Detector Of Liquid Crystal Temperature Patents (Class 349/72)
  • Patent number: 11750902
    Abstract: An image sensor includes an imaging device, an optical system including a liquid lens, a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the liquid lens, a heater that heats the liquid lens, a temperature adjuster that controls the heater to adjust the temperature of the liquid lens to a predetermined temperature, a nonvolatile memory storing property information about the liquid lens, a refractive power controller that determines, based on a target refractive power and the property information stored in the nonvolatile memory, an application voltage applicable to the liquid lens adjusted to have the predetermined temperature and applies the application voltage to the liquid lens to control a refractive power of the liquid lens to match the target refractive power, and an image processor. The optical system, the nonvolatile memory, and the temperature sensor are disconnectable from a body module including the refractive power controller and the image processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Watanabe, Yasuhito Uetsuji, Yutaka Kato
  • Patent number: 11644733
    Abstract: A display panel including a substrate, a thermal sensor, a plurality of sensing traces, a pixel layer, and a display medium layer is provided. The substrate has a display area. The thermal sensor is attached on the substrate. The sensing traces are disposed on the substrate and connected to the thermal sensor. The pixel layer disposed on the substrate includes a pixel structure and a plurality of signal lines. The pixel structure is disposed in the display area and connected to the signal lines. The signal lines of the pixel layer are independent from the sensing traces. The display medium layer is disposed on the substrate and the pixel layer is located between the display medium layer and the substrate. A display apparatus and a method of fabricating the display panel are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Pei-Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 11481072
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitance detection circuit, which has better detection performance. The capacitance detection circuit includes: a first charging and discharging circuit configured to perform charging or discharging on a capacitor to be detected; a second charging and discharging circuit configured to perform charging or discharging on a calibration capacitor; an analog-to-digital conversion circuit configured to continuously sample a voltage difference between the capacitor to be detected and the calibration capacitor in a charging or discharging process to obtain sampled data; and a digital processing circuit configured to detect a capacitance of the capacitor to be detected according to the sampled data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuo Fan
  • Patent number: 11442307
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backlight module, a display module and an assembling method thereof. The backlight module includes: a backplane; a fixing member fixedly connected to the backplane; and an insertion clamp including a mounting portion fixedly connected to the fixing member, and a clamping portion for clamping to a circuit board inserted between the fixing member and the insertion clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: K-TRONICS (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunben Shen, Lihua Sheng, Zhou Lu, Feng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11243408
    Abstract: A speckle reduction system is provided and includes a speckle reduction component and a control module. The speckle reduction component includes electrode layers and a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the electrode layers and configured to receive light from a coherent light source. The control module is configured to (i) supply a first voltage signal having a first voltage to the electrode layers to provide a first speckle pattern output, and (ii) supply a second voltage signal having a second voltage to the electrode layers to provide a second speckle pattern output, wherein the first voltage and the second voltage are greater than zero. The control module is configured to transition between providing the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal in less than at least one of half an integration time of a human eye or 8 milliseconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: John Ernest Harden, Jr., Liang-Chy Chien, Kai-Han Chang, Thomas A. Seder
  • Patent number: 11054678
    Abstract: A display device and a display method. The display device includes an anti-peeping backlight module, a display panel and a regulator, the display panel being arranged on a light exit surface of the anti-peeping backlight module, and the anti-peeping backlight module being configured to emit an anti-peeping backlight; the display device has an anti-peeping OFF state and an anti-peeping ON state; wherein, in the anti-peeping OFF state, the regulator is configured to increase a divergence angle of the anti-peeping backlight so as to obtain divergent light; in the anti-peeping ON state, the regulator is configured to maintain the divergence angle of the anti-peeping backlight so as to obtain anti-peeping light. The display device and display method provided in this text can enable switching between normal display mode and an anti-peeping display mode to facilitate safe display of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongxiao Li, Xue Dong, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Chenyu Chen, Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 10866450
