Patents Issued in August 14, 2018
  • Patent number: 10048502
    Abstract: A head mount display includes a frame attached to a head of an observer, an image display unit that displays an image to be visually recognized by the observer, a fixing part that fixes the image display unit to the frame, an detection part that detects a signal according to a relative attitude of the image display unit with respect to the frame, and a control part that controls the image displayed by the image display unit based on the output signal of the detection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomio Ikegami
  • Patent number: 10048503
    Abstract: A head-mounted type image display device including a disposition section that is disposed at a position corresponding to a forehead of a user; an image display section that has a left side display section and a right side display section; and a pair of arms that are respectively positioned at portions on a front side of the disposition section, are rotatably supported on the disposition section about rotational shafts along a parallel direction that is a direction in which the left side display section and the right side display section are arranged, and support the image display section. The rotational shafts are provided on a surface different from a surface facing the forehead in the disposition section and are positioned inside both end portions of the disposition section when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the parallel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Fujishiro
  • Patent number: 10048504
    Abstract: An optical system for the generation of a structured light field comprises an array of light sources and a structuring unit separate from said array of light sources, said structuring unit being refractive or reflective and transforming the output of that array of light sources into a structured light illumination by collimating the light beam of each individual light source and directing each beam into the scene under vertical and horizontal angles that can be arbitrarily chosen by refraction or reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.
    Inventor: Norbert Herschbach
  • Patent number: 10048505
    Abstract: A grating including a first substrate and a second substrate oppositely disposed; a first transparent electrode having a grating structure and disposed on a side of the first substrate facing towards the second substrate; a second transparent electrode disposed on a side of the second substrate facing towards the first substrate and disposed opposite to the first transparent electrode; and a polymer layer disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode and containing therein nano-sized material converting electromagnetic energy into heat energy and liquid crystalline elastomers. When a voltage is applied, the nano-sized material converts electromagnetic energy into heat energy, to convert the polymer layer to cholesterol phase and reflect all the light within the wavelength range of visible light; and when no voltage is applied, the polymer layer is transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojuan Wu, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 10048506
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device including: a main display panel operable to alternately display a left image and a right image; an auxiliary display panel including first and second substrates having a pixel part corresponding to that of the main display panel and a sub-liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates, and positioned in front of the main display panel to change polarization information of an incident left or right image; a plurality of first electrodes patterned on the first substrate along the rows of pixels formed on the main display panel; a second electrode formed on a front surface of the pixel part of the second substrate; and a light source to supply light to the rear side of the main display panel. Both a 3D vertical viewing angle and 2D luminance in a glass-type 2D display can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Chul Lee, Hoon Kang, Sung-Min Jung
  • Patent number: 10048507
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a front lens group, which constitutes part of an imaging optical system, at a fixed position with respect to an optical axis direction, wherein the front lens group includes a front lens element and a reflector and the reflector reflects light rays exiting from the front lens element; a movable lens group provided closer to the image plane side than the front lens group and movable along the optical axis; a support which supports the reflector; a movable frame which supports the front lens element and is supported by the support to be movable along a plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the front lens element; a front cover fixed to the support; and a driver which drives the movable frame in the plane, in accordance with vibrations applied to the photographing optical system, to reduce image shake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nomura, Toshiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10048508
    Abstract: An optical unit may include a movable body holding an optical module by a holder, a fixed body having a body part surrounding the movable body, a support mechanism swingably supporting the movable body, and a shake correction drive mechanism that swings the movable body. The holder includes a plurality of wall parts on an outer periphery of the optical module, and the wall part holds a part of the shake correction drive mechanism, and the support mechanism includes a movable frame surrounding the optical module and a plurality of swing support parts supporting the movable frame. The movable frame includes supporting point parts contacting the swing support parts, and connecting parts connecting supporting point parts adjacent to each other. The supporting point parts are located on an outer periphery of wall parts, and the connecting parts are disposed so as to pass on inner sides of the wall parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sue, Shinji Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 10048509
