidity greater than the first rigidity and being curved in a first direction through an extrusion molding process, and coupling the base plate to the bent-maintaining member.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tai-Yun Jung, Ki-Hwan Baek
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Patent number: 9958715Abstract: A display device framework and a display device, solving technical problem of application limitation of existing display device frameworks due to an integral structure thereof. The display device includes: a rear frame (20) configured to support at least a display panel (21); and a front frame (10) configured to support at least an out-cell panel (11), wherein, the front frame (10) and the rear frame (20) are flexibly connected so as to be movable with respective to each other along a first direction (101), wherein the first direction is perpendicular to a display panel (21) upon the display panel (21) being supported. The display device includes at least the display device framework.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jing Yuan, Guannan Song, Zhanchang Bu, Woong Kim, Tenglin Sun
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Patent number: 9958716Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus having a holding structure for an optical sheet capable of preventing wrinkles, bending, and sheet damage to the optical sheet in the display apparatus, and preventing defects such as irregular brightness and reduced brightness. A chassis for holding an optical sheet of a rectangular shape holds the peripheral edge part of the optical sheet at a holding surface of hollow rectangular shape, and has engaging parts to hold the optical sheet provided to stand at the edge part of one side of the holding surface. The holding surface is inclined or has a stepped protuberance formed, whereby the surface of the other region opposite of the end part of the one region on which the engaging parts is provided to stand is closer to the display panel than the surface of the one region of the holding surface within the height range of the engaging part, wherein the one region and the other region are present on the opposite side with respect to an opening of the holding surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Sakai Display Products CorporationInventors: Kouji Matsumoto, Ryota Kawabata
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Patent number: 9958717Abstract: Disclosed is a method of adjusting a display size, comprising steps of: providing a display, including a first substrate, a second substrate and an image generating medium; locating first and second cutting lines on the first and second substrates, and an orthographic projection of the first cutting line on the second substrate does not overlap with the second cutting line; cutting the first substrate and the image generating medium along the first cutting line to form a first reservation part and a part of the image generating medium corresponding thereto, and cutting the second substrate along the second cutting line to form a second reservation part, and the second reservation part protrudes relative to the first reservation part to form a protruding part; adding adhesive on the protruding part to make the adhesive permeate between the first reservation part and the second reservation part to solidify the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Jie Chen, Dike Shan, Shih-ying Sun
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Patent number: 9958718Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel; a panel driver electrically connected to the display panel, a guide frame arranged at an edge area of the display panel and configured to support the display panel; and a coupling member arranged on an upper surface of the support and configured to couple the display panel to the guide frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung-Eui Shin, JeongJo Lee
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Patent number: 9958719Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes an insulating substrate, a first insulating film, a second insulating film, a third insulating film, a fourth insulating film, a fifth insulating film, a sixth insulating film, a color filter layer, a semiconductor layer disposed between the second insulating film and the third insulating film, and a gate electrode disposed between the third insulating film and the fourth insulating film, wherein the first, fourth, and sixth insulating films are formed of a silicon nitride, and the second, third, and fifth insulating films are formed of a silicon oxide.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yuki Matsuura, Osamu Itou
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Patent number: 9958720Abstract: If a divided area of common electrode layers is positioned on a source line, a leakage electric field on the source line has an effect on a liquid crystal layer through the divided area of the common electrode layers. A display device includes an array substrate and a counter substrate. The array substrate includes scanning signal wiring layers, video signal wiring layers, pixel electrode layers arranged in a layer higher than the video signal wiring layers, and common electrode layers arranged in a layer higher than the pixel electrode layers. The common electrode layers are arranged in positions covering the video signal wiring layers in a plan view. The common electrode layers are divided in the extending direction of the video signal line.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Mitsutaka Okita
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Patent number: 9958721Abstract: A first integrated circuit disposed in a region, in which a length of a first space in a device depth direction is largest, among two regions dividing an entire region of a first main surface of a signal processing circuit board into two in a device width direction. The first space is a space between the signal processing circuit board and a metal chassis, which is a member of the metal chassis and a back cover that opposes the first main surface on which the first integrated circuit is mounted. A first heat sink is disposed between the metal chassis and the back cover and has a plurality of fins. A length of each of the plurality of fins in the device depth direction is set according to a length of the first space in the device depth direction at a position of the fin in the device width direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomohiro Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 9958722Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel structure, comprising a pixel layer and data lines, wherein the pixel layer comprises a plurality of pixel areas, and each of the pixel areas comprises an upper area and a lower area, and one lateral side of the upper area and one lateral side of the lower area are respectively provided with one keel, and the pixel layer and the data lines are located in different layers, and projections of the data lines at the pixel layer coincide with the keels. By employing the keels in the pixel areas to cover the data lines under the pixel areas, the data lines can shield light for one lateral side of the pixel areas where the keels are provided for achieving the technical result of reducing the non-display area, increasing the display area and raising the aperture ratio.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Tien-Hao Chang, Huan Liu
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Patent number: 9958723Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device which is capable of improving a user's visual perception characteristics by decreasing a reflectance difference of external light between an active area and a peripheral area, wherein the LCD device includes a first substrate having an active area and a peripheral area; a second substrate confronting the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; a light shielding layer in the active area and the peripheral area of the first substrate; and first, second and third color filters respectively formed in individual pixels of the active area, wherein the first color filter is formed between the first substrate and the light shielding layer in the active area and the peripheral area.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho Chun Lee, Joong Min Yoon, Seunghoon Ji
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Patent number: 9958724Abstract: A method of forming a photoresist layer includes: forming alignment electrodes on a base; mixing color QRs and photoresist to form a mixed material; coating the mixed material on the base; applying the base coated with the mixed material with positive and negative voltages so that the long axes of the color QRs align horizontally under the effect of the horizontal electric fields generated by the alignment electrodes; vacuum-drying the base coated with the mixed material to enhance the viscosity of the photoresist; interrupting electricity at a designated point to form a photoresist layer, wherein the long axes of QRs remain aligned horizontally; the color film substrate includes color resist films; when a backlight source emits blue light to the color film substrate, a color filter is disposed on top of the red color film to filtrate the blue light.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Guohe Liu