Liquid Crystal Writing Tablet Patents (Class 349/12)
  • Patent number: 9874965
    Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more transparent strain sensors configured to detect strain based on an amount of force applied to the electronic device, a component in the electronic device, and/or an input surface of the electronic device. The one or more transparent strain sensors may be included in or positioned below an input surface that is configured to receive touch inputs from a user. The area below the input surface can be visible to a user when the user is viewing the input surface. The one or more transparent strain sensors are formed with a nanostructure, including a nanomesh or nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Pedder, Sunggu Kang, David J. Meyer, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 9870092
    Abstract: A display device is configured that the common electrode wiring layer is divided in a source wiring layer direction, the metal wiring layer is disposed above the source wiring layer at a position in contact with the upper part of the common electrode wiring layer, and the metal wiring layer is not disposed at a position where the common electrode wiring layer is divided. Alternatively, the metal wiring layer is not disposed at a position between the same colors as those at the division position of the common electrode wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shigesumi Araki, Mitsutaka Okita, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 9864472
    Abstract: A touch driving detection circuit includes a plurality of region driving detection circuits. Each of the plurality of region driving detection circuits includes a control module, a strobe output module, a detection module, a first trigger signal line and a second trigger signal line. The first trigger signal line is configured to input a first trigger signal to the control module to control the strobe output units to output touch scanning signals simultaneously. The detection module is configured to detect whether a touch is present in the touch region and when a touch is present, the detection module triggers the second trigger signal line in the region driving detection circuit to input a primary trigger signal, so that the control module controls the strobe output units to output the touch scanning signals sequentially, thereby determining a location of a touched point in the touch region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kangpeng Yang, Yumin Xu
  • Patent number: 9865623
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a peripheral common electrode line for supplying a common voltage and a plurality of sub-pixels. The array substrate further includes first connection portions and second connection portions; the first connection portions extend along a first direction and are provided between the peripheral common electrode line and common electrodes of the sub-pixels adjacent to a side of the peripheral common electrode line along a second direction, for electrically connecting the peripheral common electrode line with the common electrodes of the sub-pixels adjacent to the side of the peripheral common electrode line along the second direction; and the second connection portions extend long the first direction and are provided between the common electrodes of adjacent sub-pixels along the first direction, for electrically connecting the common electrodes of the adjacent sub-pixels along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Feng
  • Patent number: 9857653
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film transistor array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel. The thin film transistor array substrate comprises: a substrate, and the substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface oppositely located; a thin film transistor array, located on the first surface; a common electrode layer, and the common electrode layer is isolated from the thin film transistor array, and the common electrode layer comprises a plurality of first strip holes; a sensing electrode layer, and the sensing electrode layer is isolated from the common electrode layer, and the sensing electrode layer comprises a plurality of sensing units and a plurality of sensing wires, and the sensing units are distributed in row and column, and the sensing wires are electrically coupled to the sensing units of each row or each column respectively, and the sensing wires are located corresponding to the first strip holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Gui Chen, Caiqin Chen
  • Patent number: 9836176
    Abstract: Provided is an optically transparent conductive material which is suitable as an optically transparent electrode for capacitive touchscreens, the optically transparent conductive material not causing moire even when placed over a liquid crystal display, having a favorably low pattern conspicuousness (non-conspicuousness), and having a high reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takenobu Yoshiki, Kazuhiko Sunada
  • Patent number: 9839144
    Abstract: An electronic device and a display module used therein are provided. The display module includes a display panel, a backlight module and a sensing antenna. The backlight module has a light exit surface and a reflective plate opposite to the light exit surface, and the display panel is stacked on the light exit surface. The sensing antenna is disposed on a surface of the reflective plate opposite to the light exit surface and has a body and two signal connecting terminals connecting the body. The electronic device includes the display module, a system circuit module, and a conductive device. The system circuit module is disposed on a back side of the display module and has a signal connecting parts corresponding to and connecting the signal connecting terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, JIENG TAI INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC CORP.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yu Chuang, Fang-Ching Lee, Chi-Hung Lu, Meng-Ying Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9835906
