Patents Issued in June 18, 2019
  • Patent number: 10324309
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to intraocular lens devices, systems, and methods that include determining relative tilt and/or vergence rotation of a subject's eyes and focusing one or more intraocular lenses based on the determined vergence rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Clarence T. Tegreene
  • Patent number: 10324310
    Abstract: A sun glare reducer includes a frame having a right templar portion, a right lens retaining portion connected to the right templar portion, a left templar portion, a left lens retaining portion connected to the left templar portion, and a nose bridge portion connecting the right lens retaining portion and the left lens retaining portion. A right lens is retained by the right lens retaining portion. The right lens has a right body disposed between the right templar portion and the nose bridge and a right glare reducing portion extending downwardly from the right body below the right lens retaining portion. A left lens is retained by the left lens retaining portion. The left lens has a left body disposed between the left templar portion and the nose bridge and a left glare reducing portion extending downwardly from the left body below the left lens retaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Kramden Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Rigas
  • Patent number: 10324311
    Abstract: Described herein are acyl germanium photoinitiator for cost-effective and time-efficient method for producing UV-absorbing contact lenses capable of blocking ultra-violet (“UV”) radiation and optionally (but preferably) violet radiation with wavelengths from 380 nm to 440 nm, thereby protecting eyes to some extent from damages caused by UV radiation and potentially from violet radiation. This invention also provides a method for making UV-absorbing contact lenses made by using an acyl germanium photoinitiator of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Troy Vernon Holland, Frank Chang, Ryan DeSousa
  • Patent number: 10324312
    Abstract: A temple cover for eye glasses. The removable front cover has a first end component and a second end component. Each of the end components are an integral part of the removable front cover. Together with each temple cover they form an eye glass cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Corcoran
  • Patent number: 10324313
    Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides a graded refractive index single crystal waveguide having a glass block containing at least one crystal core, the crystal core having a central portion extending along an axis from a first end to a second end; an interface defining a peripheral boundary of the crystal core at a junction of the crystal core and an adjacent portion of the glass block, and a continuous, radially symmetric misorientation transverse to the central portion; wherein the misorientation has a misorientation angle that increases with increasing distance from the central portion towards the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Himanshu Jain, Volkmar Dierolf, Keith J. Veenhuizen
  • Patent number: 10324314
    Abstract: An optical device includes a nanostructured transparent dielectric film, which is a Huygens metasurface. The Huygens metasurface imparts a phase change to light propagating through or reflecting from the surface. The phase change can be achieved by means of a resonant interaction between light and the Huygens resonators, resulting in a controllable phase change of 0 to 2? with approximately 100% light transmission characterized by a below 0.1 dielectric loss tangent of delta and with the height of the resonators less than the wavelength of light. In one embodiment, the metasurface includes titanium dioxide, but many materials or stacks of different materials may be used. The optical device is functional throughout the visible spectrum between 380 and 700 nm. The nanostructured transparent dielectric film includes a plurality of Huygens resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Czaplewski, Daniel Lopez, Tapashree Roy
  • Patent number: 10324315
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electronic device, to solve the technical problem that it is relatively complex to implement a change in color of an appearance of the electronic device in the related art. The electronic device comprises a main body having a basic form and a deformed form; and a color changing film attached to the main body to form a part of a surface of an appearance of the main body, the color changing film being deformed as the main body is changed from the basic form to the deformed form, wherein if the main body is in the basic form, the color changing film as the part of the appearance of the main body presents a first visual effect, and if the main body is in the deformed form, the color changing film as the part of the appearance of the main body presents a second visual effect different from the first visual effect. Based on the same concept, the present disclosure further discloses another electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software, Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Hua Yao
  • Patent number: 10324316
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to optical switching devices and switch modules that are designed for long-term security monitoring of high-value infrastructure access entry points. Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure include optical switches based on fiber-Bragg gratings whose operating wavelengths are based on the presence or absence of magnetic coupling between an embedded permanent magnet and an external element. By monitoring the spectral position of the operating wavelengths and/or the magnitude of a light signal at the operating wavelengths, the state of the magnetic coupling can be determined and used as an indicator of whether the security switch has been actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Stephen K. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 10324317
