Filter Patents (Class 349/104)
  • Patent number: 7940358
    Abstract: Provided are an LCD device that can control a viewing angle freely and a manufacturing method thereof. The LCD device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an LC layer interposed between the first and second substrates. The LCD device further includes red, green, blue, and viewing angle controlling subpixels. These subpixels are driven in a VA mode. The red, green, and blue subpixels have a transflective structure. The viewing angle controlling subpixel has a transmissive or transflective structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Suk Jin, Hyung Seok Jang, Tae Han Kim
  • Patent number: 7932972
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: disposing a transparent substrate on a stage of a laser apparatus; irradiating a laser beam having a predetermined power onto the transparent substrate to form a light shielding region in the transparent substrate surrounding first to third light transmitting regions; and forming a color filter layer including red, green and blue sub-color filters respectively in the first to third light transmitting regions, wherein boundaries of the red, green and blue sub-color filters correspond to the light shielding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Young Oh
  • Patent number: 7929084
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a gate line and a data line on the first substrate, the gate and data lines intersecting each other and defining a pixel region having a transmissive region and a reflective region, a thin film transistor at an intersection between the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode in the pixel region connected to the thin film transistor, an organic insulating layer on the second substrate, the organic insulating layer including a through-hole in the transmissive region, a reflective electrode on the organic insulating layer in the reflective region, a black matrix on the second substrate, a color filter layer on the second substrate in the pixel region, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Yung Kim
  • Patent number: 7922357
    Abstract: Disclosed are an external light-shielding layer for a display filter preventing occurrence of ghosting using a difference between refractive indexes of a base substrate and an external light-shielding part, and a display filter and display apparatus including the external light-shielding layer. The external light-shielding layer for the display filter comprises a base substrate made of a transparent resin; and at least one external light-shielding part arranged on a surface of the base substrate and filled with an external light-absorption material, wherein ny of a refractive index of the base substrate is less than or equal to nx of a refractive index of the external light-shielding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Nim Jo, Sang Cheol Jung, Eun Young Cho
  • Patent number: 7923919
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent panel, a production method thereof, and an organic electroluminescent display device, in which color mixing between adjacent pixels, caused by overflow or pull-in of a liquid material is suppressed and discontinuity (physical and electrical separation by the step) of an upper electrode is reduced when an organic film such as a luminescent layer is formed by an application method such as an ink jet printing method. The organic electroluminescent panel of the present invention is an organic electroluminescent panel comprising a lower electrode, a bank, an organic film, and an upper electrode on a substrate, wherein the organic electroluminescent panel has: two or more bank regions having different film thicknesses; and an organic film region surrounded by the two or more bank regions, the organic film region having a planar shape of a quadrangle or a substantial quadrangle with a rounded vertex or side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Okano
  • Patent number: 7916233
    Abstract: An active device array substrate, including a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixel units is provided. The scan lines, data lines and pixel units are disposed on the substrate. Each of the pixel units includes a first active device, a first pixel electrode, a first resistive device, a second active device, and a second pixel electrode. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to a corresponding scan line and a corresponding data line through the first active device. The first resistive device is electrically connected between the first active device and the first pixel electrode. Additionally, the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to a corresponding scan line and a corresponding data line through the second active device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Chang Chiu, Jia-Hung Huang, Wen-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 7864268
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device having a high contrast ratio. Another object of the invention is to manufacture such a high-performance display device at low cost. In a display device having a display element between a pair of light-transmissive substrates, polarizer-including layers, which have different wavelength distributions of extinction coefficients, are stacked so that absorption axes are in a parallel nicol state, over each light-transmissive substrate. Absorption axes of one of a pair of stacks of polarizers and the other together which interpose the display element are deviated from a cross nicol state. A retardation plate may be provided between the stack of polarizing plates and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Egi, Tetsuji Ishitani, Takeshi Nishi
  • Patent number: 7851020