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first insulating substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first insulating substrate; a light blocking member disposed on the thin film transistor; and a spacer disposed on the light blocking member, wherein the spacer includes a main column spacer and a sub column spacer, and the sub column spacer is disposed between the main column spacer and has a stripe shape which extends in parallel to a gate line of the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Seop Shim, Hee Ra Kim, Chang Soon Jang, Chul Huh
  • Patent number: 9829701
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a correction panel, and a flexible printed circuit board. The correction panel includes a shape memory polymer layer and a driver. The shape memory polymer layer includes microlenses and the driver control the microlenses. The flexible printed circuit board connects the driver to a driving circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Ho Chong, Dong-wook Choi
  • Patent number: 9832571
    Abstract: Acoustic transducer systems involving tilt control, and methods for operating the acoustic transducer systems, are described herein. An example acoustic transducer system includes: a driver motor to generate a magnetic flux; a diaphragm operably coupled to the driver motor; a voice coil structure coupled to the diaphragm and movable in response to the magnetic flux, the voice coil structure includes: a former; a voice coil coupled to the former and movable in response to an input audio signal; and a tilt control coil coupled to the former; a tilt sensing module coupled to the voice coil structure and detects a misalignment of the voice coil structure relative to an initial alignment of the voice coil structure; and a controller for transmitting the input audio signal to the voice coil; and generating and transmitting a correction signal to the tilt control coil for minimizing the misalignment of the voice coil structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AUDERA ACOUSTICS INC.
    Inventor: David Russell
  • Patent number: 9832862
    Abstract: The conductive film includes a transparent substrate and a conductive portion having a wiring pattern, in which when the wiring pattern is observed from at least one visual point, with respect to frequencies and intensities of moires which are calculated respectively from peak frequencies and peak intensities of predetermined data and peak frequencies and peak intensities of another predetermined data, an evaluation index of moire, which is calculated from evaluation values of moires obtained by applying visual response characteristics of a human being to the intensities of the moires according to an observation distance at the frequencies of the respective moires that are equal to or lower than the maximum frequency of moire specified according to display resolution of the display unit, is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuchika Iwami
  • Patent number: 9823795
    Abstract: A plurality of first touch patterns of a touch substrate are disposed separately and disposed on the substrate along a first direction. A plurality of second touch patterns are separated from each other and disposed on the substrate along a second direction and interlace with the first touch patterns. One of the first touch patterns includes a plurality of first main portions extended along the second direction, a plurality of branch portions connected to the first main portions and extended along the first direction, and a plurality of first protruding portions connected to the branch portions and extended along the second direction. The first main portions and the first protruding portions are respectively disposed on two ends of the branch portions. The branch portion includes a middle section and two extending sections, and the minimum width of the middle section is less than that of the extending sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Ta Chu, Chia-Hsiung Chang, Yang-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 9823763
    Abstract: Provided is a touch panel. The touch panel includes a base and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached to the base and having a peel strength with respect to a polycarbonate sheet of 1,900 g/25 mm or more. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes an acryl polymer compound containing an acryl polymer and a thiol polymer derived by binding a thiol compound into a chain, or a side chain or terminal end of a chain of the acryl polymer. Accordingly, penetration of oxygen, moisture or other impurities at an interface between the base film and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, or at an interface between a conductor thin film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may be effectively inhibited, and degradation in optical properties such as visibility due to bubbles generated at a pressure-sensitive adhesive interface may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Soo Park, Se Woo Yang, Suk Ky Chang, Seung Min Lee
  • Patent number: 9817536
    Abstract: To provide a thin touch panel, a touch panel with high visibility, a lightweight touch panel, or a touch panel with low power consumption. A pair of conductive layers included in a capacitive touch sensor have a mesh shape including a plurality of openings. Furthermore, a material blocking visible light is provided to overlap with a region between two display elements in a plan view; thus, a light-blocking layer can be obtained. Furthermore, the pair of conductive layers included in the touch sensor are provided between a pair of substrates included in the touch panel, and a conductive layer capable of supplying a constant potential is provided between a circuit which drives a display element and the pair of conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shishido, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Daisuke Kubota
