Substrate Patents (Class 349/158)
  • Patent number: 10175792
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a flexible display module configured to display an image, a roller configured to roll up the flexible display module, and a plurality of support block groups each including a plurality of support blocks on the flexible display module and arranged in a first direction crossing a second direction of a rolling axis of the roller, the plurality of support block groups including a first support block group including first support blocks, and a second support block group including second support blocks each having a width in the first direction that is greater than a width of a corresponding one of the first support blocks in the first direction, wherein the first support block group is between the roller and the second support block group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-sung Kim, Thanh Tien Nguyen, Kiju Im
  • Patent number: 10170523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display, which includes an upper substrate with a mask layer placed thereon, a touch sensing layer, a lower substrate, and an organic light-emitting assembly. The touch sensing layer is disposed below the upper substrate, and the lower substrate is disposed by facing with the upper substrate. The organic light-emitting assembly is disposed above the lower substrate with facing to the touch sensing layer. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the touch sensitive display is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Heng-Yao Chang, Chen-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 10170452
    Abstract: A pixel unit structure, as well as a manufacturing method thereof, is provided. The pixel unit structure includes a display medium module and an active switching element. The display medium module includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a display medium. The first electrode and the second electrode are separated from each other, and the display medium is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The active switching element is electrically connected to the first electrode, for allowing the first electrode and the second electrode to change the state of the display medium. The active switching element includes a wafer portion and a transistor portion, which is formed on the wafer portion. Therefore, the active switching element can be manufactured independently without the restriction from the display medium module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Inventor: Shih-Hsien Tseng
  • Patent number: 10152085
    Abstract: A housing for a display device is disclosed. The housing includes a back plate configured to be deformable to change its curvature; and at least one curvature retaining unit located on a first side of the back plate that is convex when the back plate is bent. Each curvature retaining unit includes a plurality of supporting members arranged in a row, a first side of each of the supporting members is pivotably mounted to the back plate, and each curvature retaining unit has a non-supporting state and a supporting state. In the non-supporting state of the curvature retaining unit, the back plate is in a flat state; and in the supporting state of the curvature retaining unit, two opposite sides of adjacent supporting members abut against each other such that the back plate is in a bent shape. Moreover, a display device having the housing is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li Sun
  • Patent number: 10146090
    Abstract: Display devices with a minimized border and methods of manufacturing display devices are described herein. In one example, a display unit is provided, the display unit having a display active area disposed between an encapsulation layer and a substrate such that the encapsulation layer encloses the display active area between a surface of the encapsulation layer and a surface of the substrate. A section of the display unit is cut at one edge of the display unit such that a portion of the encapsulation layer and a portion of the substrate are removed from the display unit while no display active area is removed. The cut section of the display unit is then sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kabir Siddiqui, Ying Zheng, Rajesh Dighde
  • Patent number: 10139673
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel including a base substrate which includes a display area and a non-display area, a polarizing member disposed on a surface of the base substrate and including a plurality of grid patterns overlapping the display area and a reflective pattern overlapping the non-display area, and a pixel array layer which overlaps the polarizing member and is insulated from the polarizing member, wherein a first height from the surface of the base substrate to an upper surface of the reflective pattern is different from a second height from the surface of the base substrate to upper surfaces of the grid patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Won Park, Dae Young Lee, Dong Eon Lee, Dae Hwan Jang, Gug Rae Jo
  • Patent number: 10128459
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display area and a pad area; a window disposed opposite to the display panel and covering the display area and the pad area; a printed layer located on a portion of the window overlapping the pad area; an adhesive layer located between the window and the display panel and covering at least a portion of an upper surface of the printed layer; and a reflection layer located between the printed layer and the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyuhyeong Cheon
  • Patent number: 10101826
    Abstract: A novel electronic device including a flexible display is presented. The electronic device has a flexible display including an organic light emission diodes and a plurality of columnar bodies linked together. Users can transform the shape of the electronic device into a tablet, an eBook, or a hand-held gaming device. The electronic device is configured to resize its main display area in accordance with the selected mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Julian Lindblad
  • Patent number: 10090490
