Dielectric Mirror (i.e., In Devices Excited Other Than By Photoconductive Layer) Or Transflector Patents (Class 349/114)
  • Patent number: 10186686
    Abstract: An apparatus for use as both a mirror and a display includes a first substrate; a plurality of organic light emitting elements arranged on the first substrate to define a plurality of sub-pixels; a separation layer on the organic light emitting elements; an optical unit on the separation layer, the optical unit including a plurality of reflective electrodes in an area corresponding to at least one sub-pixel, an electrochromic layer on the reflective electrodes, and an electrode layer disposed on the electrochromic layer; and a second substrate on the optical unit. If an electric field is applied to the organic light emitting elements and the optical unit, the apparatus operates in a display mode. If an electric field is not applied to the organic light emitting elements and the optical unit, the apparatus operates in a mirror mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: OhNam Kwon
  • Patent number: 10185173
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display module, including a display panel and a bezel. The display panel includes a central display region, a peripheral display region, a bezel region, a first optical member at least partially arranged above the peripheral display region, and a second optical member at least partially arranged above the bezel region. A part of rays emitted from the peripheral display region is reflected by the first optical member toward the second optical member, and emits upward from the bezel region after being reflected again by the second optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang Wang
  • Patent number: 10186191
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a display unit on the substrate and including a display region including a first display region having a plurality of first pixel circuits configured to drive a plurality of first light-emitting devices, and a second display region having a plurality of second pixel circuits configured to drive a plurality of second light-emitting devices, a plurality of scan lines crossing the display region in a first direction, and a plurality of data lines crossing the display region in a second direction, wherein resolutions of the first and second display regions are different, wherein a total number of the first light-emitting devices driven by one of the first pixel circuits is different from a total number of the second light-emitting devices driven by one of the second pixel circuits, and wherein the display unit and the substrate define at least one through portion in the second display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinyeng Kang, Jonghyun Choi, Sunkwang Kim, Suyeon Sim, Joosun Yoon
  • Patent number: 10176748
    Abstract: A novel information processing device that is highly convenient is provided. The information processing device includes a selection circuit having a function of supplying image data to a reflective display element, a light-emitting element, or both of them on the basis of input position coordinate data, sensing data about the illuminance of the usage environment, and the image data. An icon with high selection frequency is displayed by both the reflective display element and the light-emitting element on the basis of icon coordinate data and the input position coordinate data, so that the icon can be displayed brightly with improved visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Akimoto, Isamu Shigemori
  • Patent number: 10168576
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention disclose a display substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a liquid crystal display panel. The display panel is used for constructing a transflective liquid crystal display panel comprising a transmissive region and a reflective region. The display substrate comprises an alignment layer which comprises a first alignment structure in the transmissive region and a second alignment structure in the reflective region. The first alignment structure is an oblique alignment structure and the second alignment structure is a vertical alignment structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 10162224
    Abstract: A transmission-reflection blue phase liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The transmission-reflection blue phase liquid crystal panel comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate that are arranged facing each other, and blue phase liquid crystal that is arranged between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The upper substrate, on a surface thereof facing the blue phase liquid crystal, is provided with a first electrode base layer which has a plurality of first protrusions, and the lower substrate, on a surface thereof facing the blue phase liquid crystal, is provided with a second electrode base layer which has a plurality of second protrusions. The first protrusions each extend to a position between two adjacent second protrusions, and the second protrusions each extend to a position between two adjacent first protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuejun Tang
  • Patent number: 10146094
    Abstract: The invention is a tunable achromatic wave plate comprised of two or more retarders made of electrooptic or magnetooptic materials arranged at different orientations with respect to each other and at least one voltage source configured to tune the retardation dispersion of each of the retarders by applying an external electric or magnetic field to each retarder separately. Also described are examples of optical systems in which the invention can be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ibrahim Abdulhalim, Marwan Abu Leil
  • Patent number: 10141259
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices having one or more vias filled with a transparent and electrically conductive material are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die stacked over a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die can include at least one via that is axially aligned with a corresponding via of the second semiconductor die. The vias of the first and second semiconductor dies can be filled with a transparent and electrically conductive material that both electrically and optically couples the first and second semiconductor dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eiichi Nakano, Mark E. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 10132987