    Abstract: Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device are provided. A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer there-between. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, and gate lines and data lines, on the first base substrate and defining a plurality of sub-pixels. The second substrate includes a second base substrate. At least one heating sensor is disposed between the first and second base substrates. A non-display area includes a first non-display area, disposed around a display area, and a second non-display area, disposed around the first non-display area. Each heating sensor includes at least one sub-sensor and two sensor terminals, including a first and second sensor terminal, respectively connected to two ends of the at least one sub-sensor. At least one of the at least one sub-sensor is disposed in the first non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CHENGDU TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Feng Qin, Ling Shen, Zhidan Su
  • Patent number: 9671701
    Abstract: An XY-table includes a separate drive for reversing the direction of movement of the table. A ferromagnetic rib projects at one edge of the table and extends perpendicular to the direction of movement of the table to be reversed. The drive has a magnetic yoke for receiving the rib when the table is near a reversal point, the free ends of the magnetic yoke having pole shoes which concentrate a magnetic flux in the yoke, switchable with the aid of a reversal coil, in an air gap through which the rib extends into the interior of the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH
    Inventors: René Klaver, John Compter
  • Patent number: 9267849
    Abstract: A display device includes a temperature sensor which is arranged in the inside of a housing, and a control unit which calculates a temperature of a display panel based on an output value of the temperature sensor. The control unit calculates the temperature of the display panel based on a current output value of the temperature sensor and an output value of the temperature sensor received prior to the receiving of the current output value. With such a display device, the temperature of the display panel can be calculated with high accuracy even when a temperature of a device which constitutes a heat source is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Hidefumi Ishibashi, Masaaki Kitajima, Masato Ishii, Masahiro Ishii
  • Publication number: 20150138483
    Abstract: A thermal carrier and method control a temperature of an LCOS display panel. The temperature of the LCOS display panel is determined Electrical power to a heating element within a thermal carrier carrying the LCOS display panel is increased when the temperature of the LCOS display panel is below a first temperature threshold and electrical power to the heating element is decreased when the temperature of the LCOS display panel is above a second temperature threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Feng Lin, Chun-Sheng Fan
  • Patent number: 9019257
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit of a display panel is provided. A gate driving voltage is accurately adjusted by the gate driving circuit according to an environmental temperature, given that the characteristics of a thermistor and a hysteresis loop are taken into consideration. Accordingly, the power loss caused by switching states of a display panel can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang-Xin Huang
  • Patent number: 8970808
    Abstract: A display may be provided with display layers such as a thin-film-transistor layer and a color filter layer. Liquid crystal material may be interposed between the thin-film-transistor layer and the color filter layer. Due to temperature fluctuations during operation, the optical properties of the liquid crystal material may be altered. To prevent color casts from developing in the display, the display may include temperature sensors. The temperature sensors may run along the left and right edges of the thin-film-transistor layer or may be mounted to other portions of the display. A signal bus may be used to gather temperature sensor data from the temperature sensors. Control circuitry may use temperature data from the temperature sensors to make display color cast adjustments that compensate for temperature fluctuations in different regions of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Drolet
  • Patent number: 8921864
    Abstract: The present invention provides a TFT-LCD array substrate having a gate-line metal layer, a data-line metal layer crossing the gate-line metal layer and a plurality of layers covering a periphery of the gate-line metal layer and the data-line metal layer; the gate-line metal layer has first gate lines and second gate lines parallel and alternately arranged, the date-line metal layer has first data lines and second data lines parallel and alternately arranged; the first gate line and the second gate line are electrically connected; the first data line and the second data line are electrically connected. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of the TFT-LCD array substrate. Implementing the TFT-LCD array substrate and the manufacturing method can reduce the occurrence of line-broken in the active array of TFT-LCD, increase the aperture ratio of the product and enhance yield rate of the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolong Ma, Hungjui Chen, Tsunglung Chang
  • Patent number: 8879027