    Abstract: A method for discharging droplets includes: discharging droplets of a plurality of variations of functional liquids by a plurality of discharge heads, on a coated area from a plurality of nozzles installed in each of the discharge heads, while scanning relatively over the coated area provided on a substrate; wherein a location of the nozzles is shifted in an orthogonal direction for each of the discharge heads, the nozzles being installed in an orthogonal direction on both edges whose direction is approximately orthogonal to a scanning direction, and, at the same time, the plurality of nozzles being arranged in each of the discharge heads, so that an overlapped discharge area, where discharge areas of all variations of the functional liquid overlap upon scanning, is formed; and wherein the discharge heads perform scanning so that the overlapped discharge area includes at least part of the coated area that is provided along a side that extends in the scanning direction, when discharging droplets of the functio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Nagae, Kazumi Aruga
  • Patent number: 7826004
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device that includes a liquid crystal panel in a vertically aligned liquid crystal mode, a backlight source placed at the back of the liquid crystal panel to emit white light to the liquid crystal panel, and an optical film placed between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight source and containing dichroic dye aligned in a substantially perpendicular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maeda, Toyokazu Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 7804551
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel including a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a semiconductor array substrate is provided. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the two substrates. The semiconductor array substrate disposed at one side of the color filter substrate includes a transparent base, a planar layer, several pixel electrodes and an opaque layer. The pixel electrodes are arranged in an array on the planar layer, which covers the transparent base. Each two adjacent pixel electrodes are spaced by a gap. The opaque layer is disposed in the planar layer, and is located beneath each gap. The opaque layer having an extended portion disposed at two sides thereof is extended towards two sides of each gap to be under part of the pixel electrodes. The opaque layer is at least a half of the planar layer in thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Li-Chyong Chang, Chia-Hui Chueh, Lu-Kuen Chang
  • Patent number: 7768693
    Abstract: A thermally switched optical downconverting (TSOD) filter is a self-regulating device including a downconverter that converts incoming light at a variety of wavelengths into longer-wavelength radiation and then directs it using one or more bandblock filters in either the inward or outward direction, depending on the temperature of the device. This control over the flow of radiant energy occurs independently of the thermal conductivity or insulating properties of the device and may or may not preserve the image and color properties of incoming visible light. The TSOD filter has energy-efficiency implications, as it can be used to regulate the internal temperature and illumination of buildings, vehicles, and other structures without the need for an external power supply or operator signals. The TSOD filter also has aesthetic implications, since the device has unique optical properties that are not found in traditional windows, skylights, stained glass, light fixtures, glass blocks, bricks, or walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: RavenBrick LLC
    Inventors: Wil McCarthy, Richard M. Powers
  • Patent number: 7764340
    Abstract: An optical interference filter whose major component is a film member. The film member includes a plurality of window regions arranged discretely in a surface direction selectively transmit, using an effect of optical interference, light having a waveband that substantially belongs to a visible spectrum, the plurality of window regions being arranged discretely in the surface direction, and one or more boundary regions selectively transmit, using the effect of the optical interference, light having a waveband that substantially belongs to an invisible spectrum excluding the visible spectrum, the one or more the boundary regions being located between adjacent window regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Inaba, Takumi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Ueda
  • Publication number: 20100182538
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: (I) a liquid crystal panel including (i) a pair of substrates, which sandwich a liquid crystal layer, and (ii) optical members each provided so as to face an external surface of each of the pair of substrates, which surface is opposite to an internal surface of the each of the pair of substrates that faces the liquid crystal layer, the optical members each including a polarizer in pair; and (II) a backlight provided so as to face a surface of the liquid crystal panel, the surface being opposite to a display surface of the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal display device further includes a near-infrared region absorbing member that absorbs light in a near-infrared region of 900 nm to 1000 nm, the near-infrared region absorbing member being provided at least either in the liquid crystal panel or between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Yoshiki Takata
  • Publication number: 20100157210
