Reflector Patents (Class 349/113)
  • Patent number: 9612472
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a color filter substrate comprising: an underlying substrate; a semi-transparent and semi-reflecting layer formed on the underlying substrate; and a black matrix and a color filter layer formed on the semi-transparent and semi-reflecting layer. The black matrix and the color filter layer are formed on a side of the semi-transparent and semi-reflecting layer opposite from the underlying substrate. Other embodiments of the invention further disclose a method for manufacturing the color filter substrate, and a display device comprising the color filter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanbing Wu
  • Patent number: 9601550
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device may include: a cell array comprising gate lines and data lines intersecting each other on a substrate so as to define a plurality of pixel areas, a plurality of thin film transistors formed at intersections between the gate lines and the data lines to correspond to the plurality of pixel areas, and a protective film evenly formed over the substrate to cover the thin film transistors; a plurality of first electrodes formed such that portions of an metal oxide layer corresponding to emission areas of the respective pixel areas, is made conductive, the metal oxide layer evenly disposed on the protective film; a bank constituting the remaining portion of the metal oxide layer in which the first electrodes are not formed and formed so as to have insulating properties; an emission layer formed over the metal oxide layer; and a second electrode formed on the emission layer so as to face the first electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Sik Seo, Jong-Woo Kim, Kyung-Han Seo
  • Patent number: 9599854
    Abstract: According an aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate on which a reflective electrode is arranged for each of a plurality of pixels; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a wave plate in which liquid crystals are fixed so that an alignment direction of the liquid crystals is opposite to an alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer. The wave plate is arranged on a second substrate side of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masaya Tamaki, Masashi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 9588389
    Abstract: The array substrate according to the present disclosure may include a base substrate, gate lines and data lines arranged in a crisscross manner on the base substrate, and a common electrode; wherein the common electrode includes a transparent conductive layer and a first auxiliary conductive layer under the transparent conductive layer; the first auxiliary conductive layer of the common electrode at least partially overlaps the gate lines or the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jideng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9575363
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device 1 including a liquid crystal cell 2 having a liquid crystal layer, a first polarization plate 3 and a second polarization plate 4, and an optical compensation plate 5, when a differential coefficient of the amount of transmitted light I1 with respect to a time t when the driving voltage is turned off from on in a case in which the optical compensation plate 5 is not disposed is represented by ?I1/?t, and a differential coefficient of the amount of transmitted light I2 with respect to the time t when the driving voltage is turned off from on in a case in which the optical compensation plate 5 is disposed is represented by ?I2/?t, a phase difference in the liquid crystal layer and a phase difference in the optical compensation plate 5 are optically designed to satisfy a relationship of |?I2/?t|>|?I1/?t|.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION, DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kobayashi, Kiyofumi Takeuchi, Masakazu Kaneoya
  • Patent number: 9570474
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a color filter and a light blocking member disposed on the thin film transistor, an insulating layer which is disposed on the color filter and the light blocking member and includes an exposed region through which the light blocking member is exposed, a pixel electrode which is disposed on the insulating layer and is connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole, a common electrode which is spaced apart from the pixel electrode with a microcavity therebetween, a roof layer disposed on the common electrode, a liquid crystal layer which is filled in the microcavity, and an overcoat which is disposed on the roof layer and configured to seal the microcavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Yun Byun, Jung Woo Park, Sun Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 9564478
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels on a substrate. The display pixels may be organic light-emitting diode display pixels or display pixels in a liquid crystal display. In an organic light-emitting diode display, hybrid thin-film transistor structures may be formed that include semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors, silicon thin-film transistors, and capacitor structures. The capacitor structures may overlap the semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors. Organic light-emitting diode display pixels may have combinations of oxide and silicon transistors. In a liquid crystal display, display driver circuitry may include silicon thin-film transistor circuitry and display pixels may be based on oxide thin-film transistors. A single layer or two different layers of gate metal may be used in forming silicon transistor gates and oxide transistor gates. A silicon transistor may have a gate that overlaps a floating gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shih Chang Chang, Ming-Chin Hung, Cheng-Ho Yu, Ting-Kuo Chang, Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Shang-Chih Lin, Kyung-Wook Kim, Chun-Yao Huang, Szu-Hsien Lee, Yu-Cheng Chen, Hiroshi Osawa