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a backlight module, a liquid crystal display device and a display; laser is used as the light source of the backlight module, improving the utilization of light and realizing high color gamut display. The backlight module comprises a laser light source and several light guide devices provided on a light output side of the laser light source; the several light guide devices are arranged in a first direction; each light guide device comprises several light guide elements and transflective films arranged alternately in a second direction; the transflective films are configured to reflect laser from the laser light source into a third direction; the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zezhou Yang
  • Patent number: 10108149
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a through-hole. The display device also includes a display unit formed on the substrate and surrounding the through-hole, the display unit configured to display an image, and the display unit includes pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Nyeng Kang, Keum Nam Kim, Jong Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10101616
    Abstract: A pixel matrix includes pixel units. The pixel units are arranged in a repeating pattern, in which each of the pixel units includes transparent pixels, reflective pixels, and switch components. Each of the transparent pixels includes a transparent electrode and a transparent color resist layer disposed on the transparent electrode. Each of the reflective pixels includes a reflective electrode. The switch components are connected to the transparent electrodes of the transparent pixels and the reflective electrodes of the reflective pixels respectively for driving the transparent pixels and the reflective pixels individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui Chu Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 10103210
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is discussed. The organic light emitting display device according to an embodiment includes a base substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the base substrate, and a thin film transistor disposed on the buffer layer. The organic light emitting display device further includes an organic light emitting diode connected to the thin film transistor and disposed on the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. At least one of the gate, source, and drain electrodes of the thin film transistor includes a semi-transmissive metal layer, a transparent metal layer, and a reflective metal layer to improve outdoor visibility of a display panel by reducing reflectance of the electrodes even though a polarizer is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eunah Kim, SeYeoul Kwon, MiReum Lee, Chanil Park
  • Patent number: 10094962
    Abstract: A color filter array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display device are provided. The color filter array substrate comprises an array substrate (310), and a black matrix (320), a color filter layer (341, 342, 343) and a reflection layer (330) formed on the array substrate (310); wherein the black matrix (320) comprising a plurality of openings defining sub-pixel regions; the color filter layer (341, 342, 343) and the reflection layer (330) are disposed in the plurality of openings and the reflection layer (330) is disposed on a side of the color filter layer (341, 342, 343) that is close to the array substrate (310).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Liu, Jinbo Lu, Xuelan Wang
  • Patent number: 10088717
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a first pixel electrode located in a first pixel, a second pixel electrode located in a second pixel, and a common electrode. The common electrode used for displaying a video is located across the first pixel and the second pixel disposed adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Minowa
  • Patent number: 10082708
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal device. The liquid crystal panel includes a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a color filter (CF) substrate opposite to each other. Each of sub-pixel areas of the TFT substrate is configured with a first conductive film, and each of sub-optical-filter areas of the CF substrate is configured with a second conductive film opposite to the first conductive film, the first conductive film and the second conductive film are rectangular. A central point of the first conductive film projects on the central point of the second conductive film. A dimension of the second conductive film is greater than the dimension of the first conductive film, and a ring-shaped conductive film is formed in an area of the first conductive film not covered by the second conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Li Zhao, Bangyin Peng
  • Patent number: 10079306
    Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure in which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be efficiently reduced. In a bottom gate thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor layer, an oxide insulating layer used as a channel protection layer is formed above and in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer, and at the same time an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion (including a side surface) of the stacked oxide semiconductor layer is formed. Further, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer are formed in a manner such that they do not overlap with the channel protection layer. Thus, a structure in which an insulating layer over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Miyuki Hosoba, Junichiro Sakata, Hideaki Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 10074710
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of transmitting windows configured to transmit light therethrough. The plurality of transmitting windows is spaced apart from the plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a transistor and a capacitor. The transistor includes a light-blocking electrode disposed on the substrate and a plurality of electrode members disposed at different layers on the light-blocking electrode. The capacitor includes a first capacitor electrode disposed on a same layer as the light-blocking electrode, and a second capacitor electrode disposed on a same layer as a first one of the plurality of electrode members to overlap the first capacitor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Ebisuno, Ae Shin, Yong Ho Yang, Jun Hee Lee, Nak Cho Choi
  • Patent number: 10073551
    Abstract: Provided is a novel display panel which is highly convenient or reliable or a driving method thereof. The display panel includes a first display element, a first conductive film electrically connected to the first display element, a second conductive film having a region overlapping with the first conductive film, an insulating film having a region sandwiched between the second conductive film and the first conductive film, a pixel circuit electrically connected to the second conductive film, and a second display element electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The insulating film has an opening. The second conductive film is electrically connected to the first conductive film in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Kouhei Toyotaka
