Interconnection Of Plural Cells In Series Patents (Class 349/74)
- Cell cooperation providing multicolor display (Class 349/78)
- With cells being substantially identical and driven simultaneously, providing improved contrast (Class 349/81)
- With projection of electrodes in one cell substantially nonoverlapping that of another cell (i.e., for improving resolution) (Class 349/82)
- With each cell displaying a different pattern (Class 349/83)
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Patent number: 10884296Abstract: A display device comprises: a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix form, wherein the plurality of pixels include a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels arrayed at a pitch different from an array pitch of the plurality of first pixels, and a number of the plurality of first pixels is different from a number of the plurality of second pixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Pasona Knowledge Partner, Inc.Inventor: Tetsuo Fukami
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Patent number: 10839736Abstract: An image display method and an image display device are provided. The image display method includes: acquiring an environmental image in a backlight direction of a display panel; determining a viewing position of a user, and determining a background image capable of being viewed by the user through the display panel from the environmental image; determining an image compensation parameter of the display panel in accordance with an image parameter of the background image; and controlling the display panel to compensate for a to-be-displayed image in accordance with the image compensation parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiangxiang Zou
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Patent number: 10802356Abstract: A display comprises a polarised output spatial light modulator, switchable liquid crystal retarder, absorbing polariser and touch panel electrodes. The electrodes of the switchable liquid crystal retarder shield the touch panel electrodes from the electrical noise of the spatial light modulator addressing. The touch panel control and sensing may be synchronised with the driving signal of the switchable liquid crystal retarder. The touch panel may be operated independently of the timing of the data addressing of the spatial light modulator.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: RealD Spark, LLCInventors: Jonathan Harrold, Graham J. Woodgate
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Patent number: 10782545Abstract: A switchable view angle control device for a privacy view display system includes an electrically switchable view angle control LCD that is operable in a first state and a second state; a front polarizer located on a viewing side of the switchable view angle control LCD; and a polarized light source located on a non-viewing side of the switchable view angle control LCD that emits polarized light. When the switchable view angle control LCD in the first state, the view angle control device operates in a narrow angle view mode in which off-axis polarized light from the polarized light source is changed by the switchable view angle control LCD so that the off-axis light is absorbed by the front polarizer, and on-axis light passes through the switchable view angle control LCD and the front polarizer.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nathan James Smith, Andrew Acreman, Hywel Hopkin, Takehiro Murao, Jiyun Yu
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Patent number: 10754201Abstract: A liquid crystal photoelectric apparatus including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a plurality of alignment layers, and a liquid crystal material is provided. The alignment layers include an upper alignment layer, a lower alignment layer, and at least one intermediate alignment layer. The upper alignment layer has a first orientation direction. The lower alignment layer has a second orientation direction. The at least one intermediate alignment layer has an intermediate orientation direction. The intermediate orientation direction is between the first orientation direction and the second orientation direction. The liquid crystal material includes a plurality of liquid crystal material portions. Each of the liquid crystal material portions is disposed between any adjacent two alignment layers. A manufacturing method of the liquid crystal photoelectric apparatus is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: National Tsing Hua University, Advanced Comm. Engineering Solution Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ci-Ling Pan, Anup Kumar Sahoo, Chun-Ling Yen, Chan-Shan Yang, Yi-Hsin Lin, Hung-Chun Lin, Yu-Jen Wang
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Patent number: 10670921Abstract: A viewing angle control film includes, in order, a first polarizer in which an absorption axis is in a direction perpendicular to a film surface; a first phase difference plate which is a ?/4 plate and has a patterned optical anisotropic layer; and a second phase difference plate which is a ?/4 plate and has a patterned optical anisotropic layer, in which the patterned optical anisotropic layers have a constant phase difference and are divided into a plurality of belt-like regions in the same plane, directions of slow axes in one belt-like region match each other and directions of slow axes of belt-like regions adjacent to each other are different from each other in the patterned optical anisotropic layer, and the belt-like region of the first phase difference plate and the belt-like region of the second phase difference plate are disposed so as to intersect with each other in a plane direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yujiro Yanai