    Abstract: A light control device 10 includes a pair of electrodes 611 and 612 and a stacked structure body 613? of a plurality of light control layers 613 sandwiched by the pair of electrodes 611 and 612; and each light control layer 613 has a stacked structure of a first insulating layer 614, a first nanocarbon film 615 doped with an n-type impurity or not doped with an impurity, a second insulating layer 617, and a second nanocarbon film 616 doped with a p-type impurity or not doped with an impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Harada, Kyoko Izuha, Koji Kadono
  • Patent number: 10324318
    Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display panel includes an upper substrate having a curved shape, a liquid crystal layer, a lower substrate having a curved shape, where the lower substrate is combined with the upper substrate and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and a heating line disposed on at least one of the upper substrate and the lower substrate and which provides heat to the liquid crystal layer such that a temperature of the liquid crystal layer increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheong-Hun Lee, Jeong-Man Son, Dong-Wook Kim, Byong-Wook Ahn
  • Patent number: 10324319
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driving part, and a data driving part. The display panel is configured to display an image, and includes a gate line and data lines. The gate driving part is configured to output a gate signal to the gate line. The data driving part includes a plurality of data driving integrated circuit parts. Each of the plurality of data driving integrated circuit parts includes channels, configured to output data signals to the data lines, and a dummy data channel. A sensing pin, configured to receive the gate signal, is formed in each dummy data channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Sun-Koo Kang, Taegon Kim
  • Patent number: 10324320
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit including a non-display region and a display region which extends from the non-display region in a direction defining an extension direction of the display region, and a supporting member on which the display unit is supported. The supporting member includes an intermediate mold including a first intermediate support disposed in the non-display region and an intermediate seat portion extending in the extension direction of the display region from the first intermediate support and disposed in the display region, and a transparent mold adjacent in the extension direction of the display region to the intermediate mold, between the intermediate seat portion and the display unit, and including a transparent support in an edge display region of the display region which is adjacent to the non-display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangsun Han, Kyu-tae Park
  • Patent number: 10324321
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate spaced from a second substrate, a gate line, a first data line, and a second data line on the first substrate, a first switch connected to the gate line and the first data line, a second switch connected to the gate line and the second data line, a first pixel electrode connected to the first switch, and a second pixel electrode connected to the second switch. The second pixel electrode is adjacent to the first pixel electrode. The first gate line extends in a first direction. A first light emission area positioned corresponding to the first pixel electrode and a second light emission area positioned corresponding to the second pixel electrode are adjacent to each other in the first direction. The second data line and the second switch are in the first light emission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seunghyun Park, Sungjin Kim, Junho Song
  • Patent number: 10324322
    Abstract: Disclosed is an array substrate and touch display device which belongs to the technical filed of display and is able to solve the technical problem that in the existing technologies, the process of manufacturing an array substrate is too complex. The array substrate includes a drive scan line, a data line, a first common electrode, a second common electrode, a touch scan line, a common transistor, and a touch transistor. The first common electrode and the second common electrode are arranged in a spaced-apart manner. A source and a drain of the common transistor are connected respectively to the first common electrode and the second common electrode, and a gate of the common transistor is connected to the drive scan line. A source and a drain of the touch transistor are connected respectively to the data line and the second common electrode, and a gate of the touch transistor is connected to the touch scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yucheng Tsai, Yao Li Huang, Chang Cao
  • Patent number: 10324323
    Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention includes a first polarizing film, a first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate, and a second polarizing film that are located in the stated order in a light path from a light source toward a display surface. The second polarizing film has a polarization axis parallel or perpendicular to a polarization axis of the first polarizing film. The first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate each include a transparent substrate having insulating properties. At least the first insulating substrate or the second insulating substrate includes lower wiring that is located on the transparent substrate and is opaque and a fine pattern that is located in a preceding stage or a subsequent stage of the lower wiring in the light path and is opposed to the lower wiring with a transparent insulating film therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masami Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10324324