  • Patent number: 9557599
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes: a substrate; and a reflection member that is disposed on a surface of the substrate and has a first thickness in a first reflection region corresponding to a light-emitting region and a second thickness in a second reflection region corresponding to a non-light-emitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Yim, Seong-Min Kim, Kyung-Ho Kim, Kwan-Hyun Cho, Young-Woo Song
  • Patent number: 9551901
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display comprises a transparent substrate, a reflective substrate, and liquid crystal fluid between the substrates. The LCOS display further comprises a matrix of pixels, arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, wherein an intersection of a row and a column defines a position of a pixel in the matrix. The LCOS display has tilt angles sufficient to overcome disclinations due to fringe fields, and, at the same time, achieves high contrast. The surface azimuthal direction of the molecules of the liquid crystal fluid is either substantially parallel or perpendicular to the direction of polarization of incoming incident linearly polarized light. Light leakage is minimal because the effective birefringence as seen by the incoming incident linearly polarized light is substantially zero and does not depend on the pretilt of the molecules of the liquid crystal fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: COMPOUND PHOTONICS LIMITED
    Inventor: Hemasiri Vithana
  • Patent number: 9547193
    Abstract: A transflective type liquid crystal display panel and a display using it are provided in order to solve the problem that there exists much difficulty in the making process of the upper substrate in the transflective type liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weili Zhao
  • Patent number: 9535194
    Abstract: An optical sheet used as a component for a touch panel or a display element of a display device is capable of imparting a variety of characteristics such as anti-glare properties and preventing the scintillation of image light in ultrahigh-definition display elements having a pixel density of 300 ppi or more. The optical sheet has an uneven shape on a surface, and the uneven shape satisfies at least one of three disclosed conditions relating to the inclination angles of the uneven portions of the sheet and the distribution curves of the inclination angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Jun Tsujimoto, Aya Naitou
  • Patent number: 9535288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of display technology, provides a liquid crystal display device and its manufacturing method. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a color film layer and a polarizer arranged at one side of the liquid crystal layer, and a reflective layer arranged at the other side of the liquid crystal layer. The color film layer includes a plurality of pixels consisting of red, green and blue subpixels. The liquid crystal display device further includes a compensating module which includes a compensating unit corresponding to the plurality of subpixels, the compensating unit is configured to adjust phase difference offset of light rays of the corresponding subpixels when the light rays pass through the compensating unit, so that a phase difference between the light rays passing through the corresponding subpixels in a normally-black mode and/or a normally-white mode is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liqiang Chen, Tao Gao, Jifeng Tan
  • Patent number: 9528820
    Abstract: An optical proximity sensor often emits light, and detects the photons in the returned light signal. Because light can be reflected and scattered by cover glass and ink layer printed on the cover glass, optical crosstalk is a concern for the optical proximity sensors. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an optical proximity sensor including a linear polarizer to cover the photo detector, or a polarizer to cover the light emitting device, or two polarizers to cover both the photo detector and the light emitting device. The polarizer blocks the s-polarized light and only allows the p-polarized light to pass through. Because the scattered light is predominated by the s-polarization, the optical crosstalk may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: AMS AG
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Kerry Glover, David Mehrl, Greg Stoltz, Tom Dunn
  • Patent number: 9519192
    Abstract: The present invention provides an array substrate, a flat display panel and a manufacturing for the same. The array substrate includes a substrate, a common electrode disposed on the substrate, an insulation layer disposed on the common electrode, wherein, the insulation layer includes multiple first regions and multiple second regions, and the first regions and the second regions are disposed alternately, and multiple pixel electrodes respectively disposed on the first regions of the insulation layer. Wherein, a thickness of the first regions and a thickness of the second regions are different. Through above way, the electric field strength between pixel electrodes and the electric field strength above the pixel electrodes can be adjusted in order to increase the display quality of the flat display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Peng Du