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Patent number: 10670912Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, a third glass substrate, a fourth glass substrate, a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the third glass substrate and the fourth glass substrate, a first polarizing plate formed on the first glass substrate, a second polarizing plate formed on the third glass substrate, and a bonding layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the third glass substrate. In planar view, the bonding layer is disposed outside the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the first glass substrate, and a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the third glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Yasui, Takenori Yaguchi, Takaaki Kitada, Kazuhiko Tsuda, Takashi Kato, Hidenori Kikuchi, Naoki Terasawa, Katsuji Tanaka
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Patent number: 10642101Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a double-sided liquid crystal display device. The light utilization efficiency of the backlight module is improved. The backlight module includes a light emitting component, the light emitting component includes a first light exit surface and a second light exit surface disposed opposite to each other. A first liquid crystal brightness enhancement film and a first quarter-wave plate are sequentially disposed along a light emitting direction of the first light exit surface. A second liquid crystal brightness enhancement film and a second quarter-wave plate are sequentially disposed along a light emitting direction of the second light exit surface. A rotation structure of the first liquid crystal brightness enhancement film is opposite to a rotation structure of the second liquid crystal brightness enhancement film.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhihong Du, Wenbo Li
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Patent number: 10598999Abstract: An achromatic phase modulator (100) adapted to modulate the phase of an incident beam of light (INCIDENT LIGHT) and to output the thus modulated light, the phase modulator (100) comprising a plurality of liquid crystal elements disposed in series on a light path of the incident light and a control unit (15) comprising a plurality of power sources (14) for applying drive electric signals to the liquid crystal elements, wherein the plurality of liquid crystal elements comprises at least a first and a second liquid crystal element groups (FIRST LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT GROUP; SECOND LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT GROUP), each group being composed of a pair of liquid crystal elements, the liquid crystal elements of the first and second group respectively being made of a first and a second liquid crystal material having a first and a second, different, refractive index wavelength dependence characteristic, the thicknesses (d1/2, d2/2) of the liquid crystal elements forming each group being equal.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignees: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL, NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yi-Hsin Lin, Hung-Shan Chen, Ming-Syuan Chen
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Patent number: 10598983Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first polarizing plate, a first liquid crystal cell, a second polarizing plate, a third polarizing plate, a second liquid crystal cell, and a fourth polarizing plate, which are arranged from a front side to a back side in this order. P1, P2, P3, P4 represent degrees of polarization of the first polarizing plate, the second polarizing plate, the third polarizing plate, and the fourth polarizing plate, respectively, one of a relational expression of P1>P2, P3, P4, a relational expressions of P4>P1, P2, P3, and a relational expression of P1, P4>P2, P3 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Yasui, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Tsuda
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Patent number: 10551677Abstract: An aspect of a liquid crystal display device includes an element substrate, a counter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the element substrate and the counter substrate. The counter substrate includes a common electrode, a first lens layer that collects light incident to the counter substrate, a second lens layer that collects the light, and a first phase difference compensation layer that is arranged between the first lens layer and the second lens layer in a thickness direction perpendicular to the common electrode and compensates a phase difference of the light generated by the liquid crystal layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yutaka Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 10503028Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first display panel displaying a color image; and a second display panel displaying a monochrome image. Each of the first and the second display panels includes: source lines extending in a first direction; gate lines extending in a second direction; pixels; and pixel electrodes. Each of pixel electrodes among at least one of the first display panel and the second display panel, includes slits extending in the first direction. Each of pixel electrodes includes: a first edge and a second edge that are opposed to each other and extend in the first direction; a third edge connecting one ends of the first edge and the second edge; and a fourth edge connecting another ends of the first edge and the second edge. The third edge and the fourth edge are respectively inclined at predetermined angles with respect to the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Dispaly Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kikuo Ono
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Patent number: 10488921Abstract: A head-mounted display includes an electronic display configured to output image light, an optics assembly configured to direct image light in a first band from the electronic display to an eye box, an eye tracking unit configured to generate eye tracking information, and a pellicle beamsplitter configured to redirect light in a second band reflected from the eye box toward the eye tracking unit and transmit the image light in the first band. The pellicle beamsplitter is positioned along the optical axis between the optics assembly and the electronic display. The pellicle beamsplitter includes a front surface and a back surface. Each of the front surface and the back surface comprising a first radius curvature in a first plane and a second radius curvature in a second plane that is perpendicular to the first plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventor: Andrew John Ouderkirk