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a touch technology, and more specifically, to a signal control circuit, a power control circuit, a drive circuit, a timing controller, a touch system, and a touch sensitive display device and a driving method thereof that can simply swing various voltages in a display device for a touch mode period by using a modulated ground voltage obtained by swinging a ground voltage, thereby effectively providing touch driving and preventing unnecessary parasitic capacitance from being generated not only in an active area but also in all other areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SungChul Kim, HyungUk Jang, SangHyuck Bae, Sungsu Han, Suyun Ju, DoYoung Jung
  • Patent number: 10324325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a black matrix mask, a method for manufacturing a black matrix, and an application thereof. The black matrix mask includes a light-shielding layer having a predetermined transmission rate and coated along an edge of a black matrix pattern of the black matrix mask. The present invention also provides methods for manufacturing a black matrix, a color filter, an array substrate, and a liquid crystal display device. The method for manufacturing the black matrix includes: Step 100: using the black matrix mask to subject a black matrix material layer on a base plate to exposure; Step 200: subjecting the exposed black matrix material layer to development; and Step 300: subjecting the developed black matrix material layer to baking to finally form a black matrix on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawun Shen, Yingbin Jia, Haoran Sun
  • Patent number: 10324326
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a cell method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a TFT array substrate (100), a color filter substrate (200) and sealant (300) located between the TFT array substrate (100) and the color filter substrate (200), and the surrounding region of the TFT array substrate (100) is provided with the a plurality of WOA (120) and the surrounding region of the color filter substrate (200) is provided with a black matrix (220), and the silt region of the black matrix (220) is formed with a plurality of slits (223) corresponding to the sealant (300), and thus to allow the ultraviolet light penetrating the black matrix (220), and the sealant (223) to irradiate on the sealant (300) for speeding up the solidification without forming the slits on the WOA (120), and the width of the WOA (120) is narrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinjie Wang
  • Patent number: 10324327
    Abstract: Display devices are provided. The first display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged with an interval therebetween; and an antenna radiator configured with one or more conductors that are arranged between the plurality of pixels. The second display device includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting parts arranged on the substrate with an interval therebetween; and an antenna radiator configured with one or more conductors that are arranged between the substrate and the light emitting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Lim, Seung-Tae Ko, Yoon-Geon Kim, Won-Bin Hong
  • Patent number: 10324328
    Abstract: A COA liquid crystal display panel includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate facing the upper substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The upper substrate is obtained by forming: a black matrix layer on a first base plate, a common electrode layer on the black matrix layer and exposed first base plate, and spacers on the common electrode on regions corresponding to the black matrix layer. The lower substrate is obtained by forming: a gate electrode insulation layer on a second base plate, a color barrier layer on the gate electrode insulation layer, a protective layer on the color barrier layer, a pixel electrode layer on the protective layer at a position corresponding to a projection of the color barrier layer, and a flat layer on the protective layer on a position corresponding to a recess of the color barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bangyin Peng
  • Patent number: 10324329
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a light guide plate configured to provide light to a rear side of the display panel; a cover bottom including a rear portion configured to cover a rear surface of the light guide plate, and a side portion bent toward the display panel from an end portion of the rear portion; and a support coupled to the cover bottom and configured to position the light guide plate and to accommodate longitudinal expansion of the light guide plate, the support being provided at a position adjacent to a longitudinal end portion of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SangMo Yang, JongTak Aeo
  • Patent number: 10324330
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first panel including a plurality of pixel areas configured to provide an image, and a non-pixel area around the plurality of pixel areas, a lens unit on the first panel and configured to enlarge the image by a magnitude of N to generate a display image, a second panel on the lens unit, the second panel being larger than the first panel by a magnitude of N, and including a plurality of non-active areas corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, and an active area around the plurality of non-active areas, and corresponding to the non-pixel area, a first substrate including a first electrode at the active area, a second substrate including a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a light transmission adjusting layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein N is a rational number greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunjung Lee, Suyoung Kim, Jongho Chong
