Having Common Base Or Substrate Patents (Class 345/206)
  • Patent number: 9460643
    Abstract: A light-emitting device can be folded in such a manner that a flexible light-emitting panel is supported by a plurality of housings which are provided spaced from each other and the light-emitting panel is bent so that surfaces of adjacent housings are in contact with each other. Furthermore, in the light-emitting device, in which part or the whole of the housings have magnetism, the two adjacent housings can be fixed to each other by a magnetic force when the light-emitting device is used in a folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9455688
    Abstract: Provided are a gate driving circuit, a display module and a display device belonging to the field of display technique and being designed for solving the problem of high power consumption of the display module in the prior art. The gate driving circuit is used for driving gates of TFTs corresponding to gate lines connected thereto, and includes at least two stages of shift registers connected in cascade, wherein each stage of shift register includes a first output terminal and a second output terminal, the first output terminal is connected to an enable signal input terminal of a next stage of shift register so as to output a next stage enable signal to the next stage of shift register, and the second output terminal is connected to a corresponding gate line so as to apply a gate driving signal on the gates of TFTs through the corresponding gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Ma, Xianjie Shao, Guolei Wang, Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 9453998
    Abstract: An electrowetting element comprising a first subpixel, a second subpixel and a third subpixel. A wall surrounding a combined area of the first subpixel area, the second subpixel area and the third subpixel area, comprising: a first wall portion adjacent to the first subpixel area and the second subpixel area; a second wall portion adjacent to the second subpixel area and the third subpixel area; and a third wall portion adjacent to the third subpixel area and the first subpixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Petrus Maria De Greef, Gor Manukyan
  • Patent number: 9425770
    Abstract: Provided are a gate driving circuit, a display module and a display device belonging to the field of display technique and being designed for solving the problem of high power consumption of the display module in the prior art. The gate driving circuit is used for driving gates of TFTs corresponding to gate lines connected thereto, and includes at least two stages of shift registers connected in cascade, wherein each stage of shift register includes a first output terminal and a second output terminal, the first output terminal is connected to an enable signal input terminal of a next stage of shift register so as to output a next stage enable signal to the next stage of shift register, and the second output terminal is connected to a corresponding gate line so as to apply a gate driving signal on the gates of TFTs through the corresponding gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Ma, Xianjie Shao, Guolei Wang, Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 9368059
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a novel data input and output panel with high definition is provided. A method for driving the semiconductor device having the novel data input and output panel with high definition is provided. The data input and output panel includes, over a substrate, proximity sensors, signal lines electrically connected to the proximity sensors, and pixels electrically connected to the signal lines. The signal lines can supply image signals to the pixels, can supply control signals to the proximity sensors, and can be supplied with sensing signals from the proximity sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Takemura
  • Patent number: 9330069
    Abstract: One embodiment includes a portable e-book reading device for reading a paginated e-book, with at least a page including a section including text linked to an illustration. The device can layout the section by keeping the text with the illustration to be displayed in one screen, and maintaining the pagination of the e-book if the page is displayed in more than one screen. Another embodiment includes a paginated e-book with a text sub file with texts, an illustration sub file with illustrations, and a logic sub file with rules on displaying the e-book. Either the text or the illustration sub file includes position information linking at least an illustration to a corresponding piece of text. Yet another embodiment includes an e-book with a logic sub file that can analyze an attribute of, and provide a response to, a reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Chi Fai Ho, Peter Tong
  • Patent number: 9291865
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first area, a second area located around the first area, and a third area neighboring the second area, the first area including a pixel electrode including a strip-shaped main pixel electrode, the second area including a power supply pad, and the third area including a charge elimination pad, a first pad electrically connected to the charge elimination pad, a second pad neighboring the first pad at a first pad distance and electrically connected to the power supply pad, and a third pad neighboring the second pad at a second pad distance greater than the first pad distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Miyanaga