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Patent number: 10359665Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, a third glass substrate, a fourth glass substrate, a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the third glass substrate and the fourth glass substrate, a first polarizing plate formed on the first glass substrate, a second polarizing plate formed on the third glass substrate, and a bonding layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the third glass substrate. In planar view, the bonding layer is disposed outside the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the first glass substrate, and a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the third glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Yasui, Takenori Yaguchi, Takaaki Kitada, Kazuhiko Tsuda, Takashi Kato, Hidenori Kikuchi, Naoki Terasawa, Katsuji Tanaka
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Patent number: 10310258Abstract: For multi-layer imaging, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transparent display having multiple liquid crystal display (LCD) layers. The apparatus includes an image capture module that interfaces with a camera to capture multiple images of a target object. The apparatus includes an image processing module that identifies a bright spot in first and second images, identifies the target object in the first and second images proximate to the bright spot, and modifies at least one of first and second images to diminish the bright spot and to emphasize the target object. The apparatus includes an image display module that interfaces with the transparent display member to display the first image with the first LCD layer and display the second image with the second LCD layer after modifying at least one of the first and second images.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Inseok Hwang, Su Liu, Eric J. Rozner, Chin Ngai Sze
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Patent number: 10290827Abstract: A display device, in which a plurality of display panels overlap each other and an image is displayed on each of the display panels, comprises a first frame supporting the plurality of display panels. The first frame includes a frame-shaped frame unit on which the plurality of display panels are placed, and a plurality of spacers attached to the frame unit. The plurality of spacers include at least one reference spacer fixed to the frame unit and at least one position adjustment spacer adjustably attached to the frame unit. An outer peripheral end of each of the plurality of display panels is fixed while pushed against the reference spacer and the position adjustment spacer.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Katagiri, Masaki Tsubokura
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Patent number: 10216018Abstract: A viewing angle control device including at least one liquid crystal panel, at least one compensation film and polarizers is provided. Each of the at least one liquid crystal panel includes two transparent conductive layers and liquid crystal molecules. The polarizers include at least one first polarizer and a second polarizer. The at least one first polarizer is located between the at least one compensation film and the at least one liquid crystal panel. The second polarizer is located at a side of the at least one liquid crystal panel, the at least one compensation film and the at least one first polarizer. When there is no potential difference between the transparent conductive layers, an optical axis of each of the liquid crystal molecules is parallel or vertical to a transmission axis of the at least one first polarizer. A viewing angle controllable display apparatus is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chong-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang
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Patent number: 10203439Abstract: The disclosure discloses a double-side liquid crystal display device and a backlight module thereof, the two metal wire grating polarized films with perpendicular metal wire gratings can utilize reflective light of the liquid crystal panel on one side to provide incidence light to the liquid crystal panel on the other side, the incidence light and the reflective light of the two liquid crystal panels compensate mutually to improve light utilization efficiency significantly and brightness of the two liquid crystal panels, and brightness of the two is unified simultaneously; moreover, the built-in metal wire grating polarized film substitutes the polarized plate attached on outside of the substrate, which can reduce processes and costs without sacrificing characteristics of polarized light; white backlight is formed by the blue LED, the red and green quantum dots to increase color gamut and brightness of the double-side display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Minghui Li
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Patent number: 10191337Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first display panel displaying a color image, and a second display panel displaying a black-and-white image. The first display panel includes a first pixel corresponding to a first transmission area transmitting light having first color, a second pixel corresponding to a second transmission area transmitting light having second color, and a third pixel corresponding to a third transmission area transmitting light having third color. The second display panel includes a fourth pixel overlapping the first pixel, and a fifth pixel overlapping the second pixel and the third pixel. An area of the fourth pixel is different from an area of the fifth pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kikuo Ono