    Abstract: An eyeshield assembly configured to couple to a brim of a head covering includes a pivot arm with a latch surface. The pivot arm is configured to move between a latched position, when the eyeshield assembly is in a use position, and a released position, when the eyeshield assembly is in a non-use position. The eyeshield assembly also includes a latch arm with a distal end configured to receive the latch surface of the pivot arm when the pivot arm is in the latched position. Additionally, the eyeshield assembly includes a hinge assembly operably coupled to the pivot arm and including a biasing element. The biasing element is configured to pivot the pivot arm relative to the latch arm to move the pivot arm from the latched position to the released position without human intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: VEYES, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Repko
  • Patent number: 10048510
    Abstract: Eyeglasses (10), in particular of the folding type, composed of a front part (11) including respective lens elements (12, 12) and elements (14, 14) for hooking to the wearer's face, the front part (11) including first and second lens elements (12, 12) which are connected to each other by corresponding bridge members (16) including a respective bridge body (18) and elements (20, 20) for fastening the bridge body to the respective first and second lens element (12, 12). The elements for fastening the body to the respective first and second lens elements (12, 12) include, or are in the form of, corresponding wire-like members, in particular metal wire (20, 20), which are adapted to define respective elements for articulating and rotating the bridge body (18) relative to the lens elements (12, 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Roberto Carlon
  • Patent number: 10048511
    Abstract: An eye-strain reducing lens is characterized by an x-y-z coordinate system, and includes a distance-vision region, baying a non-negative distance-vision optical power, configured to refract a light ray, directed by a source at a distance-vision region point at a distance-vision x-distance from a center of the coordinate system, to propagate to an eye-center-representative location; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical point within 0.5 D, configured to refract a light ray, directed by the source at a near-vision region point at a near-vision x-distance from the center of the coordinate system, to propagate to the same eye-center representative location; wherein the near-vision x-distance is smaller than the distance -vision x-distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: eyeBrain, Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
  • Patent number: 10048512
    Abstract: A convergence-reducing lens of a low-convergence spectacle is characterized by a central normal of the convergence-reducing lens that defines a z-axis, and a center of the convergence-reducing lens defines a tangential, centered x-y plane, together defining an x-y-z coordinate system, the convergence-reducing lens comprising a distance-vision region, having a non-negative distance-vision optical power, configured to refract a light ray, directed parallel to the z-axis at a distance-vision region point at an x-distance from a y-z plane of the coordinate system, to intersect the y-z-plane at a distance-vision intersection z-distance; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical power within 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: eyeBrain, Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
  • Patent number: 10048513
    Abstract: Autofocusing eyewear for correcting eye accommodative dysfunctions includes a pupil tracking VOG (video-oculography) system to determine location of the pupils, a focus-tunable lens and a controller to focus the lens based on the position of the pupils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Focure Inc.
    Inventors: Nebojsa Sabovic, Reed Foster
  • Patent number: 10048514
    Abstract: In one aspect, glasses include a frame, a processor coupled to the frame, and a lens accessible to the processor and coupled to the frame. The lens includes first and second polarizers and a first liquid crystal unit juxtaposed between the first and second polarizers, with the lens including plural liquid crystal units controllable by the processor. The glasses also include a camera accessible to the processor and coupled to the frame, as well as storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable to receive input from the camera and identify, based on input from the camera, the first liquid crystal unit to control for permitting light to pass through the at least one lens. The instructions are also executable to control the first liquid crystal unit to permit a first amount of light to pass through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Russell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Patent number: 10048515
    Abstract: The ophthalmic lens includes a substrate, the substrate having a rear face and a front face, and at least one external interferential coating, the at least one interferential coating being such that it enables to selectively reflect light arriving on the rear face with a local maximum of reflection of at least 10% for a wavelength within the range between 450 nm and 490 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Nicolas Maitre, Delphine Passard, Melanie Tessieres
  • Patent number: 10048516
    Abstract: Methods and systems for making measurements for eyeglass frames worn by human subjects include capturing, using a first digital camera module, a plurality of images of a head of a tested subject wearing an eyeglass frame. The plurality of images comprises a front view image and a side view image of a face of the tested subject. A second camera module is used to monitor a top view of the head. A computer module is used to process the front view image and the side view image. The front view image is used to determine a pupillary distance and a segment height, and the side view image is used to determine a vertex distance and a pantoscopic tilt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: PERFECT VISION TECHNOLOGY (HK) LTD.
