With Plural Colors For Each Display Element (i.e., Each Pixel Or Segment) Patents (Class 349/108)
  • Publication number: 20090015770
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective display device capable of reducing a difference in white balance between transmissive display and reflective display. The display device of the present invention is a transflective display device including three or more filters having different colors in a pixel, each of the three or more filters having different colors, including: a transmissive region for displaying an image by transmitting light from a backlight; and a reflective region for displaying an image by reflecting surrounding light, wherein, in the reflective region of at least one of a plurality of filters having different colors used for displaying white in reflective display, a light-reducing film which reduces an amount of at least light having a peak wavelength of a visible light transmission spectrum of the at least one of a plurality of filters is arranged, and the visible light transmission spectrum is measured using a standard light source D65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Akiko Ito, Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki, Tokio Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7477344
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel comprises a first substrate; a first electrode layer; a colour filter film comprising red, blue and green filter layers; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer; and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate and the colour filter film is disposed on the first electrode layer, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the colour filter film and the second substrate. According to the present invention, colour filter film with a high dielectric constant (i.e. larger than 3) is employ to effectively increase voltage of the liquid crystal layer to effectively promote the contrast of images displayed by the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Himax Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Chung-Yuan Liu, Bing-Jei Liao
  • Patent number: 7477345
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes forming a plurality of gate lines and data lines on a substrate, the plurality of gate and data lines cross each other and defining a plurality of unit pixel regions displaying red, green, and blue colors, forming a plurality of thin film transistors in each unit pixel regions, forming a passivation layer on the substrate, forming a green color filter layer on the substrate within a unit pixel region displaying the green color, forming one of a red color filter layer and a blue color filter layer within a unit adjacent to the unit pixel region displaying the green color, and within a portion of the green color filter layer overlapping the thin film transistor, depositing an organic insulating layer on the substrate and forming a contact hole, and forming a plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to each unit pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woong-Kwon Kim, Kwang-Sik Oh, Myung-Woo Nam, Ki-Du Cho, Se-Jong Shin, Bong-Chul Kim, Kwon-Seob Choi
  • Patent number: 7474368
    Abstract: A display panel is disclosed. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a pixel and a color filter disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The pixel including a plurality of subpixels has a transmitting region and a reflecting region. The color filter includes a plurality of colors corresponding to the subpixels respectively. The adjacent colors of the color filter overlap with each other and the width of the overlapped portion of the transmitting region is greater than that of the reflecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Sheng Cheng, Chih-Jen Hu
  • Publication number: 20090002596
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate assembly, a second substrate assembly parallel to the first substrate assembly, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate assembly and the second substrate assembly. The second substrate assembly includes a transparent substrate and a reflective layer provided on a surface of the transparent substrate facing the first substrate assembly. The liquid crystal panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The reflective layer is positioned corresponding to the non-display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Ming-Li Huang
  • Patent number: 7471358
    Abstract: In order to make a boundary inconspicuous, which is located between an image area which displays an image by translucent pixels and a dummy area which always displays a white color by reflection pixels, a size ratio of transparent areas in color filters of the reflection pixels with respect to reflection areas therein is made larger than a size ratio of transparent areas in color filters of the translucent pixels with respect to reflection areas therein. In such a way, brightness of the display is balanced by adjusting quantities of transmission light through the transparent areas of the reflection pixels with respect to quantities of reflection light generated unexpectedly on transmission areas of the translucent pixels. Then, degrees of whiteness in the translucent pixels and the reflection pixels are approximated to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Tago, Hiroshi Tabatake, Hiroyuki Kimura, Tetsuya Iizuka
  • Patent number: 7466380