  • Patent number: 9274389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat display device and method of fabricating the same which can make narrow bezel design easy and minimize resistance variation between adjacent link lines for improving of a picture quality. The flat display device includes a display region having a plurality of pixels, a driving integrated circuit for forwarding driving signals for driving the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of link lines for transmitting the driving signals to the display region, wherein each of the plurality of link lines includes a first metal line, a second metal line formed on a layer different from the first metal line, and a contact portion for connecting the first and second metal lines to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Gu Kang, Sung-Il Park
  • Patent number: 9269727
    Abstract: A curved display device includes a first substrate, a pixels and a second substrate. The first substrate is curved along a first direction and includes a pixel area through which light is transmitted and a non-pixel area which blocks light transmission therethrough. The pixel is disposed in the pixel area. The second substrate is curved along the first direction, and is opposite to and coupled to the first substrate. First trenches are defined in at least one substrate among the first and second substrates and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, SuWan Woo
  • Patent number: 9261265
    Abstract: A backlight display device includes a pixel region, a light-emitting region, a control element, a plurality of first flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) contacts, and a plurality of first driving circuits. The pixel region has a first edge, a second edge opposite to the first edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge opposite to the third edge. A corner region is formed between the first edge and the fourth edge. The light-emitting region is located on the corner region of the pixel region. The control element is located on the corner region of the pixel region and between the light-emitting region and the first edge. The first FPCB contacts are located on the second edge. Each of the first driving circuits is electrically connected to one of the first FPCB contacts and the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Shu-Ping Yan, Pei-Lin Huang, Wei-Chou Lan, Chia-Chun Yeh
  • Patent number: 9223357
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a touch display device, the touch panel is provided with a buffer trench region disposed in a peripheral region of a transparent substrate, the buffer trench region, and comprising: a first laminated structure, disposed on the transparent substrate, comprising: a metallic wire, disposed on the transparent substrate; a first insulating wire, disposed on the metallic wire; a transparent electrode wire, disposed on the first insulating wire; a first passivation wire, disposed on the transparent electrode wire; a second laminated structure, disposed on the same layer as the first laminated structure, comprising: a second insulating wire, disposed on the transparent substrate; and a second passivation wire, disposed on the second insulating wire, wherein the second laminated structure and the first laminated structure are spaced apart from each other to form a trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Weijie Zhao, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 9226408
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and a flexible circuit having one of its ends bonded to the substrate. The substrate comprises a pixel array. A driver integrated circuit (IC) is mounted on the flexible circuit. The flexible circuit is bonded to the substrate without protruding beyond an edge of the substrate. One end of the flexible circuit faces toward an inside of the substrate when the flexible circuit is flatly placed on or over the substrate, and the other end of the flexible circuit is bonded to the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Bang, Doheon Kim
  • Patent number: 9188819
    Abstract: In the present invention, a plurality of connecting units are disposed between a driving circuit board and a liquid crystal panel, each of the connecting units comprises at least two chip tapes, and the two chip tapes are overlapped with each other and connected to the driving circuit board and the liquid crystal panel. The two chip tapes are commonly formed on one of the connecting units based on the design of the connecting units, so that the arrangement space of the chip tapes along an extending direction of the driving circuit board can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Quan Li
  • Patent number: 9164336
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a first dummy pixel and a second dummy pixel adjacent to each other in an X direction, in which width of a first portion of a scanning line between a first transistor of the first dummy pixel and a second transistor of the second dummy pixel is larger than width of a second portion of the scanning line between the second transistor and a third transistor of a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Kinoe
  • Patent number: 9117390
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method thereof. The display device includes a plurality of pixels, each receiving a predetermined on-bias voltage transferred through a data line during one frame, receiving a first image data signal corresponding to the corresponding frame through the data line and storing the same, and emitting light according to a driving current that corresponds to a second image data signal that corresponds to the previous frame of the corresponding frame, and a first period for storing the first image data signal and a second period for light emission according to a driving current corresponding to the second image data signal overlap each other in one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon Han
  • Patent number: 9105329