  • Patent number: 9513505
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 9507151
    Abstract: A head up display or HUD system, including methods and apparatus, suitable for use in a flight simulator. According to the present teachings, a flight simulator HUD may be configured to produce a HUD image that appears superimposed on a simulated cockpit field of view image, and which has substantially the same relatively short focal distance from the user as the simulated image. A simulator HUD according to the present teachings does not require any holographic optical elements or an unrealistic cockpit volume, and provides an accurate simulation of conditions in a real aircraft cockpit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Randall L. Kovaluk, Carl J. Vorst, Eric H. Ford
  • Patent number: 9507222
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a pixel-displaying region, including: at least two pixels including a plurality of sub-pixels; and a light-shielding layer including a matrix portion and an enlarged portion, wherein the enlarged portion is disposed at an intersection of two of the adjacent sub-pixels and is adjacent to the matrix portion; wherein the matrix portion defines the sub-pixels, and a total area of the sub-pixels is defined as a first area and a ratio of an area of the enlarged portion to the first area is about 1.5% to 6%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung-Kun Chen, Fang-Jin Lee, Yi-Chin Lee, Kuan-Hung Kuo, Chao-Yu Cheng, Chi-Han Hsieh, Hong-Kang Chang
  • Patent number: 9500907
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first line, a second line, a switching element, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a first alignment film. The second substrate includes a second alignment film. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal molecule kept between the first alignment film and the second alignment film. First anchoring strength is provided on the first alignment film which is a photo-alignment film, second anchoring strength is provided on the second alignment film which is a rubbing alignment film, and the first anchoring strength is substantially equal to or greater than the second anchoring strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Masato Imai, Shingo Kataoka, Yusuke Watanabe, Fumihito Shibano
  • Patent number: 9502479
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a transparent display device and a manufacturing method thereof. A display region of the transparent display device includes light a transmission area (12) and a light shield area (11). At least one silicon solar cell is disposed in a partial area of the light transmission area (12). The silicon solar cell is configured to absorb optical energy in the direction perpendicular to the light transmission direction of the light transmission area (12) and convert the optical energy into electric energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Libin Liu
  • Patent number: 9500902
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device switchable between a mirror mode and a display mode. The display device includes a display panel, a polarizing element and a reflective polarizer. The display panel has a light-emitting surface for emitting a polarized light. The polarizing element has an absorption axis, and is disposed on a side adjacent to the light-emitting surface. The polarizing element is switchable between a polarizing mode and a non-polarizing mode. When the polarizing element is operated in the polarizing mode, the polarizing element absorbs a polarized light in the polarization direction parallel with the absorption axis. When the polarizing element is operated in the non-polarizing mode, the polarizing element allows the polarized light emitted from the display panel to pass there through. The reflective polarizer is disposed between the display panel and the polarizing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuei-Bai Chen, Chia-Hao Li, Chen-Hsien Liao, Chih-Ling Hsueh
  • Patent number: 9488859
    Abstract: A backlight that includes an illumination device that has at least one light source, a circular-mode reflective polarizer, and a specular partial reflector is disclosed. The specular partial reflector is disposed between the illumination device and the circular-mode reflective polarizer. Furthermore, the specular partial reflector is in substantially direct polarization communication with the circular-mode reflective polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark B. O'Neill, Philip E. Watson, Matthew B. Johnson, Adam D. Haag, Keith M. Kotchick, Sergey Lamansky
  • Patent number: 9482805
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and display device thereof, including light-guiding plate, frame and a plurality of light sources disposed near incident surface of the light-guiding plate. The backlight module further includes an opaque layer, with one part attached to the frame and the other part disposed on light-emitting surface of light-guiding plate. The opaque layer shields and absorbs partial light emitted directly from the plurality of light sources and light from light-emitting surface covered by opaque layer. With such structure, the rim of the frame can be smaller, even when A/P ratio is less than 0.5, the hotspot phenomenon can be avoided. As such, the present invention improves the optical characteristics of the backlight module and the display quality of the display device, as well as simplifies the assembly and reduces assembly cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chong Xiong, Kuang-yao Chang