  • Patent number: 10324331
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a display unit manufacturing method and an optical film laminating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Beom Seok Lee, Kyung Hyeok Park, Hang Suk Choi, Eung Jin Jang, Sukjae Lee, Kyoung sik Kim
  • Patent number: 10324332
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate; a first polarizer provided on the first substrate; and a second polarizer provide on the second substrate, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of pixels, the first polarizer and the second polarizer have a plurality of light transmission axes, a direction of the light transmission axis of the first polarizer or the second polarizer corresponding to one pixel is different from that of the first polarizer or the second polarizer corresponding to a pixel adjacent to said one pixel, and the direction of the light transmission axis of the first polarizer and the direction of the light transmission axis of the second polarizer corresponding a same pixel are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingtao Wang
  • Patent number: 10324333
    Abstract: A color polarizing film including a first layer including a first polymer and a first dichroic dye having an absorption wavelength region of about 380 nm to about 780 nm and a second layer including a second polymer and a second dichroic dye having an absorption wavelength region of about 380 nm to about 780 nm, wherein the second layer is disposed on the first layer, wherein a polarization axis of the first layer and a polarization axis of a second layer cross each other, and wherein the color polarizing film exhibits a maximum absorption wavelength (?max) in a wavelength range of about 380 nm to about 780 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deuk Kyu Moon, Yong Joo Lee, Yoon-suk Kang, Junghoon Lee, Boreum Jeong, Jonghyun Ha, Myungsup Jung
  • Patent number: 10324334
    Abstract: A backlight unit including a frame having a bottom area and a sidewall area extended from the bottom area; a single substrate located in on the bottom area of the frame, a plurality of optical assemblies being mounted on the single substrate; a reflection sheet located the frame and configured to reflect light emitted by the optical assemblies; and an optical sheet located over the reflection sheet. Further, the reflection sheet a first sheet area corresponding to the bottom area of the frame; a second sheet area corresponding to the sidewall area of the frame; and a cut portion cut from the first sheet at one portion abutting on one side of the single substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeonggyu Kim, Jongho Han, Eunseok Kim, Uihyung Lee, Juyoung Joung, Jinsin Park
  • Patent number: 10324335
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and an optical element layer provided between the substrates, a light directing unit facing the first substrate of the display panel, and including a first main surface disposed on a side facing the first substrate, and a second main surface disposed on a side reverse to the first main surface, and a light source unit disposed on the first substrate side with respect to the display panel, and emitting polarized light toward the first or second main surface. The polarized light is made incident on the first or second main surface, and directed perpendicularly to the optical element layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Youichi Asakawa, Toshihiko Fukuma, Ken Onoda, Shinichi Komura
  • Patent number: 10324336
    Abstract: In the backlight unit, the polarizing plate causes light oscillating in a direction orthogonal to the reference oscillation direction transmit to the quarter wavelength plate among beams of the light incident from the light collecting member, with the oscillation direction of the light transmitting through the liquid crystal panel as the reference oscillation direction, and reflects light oscillating in the reference oscillation direction from a side of the micromirror array toward the liquid crystal panel. The quarter wavelength plate converts the light incident from the polarizing plate side and transmitting to the side of the micromirror array into the first polarized light, and converts the first polarized light reflected by the mirror array and transmitting toward the polarizing plate into the second polarized light oscillating in a direction identical to the reference oscillating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Narushima
  • Patent number: 10324337
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention has a display area that includes a plurality of pixels (Px). The display area is made up of n kinds of domains (where n is an integer that is equal to or greater than two and equal to or smaller than four). The directors of the n kinds of domains define mutually different alignment directions. If the domain structure of each pixel (Px) is defined by the kinds of the domains that form the pixel (Px), the number k of the kinds of the domains that form the pixel (Px), and the arrangement of the domains in the pixel (Px), the display area includes a pixel, of which k is less than n and of which the domain structure is different from the domain structures of adjacent pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu Miyake, Tomohiko Mori, Iichiroh Inoue
  • Patent number: 10324338