    Abstract: A reflective-type liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes a light-absorbing layer, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. A roughness of a surface of the light-absorbing layer may be treated by atmospheric plasma or an ion beam. The LCD panel may include a protective layer formed on the light-absorbing layer. The LCD panel may include a cholesteric liquid crystal. According to embodiments of the present invention, the brilliance degree and reflectivity of the light-absorption layer may be reduced. As such, the contrast ratio of the reflective-type LCD panel may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Soon-Joon RHO, Baek-Kyun JEON, Hee-Keun LEE
  • Patent number: 7738058
    Abstract: A color filter substrate and applications thereof are disclosed. The color filter substrate comprises a transparent substrate, a light-shade layer, a color filter layer and an electrode layer. The light-shade layer and the color filter layer are disposed on the transparent substrate. The electrode layer is formed on the light-shade layer and the color filter layer, wherein the electrode layer comprises at least one first electrode region, at least one second electrode region, at least one slit and at least one connecting portion. The first electrode region and the second electrode region are separated by the slit. The connecting portion is connected between the first electrode region and the second electrode region. The color filter substrate is applicable to a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Shui-Wen Wei, Chao-Chun Chung
  • Patent number: 7738054
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device with a simple configuration is capable of emitting light with a desired color temperature, achieving high light use efficiency, and displaying high quality images. The liquid crystal display device includes a planar lighting device and a liquid crystal display panel. The planar lighting device includes a light source having LED chips for emitting blue light, a transparent light guide plate having a light entrance plane admitting light emitted by the light source and a light exit plane emitting planar light, and a fluorescent member disposed between the light emission plane and the light entrance plane and having one or more fluorescent substance coated areas for emitting white light by converting blue light from the light source into white light and one or more blue light passing areas passing blue light as blue light. The liquid crystal display panel essentially includes red, green and blue filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takamitsu Okumura, Osamu Iwasaki, Toshiaki Endo
  • Publication number: 20100141859
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a UV-absorbing filter formed on each of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer undergoes a phase transition from an isotropic phase in the absence of a voltage to an anisotropic phase when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Hong-Jo Park, Hyeok-Jin Lee, Oh-Jeong Kwon, Sung-Jae Yun, Hee-Seop Kim
  • Patent number: 7724330
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically biaxial film comprising an anisotropic material with deformed helically twisted structure and locally varying birefringence, to methods and materials for its preparation, to its uses as retardation or compensation film in optical devices like liquid crystal displays, and to compensators and liquid crystal displays comprising such a biaxial film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Owain Llyr Parri, Tara Perrett, Kim Slaney, Richard Harding, Mark Verrall, Shirley Ann Marden
  • Patent number: 7701534
    Abstract: A display panel includes an opposite substrate and an array substrate, the array substrate includes a first base substrate, a plurality of pixels and a color filter. The opposite substrate includes a second base substrate, a first black matrix and a second black matrix. The first black matrix maintains an interval between the second base substrate and the array substrate, and the first black matrix is formed to correspond to a display area to block light. The second black matrix includes a first area and a second area. The first area surrounds the color filter and the second area surrounds the first area. The second area includes a height different from a height of the first area when viewed in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Ho Lee, Jang-Soo Kim, Doo-Hwan You, Young-Je Cho, In-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 7692739
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel comprises: a first substrate on which pixels of a plurality of colors are arranged; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. On a surface of at least one of the first and second substrates in contact with the liquid crystal, a concave portion is formed in at least a portion of the pixel of a color having the highest relative luminosity among the pixels of the plurality of colors. Alternatively, on a surface of at least one of the first and second substrates in contact with the liquid crystal, a protrusion is formed corresponding to the contour of the pixel of a color having the highest relative luminosity among the pixels of the plurality of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Kawada
  • Patent number: 7683989
    Abstract: A birefringent lens structure comprises a birefringent lens array capable of directing light of a given polarisation into a directional distribution, the birefringent lens comprising a solid birefringent material and an isotropic material having an interface having a refractive structure. A switchable liquid crystal layer capable of rotating the polarisation of light passing therethrough is arranged adjacent the first birefringent material. The interface between the birefringent material and the liquid crystal layer has an alignment microstructure providing alignment of the birefringent material and the liquid crystal layer. A pair of electrodes for applying an electric field to switch the liquid crystal are arranged with both the lens array and the switchable liquid crystal layer therebetween and a conductive material is incorporated in the lens array to reduce the voltage drop across the lens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Graham John Woodgate, Jonathan Harrold