  • Patent number: 9478761
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include a carrier, a protective layer on or above the carrier, a first electrode on or above the protective layer, an organic functional layer structure on or above the first electrode, and a second electrode on or above the organic functional layer structure. The protective layer has a lower transmission than the carrier for electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of less than approximately 400 nm at least in one wavelength range. The protective layer includes a glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Steffen Setz, Angela Eberhardt, Manfred Deisenhofer, Christina Wille
  • Patent number: 9455417
    Abstract: A device includes a first electrode, an organic layer disposed over the first electrode and a second electrode disposed over the organic layer. The second electrode includes a first conductive layer, a first separation layer disposed over the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer disposed over the first separation layer, wherein the first separation layer is not a continuous layer and the first and second conductive layers are bridged where the first separation layer is not continuous. The first separation layer has an extinction coefficient that is at least 10% different from the extinction coefficient of the first conductive layer at wavelength 500 nm, or an index of refraction that is at least 10% different from the index of refraction of the first conductive layer at wavelength 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Mandlik, Ruiqing Ma
  • Patent number: 9448433
    Abstract: An object is to provide a liquid crystal display device which can recognize image display even when the liquid crystal display device is used in a dim environment. In one pixel, a pixel electrode including both of a region where incident light through a liquid crystal layer is reflected and a transmissive region is provided, and image display can be performed in both modes: the reflective mode where external light is used as an illumination light source; and the transmissive mode where the backlight is used as an illumination light source. When there is external light with insufficient brightness, that is, in a dim environment, the backlight emits weak light and an image is displayed in the reflective mode, whereby image display can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 9431581
    Abstract: A method according to embodiments of the invention includes providing a wafer of semiconductor light emitting devices, each semiconductor light emitting device including a light emitting layer sandwiched between an n-type region and a p-type region. A wafer of support substrates is provided, each support substrate including a body. The wafer of semiconductor light emitting devices is bonded to the wafer of support substrates. Vias are formed extending through the entire thickness of the body of each support substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Alexander Steigerwald, Jerome Chandra Bhat, Salman Akram
  • Patent number: 9431467
    Abstract: A first etching stop layer and an active layer are formed on an inner surface of a first glass substrate, and a second etching stop layer and a cover layer are formed on an inner surface of a second glass substrate. A display media is formed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate. A first passivation layer is formed on an outer surface of the second glass substrate. A first etching process is performed to expose the first etching stop layer. A first flexible substrate is formed on the exposed first etching stop layer, and a second passivation layer is formed on the first flexible substrate. The first passivsation layer is removed. A second etching process is performed to expose the second etching stop layer. A second flexible substrate is formed on the exposed second etching stop layer, and the second passivation layer is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jong-Wen Chwu, Chao-Cheng Lin, Che-Yao Wu, Yu-Chen Liu, Wei-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 9423648
    Abstract: A transflective display panel, a method for fabricating the same and a display device are provided. The transflective display panel comprises an array substrate and a color film substrate cell-assembled with each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array substrate and the color film substrate. A plurality of pixel units correspondingly formed on the array substrate and the color film substrate. Each pixel unit comprises a reflective region and a transmissive region. Disposed inside the reflective region are a first reflection layer disposed on the side of the array substrate that is close to the liquid crystal layer and a diffuse reflection layer disposed on the side of the color film substrate that is close to the liquid crystal layer. The diffuse reflection layer and the first reflection layer are disposed opposite each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinxing Wang, Jaegeon You, Jikai Yao
  • Patent number: 9406726