    Abstract: A liquid crystal grating and a fabrication method thereof, and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal grating comprises a first substrate (1) and a second substrate (2) provided opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer (7); a plate-shaped transparent substrate (3) is provided on the first substrate (1), and a second transparent conductive layer (4), a transparent insulating layer (5) and a first transparent conductive layer (6) are sequentially provided on the second substrate (2); the first transparent conductive layer (6) includes first strip-shaped transparent electrodes (61) and second strip-shaped transparent electrodes (62) which are alternately provided, and there is a gap between the first strip-shaped transparent electrode (61) and the second strip-shaped transparent electrode (62) adjacent to each other; and the second transparent conductive layer (4) includes third strip-shaped transparent electrodes (41) provided at intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuqiong Chen
  • Patent number: 10324339
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for correcting a yellow shift to white. A liquid crystal display includes the following: a color filter substrate including a black matrix provided with a plurality of openings, and coloring materials of a plurality of colors disposed in the respective plurality of openings; an upper electrode having a plurality of slits for each opening; and a lower electrode. The plurality of colors include blue and two or more different colors other than blue. With respect to a first distance being a distance between an end of a drive region and an end of the opening corresponding to the plurality of slits, the first distance corresponding to the blue coloring material is different from the first distance corresponding to each of the coloring materials of the different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunori Okumoto
  • Patent number: 10324340
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel electrode. The pixel electrode comprises a peripheral frame electrode that is in an enclosed form and at least one pair of peripheral edges of the peripheral frame electrode are provided, on outer sides thereof, with a sawtooth-like configuration. The sawtooth-like configuration comprises tooth troughs having an extension direction that is substantially parallel to and consistent with an extension direction of branch electrodes of the pixel electrode corresponding thereto so that liquid crystal in an area corresponding to the peripheral frame electrode may incline in the direction of the branch electrodes in the same way as liquid crystal in an inside area of the peripheral frame electrode inclines in such a direction to prevent the occurrence of dark patterns in the area corresponding to the peripheral frame electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanxi Ye
  • Patent number: 10324341
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on an upper portion of the first substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer which covers the data line and the drain electrode and defines a contact hole which exposes a part of the drain electrode, a common electrode provided at an upper portion of the passivation layer and having a planar structure, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole and including a plurality of pixel branch electrodes, and a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, where an opening is defined in the common electrode at a position which corresponds to a middle region of the plurality of pixel branch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyoung Ju Shin
  • Patent number: 10324342
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to each other; and an opposing substrate opposing the display substrate. The display substrate includes: a pixel in the display area; a gate driver at the non-display area and including a gate and data wiring; an organic layer on the gate and data wiring; a column spacer on the organic layer; a connection portion connected to the gate and data wiring at contact holes respectively exposing the gate and data wiring; and a protective layer on the connection portion. In a top plan view, the protective layer has a same shape as a shape of the connection portion. The opposing substrate includes a black matrix at the display area to define a pixel area of the pixel and at the non-display area to define the display area and the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungho Kim, Seongyoung Lee, Nahyeon Cha
  • Patent number: 10324343
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a top surface, a bottom surface facing the top surface, and a plurality of side surfaces which connects the top surface to the bottom surface; a plurality of data driving units disposed on a first side surface of the side surfaces; a plurality of gate driving units disposed on a second side surface of the side surfaces, which is connected to the first side surface, and a first control signal line disposed on the first and second side surfaces, in which the first control signal line connects a first adjacent data driving unit of the data driving units, which is disposed adjacent to the second side surface, to the first gate driving units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongman Son, Jong-keun Kim, Jikhan Jung, Seung-won Kuk, Donghee Ye, Yun-gun Lee
  • Patent number: 10324344