  • Patent number: 7675591
    Abstract: A transflective display panel and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix. Each of the pixels includes a plurality of subpixels, and each subpixel within a pixel outputs a different color of light. In addition, each of the subpixels includes a transflective mode region which has a reflection mode region with a diffraction grating and a transmission mode region; a liquid crystal layer which adjusts a transmittance of incident light through electric control; and a sub color filter which transmits light within a wavelength band of the incident light. Because the display panel includes the reflection mode region where the diffraction grating is formed, it can display a high-quality image with good white balance, even while outdoors or under bright illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-hwan Kim, Byoung-ho Cheong
  • Patent number: 7667795
    Abstract: A color filter substrate, including a substrate, a light shielding layer, a color filter layer, a conductive layer, first and second spacers, is provided. The substrate has a displaying area and a dummy area. The light shielding layer is disposed on the substrate. The color filter layer is disposed on the substrate and covers the light shielding layer. The color filter layer has at least one first concave in the dummy area. The conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and covers the color filter layer and the light shielding layer. The first spacers are disposed on the conductive layer and are in the dummy area. Each first spacer has a fixing part and a supporting part. And the fixing part is disposed in the first concave. A through hole is in each first spacer. The second spacers are disposed on the conductive layer and are in the displaying area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: De-Jiun Li, Der-Chun Wu
  • Publication number: 20100033657
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is presented. The liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a pixel electrode formed on the first substrate; a first alignment layer formed on the pixel electrode; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; a second alignment layer formed on the common electrode; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer; and a light absorption layer formed between the first substrate and the first alignment layer, or the second substrate and the second alignment layer, wherein the light absorption layer absorbs light having a UV wavelength between about 280 nm and about 450 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Nak-Cho Choi, Min Kang, Hoon Kang
  • Patent number: 7652732
    Abstract: There are provided a substrate which has solved an unsatisfactory adhesion problem of a seal part in a liquid crystal cell comprising a retardation layer provided on the inner side of the cell, and a liquid crystal cell using the substrate. A black matrix layer 12 formed of a metal and its picture frame part 12A, a color filter layer 13, and a retardation layer 14 are stacked on a substrate 11, and an area including at least the picture frame part 12A is an area to be sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Kawashima, Norihisa Moriya
  • Patent number: 7643109
    Abstract: There are provided a substrate which has solved an unsatisfactory adhesion problem of a seal part in a liquid crystal cell comprising a retardation layer provided on the inner side of the cell, and a liquid crystal cell using the substrate. A color filter substrate includes a substrate 11, and at least a black matrix layer 12, a color filter layer 13, and a retardation layer 14 stacked on the substrate 11. The black matrix layer 12 and the color filter layer 13 are stacked on the substrate it while providing a margin around the periphery of the substrate 11. The retardation layer 14 is stacked on the black matrix layer 12 and the color filter layer 13 in a larger area than the area where the black matrix layer 12 and the color filter layer 13 are stacked. The substrate 11 in its margin, where neither the black matrix layer 12 nor the color filter layer 13 is stacked, is a predetermined seal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Kawashima, Norihisa Moriya
  • Patent number: 7643110
    Abstract: There are provided a substrate which has solved an unsatisfactory adhesion problem of a seal part in a liquid crystal cell comprising a retardation layer provided on the inner side of the cell, and a liquid crystal cell using the substrate. A black matrix layer 12 formed of a resin composition containing a black colorant and its picture frame part 12A, a color filter layer 13, and a retardation layer 14 are stacked on a substrate 11, and an area including at least the picture frame part 12A is an area to be sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Kawashima, Norihisa Moriya
  • Publication number: 20090310067
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical filter comprising a crystalline polymer having a spherulite structure, particularly an optical filter comprising porous particles formed of a crystalline polymer in which single particles per se have a spherulite structure. This optical filter can convert linear polarized light to nonpolarized light close to natural light with high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shoji, Ryo Konishi, Shigeru Yao
  • Patent number: 7623200