    Abstract: A structure of a multi-gap liquid crystal display is provided in which high-quality images can be displayed even when the orientation of the crystal molecules is disordered in the border regions between a transmissive display region and a reflective display region and between adjacent pixel regions that can be easily manufactured at low cost. The liquid crystal display has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. A light-reflecting layer for defining a reflective display region and a transmissive display region is formed in a pixel region. A thickness-adjusting layer having a recess corresponding to the transmissive display region inside an opening is formed above the light-reflecting layer. A color filter overlap is formed at the border region between the reflective display region and the transmissive display region. The color filter overlap is either in direct contact with or distant from the thickness-adjusting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Nobutaka Urano
  • Patent number: 7466384
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer is provided. A plurality of first pixel regions, second pixel regions and third pixel regions are defined on the second substrate. A first alignment protrusion structure is disposed in the first pixel regions, a second alignment protrusion structure is disposed in the second pixel regions, and a third alignment protrusion structure is disposed in the third pixel regions. Wherein, the heights of the first, second and third alignment protrusion structures are different. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Zhi Li
  • Publication number: 20080278664
    Abstract: A micro-lens substrate with a color filter includes a first transparent substrate having a surface with first concave portions which have a lens shape, color filters in a plurality of colors, the color filters having a refractive index different from that of the first transparent substrate, the color filters being filled in the first concave portions, a transparent protective layer over the color filters, the transparent protective layer having a second concave portion at an area overlapping a border adjacent ones of the first concave portions, and a light shielding layer formed in the second concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosei OKAYAMA
  • 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: 7440048
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display device implementing a color filter having various thicknesses. An insulating layer is formed on a lower substrate. A lower electrode is formed on the insulating layer, wherein the lower electrode has a transmissive portion and a reflective portion. An upper substrate opposing the lower substrate is provided, wherein a side of the upper substrate has a color filter having various thicknesses. A planarization layer is formed on the color filter, wherein the planarization layer is opposite to the lower substrate. An upper electrode is formed on the planarization layer. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the upper and lower substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Chin Chang, Yang-En Wu, Po-Lun Chen, Chih-Jen Hu, Ching-Huan Lin
  • Patent number: 7436472
    Abstract: An LCD device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The LCD device according to an embodiment includes a black matrix having a plurality of open regions on a substrate; a color filter layer including a first color filter pattern, a second color filter pattern, and a third color filter pattern that are formed in the open regions; an overcoat layer formed on the color filter layer; a column spacer formed in a first region on the overcoat layer; and a fourth color filter pattern formed in a second region on the overcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heume Il Baek
  • Patent number: 7423709
    Abstract: A color filter substrate is provided with a transparent substrate and color filters of three colors with a bored part provided at every pixel on the transparent substrate. Color filters neighboring to each other in one direction are connected to each other. A thin film transistor is to oppose to the bored part. Data lines are to be aligned along said one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimikazu Matsumoto, Syunsuke Shiga
  • Publication number: 20080165297
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a display pixel, and a viewing angle control pixel. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display pixels and the viewing angle control pixels are arranged in a planar region of the first substrate and second substrate to form a display area. Each of the display pixels and each of the viewing angle control pixels each drive the liquid crystal layer by electric field generated between a first electrode and a second electrode. In each of the viewing angle control pixels, a direction of a plane along which electric field is generated between the first electrode and the second electrode is substantially parallel to an initial alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiharu Matsushima
  • Patent number: 7388630
    Abstract: A four color liquid crystal display (LCD) including red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels are provided. The LCD also includes a plurality of gate lines for transmitting gate signals to the sub-pixels and a plurality of data lines for transmitting data signals to the sub-pixels. The white sub-pixel is smaller than the other sub-pixels, and each of the data lines passes between adjacent two sub-pixels and includes at least one curved portion. Furthermore, the lengths of the data lines are substantially uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong-Ju Shin, Chong-Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 7388629
    Abstract: Transparent regions are allocated on the color filter regions to promote luminance of LCD devices. Shielding regions are allocated on the pixels regions of TFT substrate corresponding to the transparent regions to promote chromatics. These two designs can be adapted to both display devices for laptop computers with high luminance requirement and desktop computers with pure chromatics requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Meng-Yi Hung
  • Publication number: 20080136992