    Abstract: An embodiments herein relate to a gate driving circuit and display device which include a plurality of shift registers. The gate driving circuit comprises: a plurality of shift registers, wherein each of the shift registers includes a plurality of stages which sequentially output a gate signal, wherein the stages of a kth shift register are activated when a kth SR selection signal generated as a first logic level voltage is input, and the stages of the kth shift register are not activated when the kth SR selection signal generated as a second logic level voltage is input, wherein k is a natural number equal to or less than the number of the shift registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joongsun Yoon
  • Patent number: 9040971
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) that includes a control electrode, a semiconductor pattern, a first input electrode, a second input electrode, and an output electrode is disclosed. in one aspect, the semiconductor pattern includes a first input area, a second input area, a channel area, and an output area. The channel area is formed between the first input area and the output area and overlapped with the control electrode to be insulated from the control electrode. The second input area is formed between the first input area and the channel area and doped with a doping concentration different from a doping concentration of the first input areas. The second input electrode makes contact with the second input area and receives a control voltage to control a threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 9041631
    Abstract: A display device, a method for driving the same, and an electronic device capable of making ? correction function reliably even in the case where light emission luminance is low. A potential difference between the gate and the source of a transistor is corrected to a threshold voltage of the transistor. After that, while a horizontal drive circuit outputs a third voltage Vofs2, correction of mobility of the transistor starts. Subsequently, while the horizontal drive circuit outputs a second voltage Vsig, writing of a voltage according to the second voltage Vsig to the gate of the transistor is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shoji Araki
  • Publication number: 20150138174
    Abstract: An EL display device capable of performing clear multi-gradation color display and electronic equipment provided with the EL display device are provided, wherein gradation display is performed according to a time-division driving method in which the luminescence and non-luminescence of an EL element (109) disposed in a pixel (104) are controlled by time, and the influence by the characteristic variability of a current controlling TFT (108) is prevented. When this method is used, a data signal side driving circuit (102) and a gate signal side driving circuit (103) are formed with TFTs that use a silicon film having a peculiar crystal structure and exhibit an extremely high operation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Yukio YAMAUCHI, Takeshi FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20150130777
    Abstract: A display device having a substrate including a first display area, a second display area, a non-display area disposed adjacent to the first and second display areas, a plurality of first pixels disposed in the first display area, a plurality of second pixels disposed in the second display area, a first groove disposed in the non-display area and recessed downward from an upper surface of the substrate, a first flexible film disposed in the first groove, and a plurality of pad electrodes disposed on the first flexible film in the non-display area between the first and second display areas and connecting the first pixels are connected to the second pixels in a row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: DaeJin Park, Bumsoo Kam, Gilhwan Yeo, Hyung-Il Jeon
  • Patent number: 9029861
    Abstract: Thin film transistors having a high current drive capability and a suitable threshold voltage are provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, an insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, and source/drain electrodes formed on the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a plurality of regions separated from each other in a longitudinal direction of the source/drain electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kikuchi, Yoshiharu Kataoka, Shinya Tanaka, Junya Shimada, Chikao Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 9029853
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a pixel electrode, a light emitting layer, an opposite electrode and a pixel circuit. The second insulating layer is provided on the first insulating layer. The pixel electrode is provided on the second insulating layer and light-transmissive. The light emitting layer is provided on the pixel electrode. The opposite electrode is provided on the light emitting layer. The circuit is provided between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, includes an interconnect supplied with a drive current, and is configured to supply the drive current to the pixel electrode. The circuit is connected to the pixel electrode. The interconnect has a first region overlaying the pixel electrode when projected onto a plane parallel to the first insulating layer. The interconnect has an opening in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Saito, Tomomasa Ueda, Toshiya Yonehara, Hajime Yamaguchi, Kentaro Miura, Shintaro Nakano, Tatsunori Sakano
  • Publication number: 20150123954