  • Patent number: 10069111
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting display device. An organic light emitting display device includes an organic light emitting element and a light scattering layer disposed on a bottom or a top of the organic light emitting element. The light scattering layer includes a photosensitive resin and dispersion particles dispersed in the photosensitive resin. The dispersion particles are configured to improve light extraction with respect to light emitted from the organic light emitting element and compensate a viewing angle with respect to the light emitted from the organic light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sookang Kim, KangJu Lee, Wonhoe Koo, Jihyang Jang, Hyunsoo Lim
  • Patent number: 10067354
    Abstract: A watch may include a first display unit, a second display unit, a first polarizer set, and a second polarizer set. The second display unit may be positioned over the first display unit and may transmit light. One of the first display unit and the second display unit may display a time information image that indicates time. The other of the first display unit and the second display unit may display non-time information image, e.g., a user interface element. The first polarizer set may be positioned between the first display unit and the second display unit. The second polarizer set may be positioned on the second display unit. One of the first polarizer set and the second polarizer set may rotate relative to the other for enabling the watch to conceal or show the time information image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Joong Kwon, Yun-Seon Do
  • Patent number: 10067377
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an array substrate and a method for preparing the same, and a display device. The array substrate comprises a substrate, and a thin-film transistor and a passivation layer formed on a side of the substrate, and the array substrate is divided into a reflective region and a transmissive region, wherein an insulating layer is formed on the reflective region on a side of the passivation layer that is far from the substrate, and a nanoparticle layer for diffuse reflecting an incident light is formed on a side of the insulating layer that is far from the substrate. Not only the viewing angle of the array substrate is enlarged, but also the performances of the array substrate such as transmittance, contrast and dark-state uniformity are guaranteed, thus the present invention is especially applicable for display devices for large-scale outdoor display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinxing Wang, Jaegeon You, Jikai Yao
  • Patent number: 10061162
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof. The device includes a thin film transistor formed on a lower substrate, a pixel electrode formed on the lower substrate, a planarization layer formed on an entire surface of the lower substrate, a black matrix formed on the upper substrate, a color filter layer formed on a upper substrate, partition walls formed on the upper substrate and forming a space corresponding to a seal pattern insertion groove, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, and a seal pattern inserted between the seal pattern insertion groove located on the non-display region of the lower substrate and the upper substrate and the partition walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: MunGi Park
  • Patent number: 10050061
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method of the array substrate and a display device including the array substrate are disclosed. The array substrate includes a substrate (1), a common electrode layer (401) located on the substrate (1) and a conductive layer (2) provided on a surface of the substrate (1), the conductive layer (2) and the common electrode layer (401) are electrically connected in parallel. The common electrode and the conductive layer are formed into a parallel structure, so that the resistance can be decreased, and in turn, crosstalk, greenish and other phenomenon of the array substrate are reduced, thereby promoting the picture quality of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanbo Zhang, Wei Qin, Seung Woo Han, Ruoyu Ma
  • Patent number: 10043483
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel arrangement structure, an array substrate, a display apparatus and a display control method. The display control method includes obtaining a first grayscale value, a second grayscale value, a third grayscale value and a fourth grayscale value of a blue sub-pixel of four pixel units in a repeating unit; and calculating an actual display value of the blue sub-pixel based on the first grayscale value, the second grayscale value, the third grayscale value and the fourth grayscale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Danna Song, Song Meng, Cuili Gai, Zhongyuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10036932
    Abstract: Provided is to a display element capable of displaying an image on both sides thereof. In the display element, display operation is not constantly performed on both sides, and the display operation is, as necessary, switched to displaying only on one side without lowering the efficiency of a backlight or other light emitting bodies. The structure is made such that a planar light emitting body capable of emitting light in directions of both faces is sandwiched between two light control elements capable of electrically switching, from outside, between a light reflection state and a light transmission state. In such a structure, the faces of the light control elements serving as light reflection surfaces in the light reflection state face the planar light emitting body, and the planar light emitting body and the light control elements are further sandwiched between two liquid crystal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hidenori Ikeno
  • Patent number: 10037725
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving method of graphene display device and the graphene display devices. The method includes obtaining target point coordinates of a pixel within a color gamut system by RGB grayscale values to be inputted by the pixels, obtaining chromaticity coordinate (CIE) or a brightness of a first dynamic sub-pixel and a second dynamic sub-pixel of the pixel according to a location relationship of three color gamut blocks divided by a RGB color gamut within the target point coordinate and a gamut coordinate system, determining a driving voltage of the pixel in accordance with the CIE or the brightness of the first dynamic sub-pixel and the second dynamic sub-pixel, and outputting the driving voltage to the pixel. The graphene display device may for quickly, effectively, and more convenient realize high color fidelity so as to enhance the performance of LCDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Fan, Yu-chun Hsiao