  • Patent number: 9811195
    Abstract: A touch screen and a method for controlling the touch screen are provided. The touch screen includes a user interface including a display area and at least one soft key; a touch sensor unit disposed under the display area and the at least one soft key of the user interface, for sensing a touch on the display area or the at least one soft key; a display unit disposed under the touch sensor unit, for outputting a display screen; a first electromagnetic sensor unit disposed under the display unit, for sensing an electromagnetic field incident on the display area; and a second electromagnetic sensor unit physically separated from the first electromagnetic sensor unit, for sensing at least one electromagnetic field incident on the at least one soft key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Joo-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9791732
    Abstract: A touching display panel and a display device using the same are provided. The touching display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, a first substrate having a hard surface structure, a second substrate, a touch sensor layer, a thin-film transistor layer, and a color filter layer. The first and second substrates are respectively disposed at two sides of the liquid crystal layer. The touch sensor layer is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and is formed on the first substrate. The thin-film transistor layer and the color filter layer are both disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the thin-film transistor layer and the color filter layer is formed on the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Liang Lu, Hsin-Li Chen, Jian-Jhong Fu, Hao-Ching Chien, Tsau-Hua Hsieh, Hung-Yu Chen, Chiu-Lien Yang, Jia-Pang Pang
  • Patent number: 9785290
    Abstract: Provided is a touch cell structure for a touch panel in which a touch cell is configured into a new pad to gate mode in order to solve a problem of a conventional capacitive-type touch input device. The touch cell structure includes: a conductive pad that forms an electrostatic capacitance with respect to a touch unit when a finger of a human body or the touch unit having an electrical characteristic similar to the finger approaches the conductive pad within a predetermined distance; and a three-terminal type switching device whose gate terminal is connected with the conductive pad and whose output signal is changed in correspondence to a change in electric potential of the gate terminal of the three-terminal type switching device by the electrostatic capacitance between the touch unit and the conductive pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: G2TOUCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9781853
    Abstract: Describe herein are electronic devices that includes an enclosure having a flexible portion extending partially over the coverglass. In some instances, the flexible portion is configured to deform during assembly to allow the coverglass to be placed within the enclosure and to return to an original position once the assembly is complete. In other instances, the flexible portion may be configured to act as a bezel and to conceal any gap between an edge of the coverglass and a side wall of the enclosure from view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Turner Witmer, Christopher Thomas Li, Bryan Dan Trinh
  • Patent number: 9773440
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device and an inspection method are provided. The display panel comprises a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines including a plurality of first-type data lines and a plurality of second-type data lines, and a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array. The second-type data lines are closer to a center of the display panel than the first-type data lines along a first direction. The first-type data line is connected to at least one second-type data line, and the connected first-type data line and the at least one second-type data line are connected to the sub-pixels having a same color in a same sub-pixel row, respectively. The first-type data line receives a voltage signal from an external circuit, and the at least one second-type data line receives the voltage signal from the connected first-type data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huasheng Yan
  • Patent number: 9772919
    Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU) is tested by an automated D-bus testing tool in a first device. The test tool establishes one or more secure shells between the first device and the ECU. The tool reads test input data from an Excel input file. The ECU comprises a software stack including a test client, a Bluetooth middle layer and a hardware abstraction layer, that communicate internally relative to the ECU, via a D-bus. The test tool sends function calls and parameters via the secure shells to the ECU to test execution of Bluetooth functions and/or Bluetooth profiles. The function calls enable simulation of a human machine interface by the test client. The tool monitors API call returns and logs D-bus communications via the one or more secure shells. The test tool outputs test verdict information and/or D-bus communication logs as text in an Excel file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Vidya Rajagopal, Divya Kilari Chandrababu naidu, Marin Grace, Sudhir Kudva
  • Patent number: 9759854