    Abstract: A method includes a supporting step supporting first planar surfaces of two substrates 20A and 30A having flexibility with supporting boards 50 and 60 each having flexibility and a larger thickness than the two substrates 20A and 30A, a thin film pattern formation step, after the supporting step, forming a thin film pattern on second planar surfaces of the two substrates 20A and 30A, a bonding step, after the thin film pattern formation step, bonding the two substrates 20A and 30A at surfaces each having the thin film pattern thereon with the sealant therebetween to form a bonded substrate 70, a first curving step, after the bonding step, curving the bonded substrate 70 while curing the sealant, a detachment step, after the first curving step, detaching the supporting boards 50 and 60 from the bonded substrate 70, and a second curving step, after the detachment step, further curving the bonded substrate 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Misono
  • Patent number: 10057978
    Abstract: A display panel including: a substrate; a plurality of first connecting wires in a first portion of the substrate and connected to a first flexible printed circuit board; a plurality of second connecting wires in a second portion of the substrate and connected to a second flexible printed circuit board, the second portion being adjacent to the first portion; first and second test pads provided between the first and second portions of the substrate, the first test pad being connected to an endmost first connecting wire adjacent to the second portion, the second test pad being connected to an endmost second connecting wire adjacent to the first portion; and an electrical circuit in which the endmost first and second connecting wires are included in different power supply nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 10057996
    Abstract: A foldable portable terminal device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a flexible display configured to display an image and a foldable body accommodating the flexible display on a front side thereof. The device also includes first and second guide members disposed on opposing sides of the flexible display, wherein the first and second guide members are disposed on the front side of the body and extend in a length direction of the body. A first region of the body is configured to be folded so as to face a second region of the body. The first and second guide members are configured to guide an end of the first region to move in the length direction of the body while maintaining a predetermined interval with respect to the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gilhwan Yeo
  • Patent number: 10049635
    Abstract: A display device includes source drivers, at least one gate driver, a first substrate, a second substrate, gate lines, source lines, lead-out lines and connection parts, wherein the gate signals are emitted from the gate driver to the gate lines via the lead-out lines and the connection parts, the source drivers include a first source driver and a second source driver, the second source driver being spaced apart from the first source driver in a first direction, and the gate driver is located between the first source driver and second source driver in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kawamura, Tetsurou Izawa
  • Patent number: 10048541
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device having higher transmittance and lower driving voltage is provided. The liquid crystal device comprises a first substrate having a first conductive layer, a second substrate having a second conductive layer, a first alignment layer and a liquid crystal layer. The first alignment layer comprises a liquid crystal alignment treatment agent and a methacryloyloxy-containing silane and is disposed on the first conductive layer of the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer comprises a liquid crystal material and a bifunctional-group resin and is disposed on the first alignment layer. The second substrate having a second conductive layer is disposed on the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BENQ MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chun-Chieh Yi
  • Patent number: 10044005
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electrode may include at least one layer including a chemical compound including aluminum and titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Meinhold, Sven Schmidbauer, Markus Fischer, Norbert Urbansky
  • Patent number: 10008135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible display device comprising: a fixed body in which a hinge shape is reflected; a flexible display device that is maintained to be freely folded or unfolded in a state in which one portion thereof is fixed to the fixed body, and the remaining unfixed end portion thereof is supported by the outer peripheral surface of the hinge; a perturbation penetration part for perturbation and support of the flexible display device that is maintained to be freely folded or unfolded, the perturbation penetration part being assembled to the hinge shape of the fixed body so as to be rotatable; and a cover plate having a perturbation stopper formed therein. Even though the cover plate is unfolded in excess of the angle for forming a complete flat surface, components associated with the flexible display device do not interfere with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventor: You Seob Lim
  • Patent number: 9971383
    Abstract: A flexible screen assembly and a terminal are provided. The flexible screen assembly may include a first sliding element, a second sliding element, and a flexible screen. The second sliding element is slidably connected to the first sliding element, and may be slid to a first state of being overlapped with the first sliding element, and to a second state of being unfolded with respect to the first sliding element. The flexible screen is connected to the first sliding element and the second sliding element. In the first state, a portion of the flexible screen covers the second sliding element, and another portion is received into the first sliding element or the second sliding element. In the second state, the flexible screen is unfolded on the first sliding element and the second sliding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zihong Liu, Xiang Zou, Songling Yang
  • Patent number: 9934706