    Abstract: The invention provides a polarizing plate used in a liquid crystal device. The polarizing plate according to an aspect of the invention includes: a polarizing film; and a first protection layer that has a predetermined first optical axis, wherein the first protection layer is disposed either directly or indirectly on one surface of the polarizing film with the first optical axis of the first protection layer being aligned in parallel with a transmission axis of the polarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakaguchi, Yoshitake Tateno
  • Publication number: 20090279024
    Abstract: A cholesteric liquid crystal display device (24) has a protective sheet (40) or a stack of protective sheets adhered to the substrate (11) at the front of a stack of cells (10B, 10G, 10R) containing cholesteric liquid crystal material (19). The protective sheet is adhered by a layer of adhesive (40) which is either an adhesive curable by heat or an adhesive curable by light. The adhesive contains a UV blocking agent, for example, a compound based on benzophenone, having a property of reducing the transmission of ultra-violet light through the adhesive. The protective sheet (s) provides protection to the display device and may be made of glass or plastic. Adhering the protective sheet (s) with an adhesive provides the advantages of being much cheaper to implement than laminated glass and of allowing the adhesive to contain the UV blocking agent for UV protection of the cholesteric liquid crystal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: David Coates, Anthony Orlando Alkins, Andrew David Pearson
  • Patent number: 7609339
    Abstract: A viewing-angle controllable color filter substrate includes: a display layer includes a plurality of openings separated from each other, shading regions disposed between openings that displays images; and a viewing angle control layer with an electrochromic pattern. A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display includes: forming a display layer on an upper substrate and a viewing angle control layer including an electrochromic pattern; forming on a lower substrate a plurality of pixel regions arranged in a matrix; and forming a liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 7595855
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a passivation layer formed between the first substrate and the first electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate, a columnar spacer formed between the second substrate and the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules vertically aligned with respect to the first and second substrates, and formed between the first and second substrates. The passivation layer and the columnar spacer are made of substantially the same material at the same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong-Beom Lee, Kook-Hyun Choi, Kyung-Seop Kim, Yong-Eui Lee
  • Publication number: 20090219468
    Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising two panes of glazing material joined together by at least one ply of interlayer material, an electrical device (e.g. an electroluminescent lamp, an LCD or an SPD) located between the panes of glazing material and an infrared radiation reflecting means (e.g. reflective film) also located between the panes for reducing the amount of infrared radiation that may otherwise be incident upon the electrical device. One or more of the panes of glazing material and/or the at least one ply of interlayer material may be body-tinted. The glazing may be used as an automotive window, especially as a roof window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Barton, Stephen Roland Day
  • Publication number: 20090213307
    Abstract: A pixel unit having a display area is provided. The pixel unit includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and at least one ultraviolet light (UV) absorption pattern. The second substrate is disposed in parallel to the first substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The UV absorption pattern is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A part of the display area overlaps the UV absorption pattern to define at least one first alignment area, while the part of the display area which does not overlap the UV absorption pattern defines at least one second alignment area. The liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer present different pre-tilt angles in the first alignment area and the second alignment area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Hsiang Chiu, Ching-Huan Lin, Sung-Kao Liu, Yue-Shih Jeng
  • Patent number: 7580097
    Abstract: An LCD panel is provided for improving reflection efficiency. The LCD panel includes a first substrate defining a plurality of unit pixels, each unit pixel comprising a red sub-pixel area, a green sub-pixel area, a blue sub-pixel area, and a white sub-pixel area; a second substrate defining a plurality of unit pixels, each unit pixel comprising a red sub-pixel area, a green sub-pixel area, a blue sub-pixel area, and a white sub-pixel area; a thin film transistor formed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a reflection electrode connected to the pixel electrode; red, green, and blue color filters formed in the red, green, and blue sub-pixel areas, respectively, of the second substrate; and a light hole formed in the first substrate exposing the white sub-pixel area of the second substrate and exposing at least a portion of a red sub-pixel area, a green sub-pixel area, or a blue sub-pixel area of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hye Moon, Young Nam Yun, Soo Guy Rho, Myung Hi Lee
  • Patent number: 7580092
    Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate, a black matrix arranged on the transparent substrate in horizontal and vertical directions along boundaries of pixel regions, the black matrix including a reflection layer on a surface thereof, and a color filter formed on the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-Ho Heo