    Abstract: Input device outer layer and backlighting techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a light guide configured to transmit light, a sensor assembly having a plurality of sensors that are configured to detect proximity of an object as a corresponding one or more inputs, a connection portion configured to form a communicative coupling to a computing device to communicate the one or more inputs received by the sensor assembly to the computing device, and an outer layer disposed proximal to the light guide such that the light guide is positioned between the outer layer and the sensor assembly. The outer layer has one or more portions configured to permit transmission of light from the light guide to act as a backlight, the outer layer having a textured outer surface and a smooth inner surface that is disposed proximal to the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Dean Harley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9753318
    Abstract: A switchable type touch display device includes: a display panel displaying an image; a touch polarization control panel over the display panel, wherein the touch polarization control panel includes: first and second touch polarization control substrates; a first electrode on an inner surface of the first touch polarization control substrate; a second electrode on an inner surface of the second touch polarization control substrate; a third electrode on an outer surface of the second touch polarization control substrate; and a polarization control liquid crystal layer between the first and second touch polarization control substrates; and a lens panel over the touch polarization control panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Hwan An, Chang-Ho Lee, Keong-Jin Lee, Joo-Ah Kim, Tae-Young Heo
  • Patent number: 9747856
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of gate lines extended in a first direction, a plurality of common electrodes extended in the first direction, a gate scanning circuit that scans the plurality of the gate lines, and a common scanning circuit that scans the plurality of the common electrodes. The common scanning circuit includes a shift register unit, an interconnection connecting unit, and a switch unit. The gate scanning circuit and the common scanning circuit are configured of single channel thin film transistors. The gate scanning circuit is disposed between the shift register unit and the interconnection connecting unit, and the interconnection connecting unit is disposed between the gate scanning circuit and the switch unit in a planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 9740288
    Abstract: The electronic device 1 is provided with a touch panel 3, vibration units 15 and 16 that vibrate the touch panel 3, and a display unit 18 disposed adjacent to the backside of the touch panel 3. The display unit 18 is held suspended from the touch panel 3 via a flexible member 24 disposed along the entire periphery of the display unit 18, improves dust resistance and water resistance, as an electronic device that includes and vibrates a panel forming the external appearance of the electronic device, while making it difficult to inhibit vibration of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Michiaki Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 9733420
    Abstract: A light guide may be located behind an electronic display and have a number of LEDs located adjacent an edge thereof. A thermal plate may be placed adjacent to said plurality of LEDs and may be in conductive thermal communication therewith. The thermal plate may comprise a first portion located above the electronic display and a second portion located below the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources Internationak, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Marcos Diaz
  • Patent number: 9733749
    Abstract: A manufacturing process for forming a touch structure utilizes a first anti-etching optical layer to define the electrodes pattern and utilizes a second anti-etching optical layer to define the traces pattern. The first anti-etching optical layer and the second anti-etching optical layer do not need to be removed. The refractive index of the first anti-etching optical layer and the refractive index of the second anti-etching optical layer can be adjusted to reduce the display difference between the etched region and the non-etched region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Yu Liu, Lu-Hsing Lee
  • Patent number: 9726924
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment discloses a display device including: a substrate including at least one of pixels; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a common electrode disposed on the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode disposed on the common electrode overlapping the common electrode; an insulating layer interposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode; at least one roof layer disposed spaced apart from the common electrode and the pixel electrode to form a microcavity therebetween, the microcavity including an injection hole; a liquid crystal layer disposed in the microcavity; at least two adjacent first touch sensing electrode disposed on the at least one roof layer; an auxiliary electrode disposed between the two adjacent first touch sensing electrodes; an overcoat disposed to cover the first touch sensing electrodes and the injection hole, the overcoat sealing the microcavity; and a second touch sensing electrode disposed on the overcoat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Kim, Joo-Han Bae
  • Patent number: 9715303
    Abstract: The present invention provides an in-cell self capacitive touch control display panel and a manufacture method thereof. The in-cell self capacitive touch control display panel comprises: an array substrate, a CF substrate and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the array substrate and the CF substrate, and light is incident from a CF substrate side, and exits out of an array substrate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiangyang Xu