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flexible display apparatus including: a fixing body of which a hinge is applied to one or two edges; flexible display means whose one end portion is fixed to the fixing body and whose the other end portion which is not fixed is capable of being folded and unfolded in a state where the unfixed portion is supported at the outer circumferential surface of the hinge; and a cover plate which is assembled to a hinge shape of the fixing body in a rotatable state and has a sliding space part and a sliding guide jaw for allowing sliding of the unfixed portion of the flexible display means and supporting the unfixed portion of the flexible display means. A sliding plate which surrounds the unfixed end portion of the flexible display means and slides on the cover plate is additionally provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: You Seob Lim
  • Patent number: 9933870
    Abstract: Disclosed are a back plate member for flexible display, a display apparatus including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a bonding process of bonding a cover glass to a flexible display panel is easily performed. The back plate member includes a back plate including first and second supporting plates which are arranged in parallel with an open part therebetween, a first protective film including a first protection part attached to a bottom of the first supporting plate, a second protection part attached to a bottom of the second supporting plate, and a separation part overlapping the open part, and a second protective film attached to a top of the back plate, the second protective film having a plate shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koohan You, JunSeok Lee, JongUk Park, TaeChul Lim, JiYong Jeong
  • Patent number: 9927561
    Abstract: A display panel is provided by the present disclosure. The display panel includes a plurality of repeatedly arranged display units each having an array of sub-pixels displaying a plurality of colors. In the display panel, a plurality of sub-pixels b displaying a first color are arranged in a first spatial isotropic configuration in the display panel, and a plurality of sub-pixels d displaying a second color are arranged in a second spatial isotropic configuration in the display panel. At least one of the first color and the second color contributes most to display resolution among the plurality of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TCL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiqiang Shao, Xiaolin Yan, Zhuo Gao, Meifen Wu, Dong Fu
  • Patent number: 9915835
    Abstract: This application relates a liquid crystal alignment film, a manufacturing method of the liquid crystal alignment film, an optical filter, and a display device. According to one illustrative liquid crystal alignment film, for example, a stereoscopic image can be displayed in wide viewing angles without losses of the brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Kun Jeon, Moon Soo Park, Bu Gon Shin, Sin Young Kim, Jong Byung Lee, Da Mi Lee, Ji Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 9905764
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate for an organic light emitting diode including a base substrate, a high refractive scattering layer formed on the base substrate, and having a scattering particle scattering light in a high refractive material, and an adhesive layer formed between the base substrate and the high refractive scattering layer to laminate the base substrate with the high refractive scattering layer, wherein the high refractive scattering layer has a structure in which the scattering particle is immersed in the high refractive material, an average thickness of the high refractive scattering layer is smaller than an average diameter of the scattering particle, a surface of the high refractive scattering layer laminated with the base substrate by the adhesive layer has unevenness formed by the scattering particle, the opposite surface of the high refractive scattering layer laminated with the base substrate by the adhesive layer has a planarized surface, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Keun Lee, Jae Min Moon, Joon Koo Kang, Mun Kyu Joo, Kyoung Sik Moon, Seong Su Jang
  • Patent number: 9904085
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a curved-surface liquid crystal display, comprising a backplane, a backlight module, a liquid crystal display panel and a frame, the backlight module and the liquid crystal display panel both being of a planar structure, the backlight module being provided within the backplane, the liquid crystal display panel being provided on the light emergent side of the backlight module, the curved-surface liquid crystal display further comprising a cover plate fixed onto the liquid crystal display panel through the frame, the cover plate comprising a first surface deviating from the liquid crystal display panel and a second surface facing the liquid crystal display panel, the first surface being concave. The curved-surface liquid crystal display provided by the disclosure implements the curved-surface design with the cover plate having a curved-surface structure, further avoiding the problem of light leak caused by the bending of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weili Zhao
  • Patent number: 9894782
    Abstract: A foldable display device and a display apparatus are provided. The foldable display device includes a supporting back plate and a display screen arranged in the front side of the supporting back plate. The supporting back plate includes a first supporting part and a second supporting part, and the first supporting part and the second supporting part may bend towards to the reverse side of the supporting back plate through a folding connection. One end of the display screen is fixedly connected to the first supporting part, and the other end of the display screen is slidably connected to the second supporting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tian Dong
  • Patent number: 9886062
    Abstract: A transparent article, such as a transparent cover, for use as a cover glass for an electronic device, as well as methods for producing transparent articles, are disclosed. The transparent article can form a part of a housing of the portable electronic device and can provide an outer surface for a portion of the housing. The transparent article can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. In one embodiment, the transparent article can be formed with a laminate structure. In another embodiment, the transparent article can be formed with a ribbed structure. In still another embodiment, a sapphire coating can be deposited on the transparent article to improve it strength. Advantageously, the transparent article is able to be not only thin and lightweight but also provide sufficient stiffness for use as a cover glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Amy Qian, Daniel D. Sunshine, Jeremy C. Franklin, Michael K. Pilliod