    Inventor: Junzhong Liang
  • Patent number: 10048517
    Abstract: A backlight device including an optical sheet diffusing and outputting light from a light guide plate, a frame member having an opening corresponding to a light output surface of the light guide plate, the frame member being provided between the light guide plate and the optical sheet to secure a positional relationship therebetween. The device also includes a plurality of securing members provided at a peripheral edge of the frame member, which secure the optical sheet, are each coupled with the frame member via a thin hinge, and each include a pressing portion having a hole, where the pressing portion presses the optical sheet to the frame member. The frame member is provided with protrusions respectively fit into the holes. The optical sheet includes perforations, and the protrusions are inserted through the perforations and fit into the holes, and the pressing portions press the optical sheet to the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 10048518
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a low-voltage integrated silicon high-speed modulator may include an optical modulator comprising first and second optical waveguides and two optical phase shifters, where each of the two optical phase shifters may comprise a p-n junction with a horizontal section and a vertical section and an optical signal is communicated to the first optical waveguide. A portion of the optical signal may then be coupled to the second optical waveguide. A phase of at least one optical signal in the waveguides may be modulated utilizing the optical phase shifters. A portion of the phase modulated optical signals may be coupled between the two waveguides, thereby generating two output signals from the modulator. A modulating signal may be applied to the phase shifters which may include a reverse bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Luxtera, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Ayazi, Kam-Yan Hon, Gianlorenzo Masini
  • Patent number: 10048519
    Abstract: A driver configuration for driving a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) includes a first driver supplied by a first voltage and a second voltage and configured to provide a first two complimentary outputs respectively to a first N-electrode of a first branch of the MZM and a second N-electrode of a second branch of the MZM. Additionally, the driver configuration includes a second driver supplied by a third voltage and a fourth voltage and configured to provide a second two complimentary outputs respectively to a first P-electrode of the first branch and a second P-electrode of the second branch. The driver configuration sets a difference between the third voltage and the fourth voltage equal to a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage to provide a same peak-to-peak differential swing for modulating light wave through each transmission line and output a modulated light with twice of the peak-to-peak differential swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: INPHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abdellatif El-Moznine, Bruno Tourette, Hessam Mohajeri
  • Patent number: 10048520
    Abstract: An optical isolator includes: an input-side lens converting an operating light incident in a forward direction via an optical fiber input end into parallel light beams; an input-side polarizer disposed on a right hand of the input-side lens; a Faraday rotator rotating a polarization plane of the operating light having been converted into the parallel light beams; an output-side polarizer disposed on an output side of the Faraday rotator; an output-side lens transmitting the operating light having passed through the output-side polarizer; an optical filter blocking light leakage and transmitting the operating light; an optical fiber output end that the operating light exits; and a housing accommodating the input-side lens, the input-side polarizer, the Faraday rotator, the output-side polarizer, the output-side lens, the optical filter and the optical fiber output end therein to enclose them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bok-Hyeon Kim, Hoon-Soo Kang
  • Patent number: 10048521
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal photo-alignment device. The liquid crystal photo-alignment device includes two parallel guide rails, a platform sandwiched between the two guide rails, a support assembly slidably mounted on the two guide rails, and a cleaning assembly mounted to the support assembly. The platform has a supporting surface for supporting a LCD panel. Each support assembly includes a supporting beam across the platform, two supporting arms extending from opposite ends of the supporting beam, and two sliders connected to the respective supporting arms. The sliders are slidably mounted in the guide rails. The cleaning assembly faces toward the platform and is configured to clean up foreign objects on the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaocheng Liu, Wen-Pin Chiang
  • Patent number: 10048522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kuroda, Makoto Honda
  • Patent number: 10048523
    Abstract: A method of etching a display panel for manufacturing a curved display device comprises the steps of: applying a masking ink in a manner of immersing a non-etched portion of a display panel into an ink reservoir, which contains the masking ink, in order to protrude the non-etched portion from the display panel; curing the masking ink coated on the non-etched portion of the display panel; etching the display panel to reduce the thickness of the display panel by coating an etching liquid onto the display panel on which the masking ink is cured; and removing the masking ink from the etched display panel with a solvent, which dissolves the masking ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TOVIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwan Jin Kim, Gi Yun Eom