  • Patent number: 7576820
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus, provided with liquid crystal compensation plates and ?/4 plates on both sides of a liquid crystal cell, in a sequence that the liquid crystal compensation plates, then the ?/4 plates. Further provided is Rth compensation film between the ?/4 plate and linear polarization film. Set substantially at zero is a retardation Rth1 in a perpendicular direction in a range from the linear polarization films to the ?/4 plates, excluding the ?/4 plates. This gives a retardation (in a perpendicular direction) for optically compensating the liquid crystal cell a closer position to the liquid crystal cell. As a result, a broad angle of visibility can be maintained, without losing a balance between viewing angle characteristics from the above position (or the bottom position) and those from the right position (or the left position), while it is possible to prevent contrast ratio in a front direction from being lowered. Therefore, an LCD having good display quality can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Miyachi, Motohiro Yamahara
  • Patent number: 7573553
    Abstract: In a transflective type IPS type liquid crystal display device in which a phase difference layer has been built in a reflection display portion, a retardation value of the phase difference layer corresponding to a short wavelength color filter is different from a retardation value of the phase difference layer corresponding to a long wavelength color filter; while a blue display pixel is set to the short wavelength color filter and both red and green pixels are set to the long wavelength filter, the retardation value of the phase difference layer corresponding to the former-mentioned short wavelength color filter is made smaller than the retardation value of the phase difference layer corresponding to the latter-mentioned long wavelength color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Itou, Shoichi Hirota, Masaya Adachi, Shinichiro Oka
  • Patent number: 7570325
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transflective liquid crystal display having a high opening ratio and a single cell gap structure, which includes first and second substrates arranged opposite each other and respectively having reflective and transmissive regions; an opposite direction reflector disposed on the first substrate for reflecting introduced light to the transmissive regions; a color filter formed on the first substrate; transparent electrodes formed on the color filter; a lower polarization plate attached on the first substrate; common electrodes formed on the second substrate; an upper polarization plate attached on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer corresponding to the reflective region includes a fixing retardation area in which introduced light is always subjected to a constant phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Hydis Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon Jo Chang, Dong Hae Suh, Young Il Park
  • Patent number: 7564514
    Abstract: A backlight module is provided. The backlight module comprises a light source, a reflection panel, a back bezel, and an upper filtering apparatus. The reflection panel has a first upper portion, which is essentially disposed at an outer side of the light source, and is used to reflect lights projecting from the light source. The back bezel has a second upper portion which is essentially disposed at an outer side of the reflection panel. At least one of the first upper portion and the second upper portion forms an upper opening. The filtering apparatus covers the openings. The filtering apparatus is capable of changing the distribution of the temperature of the light source to allow more efficient lamp activity. As a result, luminance is increased and lamp life extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsing-Jung Chuang, Yi-Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 7538482
    Abstract: A BM (black matrix) structure has a semiconductor layer and a light-shielding layer. The semiconductor layer has a first surface and a second surface. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor layer, and the second surface is an incident plane of environmental light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shi-Hao Li, Ming-Chang Shih
  • Publication number: 20090122238
    Abstract: A protection filter for a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a transparent substrate and a heat-blocking film comprising a metallic compound thin film and a transparent metallic thin film which are alternately formed on the transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Keun Sin, Ji-Yoon Seo, Moon-Jin Choi, Sang Yoon Oh, Dae Chul Park
  • Patent number: 7527680
    Abstract: Data of a barometric pressure that a barometric pressure sensor outputs, and data of an air volume that an air-volume sensor outputs are input into a system control circuit. The system control circuit is provided with a table storing portion. In the table storing portion, a control table is stored. The control table is formed of a plus supplied-voltage value to fan power set by a barometric pressure value and an air-volume value, and a warning instruction. In a case that the warning instruction is selected based on the barometric pressure value and the air-volume value, the system control circuit turns on a warning-use LED so as to inform a user that a filter is clogged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotake Horiguchi, Takeshi Higashino, Ryosuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20090102990