    Abstract: A dual-mode display including a substrate and a multiple sub-pixels on the substrate, in which each sub-pixel includes, a color selection reflector, and an optical shutter disposed on the color selection reflector, and an emissive devised disposed on the shutter, wherein the emissive device includes a cathode and an anode, and the cathode and the anode include a carbon-based material including graphene sheets, graphene flakes, and graphene platelets, and a binary or ternary transparent conductive oxide including indium oxide, tin oxide, and zinc oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jong Tae Lim, Joon Tae Ahn, Jeong Ik Lee, Hye Yong Chu, Byoung Gon Yu, Jonghee Lee, Jun-Han Han, Jaehyun Moon
  • Patent number: 9395589
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display with backlight structures. The backlight structures may produce backlight that passes through an array of display pixels. The display pixels may include electrode structures and thin-film transistor structures for controlling electric fields in a layer of liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal material may be formed between an outer display layer and an inner display layer. The inner display layer may be interposed between the backlight structures and the liquid crystal material. Thin-film transistor structures, electrodes, and conductive interconnection lines may be deposited in a layer on the inner surface of the outer display layer. A layer of color filter elements may be used to provide the display with color pixels. The color filter elements may be formed on top of the thin-film transistor layer or on a separate color filter array substrate such as the inner display layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Qi, Dinesh C. Mathew, Bryan W. Posner, Keith J. Hendren, Peteris K. Augenbergs, Adam T. Garelli, Victor H. Yin, Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9383601
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal layer, a light source, a first polarizing member, and a reflector. The first polarizing member includes a wire-grid polarizing part and a reflection part. The first polarizing member is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the light source. The reflector is disposed below the light source. The reflector reflects light from the light source and light reflected from the reflection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Young Lee, Jung Gun Nam, Gugrae Jo
  • Patent number: 9362334
    Abstract: A double-sided display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The double-sided display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other; a first transparent electrode and a second reflective electrode arranged on the first substrate; a first reflective electrode opposed to the first transparent electrode on the first substrate and a second transparent electrode opposed to the second reflective electrode on the first substrate arranged on the second substrate; and a quantum light-emitting layer arranged between the respectively corresponded transparent electrodes and reflective electrodes, the quantum light-emitting layer including charge transport particles and QD light-emitting material mixed therein. The provided double-sided display apparatus is lighter, thinner, more portable, and of low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Qi Yao, Jingxia Gu
  • Patent number: 9354463
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a polarizing plate, and a patterned retarder. The display panel includes a first substrate including a signal line and a pixel. A second substrate faces the first substrate. An image display device is disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate is disposed in a position to which external light is incident. The polarizing plate is disposed above the first substrate of the display panel. The patterned retarder is disposed between the polarizing plate and the signal line. The patterned retarder retards the external light such that the external light reflected by the signal line does not pass through the polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heungshik Park, Yun Jang, Seungbeom Park, Kichul Shin, Hyeokjin Lee
  • Patent number: 9349329
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display includes a display module having an array of display pixels and a backlight unit configured to provide backlight to the array of display pixels. The array of display pixels includes display pixels in a central region surrounded by display pixels in a border region. To minimize light leakage from the display, display control circuitry drives the display pixels in the central region according to a first gray level mapping function and drives the display pixels in the border region according to a second gray level mapping function. Light leakage reduction structures may be used to reduce the intensity of backlight received by display pixels in the border region relative to the intensity of backlight received by display pixels in the central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Chen, Nicholas A. Rundle
  • Patent number: 9341883
    Abstract: A display module is provided. A light source is configured to provide an illumination beam. A light guide plate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an incident surface connecting the first surface and the second surface. The illumination beam enters the light guide plate through the incident surface. A reflective element is connected to the light guide plate and has a plurality of first reflective surfaces inclined with respect to the second surface. A reflective display unit is capable of modulating a polarization state of the illumination beam to form a modulated beam. The second surface is disposed between the reflective display unit and the first surface. The first surface is disposed between the second surface and a reflective polarizer, and the reflective polarizer filters the modulated beam into an image beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Kuan-Yu Chen, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 9341884