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes; a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer, the first substrate including; a plurality of pixels, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode, a color filter including a first sub color filter, a second sub color filter and a third sub color filter, each sub color filter including a different color, and a shield electrode receiving a common voltage and disposed substantially parallel to the data line along a boundary between adjacent pixels on the color filter, wherein the color filter disposed below the shield electrode comprises a convex region which protrudes toward the second substrate, the plurality of pixels comprise a first pixel having the first sub color filter, a second pixel having the second sub color filter and a third pixel having the third sub color filter, and the third sub color filter forms the convex region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong-gyu KIM
  • Patent number: 7372525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a color filter with mosaic pixel array arrangement. The color filter comprises a plurality of pixel arrays. The pixel array has four sub-pixels. The color of the sub-pixel of the pixel array is identical to that of another sub-pixel of another pixel array adjacent to the pixel array. The sub-pixels with same color form a sub-pixel group so that the area of a single color of the sub-pixel group is increased. Therefore, the adhesion strength between the sub-pixel group and the substrate can be augmented to avoid peeling from the substrate. According to the invention, the yield rate of the product will be raised and the chromaticity will be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Himax Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20080106678
    Abstract: A color filter structure disposed in a displaying panel of a display device is provided. The color filter structure includes several filtering layers with at least four colors. The four colors are red, blue, a first color and a second color. The first color is between green and cyan. The second color is between green and yellow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Wintek Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Hsien Wang, Hsuan-Yang Chen, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20080106677
    Abstract: An electrode structure including a substrate, an electrode structural layer and a color reflection layer is provided. The substrate includes a circuit already formed thereon. The electrode structural layer is disposed over the substrate and electrically coupled to the circuit. The color reflection layer is disposed over the electrode structural layer. When light is incident on the color reflection layer and the electrode structural layer, the color reflection layer only reflects light of a specific color range. Furthermore, according to the electrode structure, a reflective LCOS panel and a projection-type displaying apparatus can be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: United Microdisplay Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Chun-Sheng Fan
  • Publication number: 20080106676
    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: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Osamu Itou, Shoichi Hirota, Masaya Adachi, Shinichiro Oka
  • Patent number: 7362393
    Abstract: A four color liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a plurality of first and second dots arranged in a matrix, pixels each of the first dots including three primary color pixels and each of the second dots including two primary color pixels and a white pixel, each pixel including a pixel electrode and a switching element; a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction for transmitting a gate signal to the switching elements; and a plurality of data lines extending in a column direction for transmitting data signals to the switching elements, wherein the first dots and the second dots are alternately arranged both in a row direction and in a column direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Yeong Kim, Mun-Pyo Hong, Seong-Deok Lee, Nam-Seok Roh
  • Publication number: 20080084524
    Abstract: A display apparatus is arranged to have pixels, each of which has a RGBW (Red, Green, Blue and White) wavelength distribution characteristic, located two-dimensionally. The display apparatus includes an input unit for inputting a signal for controlling a using ratio of a W signal, a color signal converting unit for calculating a RGBW driving signal from a RGB input signal and the W using ratio. The RGBW signal is calculated so as to control the contribution of the W signal to the image quality. The display apparatus switches the display from the contrast-highlighted display in a relatively bright lighting condition to the color-reproducibility-highlighted display in a relatively gloomy lighting condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuki Inuzuka, Shinichi Komura, Yoshifumi Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20080079875
    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: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae-Young Oh
  • Patent number: 7336327
    Abstract: A transflective color filter substrate is provided. The transflective color filter substrate comprises a transmissive color filter portion and a reflective color filter portion in one dot region. An area of the color filter colored portion is set to be less than the area of one dot region in the transflective color filter substrate, and an uncolored reflection region, which is capable of reflecting an uncolored light of high brightness without being influenced by the color filter, is formed by a partition layer. Since the pigment density of the coloring layer is set such that the transmitted light has the optimum chroma in the transmissive display mode, it is possible to obtain a displayed image having sufficient chroma in the transmissive display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Otagiri, Satoru Katagami, Tatsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20080013019