    Abstract: A device for controlling a display apparatus includes: an image acquiring portion that acquires first image data containing a tone value of each pixel; a parameter acquiring portion that acquires a parameter for determining a tone used to display an image, from among the tones of the pixel that change in a discrete manner; and a tone reducing portion that determines, in a case of reducing the number of tones to a number of tones smaller than that of the first image data, each tone value after the reduction of the number of tones, according to the parameter acquired by the parameter acquiring portion, and generates second image data in which the number of tones in the first image data acquired by the image acquiring portion has been reduced based on the determined tone value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamada, Kota Muto
  • Patent number: 9018535
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a touch sensor layer including a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode, wherein an arrangement direction of the first transparent electrode can be perpendicular to that of the second transparent electrode, and both of the first and second transparent electrodes include two transparent metallic patterns which are stacked and electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zeng, Liang-Hao Kang, Yi-Cheng Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150109269
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes: a display panel including pixels; a liquid crystal lens panel disposed above the display panel, where the liquid crystal lens panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, division electrodes disposed on the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrate; a common voltage supply unit configured to supply a common voltage to the common electrode; and a driving voltage supply unit configured to supply driving voltages to the division electrodes, where the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal lens panel is implemented as lenses by an electric field generated based on the driving voltages supplied to the division electrodes and the common voltage supplied to the common electrode, and the common voltage is driven as an alternating current voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Jeong-Min SUNG, Kang-Min KIM, Sung-Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20150109268
    Abstract: A pixel unit includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, a fourth pixel and a light-shielding structure. The first pixel has a plurality of first sub-pixels, the second pixel has a plurality of second sub-pixels, the third pixel has a plurality of third pixels, and the fourth pixel has a plurality of fourth sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel has a first electrode extending along a first tilting direction. The second sub-pixel has a second electrode extending along a second tilting direction. The third sub-pixel has a third electrode extending along a third tilting direction. The fourth sub-pixel has a fourth electrode extending along a fourth tilting direction. The first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel surround the light-shielding structure collectively. The first tilting direction, the second tilting direction, the third tilting direction and the fourth tilting direction are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chia Huang, Ju-Chin Chen, Hsiao-Wei Cheng, Shih-Chyuan Fan-Jiang
  • Patent number: 9007289
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line; a common voltage line separated from the first gate line; a data line insulated from and crossing the first gate line and the common voltage line; a first switching element connected to the first gate line and the data line; a second switching element connected to the first gate line and the data line; a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to the first switching element; a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to the second switching element; a third switching element connected to the first switching element; an assistance capacitor connected to the third switching element and the common voltage line; and a shielding electrode extending in the same direction as the first gate line and connected to the first switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Young Lee, Ji-Sun Kim, Sung-Hoon Kim, Si Hyun Ahn, Chang hoon Baek, Chong-Chul Chai
  • Publication number: 20150097817
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display with a touch sensor includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixels coupled to gate lines and data lines and a second substrate opposing the first substrate. The display also includes a plurality of common electrodes corresponding to respective pixels, a plurality of sensing electrodes on the second substrate, a touch controller to supply a channel selection signal and a touch control signal to a common electrode driver during a touch driving period, and a common electrode driver to progressively supply a touch driving signal to the common electrodes based on the channel selection signal. The touch driving signal may have the same frequency as the touch control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Jae-Mo CHUNG
  • Patent number: 8988415
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel array section having pixels arranged in a form of a matrix on a display panel; a first terminal group disposed on the display panel so as to correspond to each control line of a first control line group arranged in each pixel row of the pixel array section; a first wiring group for electrically connecting each terminal of the first terminal group to each control line of the first control line group; a second terminal group disposed on the display panel for a second control line group arranged in each pixel row of the pixel array section with a plurality of control lines as a unit; and a second wiring group for electrically connecting each terminal of the second terminal group to each control line of the second control line group through parts between the terminals of the first terminal group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 8982015