    Abstract: On a liquid crystal panel, plural areas whose number is larger than that of temperature sensors are defined. In a memory, temperature relation information representing a relation between an output value of a temperature sensor and a temperature of each of the plural areas is stored. A controller acquires the output value of the temperature sensor and estimates, based on the temperature relation information and the acquired output value, the temperature of each of the plural areas. According to this configuration, the temperature of each of the plural areas defined on the liquid crystal panel can be obtained with a small number of temperature sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Masaaki Kitajima, Masahiro Ishii, Toshikazu Koudo, Hidefumi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 8866996
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including: a liquid crystal display panel including a thin film transistor substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the thin film transistor substrate; a heat generation unit that is configured to heat the liquid crystal layer; a resistance sensing unit that senses a change in a magnitude of resistance of the heat generation unit; a heat generation unit power controller that decreases a magnitude of power applied to the heat generation unit when the magnitude of resistance of the heat generation unit is equal to or greater than a reference magnitude of resistance; and a power supply unit that supplies power of a designated magnitude to the heat generation unit power controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hyun Cho, Young Jai Bai
  • Patent number: 8842253
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a protection panel arranged a predetermined distant from the liquid crystal panel, and a flow control device to impart turbulence to an air flow in a channel, which is defined between the liquid crystal panel and the protection panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Sub Kim, Jin Hyun Cho, Sung Ki Kim, Joon Kang
  • Publication number: 20140085571
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal module detection apparatus for detecting image-sticking, and a detection and evaluation system and method. The apparatus comprises: a sealed thermal-insulating transparent container (1), adapted to contain a liquid crystal module (5) to be tested; a temperature-control module, adapted to adjust the temperature inside the container; a signal generator module (4), adapted to provide a drive signal to the liquid crystal module to be tested. The apparatus employs a sealed, well thermal-insulating, transparent container, and utilizes the heat emitted from the panel and the backlight of the module itself to form a desired temperature environment for detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Peilin Zhang, Jaegeon You
  • Publication number: 20140071383
    Abstract: A display may be provided with display layers such as a thin-film-transistor layer and a color filter layer. Liquid crystal material may be interposed between the thin-film-transistor layer and the color filter layer. Due to temperature fluctuations during operation, the optical properties of the liquid crystal material may be altered. To prevent color casts from developing in the display, the display may include temperature sensors. The temperature sensors may run along the left and right edges of the thin-film-transistor layer or may be mounted to other portions of the display. A signal bus may be used to gather temperature sensor data from the temperature sensors. Control circuitry may use temperature data from the temperature sensors to make display color cast adjustments that compensate for temperature fluctuations in different regions of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Drolet
  • Patent number: 8654051
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a temperature sensing means configured to measure a real-time temperature of the liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit configured to supply a light to the liquid crystal panel; a control unit configured to convert an image signal into an RGB signal and to convert a first dimming signal to a second dimming signal according to the real-time temperature; and an inverter unit configured to adjust the backlight unit using the second dimming signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Gwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20140036206
    Abstract: A spatial light modulation device includes a liquid crystal layer modulating a phase of incident light according to a level of an applied electric field, a temperature sensor generating a temperature signal corresponding to a temperature of the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes provided for each of a plurality of pixels and applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a driving device providing a voltage to the plurality of pixel electrodes. The driving device has a nonvolatile storage element storing in advance a coefficient ? included in a function expressing a correlation between a temperature change amount in the liquid crystal layer and a variation in phase modulation amount in the liquid crystal layer, and performs a calculation for correcting a level of voltage by use of a temperature indicated by the temperature signal and the coefficient ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomoko Otsu, Naoya Matsumoto, Yuu Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 8629604