  • Patent number: 9869892
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a mold frame. The display panel includes a display area, a peripheral area surrounding the display area, an alignment mark on the peripheral area, and a cover element overlapping the alignment mark to cover the alignment mark. The mold frame has a frame shape configured to receive the display panel. The mold frame includes a panel guide protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the mold frame, and the panel guide protrusion is adjacent to the alignment mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo-Suc Kim, Min-Gwan Hyun
  • Patent number: 9846342
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode positioned on the first substrate, connected to the thin film transistor, configured to be applied with a first voltage, and including a first sub-pixel electrode including a first sub-region and a second sub-region and a second sub-pixel electrode configured to be applied with a second voltage; a protrusion electrode protruding from the pixel electrode to overlap the data line; and an insulating layer positioned on the first sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode and positioned under the second sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode, wherein the first sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode overlaps the second sub-pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Jung, Ki Chul Shin, Dan Bi Yang, Min Joo Han, Ji Phyo Hong
  • Patent number: 9817265
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes an upper substrate (1) and a lower substrate (2) that are disposed opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer (5) provided between the upper substrate (1) and the lower substrate (2); and a common electrode (3) provided on a side of the liquid crystal layer (5). The common electrode (3) has a wire gating polarizing structure that forms an polarization analyzer structure or a polarizer structure. Upon the common electrode (3) being applied for polarizing the light or analysis of light polarization, a polarizer or a polarization analyzer can be omitted in the display panel, which can reduce numbers of layered structures in the display panel and hence reduce a thickness of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenbo Li
  • Patent number: 9810951
    Abstract: A first substrate includes a first insulating substrate. A first organic insulating film is arranged on the first substrate in a circumference area outside an active area. The first organic insulating film includes a first surface and a first concave portion in the circumference area. A second substrate includes a second insulating substrate. A circumference color filter is laminated on a circumference shield layer and includes a second concave portion arranged facing the first concave portion. The second concave portion spreads toward the first substrate. A second organic insulating film covers the circumference color filter and includes a second surface and a third concave portion covering the second concave portion. A seal material is arranged between the first surface and the second surface, and between the first concave portion and the third concave portion to attach the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Ayumi Mori
  • Patent number: 9810935
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel curved in one direction; and a middle frame supporting a lower edge portion of the display panel. The middle frame includes: a first support having a predetermined curvature; and a second support extending at a predetermined angle from the first support, the first support having a height difference at an end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jai Ku Shin, Hee Gon Kim, Seong Sik Ahn, Kyoung Ah Lee, Tae Kyoung Hwang
  • Patent number: 9798181
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display apparatus, comprising an array substrate and a color filter substrate, wherein a black matrix and an alignment film are coated sequentially on a part of an inner surface of the color filter substrate, and wherein another alignment film is coated on a part of an inner surface of the array substrate, and wherein the inner surface of the array substrate has an edge which is adhered by a sealant to an edge of the inner surface of the color filter substrate, and wherein a first marker region for marking unitary display screens in the same batch of exposure is arranged on the inner surface of the array substrate at a source end at the bottom of the display apparatus, and wherein a second marker region for marking unitary display screens in different batches of exposure is arranged inside the bottom of the sealant perpendicular to the array substrate and the color filter substrate and between the array substrate and the color filter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Wang, Yuanhui Guo, Chun Wang, Junsheng Chen
  • Patent number: 9784897
    Abstract: An optical film having a thickness of from 10 to 45 ?m and containing a cellulose ester, a polyester having a recurring unit represented by the formula 1A and having a blocked terminal, and a durability improving agent for a polarizer wherein Re and Rth are from ?5 to 5 nm at a wavelength of 590 nm can be used as an polarizing plate protective film and is capable of ensuring the durability of the polarizer under a high temperature and high humidity environment. X represents an acyclic divalent linking group, R represents an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aryl group, and m represents an integer of from 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Nagura, Mamoru Sakurazawa, Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9754895
    Abstract: A method of determining a lateral misregistration between levels of a semiconductor structure comprises imaging at least one first alignment mark in a first level of the structure and at least one second alignment mark in a second level of the structure. A digital image of the first and second alignment marks is formed, each of which are defined by a set of points having an x-value and a y-value. The x-values and y-values of points defining the first alignment mark and points defining the second alignment mark are averaged to determine a center of the first alignment mark and a center of the second alignment mark. An x-coordinate and a y-coordinate of the center of the first alignment mark is subtracted from the respective x-coordinate and y-coordinate of the center of the second alignment mark to determine a lateral misregistration between the first level and the second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Chao, Joseph L. Hess, Keith E. Ypma, Kurt J. Bossart