    Abstract: A display is switchable between a first display mode with a first viewing angle range, a second display mode having a second viewing angle range smaller than the first viewing angle range and a multiple view directional display mode. The display includes an image display layer and a control element that is switchable between a first state in which it cooperates with the image display layer to provide the first display mode, a second state in which it cooperates with the image display layer to provide the second display mode, and a third state in which it cooperates with the image display layer to provide the multiple view directional display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Emma Jayne Walton, Adrian Marc Simon Jacobs, Heather Ann Stevenson, Paul A. Gass
  • Patent number: 7499126
    Abstract: A polarizing film includes a first and second protecting layer and a polarizing layer therebetween. The polarizing layer is formed on the first protecting layer. The second protecting layer is formed on the polarizing layer. The second protecting layer has a retardation value of about 110 nm to about 200 nm along a direction corresponding to a thickness of the second protecting layer (a thickness-wise direction), wherein the retardation value Rth along the thickness-wise direction is expressed by the following equation: Rth=d(nx?nz), wherein ‘d’ represents the thickness of the second protecting layer, nx represents a refractive index along an x-direction, and nz represents a refractive index along a z-direction. Therefore, a cost of manufacturing a display device is reduced because an expensive compensating film may be attached to only one surface of the LCD panel. Furthermore, a color shift problem is solved to enhance a display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yeon-Sik Ham
  • Patent number: 7495723
    Abstract: An LED array includes a plurality of first and second light-emitting rows. Each of the first light-emitting rows is composed of a plurality of red and green LEDs arranged linearly alternately. Each of the second light-emitting rows is composed of a plurality of green and blue LEDs arranged linearly alternately. The first and second light-emitting rows are parallel to each other and arranged alternately. Thus, the LED array can generate preferably equable arrangement of colored light to output preferably equable light mixture. In any 2×2 matrix, there are two green, one red, and one blue LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Chi Lin Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Chien Chung, Shen-Yin Tsai, I-Chang Lee
  • Patent number: 7486350
    Abstract: A display device includes: a main LCD; a SW LCD, disposed on an optical path of light transmitting through the main LCD, for electrically switching a visible image between a single image display mode and a multiple image display mode; a first polarizer; and a second polarizer. The major axis direction of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer of the SW LCD is always substantially parallel to the polarization direction of light after transmission through the first polarizer when projected from the normal to the substrates. At least some of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are controlled in terms of alignment direction so that the major axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules is substantially parallel to the substrates in the single image display mode and tilted from the substrates in the multiple image display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Yabuta, Hiroshi Fukushima, Tomoo Takatani
  • Patent number: 7443469
    Abstract: To provide a display device, a color filter, and an electronic apparatus, which can prevent the deterioration of resolution and display quality and can improve display characteristics. There is provided a display device comprising a plurality of dots in a unit pixel. The dots includes first to third dots having first to third peak wavelengths in the wavelength characteristics of emitted light, and a fourth dot having a fourth peak wavelength which is located between the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength, and has the fourth peak wavelength which is closer to the second peak wavelength than to the first peak wavelength, in the wavelength characteristics. The fourth dot is arranged not to be adjacent to the second dot, but is arranged to be adjacent to the first dot or the third dot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maeda, Hidekuni Moriya
  • Patent number: 7443474
    Abstract: The optical compensatory sheet has a transparent support and an optically anisotropic layer formed from liquid crystal molecules aligned in an average inclined angle of less than 5°. The optical compensatory sheet gives the retardation value in plane (Re) in the range of 10 to 1,000 nm and the retardation value along the thickness direction (Rth) in the range of 10 to 1,000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Ito, Ken Kawata
  • Patent number: 7423713
    Abstract: A semi-transmissive reflective liquid crystal device includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of sub-pixel regions at which reflective display and transmissive display are performed, each of the sub-pixel regions being the smallest display unit, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in each of the sub-pixel regions at the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate for driving the liquid crystal layer by an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a reflective polarization layer disposed at the first substrate or the second substrate, the reflective polarization layer including a transmission axis and a reflection axis perpendicular to the transmission axis, for reflecting a portion of an incident light, which is a polarized light component parallel with the reflection axis, and transmitting the remainder of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Hayato Kurasawa