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a photoluminescent light source is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a light source that emanates light of a particular spectrum, a camera, and a selective mirror placed between the light source and camera. The selective mirror transmits light of a spectrum detected by the camera and reflects light of a spectrum generated by the light source. The light source is transparent to light incident on its face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: I2iC Corporation
    Inventors: Udayan Kanade, Gaurav Kulkarni, Karthikk Sridharan, Manas Alekar, Manohar Joshi, Sanat Ganu, Balaji Ganapathy
  • Patent number: 8525953
    Abstract: A plurality of first and second sensor pixel circuits each sensing light during a designated sensing period and retaining the amount of sensed light otherwise are arranged in a pixel region. A backlight is turned on once for a predetermined time in one-frame period. A sensing period when the backlight is turned on and a sensing period when the backlight is turned off are set once, respectively, in the one-frame period. The first sensor pixel circuit is reset. The second sensor pixel circuit is reset. Read from sensor pixel circuits of two types is performed in parallel in a line sequential manner during a period other than the periods and. A difference circuit provided outside of the sensor pixel circuits is used for obtaining a difference between an amount of light when the backlight is turned on and an amount of light when the backlight is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Katoh, Yasuhiro Sugita, Kohhei Tanaka, Kaoru Yamamoto, Naru Usukura, Hiroaki Shigeta
  • Patent number: 8514362
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel a driving integrated circuit connected to the liquid crystal display panel and a protection pad disposed on the driving integrated circuit, wherein the protection pad is formed from a material that substantially limits the maximum temperature of the protection pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Gi-Bin Kim
  • Patent number: 8488096
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a panel, a heater, and a temperature detector. The panel includes substrates, electrodes and liquid crystal. The electrodes and the liquid crystal are disposed between the substrates. The heater has a transparent heating member, and the heating member emits heat by being supplied with electricity. At least a part of the heating member of the heater is located to overlap with a display area of the panel in a thickness direction of the substrates. A temperature detecting portion of the temperature detector and the heating member of the heater are located adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 8472191
    Abstract: An image displaying apparatus, which is excellent in heat radiation efficiency and has an excellent back design, includes a display panel for displaying an image; a heat generating member provided on a back side of the display panel; and a cabinet for covering the display panel and the heat generating member at least from the back side of the display panel. In the cabinet, an aperture is provided at a position facing the heat generating member, and an opening/closing unit enables switching between closing and opening of the aperture. In a state that the aperture is opened by the opening/closing unit and one part of a heat-transfer member is positioned on a side of the cabinet opposite to the display panel, the other part of the heat-transfer member extends through the aperture so that the heat-transfer member can thermally be connected to the heat generating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Kinya Kamiguchi
  • Publication number: 20130148059
    Abstract: A driver for a liquid crystal lens, an imaging apparatus and a temperature controlling method thereof, include: a liquid crystal lens which adjusts a focal length according to a voltage applied thereto; a lens driver which applies the voltage to the liquid crystal lens; a sensor driver which detects a temperature of the liquid crystal lens, compensates for the detected temperature, and determines whether the compensated temperatures maintains a preset range for the driver for the liquid crystal lens to perform a control operation; and a heater driver which, according to the determination by the sensor driver, controls heat generation of the liquid crystal lens to maintain a temperature of the liquid crystal lens in the preset range. Thus, the driver detects a temperature of the liquid crystal lens accurately by compensating for a resistance value from the liquid crystal lens to thereby maintain stability of the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: DONGWOON ANATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongwoon Anatech Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8411227
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a protection panel arranged a predetermined distant from the liquid crystal panel, and a flow control device to impart turbulence to an air flow in a channel, which is defined between the liquid crystal panel and the protection panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Sub Kim, Jin Hyun Cho, Sung Ki Kim, Joon Kang
  • Publication number: 20130057808
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device including a pair of substrates that are provided opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer being disposed therebetween, a pair of electrodes provided for each intersection of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines, the pair of electrodes driving the liquid crystal layer, a driving circuit that applies a driving voltage to the pair of electrodes, an electric current detection element that detects a value corresponding to an electric current that flows in the liquid crystal layer when the driving voltage is applied, and a temperature information output circuit that outputs temperature information of the liquid crystal layer based on the value corresponding to the electric current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8373825