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and its driving circuit, manufacturing method are disclosed. The driving circuit has a first switching element. The first terminal of the first switching element is connected to one data line of the liquid crystal display panel. At the array manufacturing process stage, the control terminal of the first switching element is input a first reference voltage. The second terminal of the first switching element is connected to a first discharge circuit. During the stage to drive the liquid crystal display panel to display or to test the liquid crystal display panel, the control terminal of the first switching element is input a first control signal. The second terminal of the first switching element is input a data signal. By the aforementioned ways, it can simultaneously achieve an ESD protection and to save the panel space to be favorable for narrow frame design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cong Wang, Peng Du
  • Patent number: 10324345
    Abstract: A display device and a display substrate are provided. The display device includes a first substrate, having a surface; a gate line disposed on the substrate, wherein the gate line substantially extends along a first direction; a first data line and a drain electrode disposed on the substrate, and the data line intersecting with the gate line. In particular, a first opening projects onto the surface to form a first projection pattern, wherein the first projection pattern includes a first portion, and wherein the first portion is disposed between projections of the at least two finger portions onto the surface and outside a projection of the connecting portion onto the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung-Kun Chen, Yi-Chin Lee, Hong-Kang Chang, Yi-Chien Kao, Jui-Ching Chu, Li-Wei Sung, Hui-Min Huang
  • Patent number: 10324346
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes a backlight device 12 exiting light, a liquid crystal panel 11 disposed on a light exit side with respect to the backlight device 12, a first conductive layer 31, and a conductive bonding member 32. The liquid crystal panel 11 includes an array substrate 11b, a CF substrate 11a overlapping the array substrate 11b on an opposite side from the backlight device 12 side, and a first polarizing plate 11d disposed on the backlight device 12 side with respect to the array substrate 11b. The first conductive layer 31 is disposed on a plate surface of one of the array substrate 11b and the first polarizing plate 11d. The conductive bonding member 32 is electrically connected to the first conductive layer 31 to bond the backlight device 12 and the liquid crystal panel 11 and connected to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Nagata, Masayuki Hata
  • Patent number: 10324347
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to apply a sufficient electrical field to a liquid crystal material in a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display device typified by an FFS type. In a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display, an electrical field is applied to a liquid crystal material right above a common electrode and a pixel electrode using plural pairs of electrodes rather than one pair of electrodes. One pair of electrodes includes a comb-shaped common electrode and a comb-shaped pixel electrode. Another pair of electrodes includes a common electrode provided in a pixel portion and the comb-shaped pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Hideki Uochi
  • Patent number: 10324348
    Abstract: The array substrate, the liquid crystal display panel and the liquid crystal display device of the present disclosure are designed to form the MIS storage capacitor by the P—Si semiconductor layer, the first metal layer and the insulating layer between above or the P—Si semiconductor layer, the second metal layer and the dielectric spacer layer between above, when one side of the first metal layer or the second metal layer receiving the negative gray voltage, the P—Si in the P—Si semiconductor layer will gather to form the hole, when receiving the positive gray voltage, will form the depletion layer on the upper layer of the P—Si to reduce the capacity of the MIS storage capacitor, thereby reducing the difference of the capacitance when the MIS storage capacitor in the positive and negative gray voltage, improving the flicker phenomena and ensuring the display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yao Yan, Shangcao Cao
  • Patent number: 10324349
    Abstract: A reflectance-adjustable reflector including a phase modulation element and a first polarizer is provided. The phase modulation element includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a phase modulation layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode layer located between the first substrate and the phase modulation layer, and a second electrode layer located between the second substrate and the phase modulation layer. Thicknesses of the first substrate and the second substrate are between 0.01 mm and 0.5 mm. The first polarizer is disposed on the first substrate. The first substrate is located between the first polarizer and the first electrode layer. A total thickness of the phase modulation element and the first polarizer is less than 1 mm. A reflectance-adjustable display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chong-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Cheng-Chieh Liu
  • Patent number: 10324350
    Abstract: An electrochromic device includes a chamber defined by a first conductive surface of a first substrate, a second conductive surface of a second substrate, and a sealing member joining the first substrate to the second substrate; an electrochromic medium containing a blue cathodic electroactive compound and up to three anodic electroactive compounds; wherein the electrochromic medium is disposed within the chamber; the anodic electroactive compounds include a green anodic electroactive compound and one or two gray anodic electroactive compounds; and the anodic electroactive compounds include from about 8 mol % to about 15 mol % gray anodic electroactive compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin L. Ash, Kelvin L. Baumann
  • Patent number: 10324351