  • Patent number: 9730317
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a curved surface bent along a first direction, a circuit board coupled to the display panel, the circuit board being bent along the first direction in correspondence to the curved surface of the display panel, and an integrated circuit (IC) chip on the circuit board, a short side of the IC chip extending along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeong-Cheol Ahn
  • Patent number: 9718263
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a flexible display device, including locally deforming a transparent window; attaching a contractive film to a flexible display panel including a display area implementing an image; bending the flexible display panel by applying energy to the contractive film; and attaching the flexible display panel to the transparent window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Soon Ryong Park, Chul Woo Jeong
  • Patent number: 9715139
    Abstract: A curved display device comprises a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal panel, the backlight unit including a light guide plate having a curvature. The backlight unit further includes an elastic optical guide member coupled to the light guide plate, the elastic optical guide member having a substantially same curvature as the curvature of the light guide plate. The curved display device further comprises a first frame having a substantially same curvature as the curvature of the elastic optical guide member, the first frame coupled to the backlight unit and configured to support the backlight unit and a reinforcing member having a substantially same curvature as the curvature of the first frame, the reinforcing member coupled to the first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Min Lee, Joo-young Yeon, Yong-Joong Yoon, Tae-Hyung Kim, Hyo-Sung Lee, Sun-Bok Song
  • Patent number: 9709858
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) including: a first substrate; a first subpixel electrode applied with a voltage; a second subpixel electrode applied with another voltage; an insulating layer between the first and second subpixel electrodes; a second substrate; and a common electrode positioned on the second substrate. The first subpixel electrode includes a first subregion under the insulating layer and a second subregion thereon, the first and second subregions are coupled to each other through a contact bole formed in the insulating layer, the second subpixel electrode is positioned on the insulating layer, the first subregion of the first subpixel electrode and a third subregion of the second subpixel electrode overlap, and the first subregion of the first subpixel electrode is formed with concave portions at edges of left and right lateral sides of a planar shape including a cross-shaped connecting portion at its center and four trapezoids enclosing the cross-shaped connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Gi Jung, Swae-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9684096
    Abstract: This invention provides a unit for an image display device in which an optical film laminate and a panel for an image display device are laminated with an adhesive layer therebetween. The optical film laminate contains a polarizer and a polarizer protection functional layer laminated to only one surface of the polarizer. The adhesive layer is laminated to the surface of the polarizer that is opposite to the surface that contacts the polarizer protection functional layer. The panel for an image display device is laminated to the surface of the adhesive layer that is opposite to the surface that contacts the polarizer. A glass transition temperature of the adhesive layer is in a range of from 50° C. to 90° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Takeda, Tadashi Kojima, Toshiki Oomine, Takuya Mori
  • Patent number: 9673014
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display panel includes forming a mother panel on a base substrate, attaching an upper passivation film to the mother panel, detaching the base substrate from the mother panel, attaching a lower film to the mother panel, and cutting the mother panel to which the upper passivation film and the lower film are attached to form the display panel, the display panel being in a form of a cell unit. The display panel includes a display substrate, a display device layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Ji Kim, Young-Gu Kim, Hyun-Jun Cho, Hyo-Young Mun
  • Patent number: 9673423
    Abstract: There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JunSeok Lee, Yunho Ki, Dongwook Choi
  • Patent number: 9664935
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible display panel includes forming an adhesive layer by depositing an inorganic material on a flexible substrate, forming a hydroxyl group on a surface of the adhesive layer by modifying the surface of the adhesive layer, laminating a glass substrate to the modified surface of the adhesive layer and forming a heat-treated layer by heating the glass substrate and the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sun-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9664936
    Abstract: A display panel motherboard, a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel motherboard includes an array substrate provided with a metal lead layer and an protection layer and an opposing substrate provided with a black matrix layer; alignment rulers are respectively disposed in portions of the metal lead layer and the black matrix layer, corresponding to a sealant region; a protrusion is formed in a portion of the protection layer corresponding to the alignment ruler in the metal lead layer, in a thickness direction; and/or the opposing substrate further comprises a spacer layer, and a protrusion is formed in a portion of the spacer layer corresponding to the alignment ruler in the black matrix layer in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ni Jiang, Kun Li, Xi Xiang, Yuanming Feng
  • Patent number: 9651733