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Patent number: 10082675Abstract: Liquid crystal devices are described that maintain performance of polarization/amplitude modulation under high irradiance conditions. Configurations that isolate polarizing elements under high thermal load are discussed which allow other elements, such as glass, which may be sensitive to stress birefringence to remain near optimum thermal conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: RealD Inc.Inventors: Gary D. Sharp, Scott Gilman, David A. Coleman
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Patent number: 10073315Abstract: A display device includes a polymer layer including dichroic dyes and a liquid crystal, which is not mixed or reacted with the polymer layer, dispersed in the polymer layer. The polymer and the liquid crystal have different refractive indices from each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Gi Heon Kim, Yong Hae Kim, Chi-Sun Hwang
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Patent number: 10061187Abstract: The present invention provides a reflection member including a selective reflection layer; and two ¼ wavelength phase difference plates, in which the selective reflection layer is disposed between the two ¼ wavelength phase difference plates, the selective reflection layer includes a layer of a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase having a central wavelength of selective reflection at a visible light range wavelength ?i, and the selective reflection layer includes a layer in which a twisted direction of a helix of a cholesteric liquid crystal is only one of right or left as the layer of a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase having selective reflection at the wavelength ?i. The reflection member of the present invention can be used particularly as a heat shielding member, which can reduce damage to the optical systems due to external light including visible light while efficiently extracting projected light.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi, Yuki Saiki, Kazuhiro Oki, Takao Taguchi
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Patent number: 10061370Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques related to privacy at display devices. The techniques include an apparatus having an electroactive privacy layer of a display device. The electroactive privacy layer is configured to restrict a propagation direction of light emission associated with a display layer of the display device. The restriction of propagation is generated by micro louvers formed in the electroactive privacy layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Yeung Kwak, Ramon C. Cancel Olmo
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Patent number: 10012866Abstract: The present invention provides a mirror display that can match the peripheral environment having diffusely reflecting surfaces in the mirror mode, and an electronic device including the mirror display. The mirror display includes a half mirror plate that includes a reflective polarizer and a display device. The half mirror plate further includes a light-diffusing member that diffuses at least part of incident light. The mirror display includes, in the order from the back surface side, the display device, the reflective polarizer, and the light-diffusing member.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sakai, Masahiro Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Hakoi, Kiyoshi Minoura, Shigeaki Mizushima
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Patent number: 9995963Abstract: A wide viewing angle liquid crystal display includes color filters having a quantum dot and scattering particles and liquid crystal layer disposed in a microcavity, a distance between the color filter and the liquid crystal layer being sized to minimize display deterioration due to parallax.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Byung Park, Sung Sik Yun, Jong Hyuk Kang, Hae Il Park, Hyun Min Cho
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Patent number: 9983446Abstract: The present disclosure provides a single substrate display panel and fabricating method thereof. The fabricating method of a single substrate display panel comprises steps of providing a parallel electric field substrate; and forming a display medium layer above the parallel electric field substrate. The present disclosure also provides a fabricating method of the single substrate display panel. The present disclosure can achieve single substrate display so as to reduce the weight and thickness of the liquid crystal display panel and improve display quality.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongsheng Wang, Youmei Dong, Wenbo Li, Yanbing Wu
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Patent number: 9977298Abstract: A display panel includes an upper plate including a first substrate, a first electrode layer formed on an inner surface of the first substrate, and an absorptive polarizing film formed on an outer surface of the first substrate and having a first polarization axis, a lower plate including a second substrate, a second electrode layer formed on an inner surface of the second substrate, and a reflective polarizing film formed on an outer surface of the second substrate and having a second polarization axis perpendicular or parallel to the first polarization axis, an LC layer filled between the upper plate and the lower plate, and an LC driving power supply connected between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and configured to selectively provide an LC driving voltage to the LC layer changing a polarization direction of incident light in the LC layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Won-yong Lee, Hyeong-sik Choi, Ju-seong Hwang
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Patent number: 9946128Abstract: In an image display device including a first display panel and a second display panel, there are provided a first panel body, a first panel body emission-side polarizing plate disposed at a front-surface side with respect to the first panel body, a second panel body, a second panel body incidence-side polarizing plate disposed at a back-surface side with respect to the second panel body, at least one inter-panel polarizing plate disposed between the first panel body and the second panel body, and a back-surface irradiation light source configured to emit light toward the back-surface side. The back-surface irradiation light source is provided in one of regions between the first panel body emission-side polarizing plate and the second panel body incidence-side polarizing plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenta Fukuoka