  • Patent number: 9709834
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: an image display panel; a backlight device; first and second liquid crystal prism elements each configured to change a deflection direction of emitted light according to a voltage applied thereto; a position detection section configured to detect a position of a user; and a control section configured to control the voltages applied to the liquid crystal prism elements, on the basis of information of the position of the user detected by the position detection section. Each liquid crystal prism element includes a pair of opposing substrates, a plurality of triangular prisms which have ridge lines extending in a first direction parallel to one side of the image display panel and are arranged between the pair of opposing substrates so as to be aligned along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a liquid crystal sealed between the opposing substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Ichihashi, Masahiro Kasano
  • Patent number: 9710689
    Abstract: Various embodiments concern fingerprint sensors for mobile devices. By modifying one or more layers of a display assembly, a fingerprint sensor can be positioned directly beneath the display. For example, the air gap within the backlight structure could be replaced by an optically clear adhesive that allows waves emitted by a fingerprint sensor to properly propagate through the display assembly. In some embodiments, a fingerprint sensor is set within a recess in the display assembly. For example, a depression could be created in the protective substrate, and the fingerprint sensor could be set within the depression using an optically clear adhesive. The functionality of a fingerprint sensor could also be replicated by increasing the density of touch-sensing elements in certain areas of a display assembly that utilizes in-cell technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: David John Evans, V, Xinrui Jiang, Andrew E. Rubin, Matthew Hershenson, Xiaoyu Miao
  • Patent number: 9713269
    Abstract: A fixing structure is suitable for fixing a display panel of an electronic device. The display panel has a panel fitting portion at a side edge of the display panel. The fixing structure includes a front bezel and a rear bracket. The front bezel has a bezel fitting portion to fit with the panel fitting portion. The rear bracket is assembled to the front bezel and has a restraining portion to restrain the motion of the bezel fitting portion relative to the panel fitting portion after the bezel fitting portion fits with the panel fitting portion and the rear bracket is fixed to the front bezel. Besides, an electronic device applied with the above fixing structure and a method for assembling the same are also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Lee, Chen-Pang Liu, Xu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9691996
    Abstract: A stretchable display device includes a stretchable substrate capable of being expanded or contracted in a first direction and pixel portions on the stretchable substrate. The pixel portions include rigid areas provided with a light emitter to selectively emit light depending on a driving signal and elastic areas surrounding the rigid areas. The pixel portions are continuously adjacent to each other in the first direction to form a plurality of pixel lines. The pixel portions included in a first pixel line and a second pixel line that are adjacent in the second direction are arranged in a zigzag form along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soo Yeon Lee
  • Patent number: 9690436
    Abstract: The touch panel includes a touch detecting region in which a plurality of sensing regions are two-dimensionally arranged on a single substrate, a plurality of first electrodes formed in shapes of predetermined patterns in the plurality of sensing regions, respectively, and sensing a position of a vertical axis of touch applied to the touch detecting region, and a plurality of second electrodes electrically insulated from the first electrodes in the plurality of sensing regions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Melfas Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Sik Nam
  • Patent number: 9685132
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit unit, an array substrate, and a display device are disclosed, whereby the problem of high cost resulted from the large amount use of G-COF in the prior art can be solved. The driving circuit unit comprises a first selection unit and a second selection unit, wherein an input end of said first selection unit and an input end of said second selection unit are both connected with a same gate signal line of a G-COF, and an output end of said first selection unit and an output end of said second selection unit are connected with two gate lines respectively. During a first scanning cycle, the first selection unit outputs a high-level signal, and the second selection unit outputs a low-level signal; and during a second scanning cycle, the second selection unit outputs a high-level signal, and the first selection unit outputs a low-level signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng cheng Xu, Xiao yu Huang
  • Patent number: 9684124
    Abstract: A transparent electronic display assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises an electronic display and a light guide placed behind the electronic display. The assembly preferably has a front bracket that contacts the front surface of the light guide and a rear bracket that contacts the rear surface of the light guide. The electronic display may be adhered to the brackets. While the light guide may be constrained from movement towards or away from the electronic display by the front and rear brackets, the light guide is generally permitted to move and thermally expand parallel to the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventor: William Dunn