    Abstract: A novel color filter to be employed in a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The color filter comprises at least two colored sub-pixels in each pixel; at least one of the colored sub-pixels in each pixel comprises a retardation-controlling agent; and retardation is substantially different from each other between the two colored sub-pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Susumu Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7304699
    Abstract: A LCD panel is disclosed that provides improved performance of the frame area that surrounds the panel's display area. The frame area includes a transparent substrate, and color filters provided side-by-side on the transparent substrate, each of the color filters filtering one of at least two colors. The LCD panel is further constituted by a first electrode that counters the color filters, a second electrode that counters the first electrode, and liquid crystal that is inserted between the electrodes. Display spots are suppressed and the frame can appear in a desired color when the panel is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Ikeda, Manabu Sawasaki, Hidetoshi Sukenori, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Shiro Hirota
  • Patent number: 7300157
    Abstract: A projection display system includes a projection lens assembly that has multiple projection lens elements that are configured to receive light imparted with display information by a pixelated display device. The projection lens elements project the light toward a display screen. A pixel-shifting element is included within the projection lens assembly to cyclically shift between at least two positions within the projection lens assembly to form at a display screen at least two interlaced arrays of pixels. An electro-mechanical transducer is coupled to the pixel-shifting element to impart on it the cyclic shifting between positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Arlie R. Conner, Gary B. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 7294372
    Abstract: A conductive color filter includes a layer of carbon nanotubes covered by a colored polymeric resin binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 7282843
    Abstract: A color filter (200) comprises pixels (13) separated from each other by partitions (14) formed on a substrate (12) so as to have a plurality of color elements of ink. Dummy pixels (13?) are formed outside the area in which the pixels (13) are formed. The amount of ink applied to each of said pixels and the amount of ink applied to each of said dummy pixels are substantially equal. A protective film (21) covering said pixels (13) is formed so as to also cover said dummy pixels (13?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kiguchi, Hisashi Aruga, Satoru Katagami
  • Patent number: 7248314
    Abstract: A LCD device includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels each having a white (W) sub-pixel and red (R), green (G), blue (B) and yellow (Y) sub-pixels surrounding the W sub-pixel; thin film transistors each connected to gate and data lines over the first substrate; first to fourth pixel electrodes connected to each of the thin film transistors and disposed to correspond to one of the R, G, B and Y sub-pixels; a color filter layer including red (R), green (G), blue (B) and yellow (Y) color filters on a second substrate, each of the R, G, B and Y color filters corresponding to one of the R, G, B and Y sub-pixels; a common electrode on the color filter layer; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the color filter layer and the first to fourth pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Kyeong Yun
  • Publication number: 20070153166
    Abstract: A method for fabricating color filter layer of an LCD comprises forming a plurality of black matrixes separated at certain intervals on a color filter substrate, and forming R, G and B color filter layers by using a plurality of needles between the plurality of black matrixes on the color filter substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Yoo, Duk-Chul Yun, Oh-Nam Kwon, Youn-Gyoung Chang, Heung-Lyul Cho, Seung-Hee Nam
  • Patent number: 7239363
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a color filter is disclosed in the present invention. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate where a plurality of sub-pixels are defined thereon, a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate, and a color filter layer on the second substrate, facing into the first substrate, and having a red sub-color filter, a green sub-color filter, and a blue sub-color filter, wherein one blue sub-color filter corresponds to two sub-pixels adjacent to each other in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction where the red, green, and blue sub-color filters are alternately located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kwang-Soon Park, Pyung-Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 7215391
    Abstract: An LCOS display panel includes a silicon substrate having a plurality of pixels arranged in a pixel array thereon, a transparent substrate positioned above the silicon substrate, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the transparent substrate and the silicon substrate, and a plurality of micro color filters positioned on the top surface of the transparent substrate and corresponding to subpixels of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ta-Shuang Kuan, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
  • Patent number: 7212267