  • Patent number: 10014359
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device is disclosed which includes: scan, data and power lines crossing one another and arranged to define a pixel region; a switching thin film transistor disposed at an intersection of the scan and data lines; an organic light emitting diode disposed in the pixel region; a driving thin film transistor disposed between the power line and the organic light emitting diode; and a storage capacitor disposed adjacently to the organic light emitting diode and configured to charge a data signal which is applied from the data line. The storage capacitor includes a plurality of sub storage capacitors in which a plurality of storage electrodes are stacked alternately with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Jun Kim, Bo Kyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 10007144
    Abstract: A segmented transparent LCD is disclosed that includes a LC module that is substantially transparent to visible light. The segmented transparent LCD includes an array of spaced apart display segments supported by the LCD module. Each display segment is configured to display a segment of the display image. Each display segment includes a non-specular light-redirecting segment configured to provide localized backlight to the display segment when the ambient light is incident thereon. The segmented transparent LCD allows for a display image to be displayed and viewed while also allowing a viewer to see through one or more transparent regions that separate the display segments. Methods of displaying a display image using the segmented transparent LCD are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Revolution Display, LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy Hochman
  • Patent number: 10007141
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate The first substrate includes a first central display region and a first margin region; the second substrate includes a second central display region, a second margin region, and a light guide element arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. The light guide element includes a first optical component which partially overlays the first central display region and a second optical component which is located on a side surface of the second margin region. The first optical component is configured to allow part of light from the first central display region to exit from a top surface of the second margin region, and allow another part of light from the first central display region to exit from a top surface and a side surface of the second optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Tian, Ming Hu, Guiyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9996115
    Abstract: An e-book reader in which destruction of a driver circuit at the time when a flexible panel is handled is inhibited. In addition, an e-book reader having a simplified structure. A plurality of flexible display panels each including a display portion in which display control is performed by a scan line driver circuit and a signal line driver circuit, and a binding portion fastening the plurality of display panels together are included. The signal line driver circuit is provided inside the binding portion, and the scan line driver circuit is provided at the edge of the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the binding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yasuyuki Arai, Ikuko Kawamata, Atsushi Miyaguchi, Yoshitaka Moriya
  • Patent number: 9989413
    Abstract: A spectrometer and a spectrometer module are disclosed. The spectrometer includes a liquid crystal (LC) filter including an LC layer configured to pass light having a wavelength that is tunable based on an electrical stimulus that is applied to the LC layer, and a photodetector configured to detect the light passed through the LC filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jesada Ungnapatanin
  • Patent number: 9983434
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transflective liquid crystal display panel and transflective liquid crystal display device. The transflective liquid crystal display panel includes: an array substrate which is provided thereon with a plurality of sub-pixel areas, each of the sub-pixel areas including a transmissive area and a reflecting area; and a polarizer arranged at an outer surface of the array substrate and having a first surface facing a backlight source. An area of the first surface, which corresponds to the reflecting area, is at least partly provided therein with a reflecting layer. The present disclosure achieves the technical effect of preventing the light emitted by a backlight source from being absorbed by the polarizer in the reflecting process, thus avoiding light loss and consequently improving the utilization rate of the backlight source. The display panel and the display device provided by the present disclosure are simple in structures, which greatly reduces the production cost thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 9983432
    Abstract: An electronic display comprises a backlight unit and a liquid crystal (LC) layer, where the backlight combines and directs light from a plurality of light sources towards the LC layer, which controls an amount of light to be displayed. The LC layer is controlled by a plurality of thin-film transistors (TFT) disposed on a TFT layer. To prevent light from the backlight from being absorbed by the TFTs, a dielectric mirror is disposed between the transistors and the backlight unit to reflect light from the backlight unit that is projectors towards the transistors back towards the backlight unit. Hence, light can be recycled and travel through an aperture between the dielectric mirrors, thereby improving luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Jianru Shi, Fenglin Peng
  • Patent number: 9977156
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a display panel including a display area where an image is displayed and a non-display area surrounding the display area; and a first polarization member disposed on a front surface of the display panel and including a polarization area corresponding to the display area and a light blocking area corresponding to the non-display area, wherein the first polarization member corresponding to the light blocking area includes a plurality of scattering patterns which reduce reflectance of the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taekyung Yim, Hyun-Ho Kang, Hyungjune Kim, Osung Seo