    Abstract: The present invention provides a LCOS device including a silicon substrate, a first dielectric layer, a first mirror layer, a second dielectric layer, and a second mirror layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the silicon substrate. The first mirror layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first mirror layer. The second mirror layer is disposed on the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Hsu, Feng-Ying Hsu, Chieh-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 9341885
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dual-view display system. The dual-view display system includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit outputting a light to the liquid crystal display panel, and an optical device alternately guiding image lights output from the backlight unit in left and right directions of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Se Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9337218
    Abstract: In the liquid crystal display device in which a guest-host liquid crystal layer is provided between a first substrate having a reflective film which is a pixel electrode layer (also referred to as a first electrode layer) and a second substrate having a common electrode layer (also referred to as a second electrode layer), the reflective film which is a pixel electrode layer is projected into the liquid crystal layer, and a micron-sized first unevenness and a nano-sized second unevenness on the first unevenness are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yamato Aihara, Masami Jintyou, Rai Sato, Toru Arakawa
  • Patent number: 9323403
    Abstract: A capacitive touch LCD panel of IPS or FFS mode includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a capacitive touch unit disposed on an inner surface of the first substrate that faces toward the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is formed of negative liquid crystal molecules having a dielectric anisotropy less than negative three.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ma, Lihua Wang
  • Patent number: 9322984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device using the backlight module. The backlight module includes a backplane (2), a light guide plate (4) arranged in the backplane, a backlight source (6) arranged in the backplane, and a plurality of mounting member (8) in the backplane to position and fix the light guide plate (4). The light guide plate (4) includes a main body (42) and a plurality of mounting sections (44) extending outwards from sides of the main body. Each of the mounting sections (44) includes a first lug (442) and a second lug (444) that are spaced from each other. The mounting members (8) each include a base (82) and first, second, and third positioning pillars (84, 86, 88) extending upwards from the base (82) and arranged sequentially to space from each other. The main body (42) is positioned against the base (82) and the second positioning pillar (86). The first lug (442) is positioned against the base (82) and the first positioning pillar (84).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Gege Zhou, Guofu Tang, Yuchun Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9323121
    Abstract: A semi-transmissive display apparatus includes: a reflective electrode provided for each pixel, wherein the semi-transmissive display apparatus performs reflective display operation by using the reflective electrodes and transmissive display operation by using spaces between the reflective electrodes of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Masaya Tamaki, Kazuyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 9316885
    Abstract: A display device including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display layer, a color filter layer, a transparent electrode layer and a transparent sealing is provided. The first substrate is opposite to the second substrate. The display layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The color filter layer is disposed between the display layer and the first substrate. The transparent electrode layer is disposed between the color filter layer and the display layer. The transparent sealing surrounds the display layer so that the display layer is sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a curable temperature of the transparent sealing is lower than or equal to 40° C. A fabrication method of a display device is further provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Po-Yuan Lo, Tai-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 9310619
    Abstract: To provide a thin optical sheet having improved efficiency for light utilization, an optical sheet (5) of one mode of the present invention includes, in sequence from a light entry side to a light emission side, a plurality of first prisms (13), a ¼ wavelength plate (11), and a polarized-light separating element (12), the plurality of first prisms (13) each having (i) a first surface (13a) through which light enters the first prism and (ii) a second surface (13b) that reflects the light, having entered the first prism, toward the light emission side, the optical film further including, between the plurality of first prisms in an in-plane direction of the optical film, a second prism (14) that reflects light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Tatsuo Uchida, Yoshito Suzuki, Tohru Kawakami, Kazuo Sekiya, Masahiro Nishizawa, Takahiro Ishinabe, Katsunori Ehara, Yoshihiro Hashimoto, Yasuhisa Itoh, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Yutaka Ishii