  • Patent number: 10048524
    Abstract: A display device is discussed, which includes a top case disposed on a display panel, the top case may include a main body having a metal first upper member covering a partial area of an edge area of the display panel and an elastic second upper member extending from the metal first upper member and fixing the display panel. The metal first upper member and the elastic second upper member may be formed together by outsert molding. Since the top case includes an elastic upper member made of a material such as rubber or silicon, not metal, a scratch on the display panel or a polarizing plate which may be generated by a press of the display panel by an external force may be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sungjin Shin
  • Patent number: 10048525
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a vacuum insulating structure, a liquid crystal panel and a control circuit board. The vacuum insulating structure includes a first glass sheet, a second glass sheet, and a sealant. The sealant is attached between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet for forming a vacuum space cooperatively with the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet by a vacuum pumping process. The liquid crystal panel is disposed in the vacuum space. The control circuit board is electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel for controlling the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Yao-Lin Chang
  • Patent number: 10048526
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bezel-free display device, including a display panel including a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface, a panel connector, one end of which is secured onto a peripheral region of the back surface, and the other end of which is provided with a first support surface, a first snap-on member being provided on the first support surface, and a backlight module including a back plate and a sealant both arranged at a side of the back surface, the sealant being secured onto a periphery of the back plate and arranged at a position corresponding to the panel connector, one end of the sealant adjacent to the display panel being provided with a second support surface cooperating with the first support surface, a second snap-on member cooperating with the first snap-on member being provided on the second support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Zhao, Dan Wang, Seungmin Lee, Bin Zou, Junjie Guo, Yutao Hao
  • Patent number: 10048527
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a reflective electrode, a second substrate provided with a transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an anisotropic scattering member formed on the second substrate. The anisotropic scattering member has first and second surfaces each including a first refractive index region and a second refractive index region having a refractive index different from that of the first refractive index region. A refractive index difference between the first refractive index region and the second refractive index region in the first surface is larger than that in the second surface. The anisotropic scattering member is disposed so that light enters from the first surface thereof and the light exits as scattered light from the second surface thereof. A phase difference is given to the light entered the anisotropic scattering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Mitsui, Yoko Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 10048528
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a thin film transistor positioned on a lower substrate; a plurality of color filters positioned on the thin film transistor and aligned to be spaced apart from each other; an insulation layer positioned on the plurality of color filters; a light-blocking layer positioned on the insulation layer; a transparent layer positioned on the light-blocking layer and having a convex shape; an upper substrate facing the lower substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, wherein the light-blocking layer includes an organic black pigment, and the transparent layer having the convex shape has a different shape from the light-blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arum Yu, Do-Uk Kim, Ji-Hye Kim, Ho-Jeong Paek, Haeni Song, Kyung-Won Ahn, Young-Tai Lee, Jun-Ho Lee, Hye-Min Lee, Seung-Jib Choi, Hyun-Moo Choi
  • Patent number: 10048529
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal display device, belongs to the field of liquid crystal display technology, and can overcome the color shift problems in existing liquid crystal display device. The color filter substrate of the present invention comprises: a first substrate, a black matrix and a color film layer provided on the first substrate, wherein the color film layer comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged periodically and repeatedly in a matrix, each pixel unit includes at least two sub-pixels of different colors, each sub-pixel comprises a color filter film, a first common electrode disposed on the color filter film, and a dielectric layer disposed on the first common electrode, wherein the thicknesses of the dielectric layer at at least two locations within each pixel unit are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiaoming Lu
  • Patent number: 10048530