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Patent number: 9695362Abstract: A color display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode, opposing to each other, a polymer layer between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, a first coloring material dispersed in the polymer layer, liquid crystals provided in the polymer layer, and a second coloring material dispersed in the liquid crystals. The first coloring material and the second coloring material presents different colors, and each of the first coloring material and the second coloring material includes at least one of a red coloring material, a green coloring material, a blue coloring material, a yellow coloring material, a cyan coloring material, and a magenta coloring material.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Gi Heon Kim, Yong Hae Kim, Chi-Sun Hwang
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Patent number: 9671636Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display. An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a thin film transistor located on the first substrate, a pixel electrode located on the thin film transistor, a first roof layer that faces the pixel electrode and is formed of a first color filter layer, a capping layer located on the first roof layer; and a second roof layer that is located on the capping layer and is formed of a second color filter layer, in which a plurality of first microcavities is formed between the pixel electrode and the first roof layer, and the plurality of first microcavities forms a first liquid crystal layer that includes a liquid crystal molecule, and a plurality of second microcavities is formed between the second roof layer and a second substrate that is located on the second roof layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eun Hee Han, Ho Yun Byun
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Patent number: 9618765Abstract: Liquid crystal devices are described that maintain performance of polarization/amplitude modulation under high irradiance conditions. Configurations that isolate polarizing elements under high thermal load are discussed which allow other elements, such as glass, which may be sensitive to stress birefringence to remain near optimum thermal conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: RealD Inc.Inventors: Gary D. Sharp, Scott Gilman, David A. Coleman
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Patent number: 9373291Abstract: A method for mapping an input grayscale into an output luminance includes selecting a reference grayscale and a curvature according to an input grayscale; and generating an output luminance according to the reference grayscale, the curvature, and the input grayscale.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Yu-Hsing Chuang, Chih-Yuan Yang, Yu-Pin Chang, Feng-Ting Pai
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Patent number: 9348160Abstract: Display components (e.g., liquid crystal displays (LCDs)) are viewable at different viewing angles, for example, by a first user positioned directly in front of the display and by a second user positioned to one side of the display. Many displays present a consistent display across a wide range of viewing angles, but these displays may consume energy and/or compromise user privacy. Presented herein are configurations of backlights for display devices featuring an adjustable viewing angle, such that a user may select a narrower viewing angle in usage scenarios involving power consumption or privacy, and may select a wider viewing angle in usage scenarios involving plentiful power and fewer privacy concerns. Such configurations may include multiple banks of backlight lamps generating backlight at different viewing angles; an electrowetting electrode as an adjustable collimator; adjustable diffusers that may adjustably scatter light passing therethrough; and/or a combination of such adjustable elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Feng-Hsiung Hsu
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Patent number: 9348163Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. A passivation layer is disposed on a substrate. A first microcavity is disposed on the passivation layer. A second microcavity is disposed on the passivation layer and spaced apart from the first microcavity at a first spacing and along a first direction. A fixing member is disposed between the first microcavity and the second microcavity. A roof layer is disposed on the first and the second microcavities and the fixing member, wherein the first and the second microcavities include liquid crystal molecules.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Seok Kim, Won Tae Kim, Han Joon Yoo, Dae Ho Lee, Kyung Tae Chae, Jong Seong Kim, Woo Jae Lee
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Patent number: 9329430Abstract: A display including an image-generating panel and at least one contrast-enhancing panel, a cross BEF collimator between a backlight and one of the panels, and a polarization-preserving diffuser (e.g., holographic diffuser) between the panels. Typically, the contrast panel is upstream of the image panel, and a reflective polarizer is positioned between the cross BEF collimator or and contrast panel, with the reflective polarizer oriented relative to an initial polarizer of the contrast panel. Polarization of light transmitted by the reflective polarizer matches that transmitted by the initial polarizer. Collimated light propagating from the cross BEF collimator toward the contrast-enhancing panel is given a polarization bias by the reflective polarizer, which reflects incorrectly polarized light back toward the cross BEF collimator.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Gopal Erinjippurath, John Gilbert, Giorgio Giaretta, Vincent Kwong