    Abstract: A back plate, a method for manufacturing the back plate and a backlight module are provided. The method for manufacturing the back plate includes the following steps. A main body is provided. The main body includes a bottom portion and at least one sidewall connected to the bottom portion. The sidewall has a plurality of grooves, and each of the grooves has a first side surface and a second side surface. A first recess and a second recess corresponding to the first recess are respectively disposed on the first side surface and the second side surface. An external force is applied on the bottom portion to form each of the bottom portion and the sidewalls into arc shape, in which the first side surface contacts the second side surface of each groove, and a hole portion is formed between the first recess and the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Hsin Liu, Qing-Song Li, Chih-Ming Chan
  • Patent number: 9625942
    Abstract: A method for designing a display panel. The method includes calculating, for each of a plurality of viewing locations, a difference value between a right side viewing angle of that viewing location and a left side viewing angle of that viewing location, the calculating is performed for each of a plurality of curvatures, and setting, from among the plurality of curvatures, a curvature of the curved display panel based on the difference values. Accordingly, a curved display panel which enlarges a viewing angle of a viewer than a flat display panel, increases an immersion, and decreases a distortion of a viewing angle may be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young-gwi Cho
  • Patent number: 9620741
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device is provided including forming a light emitting element by stacking in sequence a pixel electrode, light emitting layer and common electrode above a substrate, and forming an organic material pattern including a plurality of protrusions by evaporating an organic material above the common electrode, wherein the evaporation is performed under a reduced pressure in at a substrate temperature that is equal to or less than a glass transition temperature of the organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hsiang Lun Hsu
  • Patent number: 9601715
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes bonding together a first substrate and a second substrate sandwiching a first bonding material and a second bonding material, a substrate being formed by bonding the first and the second substrate and including a plurality of the display devices, the first bonding material being arranged in at least a display region, the second bonding material being a part of a terminal region and being arranged so as to cover the terminal, and the second bonding material having a stronger adhesion per unit area with respect to the second substrate than the first bonding material; cutting the second substrate at a cutting position between the terminal region and the display region for each of the display devices; removing the second substrate of the terminal region from the display device; and separating each of the display devices from the plurality of display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Odaka, Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9595641
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a terminal in which a first insulating film and a second insulating film are formed on a terminal metal, a contact hole is formed on the first insulating film and the second insulating film, and a first ITO is formed on the contact hole and the second insulating film. The terminal is connected to a different circuit through an ACF including conductive particles. The contact hole includes a region in which a second ITO is stacked on the first insulating film and the first ITO is stacked on the second ITO in the contact hole. A width s of a portion where the terminal metal contacts the first ITO in the contact hole is s<d, where the diameter of the conductive particle is d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro Nagami
  • Patent number: 9588384
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of driving integrated circuits that provide respective driving signals to the display panel, and an accommodation unit on which the driving integrated circuits are mounted, at least two adjacent driving integrated circuits of the plurality of driving integrated circuits being arranged on the accommodation unit to define a reverse V-shape with respect to an outermost edge of the accommodation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeung-Soo Kim, Jeong-Seok Oh, Kwan-Young Han
  • Patent number: 9568788
    Abstract: A display unit of the present disclosure includes: a first plate-like member including a display device; a second plate-like member including a drive circuit, the drive circuit configured to control the display device; and one or two or more wiring sections having flexibility, the wiring sections configured to connect the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member to each other, in which a curvature of the second plate-like member is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than a curvature of the first plate-like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiji Shibahara
  • Patent number: 9544994
    Abstract: There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeYeoul Kwon, HeeSeok Yang, Sangcheon Youn
  • Patent number: 9519152
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for alignment of a thin-film transistor (TFT) panel and a barrier panel of a three-dimensional (3D) display. The apparatus comprises at least one light source for illuminating pixels in at least one region of the TFT panel and for illuminating at least one region of an exposure pattern of the barrier panel; a pattern recognition system for detecting light emitted from the at least one light source that is reflected by or transmitted through the 3D display, to generate alignment data relating to an alignment between the detected illuminated pixels of the TFT panel and the exposure pattern of the barrier panel; and a positioning mechanism for adjusting the relative position between the barrier panel and the TFT panel in relation to the alignment data. The at least one light source comprises at least one invisible light source which emits invisible light outside the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ASM TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE PTE LTD
    Inventors: Chi Shing Wong, Man Lai Chau, Yuet Wu, Jiang Wen Deng, Wing Hong Leung