    Abstract: A display device may include: a substrate; a transparent partition wall disposed on the substrate, the transparent partition configured to define a plurality of openings; a light-shielding member disposed on a top surface and side surfaces of the transparent partition wall, the light-shielding member including a negative photosensitive organic material; and a first color conversion pattern disposed in at least on of the plurality of openings, the first color conversion pattern including a quantum dot material or a fluorescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Uk Kim, Eun Ae Kwak, Sung Man Kim, Jun Ho Song
  • Patent number: 10048531
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for color filter substrate is disclosed. The method includes: coating and exposing three layers of photoresist materials on a first substrate, and colors of the three layers of the photoresist materials are respectively a red color, a green color and a blue color; in the coating and exposure processes, a red color resist block, a green color resist block and a blue color resist block are formed; forming a light-shielding layer through mixing of two different colors of the photoresist materials in the three layers of the photoresist materials; and forming a spacing layer through stacking of two different colors of the photoresist materials in the three layers of the photoresist materials. A manufacturing method for liquid crystal panel is also disclosed. The present can simplify the manufacturing process of the color filter substrate, reduce the process of the liquid crystal panel and decrease the manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hui He
  • Patent number: 10048532
    Abstract: A display includes a cover having a front face that defines a normal of the display and further having a sidewall that meets the front face to define an edge of the display, and a display module disposed behind the cover. The display module includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels supported by the substrate. The substrate includes a curved portion along the edge, the curved portion bending rearward such that peripheral pixels of the plurality of pixels are disposed laterally between the substrate and the sidewall. The display further includes edge compensation means for compensating for a curvature of the curved portion to direct light from the peripheral pixels toward the normal of the display. An extent to which the edge compensation means compensates for the curvature varies in accordance with lateral position of the peripheral pixels along the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Karlton Powell, Rajesh Dighde, Ying Zheng
  • Patent number: 10048533
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a liquid crystal display, including a liquid crystal cell, the liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate at least includes a transparent base, a metallic wiring disposed on the transparent base towards the liquid crystal layer and a first polarizer disposed on an external surface of the transparent base, the liquid crystal display further includes a solar cell disposed on the transparent base of the first substrate right below the metallic wiring, the first polarizer includes a hollow region revealing the transparent base, the solar cell shelters the hollow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 10048534
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a pixel circuit, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, an optical element layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a polarizer disposed between the second substrate and the optical element layer, wherein the second substrate has strength greater than that of the first substrate, and the second substrate constitutes the outermost substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takenori Hirota
  • Patent number: 10048535
    Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the display substrate, a common electrode disposed on the liquid crystal layer, a first protection layer disposed on the common electrode, a polarizer unit disposed on the first protection layer, and a color conversion layer disposed on the polarizer unit. The polarizer unit includes a polarizing portion that polarizes light, and a blocking portion that blocks transmittance of light. The blocking portion is connected to the common electrode through a contact hole. The contact hole is an opening in the first protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiyong Park, Shoyeon Kim, Wansoon Im
  • Patent number: 10048536
    Abstract: A light guide plate and assembly thereof are disclosed. The light guide plate includes a base plate, an optical pattern on the bottom surface of the base plate, a first circuit and a second circuit on the top surface of the base plate. As a front light module, the first circuit is designed to be light penetrable at the visual area of the base plate as a touch sensing circuit, and the second circuit is surrounding and electrically connected the first circuit. The front light module achieves the thickness reduction of a mobile device having a reflective type panel. As a back light module, the first circuit and the second circuit are arranged in two adjacent blocks on the top surface of the base plate without electrically connecting to each other. The back light module may be applied to perform a local dimming technology by adapting an extra low resolution panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Global Lighting Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-Lin Tsai, Ching-Ling Wang, Ping-Tse Lo
  • Patent number: 10048537