    Abstract: A shift register includes cascade-connected stages, each of which includes a data latch and an output stage. In at least one embodiment, the latch has a single data input which, in use, receives a date signal from a preceding or succeeding stage. The output stage includes a first switch, which passes a clock signal to the stage output when the output stage is activated by the latch. The output stage also comprises a second switch, which passes the lower supply voltage to the stage output when the output stage is inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gareth John, Patrick Zebedee
  • Publication number: 20150070336
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a liquid crystal display panel, a method for driving the same, and a display device, to improve the transmissivity and the image display quality of the LCD panel. The LCD panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from and disposed on the first electrode are disposed on a side of the first substrate which is close to the liquid crystal layer; one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a common electrode, the other is a pixel electrode; a third electrode and a fourth electrode are disposed on a side of the second substrate which is close to the liquid crystal layer, one of the third electrode and the fourth electrode is a common electrode, and the other is a pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yingying Qu, Honglin Zhang, Dan Wang
  • Publication number: 20150062101
    Abstract: A display device comprises: a pixel array substrate comprising first pads; a touch screen substrate comprising second pads; an adhesive film that attaches the pixel array substrate and the touch screen substrate; and a conductive sealant that electrically connects the first pads and the second pads between the pixel array substrate and the touch screen substrate. The adhesive film comprises: an opening with the conductive sealant applied thereto; and an extension portion that surrounds the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Seunghyun Kim, Howon Choi, Jinyeol Kim
  • Publication number: 20150054803
    Abstract: Provided is a large surface area capacitive touch panel integrated with a color filter that can be applied to a large-screen display device. The color filter-integrated touch panel is constituted of mesh-shaped detection electrodes formed of a large number of meshes and mesh-shaped driving electrodes also formed of a large number of meshes in a first mesh layer. The driving electrodes include first driving electrodes formed in the first mesh layer and second driving electrodes formed in a second mesh layer, and the first driving electrodes and the second driving electrodes are electrically connected to each other. The second mesh layer, which is where the second driving electrodes are formed, is disposed between a display device that will be used after being combined and the first mesh layer in order to suppress the touch panel from being adversely affected by the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuhji Yashiro, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Publication number: 20150054804
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having an image display area, pixel electrodes formed in the image display area of the substrate, a common electrode formed in the image display area of the substrate, inside signal lines formed inside the image display area of the substrate and electrically connected to the pixel electrodes, outside signal lines formed outside the image display area of the substrate and electrically connected to the inside signal lines, and a common line formed inside and outside the image display area of the substrate and electrically connected to the common electrode. A coupling capacitance is formed between the inside signal lines and the common electrode. The outside signal lines include a first portion, and a second portion that is higher in electric resistance than an electric resistance of the first portion, and the second portion has a bend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Abe, Masahiro Maki, Mitsuru Goto
  • Patent number: 8963152
    Abstract: A distance (d1) from an edge of a first region (R) at places (D) where branch electrodes (4b) extending, which branch off from an electrode line (4a) of a second source/drain electrode (4), start to overlap with a first region (R) to the electrode line (4a) is 5 ?m or more. This realizes a TFT including a comb-shaped source/drain structure that enables easy repair of a source-drain leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Tanaka, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Hajime Imai, Hideki Kitagawa, Yoshiharu Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20150049068
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a 3D image system. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer. When display 3D images, pixels on predetermined rows are in a dark state, and at least three pixel rows are positioned between each adjacent two of the predetermined rows. In the present invention, the predetermined rows between adjacent two pixel units are in the dark state, thereby further enlarging the region of BM layer as well as solving the image crosstalk problem when displaying 3D images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiaosheng Liao, Chia-chiang Hsiao, Chih-wen Chen
  • Patent number: 8957887
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display apparatus and a method of driving the same. Gradation display using pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) may be achieved using a gate pulse having a pulse width and a voltage level that are set not to fully charge a parasitic capacitance component of a switching transistor included in each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il-Nam Kim, Min-Woo Kim, Soo-Min Baek, Jae-Kyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 8952947