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of picture element regions for displaying an image. Each of the plurality of picture element regions includes a transmission region in which an image is displayed in a transmission mode by using light that is coming from the side of the first substrate, and a reflection region in which an image is displayed in a reflection mode by using light that is coming from the side of the second substrate. The height of a surface of the second substrate on the side closer to the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region is greater than that in the transmission region, while the height of a surface of the first substrate on the side closer to the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region is substantially equal to that in the transmission region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohichi Fujimori, Yozo Narutaki, Yasunobu Akebi, Ikuji Konishi
  • Patent number: 7190504
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided comprising an electro-optical material and means for applying an electric field to the electro-optical material, in which a plurality of pixel regions DR, DG and DB capable of separately controlling optical states of the electro-optical material are arranged and each pixel region is provided with a light transmitting portion (an aperture portion (212aR, 212aG, and 212aB)) and a light reflecting portion (a reflective surface (212R, 212G, and 212B)). At adjacent pixel regions that are arranged in a predetermined direction, end edges Ea and Eb of each of the light transmitting portions orthogonal to the predetermined arrangement direction are aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuo Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7182463
    Abstract: A projection display system includes a projection lens assembly that has multiple projection lens elements that are configured to receive light imparted with display information by a pixelated display device. The projection lens elements project the light toward a display screen. A pixel-shifting element is included within the projection lens assembly to cyclically shift between at least two positions within the projection lens assembly to form at a display screen at least two interlaced arrays of pixels. An electro-mechanical transducer is coupled to the pixel-shifting element to impart on it the cyclic shifting between positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Arlie R. Conner, Gary B. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 7139058
    Abstract: An array substrate for an in-plane switching liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, gate lines arranged in a first direction on the substrate, data lines crossing the gate lines to define a pixel region, the pixel region consists of four sub-pixel regions, a switching element at the crossing of the gate and data lines, a pixel electrode in each of the sub-pixel regions, and a common electrode alternatively arranged with the pixel electrode to form a plurality of blocks in each of the sub-pixel regions. Two of the sub-pixel regions include an n-number of blocks (n is a natural number). Two of the sub-pixel regions include an (n+2)-number of blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon-Ho Son, Heum-Il Baek
  • Patent number: 7139049
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which exhibits improved color reproducibility, high definition and a high numerical aperture by minimizing a change of a total area of color filter non-forming regions even when a position of a color filter is displaced. A color filter forming region and the color filter non-forming regions are formed within a lighting region which is visible to a viewer in the inside of one pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7121669
    Abstract: The invention provides a fine dichroic color-filter array. In particular, dichroic filter layers for B, R, and G, respectively, are patterned facing the corresponding blue pixel-electrodes, red pixel-electrodes, and green pixel-electrodes. The filter layers can be stacked on top of one another while being separated by transmissive interlayers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hidehito Iisaka
  • Patent number: 7119861
    Abstract: A structure of a multi-gap liquid crystal display is provided in which high-quality images can be displayed even when the orientation of the crystal molecules is disordered in the border regions between a transmissive display region and a reflective display region and between adjacent pixel regions that can be easily manufactured at low cost. The liquid crystal display has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. A light-reflecting layer for defining a reflective display region and a transmissive display region is formed in a pixel region. A thickness-adjusting layer having a recess corresponding to the transmissive display region inside an opening is formed above the light-reflecting layer. A color filter overlap is formed at the border region between the reflective display region and the transmissive display region. The color filter overlap is either in direct contact with or distant from the thickness-adjusting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Nobutaka Urano
  • Patent number: 7098974
    Abstract: A cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color filter substrate for reflective liquid crystal display devices comprises an alignment layer on a black substrate, a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color filter on the alignment layer, the cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color filter including sub-color-filters red (R), green (G), and blue (B), and black matrices on boundaries of each of the sub-color filters R, G, and B. In addition, a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color filter substrate for a reflective liquid crystal display devices comprises an alignment layer on a black substrate, a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color filter on the alignment layer, the cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color filter including sub-color-filters R, G, and B, and boundaries of the sub-color filter R, G and B that reflect incident light having a long wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung-Soo Ko