  • Patent number: 9684338
    Abstract: A multifunctional device layer may include a lightguide substrate having an optically patterned surface and an opposing non-patterned surface. The non-patterned surface of the lightguide substrate is coated with a first material having a first refractive index and the patterned surface is coated with a second material having a second refractive index. The first refractive index may be lower than the second refractive index and each may be lower than a refractive index of the lightguide substrate. A touch sensor may be formed on the coated non-patterned surface of the lightguide substrate, the coated patterned surface, or on an interstitial layer deposited on the coated non-patterned surface or the coated patterned surface. An anti-glare/anti-reflective coating potentially having ultraviolet (UV) absorption properties may be applied to the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Anoop Menon, Kari Juhani Rinko, Joel Martin Pollack, Weihsin Hou, Chin Siong Khor
  • Patent number: 9678377
    Abstract: Provided are touch structure, LCD panel and display device. The touch structure comprises a plurality of first signal lines; a plurality of second signal lines, a plurality of crossing points being formed by cross arrangement of the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines which are insulated from each other; a plurality of touch units, corresponding to the plurality of crossing points one to one, wherein when one touch unit of the plurality of touch units is touched, the first signal line and the second signal line which form a crossing point corresponding to the touch unit generate electrical signals respectively; a controller, connected to the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines respectively, for calculating a contact position based on the electrical signal of the first signal line and the electrical signal of the second signal line respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaodong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9664941
    Abstract: The present invention provides a CF substrate and a curved liquid crystal display panel including the CF substrate. A black matrix is provided on the CF substrate and includes a plurality of expanded sections respectively corresponding to a plurality of main photo spacers. The expanded sections that are located in an edge area of the CF substrate have an area that is greater than an area of the expanded sections that are located in a central area of the CF substrate in order to ensure the distance of the main photo spacers located in the edge area from the pixel open area is increased to effectively prevent the main photo spacers located in the edge area from being twisted with the panel and shifted into the pixel open area during a curving process of a curved liquid crystal display panel to induce undesired situations of light leakage and poor displaying of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haibo Peng
  • Patent number: 9661939
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a transparent electronic display assembly having a front and a rear transparent sheet with a transparent electronic display located therebetween. A wireless transmitter/receiver may be placed adjacent to the transparent electronic display to receive image or video data wirelessly or to transmit status and feedback data. The transparent electronic display assembly may be used as a door for a cooler where a second wireless transmitter/receiver is positioned in a cavity below the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Marcos Diaz
  • Patent number: 9658731
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch window and a manufacturing method thereof. The touch window includes conductive polymer. In the touch window, a light source and/or a connector are provided in a touch screen panel due to the conductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jewon Park
  • Patent number: 9658721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control and display module for motor vehicles, comprising: a display screen for displaying data; a capacitive touchpad for entering user commands, said touchpad at least partially overlapping the display screen; and a casing in which the display screen and the touchpad are housed, said casing comprising a front frame. The control and display module also comprises a retaining protective film having a thickness of between 0.5 and 1.2 mm, which is attached to the external edges of the front frame of the casing, the touchpad being secured at the rear of said film in a suspended manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Henry Beraud
  • Patent number: 9651812
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first layer formed from a first conductive material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a second layer, coupled to the first layer, the second layer formed from a second conductive material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, where the second layer is partially filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Tao Peng
  • Patent number: 9652098
    Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a display device including a touch sensor. More particularly, the inventive concept relates to a display device including a hybrid touch sensor for sensing a touch position and a touch pressure. The display device includes: a display panel for displaying an image; and a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, wherein the touch sensor unit includes a sensing electrode layer including a first touch sensor and a pressure sensing electrode, a conductor, and an elastic layer provided between the sensing electrode layer and the conductor, the first touch sensor includes a plurality of touch electrodes for sensing a touch position, the plurality of touch electrodes including a transparent conductive material, and the pressure sensing electrode, the conductor, and the elastic layer form a second touch sensor for sensing a touch pressure by a foreign object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon Sung Choi, Ji Hong Park, Sang Min Choi