    Abstract: A display method for sunlight readable is provided, which is applicable to an electronic device having a display panel. The display method includes the following steps. An ambient light sensor value and image content are obtained. Next, a liquid crystal (LC) driving voltage is altered based on the ambient light sensor value and the image content, wherein the LC driving voltage is increasingly proportional to the ambient light sensor value and exceeds a normal operation driving voltage when the ambient light sensor value exceeds a high luminance value. Then, the display panel is drived under the LC driving voltage. Finally, a sunlight readable image is displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Huan-Hsin Li, Chih-Jen Hu
  • Patent number: 8947412
    Abstract: A display driving system includes a timing control section having an LVDS receiving unit for receiving data signals, a data processing unit for temporarily storing the data signals, processing the data signals and outputting processed data signals, a timing generation unit for generating clock signals and timing control signals, and a transmission unit for transmitting the data signals; and a panel driving section having row driving units for sequentially emitting gate signals toward a display panel and column driving units for receiving the signals transmitted through signal lines from the transmission unit and supplying the received signals to the display panel. In the timing control section, the transmission unit has driving parts which embed the clock signals between the data signals at the same level and generate and output single level transmission data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Kyu Jeon, Yong-Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8941630
    Abstract: An element-side substrate includes an element array area, an RGB switch circuit, and a source driver IC. The center of a terminal group coupled to video signal lines of the source driver IC is shifted (displaced) by a distance “g” leftward from the center of the RGB switch circuit, thereby making it possible to lengthen portions of bent left video signal lines that extend in the top-bottom direction while shortening portions of bent right video signal lines that extend in the top-bottom direction. As a result, it is possible to shorten a distance “h” between the source driver IC and the RGB switch circuit while fully avoiding interference with a large area occupied by left control lines and also avoiding interference with a small area occupied by right control lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yohsuke Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20150022507
    Abstract: An array substrate and a liquid crystal panel area disclosed. Each pixel cell of the array substrate includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode and a third pixel electrode. In addition, the pixel cell further includes a control circuit for operating on the second pixel electrode to change the voltage of the second pixel electrode. The third pixel electrode connects to the second pixel electrode via a third transistor. In the 2D display mode, the three pixel electrodes are all in the displaying state of corresponding 2D images. In the 3D display mode, the third pixel electrode is in the displaying state of corresponding black images, and the first and the second pixel electrodes are in the displaying state of corresponding 3D images. In this way, the color distortion in the 2D and 3D display modes are enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaohui Yao, Cheng-hung Chen
  • Patent number: 8937307
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a capacitor with increased charge capacity and having a high aperture ratio and low power consumption is provided for a semiconductor device including a driver circuit. The semiconductor device includes a driver circuit which includes a first transistor including gate electrodes above and below a semiconductor film so as to overlap with the semiconductor film; a pixel which includes a second transistor including a semiconductor film; a capacitor which includes a dielectric film between a pair of electrodes in the pixel; and a capacitor line electrically connected to one of the pair of electrodes. In the semiconductor device, the gate electrode over the semiconductor film of the first transistor is electrically connected to the capacitor line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8933918
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention switches, in a display driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device which carries out CC driving, between a two-line reversal driving mode in which a polarity of a data signal supplied to a source line is reversed every two horizontal scanning periods and a one-line reversal driving mode in which a polarity of a data signal supplied to a source line is reversed every one horizontal scanning period. In at least one example embodiment, a polarity signal reverses its polarity every two horizontal scanning periods in the two-line reversal driving mode, and reverses its polarity every one horizontal scanning period in the one-line reversal driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shige Furuta, Etsuo Yamamoto, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Seijirou Gyouten
  • Patent number: 8928627