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Patent number: 9323118Abstract: Disclosed is a display device, comprising: two liquid crystal cells connected together and facing in opposite directions, each liquid crystal cell includes a substrate, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer filled between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the polarization properties of the filled cholesteric liquid crystals are opposite to each other. In the present invention, the two cholesteric liquid crystal cells are connected together, such that transparent display as well as double-side display can be achieved by using the reflective, polarizing and full stable performance of the cholesteric liquid crystals as well as by controlling voltage to switch two cholesteric liquid crystal cells between a plane orientation and a vertical orientation. In addition, with this technology, no polarizer is used and light absorption is removed, thus, the transmission rate of the display device is improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Weili Zhao
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Patent number: 9318061Abstract: A method for mapping an input grayscale into an output luminance includes selecting a first reference grayscale, a first reference luminance, a second reference grayscale and a second reference luminance according to an input grayscale, generating a middle reference grayscale and a middle luminance, replacing a value of the first or second reference grayscale by a value of the middle reference grayscale, and replacing a value of the first or second reference luminance by a value of the middle luminance according to the middle reference grayscale and the input grayscale, and generating an output luminance by computing a linear transformation equation.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Yu-Pin Chang, Kai-I Dai, Jie-Jung Huang, Yu-Hsing Chuang, Shih-Hung Huang
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Patent number: 9316886Abstract: A reflective color display pixel has a top surface for receiving ambient light, and a plurality of sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel has a luminescent layer for absorbing a portion of the ambient light and emitting light of a first color. The second sub-pixel has a color tunable reflector for reflecting the ambient light in a selected band.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Gary Gibson, Xia Sheng, Dick Henze
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Patent number: 9230462Abstract: To provide an image display device in which reflection of an image on one display surface onto another display surface is suppressed. In an image display device where an image is displayed on a screen combining the display surfaces of two or more image display elements, a polarizing plate is arranged on the display surface on conditions that extinction takes place between the display surfaces of the image display elements. The extinction conditions are set such that the light entering from a display surface to which the polarizing plate is fixed is passed through and the light entering from other than the above display surface is absorbed by intersecting the polarization directions of the polarizing plates perpendicularly.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Imai
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Patent number: 9229227Abstract: This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the optical assembly comprises a light transmissive wedge-shaped illumination system with an LED lighting system coupled to an edge of the wedge, and wherein an angled surface of the wedge directs light from the LED lighting system to uniformly irradiate a reflective image display to produce an image that is reflected through the illumination system to provide the displayed content to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: John N. Border, John D. Haddick, Ralph F. Osterhout
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Patent number: 9210412Abstract: The present invention provides active shutter glasses and a stereoscopic image projection system that allow a stereoscopic image of excellent display quality to be viewed. The present invention provides active shutter glasses for a stereoscopic image projection system in which the active shutter glasses include a shutter section for the right eye and a shutter section for the left eye, the shutter section for the right eye and the shutter section for the left eye each include a liquid crystal cell, and when the glasses are worn, viewing angles of the shutter section for the right eye and the shutter section for the left eye each are wider on the right and left sides than on the upper and lower sides.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shun Ueki, Takahiro Nakahara, Kozo Nakamura, Akira Sakai
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Patent number: 9187500Abstract: A novel approach for generating FLC electro-optics with gray-scale resolution includes using FLC material that is: (i.) capable of electrostatic V-shape switching, (ii.) capable of optical latching, and (iii.) not requiring DC balance.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporateInventor: David M Walba
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Patent number: 9164332Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a thin film transistor on the first substrate, a color filter and a black matrix on the first substrate, a column spacer on the first substrate and electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode on one surface of the second substrate, a common electrode on the pixel electrode on the one surface of the second substrate, and a transparent electrode on the other surface of the second substrate. The column spacer is electrically connected to the pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jae Kyung Go