    Abstract: To provide a display device having an input function that is not dependent on the light environment, multiple sensor pixel circuits that detect light in a specified detection period and hold the light amount when not in the specified detection period are disposed in a pixel region. In a frame in which input is performed using the sensor pixel circuits, a backlight is lit one time for a time in a frame period, and a first detection period and a second detection period are set one time each in the frame period. The difference between the light amount in the first detection period and the light amount in the second detection period is obtained using a difference circuit. The backlight is in an extinguished state at the beginning of the first detection period, and lighting of the backlight is started at a time during the first detection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naru Usukura, Hiromi Katoh
  • Patent number: 8350984
    Abstract: A low profile display enclosure system for enclosing a display device for viewing that protects the display device from environmental effects. The substantially sealed display enclosure comprises a rigid bezel, a substantially transparent front cover coupled to the bezel, and a rear cover assembly that may include a heat sink portion. A liquid organic coating is applied to portions of the display enclosure and cured in place in order to provide a protective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ciil Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Perry, Jerry Moscovitch, Luther V. Diaz Yap, Raymond Wilk
  • Publication number: 20130002990
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal material with positive dielectric constant anisotropy; a vertical alignment film being in contact with the liquid crystal layer; a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other with the liquid crystal layer in between; and an electrode disposed on a surface of one or both of the first substrate and the second substrate and generating, in the liquid crystal layer, an electric field in a direction orthogonal to or intersecting with a normal to the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: National University Corporation Tottori University, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kosuge, Shohei Naemura
  • Patent number: 8325128
    Abstract: In a display device such as a liquid crystal display, a processing for compressing a range of display data (grayscale) to a low grayscale side (a grayscale range where response is fast) except for a high grayscale side (a grayscale range where response is slow) at a predetermined compression ratio to conduct display according to response characteristic of transition between grayscales and a temperature state and a processing for increasing a light amount of a backlight to compensate for luminance change due to the compression are performed, for example, in a liquid crystal panel of TN liquid crystal. Thereby, response can be made fast even at a low temperature time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yukari Katayama, Yoshiki Kurokawa, Akihito Akai, Goro Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 8319936
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel, a cooling unit cooling air in a casing containing the display panel, a fan unit generating an air flow in the casing, and a control unit controlling the cooling unit and the fan unit, and when the control unit deactivates the cooling unit, the control unit also deactivates the fan unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Yoshida, Hidenori Sato, Hiroyuki Uchida, Shohei Takahashi, Ryuji Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 8299469
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a thin film transistor array panel includes a gate line and a data line insulated from each other on an insulating substrate where the gate line and the data line cross each other to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed at an intersection of the gate line and the data line, a floating electrode where at least a portion of the floating electrode overlaps the data line, and a pixel electrode disposed at the pixel region where the pixel electrode is connected to the TFT and overlaps the at least a portion of the floating electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-woong Chang
  • Patent number: 8294849
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a liquid crystal display element comprising a pair of glass substrates facing to each other, transparent electrode patterns, each transparent electrode pattern being formed on a facing surface of each one of said pair of glass substrates film structures, each film structure including an oriented film and being formed on each one of said pair of glass substrates with covering said transparent electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the pair of glass substrates; and a light source that can radiate near infrared rays to said liquid crystal display element, and wherein at least one of said liquid crystal layer and said film structures include near infrared ray absorption material. A response time of the liquid crystal display device can be improved at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Toko