  • Patent number: 9299758
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dual display device having a vertical structure, in which a reflective display device and a self-emissive display device are formed on one substrate in a vertical structure so as to enable a reflective display or a self-emissive display according to a situation and provide a high resolution display. The dual display device having a vertical structure includes: a thin film transistor formed on a substrate; a white light emitting device formed on the thin film transistor: a reflection adjusting layer formed on the white light emitting device; and a color converting layer formed on the reflection adjusting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Hee Park, Chi Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 9287424
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of forming a back reflection layer in a solar cell, a composition used therefor, and a solar cell having a back reflection layer formed by the method, which layer has superior heat-resistance and various types of durabilities, and can contribute to improving the conversion rate of solar cells and reliability during long-term use, and which method can form a back reflection layer in a solar cell easily and at low cost. The polyimide resin composition for use in forming a back reflection layer in a solar cell includes an organic solvent, a polyimide resin dissolved in the organic solvent, and light-reflecting particles dispersed in the organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: PI R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maw Soe Win, Toshiyuki Goshima, Takahiro Sato, Hidenao Takato, Isao Sakata
  • Patent number: 9280008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device using the backlight module. The backlight module includes: a backplane (2), a light guide plate (4) arranged in the backplane (2), a backlight source (6) arranged in the backplane (2), and an optic film assembly (8) arranged on the light guide plate (4). The backplane (2) comprises a bottom plate (22) and a plurality of side plates (24) perpendicularly connected to the bottom plate (22). The bottom plate (22) has a surface facing the light guide plate (4) and defining a curved surface (222) and the curved surface (222) comprises a curved reflection surface (224) formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gang Yu, Yuchun Hsiao, Shihhsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9279929
    Abstract: A display device includes a light guide plate which includes a light incident surface, a light exiting surface connected to the light incident surface, and an opposite surface facing the light exiting surface, a light source which faces the light incident surface and is configured to emit a light, a reflective sheet which faces the opposite surface and reflects the light, a first pattern which is unitary with the light guide plate and protruded from the opposite surface, a pressure sensitive adhesive which is on an upper surface of the reflective sheet and contacts the first pattern, and a display panel which is configured to receive the light exiting through the light exiting surface and display an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heugon Kim, Seul-Gi Kim, Jin Seo, Jaejoong Kwon, Hayoung Lee, Sangwoo Ha
  • Patent number: 9280026
    Abstract: A pixel structure and a display panel are provided. The pixel structure uses an insulation protrusion with a drain electrode extending thereon or a single-layered conductive protrusion as an electrical connection interface between the drain electrode and a pixel electrode. The aperture ratio and resolution are increased for no contact hole is required to be formed in the passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Ho Chang, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Patent number: 9279922
    Abstract: An exemplary light reflective film painted on a smooth reflective surface of a metal base includes a composition. The composition consists of curing agents and light reflective powders. The curing agents include acrylic monomers, acrylic urethane oligomers, polyester acrylic modified polyester oligomers and photo initiators. A method for manufacturing the light reflective film is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chau-Jin Hu, Feng-Yuen Dai, Kun-Chan Wu, Jia-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 9261740
    Abstract: To allow drive at low voltage and obtaining high transmittance in liquid crystal panel driven by FFS mode. Liquid crystal panel 10 has first substrate 14 and second substrate 27 oppositely arranged, and liquid crystal layer LC interposed between the first and the second substrates, wherein the first substrate has plural signal lines 18 and scanning lines 15 formed in matrix in mutually insulated state, upper electrode 24 having plural slit-shaped openings 25 divided by the scanning lines and signal lines, and formed for every sub-pixel, and lower electrode 21 formed with the upper electrode through insulating layer 23, the second substrate has light-shielding layer 28 superimposed with the signal lines and scanning lines in planar view, and color filter layer 29 formed for every sub-pixel, and the liquid crystal layer has at least one compound having negative dielectric anisotropy and at least one compound having positive dielectric anisotropy mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Kibe, Toshiki Asakura, Yasuhiro Kubo