    Abstract: A light sensing circuit using an oxide semiconductor transistor, a method of manufacturing the light sensing circuit, and an optical touch panel including the light sensing circuit. Because the light sensing circuit includes only one light sensor transistor and one switch transistor formed on the same substrate, a structure of the light sensing circuit is simplified. Furthermore, because the light sensor transistor and the switch transistor have the same structure, a method of manufacturing the light sensing circuit is also simplified. Also, since an optical touch panel or an image acquisition apparatus using the light sensing circuit uses the light sensing circuit having a simple structure and does not use a capacitor, the optical touch panel or the image acquisition apparatus may be made thinner and larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-hun Jeon, I-hun Song, Seung-eon Ahn, Chang-jung Kim
  • Patent number: 8912983
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a display unit that is formed in the display area and includes a plurality of subpixels arranged in a matrix form, a main ground line that is positioned at a first side of the non-display area and is formed using the same material as source and drain electrodes included in each subpixel, and an auxiliary ground line that is formed to surround the non-display area, overlaps at least a portion of the main ground line at the first side of the non-display area, is electrically connected to the main ground line, and is formed using the same material as a lower electrode included in each subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Changnam Kim
  • Patent number: 8913054
    Abstract: A display device includes display elements two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix; scanning lines, initialization control lines, and display control lines extending in a first direction; data lines extending in a second direction different from the first direction; and a scanning drive circuit. The scanning drive circuit generates signals based on an input pulse, at least some of the generated signals controlling the display state of the display elements via the display control lines. The duration of the display state of the display elements may be variably changed by changing the width of the input pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Tanikame, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20140362064
    Abstract: The invention discloses an active array substrate, a driving method thereof, and an LCD using the same. The active array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of first scan lines and second scan lines alternately disposed on the substrate, a plurality of first data lines and second data lines alternately disposed on the substrate, a plurality of first, second, and third sub-pixel electrodes, and a plurality of switches. The plurality of first scan lines and second scan lines intersect the plurality of first data lines and second data lines. Each of the second sub-pixel electrodes and one of the first sub-pixel electrodes are located at opposite sides of one of the second data lines. Each of the third sub-pixel electrodes and one of the first sub-pixel electrodes are located at opposite sides of one of the first data lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shyh-Bin KUO, Tzu-Wei LIU, Teng-Wei CHEN
  • Patent number: 8907934
    Abstract: A pixel array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of center pixel units, a plurality of edge pixel units, at least one conductive pattern, at least one passive electrode and a driving circuit. The substrate includes a main display area and a sub-display area around the main display area. The center pixel units and the edge pixel units are arrayed in the main display area. The conductive pattern and the passive electrode are disposed in the sub-display area, and the conductive pattern is electrically connected to the driving circuit and the passive electrode. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the edge pixel units and the passive electrode and configured to output a plurality of edge pixel signals to the edge pixel units and the passive electrode. A display panel using the pixel array substrate is provided. The pixel array substrate and the display panel have an advantage of increasing display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Wu, Chun-Ta Chien
  • Patent number: 8907911
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitive touch control sensor, comprising a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of first electrode wires, a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of second electrode wires. The first and second electrodes are aligned at predetermined gaps. Each of the first electrode wires connects to one of the first electrode. Each of the second electrode wires connects to more than one of the second electrodes in a same column. Each of the plurality of second electrodes encloses one of the first electrodes by preset separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: J Touch Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chou Yeh, Jui-Ming Ni, Ping-Hsu Lai, Hsiao-Shun Jan, Cheng-Hsiung Wu
  • Patent number: 8901549
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic light emitting diode touch display panel including a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the substrate, a plurality of light emitting layers, a plurality of dielectric layers, a plurality of first electrode stripes, and a plurality of second stripes. Each light emitting layer is disposed on each first electrode, and each dielectric layer is disposed on each second electrode. Each first electrode stripe is disposed on the light emitting layers in each row, and each second electrode stripe is disposed on the dielectric layers in each row. Each first electrode, each light emitting layer and each first electrode stripe form an organic light emitting diode, and each second electrode, each dielectric layer and each second electrode stripe form a touch sensing capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsiang Huang, Kun-Hua Tsai, Jun-Shih Chung, Chun-Hsi Chen