    Abstract: The present application discloses a liquid crystal display apparatus, includes a backlight source to emit blue light; a composite film layer to receive the blue light and wherein the composite film layer includes an intermediate region, and an edge region, the edge region is disposed around the intermediate region, the intermediate region doped with quantum dot, the edge region doped with phosphors, the composite film layer emit white light after absorbing blue light; and a color filter substrate to receive white light and the color filter substrate includes a color resist layer, wherein the color resist layer includes a first region and a second region, the first region is provided corresponding to the intermediate region, the second region is provided corresponding to the edge region, and the thickness of the first region is smaller than the second thickness of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Haibo Peng
  • Patent number: 10048538
    Abstract: Provided is a display device serving as a see-through display which is capable of ensuring the clarity of a displayed image while maintaining high transparency and is less likely to be limited in terms of the location of installation. A dot-printed light-emitting area of a light guiding plate (60) emits, as backlight, light whose intensity is so high that the intensity of ambient light can be negligible, and therefore, the observer on the front side of a liquid crystal display device (10) is able to see a clear image displayed in an image display area (75) of a liquid crystal panel (20). Moreover, ambient light is transmitted through a light-transmissive area (72) of the light guiding plate (60) to be incident on a transparent display area of the liquid crystal panel (20), and therefore, the observer can see a background displayed with high transparency in the transparent display area (76).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Fukuoka, Kenji Takase
  • Patent number: 10048539
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a backlight unit of a curved display device. The method includes providing a bottom chassis having a predetermined curvature radius, manufacturing a reflection member, and disposing the reflection member on the bottom chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kangwoo Lee, Yudong Kim
  • Patent number: 10048540
    Abstract: Disclosed are a conductive alignment layer, a manufacture method of the conductive alignment layer, a display substrate comprising the conductive alignment layer and a display device which relate to the technology of LCD, simplify the manufacture method of conductive layer and alignment layer and also reduce the complexity in manufacturing a LCD device by preparing the conductive layer and the alignment layer in the substrate simultaneously through utilizing a material possessing both conductivity and alignment, without the need of preparing the conductive layer and the alignment layer separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbo Li, Chunyan Ji
  • Patent number: 10048541
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device having higher transmittance and lower driving voltage is provided. The liquid crystal device comprises a first substrate having a first conductive layer, a second substrate having a second conductive layer, a first alignment layer and a liquid crystal layer. The first alignment layer comprises a liquid crystal alignment treatment agent and a methacryloyloxy-containing silane and is disposed on the first conductive layer of the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer comprises a liquid crystal material and a bifunctional-group resin and is disposed on the first alignment layer. The second substrate having a second conductive layer is disposed on the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BENQ MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chun-Chieh Yi
  • Patent number: 10048542
    Abstract: There are provided an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes a substrate and and an array region and a peripheral wire region formed on the substrate, peripheral wires in the peripheral wire region each including a plurality of vacancy patterns. Adjacent edges of the non-vacancy patterns of the peripheral wires define shielding regions such that the maximum circle region contained in the shielding regions has a maximum diameter of a first threshold value. The vacancy patterns of each of the peripheral wires have a total area of a second threshold value. The resistivity of the peripheral wire is in a range from 0 to 2.83×10?8 ?·m. The embodiments of the present disclosure address problem in prior art that a peripheral wire blocks curing of the frame sealing glue in the display panel so that the frame sealing glue is cured insufficiently and throughout of the display panel is thus degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Ai
  • Patent number: 10048543
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and a counter substrate each having a display region and a peripheral region arranged adjacent to the display region. A resin layer is formed either one of the array substrate and the counter substrate. A protrusion in the shape of a wall is arranged on the resin layer with a gap between the protrusion and the substrate opposing the protrusion. A seal material is formed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, and arranged between a peripheral portion of the display region and the protrusion for attaching the array substrate and the counter substrate. A liquid crystal layer is formed in a surrounded region by the array substrate, the counter substrate and the seal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Hoshina, Tetsuya Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10048544