    Abstract: An electrochemical mirror is provided. The electrochemical mirror includes a first transparent electrode; a second transparent electrode spaced apart from the first transparent electrode; and an electrolyte layer formed of an electrolyte, and disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, wherein the electrolyte includes an electro-depositable metal ion; a halogenated ionic liquid; and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a compound having a sulfonate functional group and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Soo Kim, Ki Hyung Kang, Tae Soon Park
  • Patent number: 10324352
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to structures comprising a nanostructure layer that includes a plurality of transparent conductors and coating layer formed on a surface thereof. In some embodiments, the coating layer includes one or more conductive plugs having outer and inner surfaces. The inner surface the plug is placed in electrical communication with the nanostructure layer and the outer surface forms conductive surface contacts proximate an outer surface of the coating layer. In some embodiments, the structure includes a polarizer and is used as a shielding layer in flat panel electrochromic displays, such as liquid crystal displays, touch panels, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Mansky, Kalpesh Biyani
  • Patent number: 10324353
    Abstract: An electrophoretic device (101) comprises a first electrode (60) and a second electrode (60) spaced apart from the first electrode (60). An electrophoretic cell (809) containing an electrophoretic ink (830) and one or more optically-transparent, non-planar, solid polymer elements (808) is located between the electrodes (60). The ink (830) includes charged particles (11) of at least one type suspended in an optically-transparent suspending fluid (820). The refractive indices of the solid polymer elements (808) and the suspending fluid (820) are matched to have a difference of less than 0.0075, and for half or more of the operating temperature range of the device (0° C.-70° C.), the thermo-optic coefficients (temperature coefficient of refractive index per Kelvin) of the solid polymer elements (808) and the suspending fluid (820) are matched to have an arithmetic-mean difference of less than 0.0002/K in magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Vlyte Innovations Limited, Vlyte Limited
    Inventor: Donal O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 10324354
    Abstract: A first electro-optic display comprises first and second substrates, and an adhesive layer and a layer of electro-optic material disposed between the first and second substrates, the adhesive layer comprising a mixture of a polymeric adhesive material and a hydroxyl containing polymer having a number average molecular weight not greater than about 5000. A second electro-optic display is similar to the first but has an adhesive layer comprising a thermally-activated cross-linking agent to reduce void growth when the display is subjected to temperature changes. A third electro-optic display, intended for writing with a stylus or similar instrument, is produced by forming a layer of an electro-optic material on an electrode; depositing a substantially solvent-free polymerizable liquid material over the electro-optic material; and polymerizing the polymerizable liquid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Michael D. McCreary, Charles Howie Honeyman, Bin Wu
  • Patent number: 10324355
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various improvements in optical switching engines. In one aspect, a range of switching engines includes various multiple bounce, multiple image devices, such as, for example, the Herriott Cell and the Robert Cell. In another aspect, liquid crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs) are used in the switching engine of an optical cross-connect. In another aspect, polarization gratings (PGs) are used in the switching engine. In another aspect, a switching engine includes a Fourier cell using SLMs with more than two states. Alternative imaging optics in a Fourier cell implementing a multiple-bounce, multiple image device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: David Rabb, Betty Lise Anderson
  • Patent number: 10324356
    Abstract: A light source providing multi-longitudinal resonant waves, particularly by utilizing an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) to produce a broadband emission spectrum. By configuring the system to pump the OPO far above the oscillation threshold, tunable light of macroscopic power with a short coherence length is provided. The coherence may be further shortened by additional longitudinal mode scrambling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Frank Mueller
  • Patent number: 10324357
    Abstract: Techniques related to automatic aperture control for an imaging device are discussed. Such techniques may include implementing an aperture control value to adjust an aperture opening, measuring a rate of change in measured luminance at an image sensor in response to the aperture control value, and determining an aperture control hold value to hold the aperture opening at a current position using the aperture control value and the rate of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Dmytro Paliy
  • Patent number: 10324358
    Abstract: A camera lens cap capable of coupling with a variety of lens dimensions is disclosed. An elastic sidewall integrally couples with a rigid plate. The sidewall is capable of expansion to removably couple lens barrels within a range of dimensions. The sidewall protects covered lens barrel components from scratching and other force damage. The plate covers and protects the glass lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey Overall