  • Patent number: 9971183
    Abstract: An assembly having a liquid crystal molecule section, a reflector section, disposed on the liquid crystal molecule section, having a stack of dielectric layers having alternating higher and lower indices of refraction; and an array of electrode sections disposed between a pair of the dielectric layers, one of said pair of dielectric layers having a higher index than the other one of said pair of dielectric layers. The electrodes in the array are interdigitated electrode for producing electric fields parallel to the array. The reflector section is disposed between the liquid crystal molecule section and a thermally conductive substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Daniel P. Resler, Andrew D. W. McKie, Linda A. Palmaccio
  • Patent number: 9971176
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes first and second substrates, first pixel electrodes, second pixel electrodes, common electrodes, first auxiliary electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and the second substrates. The first pixel electrodes, the second pixel electrodes, and the common electrodes are disposed on the first substrate. The first auxiliary electrodes are disposed on the second substrate. One of the first pixel electrodes is not overlapping one of the first auxiliary electrodes in a vertical projection direction. A driving method of the liquid crystal display panel includes setting a first voltage difference in a wide viewing mode and a second voltage difference in a narrow viewing mode between the first auxiliary electrodes and the common electrodes and, respectively. The first voltage difference is less than the second voltage difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wan-Heng Chang, Chen-Feng Fan, Sung-Yu Su, Hsiao-Wei Cheng
  • Patent number: 9960388
    Abstract: A display device includes: pixel electrodes that respectively correspond to unit pixels composing an image; an insulation layer that is arranged to be put on a peripheral part of each of the pixel electrodes and is light transmitting; a light emitting layer that is laminated in contact with a central part surrounded by the peripheral part in each of the pixel electrodes and is arranged to emit light with a luminosity controlled by a current; and a common electrode that is laminated in contact with the light emitting layer and is arranged to be put on the insulation layer over the pixel electrodes. Each of the pixel electrodes has a surface on which the insulation layer and the light emitting layer are put. The peripheral part is either light absorbing or light transmitting on the surface, and the central part is light reflecting on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tohru Sasaki, Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9946106
    Abstract: An electronic display includes electrically conductive layers. An active layer is disposed between adjacent electrically conductive layers. The active layer includes cholesteric liquid crystal material. At least one transparent front substrate is disposed adjacent one of the electrically conductive layers near a front of the display. A semitransparent back layer absorbs light that passes through the active layer, reflects grey light or light of a color and is light transmitting. Electronic circuitry applies a voltage to the conductive layers that enables at least one of erasing or writing of the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Kent Displays Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton Braganza, Matthew Schlemmer, Erica Montbach, Asad Khan
  • Patent number: 9928807
    Abstract: A control method applied to an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit arranged on a first surface and a display unit arranged on a second surface, and inherent light transmittances of the display units are greater than a predetermined value. The control method includes: determining a first display unit and a second display unit, where the first display unit is a display unit arranged on a surface facing a user, and the second display unit is a display unit arranged on the other surface; detecting a light intensity around a surface where the second display unit is arranged; and in a case that a detected light intensity reaches a predetermined light intensity, adjusting at least display effect of the second display unit to reduce a light transmittance of the second display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoupeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9928786
    Abstract: A display device includes a multi-primary-color display panel with subpixels arranged in a matrix pattern of columns and rows; and a signal converter arranged to convert a video signal, having values that represent the colors of pixels with a matrix pattern, into a multi-primary-color signal for use in the multi-primary-color display panel. The signal converter associates a value of the video signal representing the color of at least one of pixels on a pth row with values of the multi-primary-color signal corresponding to the luminances of subpixels on (s?1)th and sth rows, and also associates a value of the video signal representing the color of at least one of the pixels on a (p+1)th row with values of the multi-primary-color signal corresponding to the luminances of subpixels on sth and (s+1)th rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiko Miyazaki, Kazunari Tomizawa, Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki
  • Patent number: 9904102
    Abstract: A color film substrate and a transflective LCD having wide viewing angle are disclosed. The LCD includes a transmission area, and a reflective area. The LCD also includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first polarizer arranged on one side of the first substrate facing away the liquid crystal layer, a reflective layer between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, a half-wave plate arranged on one side of the liquid crystal layer facing toward the first substrate within the reflective area, and a second polarizer on one side of the second substrate facing away the liquid crystal layer. The half-wave plate includes a first half-wave plate and a second half-wave plate adjacent to each other. In this way, the viewing angle may be enlarged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 9904101
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device module are disclosed. A TFT array substrate contained in the display panel includes a second substrate, a pixel electrode layer, a carrier layer, and a reflective layer. The second substrate includes a first region and a second region. A carrier platform contained in the carrier layer is disposed on the pixel electrode layer, in which a position of the carrier platform corresponds with the second region; and a reflection sheet contained in the reflective layer is disposed on the carrier platform, wherein the reflection sheet has a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. The present invention improves the utilization of light in the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Xie