  • Publication number: 20120229733
    Abstract: On a liquid crystal panel, plural areas whose number is larger than that of temperature sensors are defined. In a memory, temperature relation information representing a relation between an output value of a temperature sensor and a temperature of each of the plural areas is stored. A controller acquires the output value of the temperature sensor and estimates, based on the temperature relation information and the acquired output value, the temperature of each of the plural areas. According to this configuration, the temperature of each of the plural areas defined on the liquid crystal panel can be obtained with a small number of temperature sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato ISHII, Masaaki KITAJIMA, Masahiro ISHII, Toshikazu KOUDO, Hidefumi ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20120206667
    Abstract: A light modulator, for a display for the presentation of two- and/or three-dimensional image contents or image sequences, includes two opposing substrates and electrodes. At least one liquid crystal layer is provided between the two substrates. An alignment means is provided on the substrate which faces the liquid crystal layer to set a predeterminable pre-tilt of the liquid crystals. The orientation of the liquid crystals can be controlled in a given range through an electric field generated by the electrodes. The alignment means is controllable and can be controlled to modify the pre-tilt of the liquid crystals. The alignment can be controlled such the orientation of the liquid crystals can be oriented outside the given range or so that the pre-tilt of the liquid crystals can be set specifically for certain positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Bo Kroll, Norbert Leister, Stephen Reichelt, Gerald Futterer
  • Patent number: 8243229
    Abstract: A low profile display enclosure system for enclosing a display device for viewing that protects the display device from environmental effects and is configured to dissipate heat generated within the display enclosure. The substantially sealed display enclosure comprises a rigid bezel, a substantially transparent front cover coupled to the bezel, and a rear cover assembly that includes a heat sink portion. The thickness of the bezel is minimized to provide the enclosure with a low profile about the periphery of the display device enclosed therein. Thermal control devices may be mounted within the enclosure to modulate a temperature within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Ciil Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry Moscovitch, Luther V. Diaz Yap, Raymond Wilk, Michael Campagna, Brian Eble
  • Patent number: 8223311
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a protection panel arranged a predetermined distant from the liquid crystal panel, and a flow control device to impart turbulence to an air flow in a channel, which is defined between the liquid crystal panel and the protection panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Sub Kim, Jin Hyun Cho, Sung Ki Kim, Joon Kang
  • Publication number: 20120176569
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a panel, a heater, and a temperature detector. The panel includes substrates, electrodes and liquid crystal. The electrodes and the liquid crystal are disposed between the substrates. The heater has a transparent heating member, and the heating member emits heat by being supplied with electricity. At least a part of the heating member of the heater is located to overlap with a display area of the panel in a thickness direction of the substrates. A temperature detecting portion of the temperature detector and the heating member of the heater are located adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventor: Naoyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 8212760
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) with a driver IC and an LCD panel having source and gate lines. A gate driver is disposed in the LCD panel for sequentially supplying scan signals to the gate lines of the panel. A source driver in the driver IC converts pixel data into an analog source signal and supplies the signal to the source lines. A lookup table is stored with a mapping of possible luminance values for pixels of the LCD panel onto at least one luminance control parameter. The source driver converts the pixel data so that a voltage of the analog source signal increases during a gate scan period depending on the luminance control parameter in such a way that at the end of the gate scan period a voltage at a corresponding pixel electrode is equal to an analog value corresponding to the pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Creusen, Ronald Bartels
  • Patent number: 8212959
    Abstract: A low profile display enclosure system for enclosing a display device for viewing that protects the display device from environmental effects and is configured to dissipate heat generated within the display enclosure. The substantially sealed display enclosure comprises a rigid bezel, a substantially transparent front cover coupled to the bezel, and a rear cover assembly that includes a heat sink portion. The thickness of the bezel is minimized to provide the enclosure with a low profile about the periphery of the display device enclosed therein. Thermal control devices may be mounted within the enclosure to modulate a temperature within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ciil Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry Moscovitch, Luther V. Diaz Yap, Raymond Wilk