  • Patent number: 7064800
    Abstract: A gamma correction LCD panel and a fabrication of the same are provided. In the method, a lower substrate is firstly painted with a photo-alignment material. An exposing step is then introduced to have the photo-alignment material absorbed different amounts of light exposure so as to create various photo-aligning effects with respect to RGB pixel devices. The lower substrate is then assembled with an upper substrate and has an LC layer inter-filled. Upon such an arrangement, the LC layers with respect to RGB illumination can be thus provided with various transparencies for further adjust the RGB gamma curves individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jen-Lang Tung, Hau-Yuh Chang
  • Patent number: 7048384
    Abstract: A projection system for presenting infrared scenes having biological and chemical agents, simulants and objects such as battlefield items. The generated scenes are primarily for the evaluation of infrared sensors, cameras and stand-off detectors. The system may have two or more projectors that combine various scenes into one scene having components with modified or imposed spectra signatures. Also, the system may generate a dynamic series of scenes that show synthetic scenarios of moving objects, agent clouds, non-toxic simulants and other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Barrett E. Cole, Robert E. Higashi
  • Patent number: 7042537
    Abstract: An image display panel that is composed of a plurality of picture elements aligned in a form of a matrix wherein picture elements consist of red, green and blue color cells corresponding to three primary colors and a picture element wherein three color cells are placed in an order of a red cell 2R, a green cell 2G and a blue cell 2B from a peripheral to the other peripheral and the other picture elements where three color cells are placed in an order of a blue cell 2B, a green cell 2G and a red cell 2R from a peripheral to the other peripheral are alternatively arranged in the vertical direction to the direction of the arrange of the cells in the picture element has been proposed. The invention can improve the picture quality of image display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Hoso Kyokai
    Inventors: Masaru Kanazawa, Isao Kondou, Fumio Okano
  • Patent number: 7030948
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of picture element regions for displaying an image. Each of the plurality of picture element regions includes a transmission region in which an image is displayed in a transmission mode by using light that is coming from the side of the first substrate, and a reflection region in which an image is displayed in a reflection mode by using light that is coming from the side of the second substrate. The height of a surface of the second substrate on the side closer to the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region is greater than that in the transmission region, while the height of a surface of the first substrate on the side closer to the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region is substantially equal to that in the transmission region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohichi Fujimori, Yozo Narutaki, Yasunobu Akebi, Ikuji Konishi
  • Patent number: 7016005
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a plurality of picture element electrodes are electrically connected to a plurality of active elements formed in a color display pixel region, and the plurality of picture element electrodes to be connected to the respective active element are dispersed so as not to be adjacent to one another. Moreover, color filters of the same color are opposed to the plurality of picture element electrodes to be connected to the same active element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshio Koike
  • Patent number: 6927815
    Abstract: A thin film transistor liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display comprises a TOC substrate, wherein a TFT is disposed on a color filter. A data line is disposed between the color filter and a lower substrate, also functioning as a black matrix. The TFT is coupled between the data line and a pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Han-Chung Lai
  • Patent number: 6900864
    Abstract: In an electro-optical device, such as a transflective liquid crystal device, color transmissive display having normal color tones is performed, and in addition, bright, color reflection display is also performed. The electro-optical device in accordance with the invention includes an electro-optical material provided between a first substrate and a second substrate, and display electrodes provided above the first substrate so as to be opposed to the second substrate. The electro-optical device further includes a first color filter having a selective-reflection region in each pixel that selectively reflects light in a predetermined wavelength range, and a light transmission region in each pixel that transmits light outside of the predetermined wavelength range; a light-shielding film provided so as to be opposed to the selective-reflection regions; and a second color filter having a selective-transmission region in each pixel that selectively transmits light in the predetermined wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shoichi Iino
  • Patent number: 6879450
    Abstract: A pattern structure has at least two different color filter elements disposed one beside the other on a carrier substrate. Each element includes a layer of dielectric material, the layer of dielectric material residing at at least one of the filter elements on a layer of a material that is resistant to activated oxygen or activated water. The layer of resistant material has a second surface pointing toward the substrate and is made of silicon or silicon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Unaxis Trading AG
    Inventors: Johannes Edlingger, Reinhard Sperger, Maria Simotti