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first display substrate including a display area and a non-display area which is at a periphery of the display area, a second display substrate facing the first display substrate, a display device in the display area between the first and second display substrates and including a first electrode, an optical layer including an optical layer material, and a second electrode, and a sealing member which is disposed in the non-display area and attaches the first and second display substrates to each other. The sealing member defines a sealing portion thereof which restricts movement of the display area optical layer material to outside the display area, and a receiving portion thereof in which the optical layer material is receivable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hee Lee, Eok Su Kim, Won Jin Kim, Ju Yong Park, Jung Chul Woo, Sun Hee Lee, Hyun Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10048545
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate to intersect with each other, the gate line and data line defining a pixel region, a sustain electrode disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the data line, and a pixel electrode disposed in the pixel region on the first substrate, the pixel electrode including an edge portion overlapping the sustain electrode, an open portion defined in an inner side of the edge portion and overlapping a boundary of the sustain electrode, and a central portion disposed at an inner side of the open portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Woo Kim, Jong Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 10048546
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an array substrate, a method of manufacturing an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel, and a display device. The array substrate comprises: a common electrode and a pixel electrode on a base substrate; and a passivation layer between the common electrode and the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode is a grating structure comprising a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes. The sub-pixel electrode comprises a body structure extending in a first direction, and a bending structure extending in a second direction and formed at an end portion of at least one end of the body structure. A protrusion is disposed at a joint of the body structure and the bending structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunbok Lee, Yuanhui Guo
  • Patent number: 10048547
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display device. The pixel electrode of the display device includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode having the same electric potential. The first interlayer is formed between the first substrate and the first pixel electrode. Adjacent two of the first strip-shaped branches of the first interlayer form a first gap to expose part of the first substrate. The common electrode layer is disposed over the second substrate. The pixel electrode is positioned between the first substrate and the display medium layer. The first pixel electrode extends to cover the first gap. A difference between a maximum distance between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode layer and a maximum distance between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode layer is 0.1 ?m to 0.4 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Sheng Ho, Hsueh-Wen Li, Mao-Shiang Lin, Ying-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10048548
    Abstract: A pixel array substrate structure includes: first and second planarizing films sequentially stacked on a substrate where a circuit unit is formed; and a relay wire formed between the first and second planarizing films, in which the relay wire electrically connects a first contact portion formed on the first planarizing film and connected to the circuit unit with a second contact portion formed at a position different from the first contact portion when seen from above, on the second planarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Nagasawa, Masaya Tamaki, Shuji Hayashi, Masaaki Kabe, Yoko Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 10048549
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Wan Woo, Min Wook Park, Young Goo Song, Ki Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 10048550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driver chip structure, and the driver chip structure comprises a substrate and a plurality of connection bumps which are located on the substrate and equal in size, and the substrate comprises a surface, and the plurality of connection bumps are spaced and aligned on the surface in array, and sectional appearances of the connection bumps parallel with the surface are trapezoids or triangles. The present invention also discloses a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunpeng Guo, Jiehui Qin, Xiang Yang
  • Patent number: 10048551
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a thin-film transistor (101), a terminal portion (102), an interlevel insulating layer (14) including a first insulating layer (12) which contacts with the surface of a drain electrode (11d), and a first transparent conductive layer (15), a first dielectric layer (17) and a second transparent conductive layer (19a) formed on the interlevel insulating layer (14). The terminal portion (102) includes a lower conductive layer (3t), a second semiconductor layer (7t) arranged on a gate insulating layer (5), and lower and upper transparent connecting layers (15t, 19t). The gate insulating layer (5) and the second semiconductor layer (7t) have a contact hole (CH2), and their side surfaces located on a side of the contact hole (CH2) are aligned with each other. The lower transparent connecting layer (15t) contacts with the lower conductive layer (3t) in the contact hole (CH2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Yoshihito Hara, Yukinobu Nakata