  • Publication number: 20120154706
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including: a liquid crystal display panel including a thin film transistor substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the thin film transistor substrate; a heat generation unit that is configured to heat the liquid crystal layer; a resistance sensing unit that senses a change in a magnitude of resistance of the heat generation unit; a heat generation unit power controller that decreases a magnitude of power applied to the heat generation unit when the magnitude of resistance of the heat generation unit is equal to or greater than a reference magnitude of resistance; and a power supply unit that supplies power of a designated magnitude to the heat generation unit power controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hyun Cho, Young Jai Bai
  • Patent number: 8183753
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a photoluminescent light source is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a light source that emanates light of a particular spectrum, photoluminescent material which converts light from the light source to light of another spectrum, and a selective mirror which reflects light generated by the light source and transmits light generated by the photoluminescent material. The photoluminescent material may be arranged so as to provide a plurality of light sources that emanate light of various colors. In an embodiment, the photoluminescent material is situated in small regions within a transparent material and lenses are used to collimate light emitted from the small regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: I2iC Corporation
    Inventors: Udayan Kanade, Gaurav Kulkarni, Karthikk Sridharan, Manas Alekar, Manohar Joshi, Sanat Ganu, Balaji Ganapathy
  • Patent number: 8102483
    Abstract: A low profile display enclosure system for enclosing a display device for viewing that protects the display device from environmental effects. The substantially sealed display enclosure comprises a rigid bezel, a substantially transparent front cover coupled to the bezel, and a rear cover assembly that may include a heat sink portion. A liquid organic coating is applied to portions of the display enclosure and cured in place in order to provide a protective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Peerless Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Perry, Jerry Moscovitch, Luther V. Diaz Yap, Raymond Wilk
  • Patent number: 8102486
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel comprises a temperature sensor (1) formed on a glass substrate (11). The temperature sensor (1) includes two junction structures (2) and (5). The junction structure (2) is formed such that two different semiconductor films (3) and (4) are joined together. The junction structure (5) is formed such that two different semiconductor films (6) and (7) are joined together. The liquid crystal panel outputs divided voltage between the voltage applied to the junction structure (2) and the voltage applied to the junction structure (5) as the voltage depending on the temperature of the liquid crystal panel. As the result, the liquid crystal panel comprising the temperature sensor (1) of simple structure and high performance is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Asahi Yamato, Kiyoshi Nakagawa, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Patent number: 8081267
    Abstract: A low profile display enclosure system for enclosing a display device for viewing that protects the display device from environmental effects and is configured to dissipate heat generated within the display enclosure. The substantially sealed display enclosure comprises a rigid bezel, a substantially transparent front cover coupled to the bezel, and a rear cover assembly that includes a heat sink portion. The thickness of the bezel is minimized to provide the enclosure with a low profile about the periphery of the display device enclosed therein. Thermal control devices may be mounted within the enclosure to modulate a temperature within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Peerless Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Moscovitch, Luther V. Diaz Yap, Raymond Wilk
  • Patent number: 8044901
    Abstract: When the applied voltages are 7 V and 5 V, a transmittance of equal to or more than 50% is obtained when conditions of |2Ps·A|?|7Clc·A| and |2Ps·A|?|5Clc·A| are satisfied among the magnitude Ps (nC/cm2) of the spontaneous polarization per unit area of the liquid crystal material, the electrode area A (cm2) of the pixels and the capacity of liquid crystal Clc (nF/cm2) per unit area, and a transmittance of equal to or more than 80% is obtained when conditions of |2Ps·A|?|4.5Clc·A| and |2Ps·A|?|3Clc·A| are satisfied thereamong. A sufficiently high transmittance is obtained without the provision of a storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yoshihara, Tetsuya Makino, Shinji Tadaki, Hironori Shiroto, Yoshinori Kiyota, Keiichi Betsui
  • Patent number: 8022913
    Abstract: A heater, used in a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) pixel array that uses a common voltage polysilicon line to supply heat to the pixel elements, instead of using active control transistor input lines, such as gate input lines. The approach permits the display to be activated during the warm-up process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Kopin Corporation
    Inventors: Kun Zhang, Frederick P. Herrmann
  • Patent number: 7950816
    Abstract: It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Moriya, Takeshi Nishi