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Patent number: 9158406Abstract: An in-cell touch display panel includes an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate and a display medium layer. The active device array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of active devices, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes, a plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of switches. The pixel electrodes are respectively electrically connected to the corresponding active devices. The common electrodes are arranged into a plurality of common electrode series, wherein every two or more common electrode series are connected to each other to form a first touch electrode. The data signal lines are respectively coupled to the pixel electrodes through the corresponding active devices. Every two or more of the data signal lines are electrically connected to one of the switches, wherein the pixel electrodes and the data signal lines coupled to a same switch together form a second touch electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.Inventors: Wei-Yen Chiu, Chi-Liang Kuo
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Patent number: 9154752Abstract: A spatial maximum value filter generates a low frequency video signal in an intermittent frame by removing high frequency components from a video signal in the intermittent frame. A division signal extraction unit calculates a ratio of a signal value of a video signal in an acquired frame to a signal value of a low frequency video signal in an intermittent frame closest to the acquired frame, and generates a high frequency video signal having the calculated ratio as a signal value. A signal adjustment unit calculates a ratio of a signal value of the video signal in the intermittent frame to a signal value of a high frequency video signal in the intermittent frame, and generates an adjusted low frequency video signal having the calculated ratio as a signal value.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masaaki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9128219Abstract: A shift indicator for a vehicle includes a light-transmissive lens with a plurality of characters or symbols; a light guide panel arranged on a lower side of the lens; a side light emitting body for projecting light into a side of the light guide panel; and a plurality of lower light emitting bodies provided at the positions corresponding to the characters or symbols on a lower side of the light guide panel. The character or symbols are illuminated with various colors indicating the respective shifting status of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventor: Jae Hyun An
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Patent number: 9074744Abstract: A vehicular lamp includes a transparent planar light emitting body including a first light emitting surface and a second light emitting surface which face each other, a first reflector and a second reflector. The transparent planar light emitting body emits light from the first light emitting surface and the second light emitting surface. The first reflector reflects light from the first light emitting surface to the front. The second reflector reflects light from the second light emitting surface to the front.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironori Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 9025111Abstract: A display panel for use with a multi-panel display includes an array of display pixels to emit pixel light. A fiber bundle including an array of fibers is disposed over the array of display pixels. The fiber bundle includes a first end of the array of fibers rigidly fixed adjacent to the array of display pixels and optically aligned with the array of display pixels and a loose fiber portion that permits a second end of the array of fibers opposite the first end to slump-over and move. The fiber bundle receives the pixel light emitted from the array of display pixels into the first end of the array of fibers and emits the pixel light out the second end of the array of fibers.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eric Teller, Johnny Lee
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Patent number: 9013655Abstract: A transflective display (10) includes a backlight (14) and a display stack (12, 12?). The display stack (10) includes a first electro-optic layer (24) configured to modulate light of a first waveband and a second electro-optic layer (26) configured to modulate light of a second waveband that is different from the first waveband. A mirror (30) is positioned between the first and second electro-optic layers (24, 26) such that the first electro-optic layer (24) is positioned adjacent to a first surface (S1M) of the mirror (30) and has a surface (S1) that is configured to face an external light source (22), and the second electro-optic layer (26) is positioned adjacent to a second surface (S2M) of the mirror (30) and has a surface (S2) that is configured to face the backlight (14). The mirror (30) is also configured to partially reflect and partially transmit wavelengths in the first waveband and to at least partially transmit wavelengths in the second waveband.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Stephen Kitson, Adrian Geisow
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Patent number: 9013646Abstract: A display device includes: a first liquid crystal display panel which performs an image display; a second liquid crystal display panel which is arranged on a back surface side of the first liquid crystal display panel and performs a display of a parallax barrier pattern; a backlight unit which is arranged on a back surface side of the second liquid crystal display panel; and a first polarization reflector which is arranged between the first liquid crystal display panel and the second liquid crystal display panel, and allows the transmission of light having a polarization component, which has one polarization direction, of lights having two polarization components orthogonal to each other and reflects the light having a polarization component orthogonal to the polarization direction, wherein the first polarization reflector reflects the backlight light corresponding to the light blocking regions to the second liquid crystal display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichiro Oka, Shinichi Komura