  • Patent number: 9645688
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch screen substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch screen substrate includes a capacitance layer comprising a plurality of electrodes, a first cover layer formed on the capacitance layer; a plurality of conductive bridges located on the first cover layer and configured to be electrically connected to a part of the electrodes that are electrically isolated; and a plurality of electrical connection lines, configured to respectively be electrically connected to the respective conductive bridge so as to electrically connect the first electrode with a touch detecting circuit. A material layer for forming the electrical connection lines is different from a material layer for forming the conductive bridges such that the conductive bridges located below the electrical connection lines are not corroded when the material layer for the electrical connection lines is etched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qi Yao, Feng Zhang, Zhanfeng Cao, Zhen Liu, Xiaolong He
  • Patent number: 9645431
    Abstract: A touch display provided by the present invention includes a control unit and a display. The control unit outputs driving signals to a plurality of touch driving electrodes and receives sensing signals from a plurality of touch sensing electrodes so as to detect touch or proximity of at least one external object based on the capacitive coupling between the driving and sensing electrodes. The display includes a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode and a common electrode, wherein the liquid crystal layer is driven by the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The common electrode includes the touch driving electrodes, and the common electrode except the touch driving electrodes are electrically coupled to a DC potential to form a shielded region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 9639201
    Abstract: A touch panel according to the disclosure includes a touch screen including a plurality of X electrode lines and Y electrode lines, which are alternately disposed with each other, and generating signals that vary depending on a touch position; and a plurality of comparators connected between first and second Y electrode lines adjacent to each other, wherein the touch position on the touch screen is detected based on output codes prepared by using output values of the comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9612466
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a frame that holds a display module. The display module includes a protective member located on a display surface side of a display panel. The frame has a plane surface opposed to a periphery of the protective member and a side surface opposed to a side surface of the display module. The plane surface of the frame is fixed to the periphery of the protective member through a joining member. The display apparatus has a fixing structure to fix the side surface of the frame to the side surface of the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Arita
  • Patent number: 9606391
    Abstract: A portable device and method of manufacturing a display device includes a display panel having a glass substrate and a polarizer adhered to the glass substrate, a touch panel which is made of resin material and adhered to the polarizer of the display panel by a first adhesive material, and a front window which is made of glass and adhered to the touch panel by a second adhesive material. One of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an adhesive sheet, and an other of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an ultraviolet-curing adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 9606396
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display apparatus includes adhering an array substrate and a counter substrate to form a liquid crystal cell; injecting liquid crystal between the array substrate and the counter substrate; adhering an optical film having been cut away at one corner thereof in a triangular shape on the surface of the counter substrate: and mounting a back light to the liquid crystal cell by aligning a corner of the liquid crystal cell and a corner of the back light on the notched portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoya Kubota
  • Patent number: 9606689
    Abstract: A technical object of the present invention is to provide an optically transparent electrode which has a high total light transmittance, hardly produces moire, and has an excellent stability of electrical resistance values, and to achieve the object, provided is an optically transparent electrode having, on an optically transparent base material, optically transparent conductive layers having a sensor part electrically connected to a terminal part and a dummy part not electrically connected to the terminal part, the sensor part and the dummy part each having a repetition unit metal pattern of a predetermined shape, the sensor part of one of the optically transparent conductive layers being formed of a plurality of column electrodes extending in a first direction, the column electrodes and the dummy parts being arranged in an alternating manner, the sensor part of the other optically transparent conductive layer being formed of a plurality of column electrodes which extend in a second direction perpendicular t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventor: Takenobu Yoshiki