  • Patent number: 9904124
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on an upper portion of the first substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer which covers the data line and the drain electrode and defines a contact hole which exposes a part of the drain electrode, a common electrode provided at an upper portion of the passivation layer and having a planar structure, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole and including a plurality of pixel branch electrodes, and a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, where an opening is defined in the common electrode at a position which corresponds to a middle region of the plurality of pixel branch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyoung Ju Shin
  • Patent number: 9898145
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display panel and a touch display device. The touch display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other to form a cell. The second substrate includes a matrix common electrode. The touch display panel further includes a first signal transmission line arranged on the first substrate and a second signal transmission line arranged on the first substrate, and the second signal transmission line is intersected with the first signal transmission line; and a first spacer corresponding to the first signal transmission line and a second spacer corresponding to the second signal transmission line. The first spacer and the second spacer are configured to enable the first signal transmission line and the second signal transmission line to be electrically connected to the matrix common electrode when a corresponding touch region is in a touch state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiao Wang
  • Patent number: 9891469
    Abstract: An array substrate, a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate (10) includes a base substrate (100) and a plurality of subpixels (103) disposed on the base substrate (100), wherein an area of each of the subpixels (103) includes a plurality of transmissive regions (105) and a plurality of reflective regions (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingtao Wang
  • Patent number: 9886742
    Abstract: A near-eye display system includes a display panel, a beam steering assembly facing the display panel, a display controller, and a beam steering controller. The beam steering assembly imparts one of a plurality of net deflection angles to incident light. The display controller drives the display panel to display a sequence of images, and the beam steering controller controls the beam steering assembly to impart a different net deflection angle for each displayed image of the sequence. The sequence of images, when displayed within the visual perception interval, may be perceived as a single image having a resolution greater than the resolution of the display panel or having larger apparent pixel sizes that conceal the black space between pixels of the display, or the sequence of images may represent a lightfield with the angular information represented in the net deflection angles imparted into the images as they are projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: John D. Perreault, Johnny Lee, Jerry Carollo
  • Patent number: 9885909
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a substrate including a reflective area and a transmissive area, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the thin film transistor, and a roof layer disposed facing the pixel electrode. The liquid crystal display further includes a plurality of microcavities formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, and a liquid crystal material disposed in the plurality of microcavities. The reflective area includes a first cell gap, and the transmissive area includes a second cell gap that is different from the first cell gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Ju Yun, Byeong-Hee Won
  • Patent number: 9885920
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and an alignment layer disposed at at least one of between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the alignment layer includes a first region that is hydrophilic and a second region that is hydrophobic are periodically repeated in a direction that is parallel to the first substrate or the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules having a helical structure and a self-aligned liquid crystal additive to form a uniform lying helix (ULH) structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heung Shik Park, Ki Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 9880651
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated touch control display panel, including a substrate, a plurality of stripe shaped common electrodes sequentially arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a plurality of common electrode slits located between any two adjacent stripe shaped common electrodes. Each section of the common electrode slit includes a first slit, a second slit, and a connection slit located between the first slit and the second slit. An orthogonal projection of a center line of the connection slit on the substrate is located inside or coincides with a triangle formed by an orthogonal projection of the intersection point of center lines of the first and second slits, the intersection point of center lines of the first and connection slits, and the intersection point of center lines of the second and connection slits on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SHANGHAI AVIC OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaokeng Cao, Wantong Shao
  • Patent number: 9881969
    Abstract: In a display panel, a first substrate has an active area and a peripheral area around the active area. A first trace is located at the peripheral area and extends along a first direction. A second trace intersects the first trace to define a crossing area. The first trace and the second trace are electrically isolated at the crossing area. An insulation layer is disposed on the first trace and the second trace and has an opening region corresponding to the crossing area. The opening region exposes the crossing area. The switch element is adjacent to the opening region, and has an active layer. The active layer has a first width in parallel with the first direction, and the shortest distance between the opening region and the active layer in parallel with the first direction is larger than zero and smaller than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Ching Cho, Hsia-Ching Chu, Kuei-Ling Liu