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Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation


Location: Hsin-chu, TW
No. of patents: 177

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8184255Display panel and method for fabricating the same
A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a seal and at least one block. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The seal is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and has a first side and a seco...
05/22/2012
8184232Flat panel display and method for fabricating the same
In the specification and drawing a flat panel display with a front cover, a rear cover, a printed circuit board and a display module is disclosed. The rear cover is fixed on the front cover, wherein the rear cover has a printed circuit board region and a panel regio...
05/22/2012
8177379LCD device, backlight module thereof with partition wall and method for manufacturing the same
A backlight module, a liquid crystal display using the backlight module, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a bottom plate, a plurality of light source sets and at least one partition wall. A plurality of lighting areas is...
05/15/2012
8172605Backlight unit and lamp socket thereof
A lamp socket includes a socket body, a flange and a plurality of support members. The flange is connected to the socket body and protrudes from the socket body horizontally. The plurality of support members are connected to the socket body. At least one engaging gr...
05/08/2012
8167464Backlight module and light emitting diode thereof
A light emitting diode contains a light emitting diode chip and a light directing structure disposed thereon. The light directing structure has a pair of connected hemi-ellipsoids and an interface interposed therebetween. Each hemi-ellipsoid comprises a bottom surfa...
05/01/2012
8162527Backlight module and the method for manufacturing the same
A backlight module and a manufacture method thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a frame body and an optical plate. The frame body includes a first material frame and a second material frame, and the second material frame is embedded in the first mate...
04/24/2012
8159739Display apparatus
A display apparatus comprises a spatial light modulator and optical elements in series therewith. The optical elements provide a first parallax element being a parallax barrier capable of directing light output from the display apparatus into a first plurality of vi...
04/17/2012
8152319Backlight module and liquid crystal display
A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. In the backlight module having a reflector base, a phosphor layer is disposed on the reflector base, and a plurality of blue light emitting diode (LEDs) are disposed above the reflector base and the phos...
04/10/2012
8139898Image process method and apparatus for image enlargement and enhancement
An image processing device includes an image acquisition module, a memory module, and an image signal processing module, for performing an image enlargement and enhancement. The image acquisition module sequentially reads in an image block, including a unit pixel ma...
03/20/2012
8138781Test circuit adapted in a display panel of an electronic device
A test circuit adapted in a display panel of an electronic device is provided. The test circuit is to test the pixel array function of the display panel, wherein the test circuit comprises: a plurality of test signal lines, a plurality of test signal transmitters, a...
03/20/2012
8134662Pixel structure of transflective liquid crystal display array substrate and method for fabricating the same
A pixel structure of a transflective liquid crystal display array substrate includes a first patterned conductive layer, a second patterned conductive layer, a transparent patterned conductive layer, a passivation layer, and a patterned reflective metal layer. A fir...
03/13/2012
8134525Drive circuit for generating a delay drive signal
A drive circuit includes a drive unit coupling with data lines for receiving at least one clock signal and a first enable signal to generate a drive signal to drive data lines, and a delay unit electrically coupled with the drive unit for receiving the clock signal ...
03/13/2012
8120723Flat panel display with U-shaped fastening member
The invention is related to a flat panel display, comprising a panel, a first frame body and a second frame body. The first frame body has a U-shaped fastening member with at least an opening on one sidewall thereof. The second frame body is concaved a first recess ...
02/21/2012
8120251Electroluminescent display and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed herein is an electroluminescent display that includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light-emitting element array, a sealing member, and a supporting structure. The first substrate and the second substrate are opposite to each other, and the ligh...
02/21/2012
8115754Data line driving method
A data line driving method adapted in a display panel driver circuit is provided. The display panel driver circuit comprises a plurality rows of gate lines and a plurality of data driver stages each corresponding to a data line group, wherein the data line driving m...
02/14/2012
8109667Backlight module with improved base structure and method for manufacturing the same
A backlight module and a method for manufacturing a base thereof are provided. The backlight module base includes a back plate and a frame. The back plate has a plate body and at least one sidewall, which includes a wall body and a folding structure bending from the...
02/07/2012
8109650Illuminant system using high color temperature light emitting diode and manufacture method thereof
A light emitting diode (LED) illuminant system, a manufacture method thereof, and a backlight module using the same are provided. The LED illuminant system includes a plurality of white light illuminants and at least one green light illuminant mixed in the white lig...
02/07/2012
8107249Display panel apparatus
A display panel apparatus includes a panel, a fixed frame, a circuit board and one or more flexible printed circuits (FPC). The fixed frame may be a back bezel or a frame, and is placed at the rear of the panel. The fixed frame includes two fixed portions extending ...
01/31/2012
8102602Display and method for modifying color resists of color filter
A method for modifying color resists of color filter includes the steps of: providing a white light-emitting diode (WLED) emitting light having wavelength of λi and having an emission spectrum BL(λi); providing a color filter comprising a plu...
01/24/2012
8100548Direct backlight module supporting apparatus and direct backlight module
A direct backlight module supporting apparatus and a direct backlight module are provided. The direct backlight module comprises a backboard, an optical film, at least one light source and at least one direct backlight module supporting apparatus. At least one light...
01/24/2012
8098346Mold frame and bezel and liquid crystal display containing the same
A mold frame and a bezel are disclosed. The mold frame includes a bottom portion having a first side, wherein the first side has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and there is only one stopper set disposed on the first side. The stopper set is ...
01/17/2012
8098220Liquid crystal display and operation method thereof
A pixel unit in the present invention is divided into two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. The two transistors respectively located in different sub-pixels are connected to different scan...
01/17/2012
8096697Backlight module and a wire positioning device thereof
A backlight module and a wire positioning/holding device for the frame structure thereof are disclosed. The backlight module mainly includes a frame and a light source module. The light source module is disposed on the lateral side or on the bottom of the frame. The...
01/17/2012
8096696Display panel and a light source used therein
A display panel and a light source device used therein are provided. The display panel includes a light-guide thin-film circuit substrate, a light source and a polarizing layer. The light-guide thin-film circuit substrate has a light entrance end and a light exit to...
01/17/2012
8094273Color filter with different alignment structures and display panel using the same
A display panel and a color filter substrate thereof are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, an alignment structure set, a second substrate, a pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The alignment structure set includes a first and a second ...
01/10/2012
8092103Film-carrying system and a film-carrying device used therein
A film-carrying system and a film-carrying device used therein are provided. The film-carrying system includes a support base, a film-carrying device and a film. The film-carrying device includes a support connection part, an elastic part, and a film connection part...
01/10/2012
8092067Display panel and a light source used therein
A display panel and a light source device used therein are provided. The display panel includes a light-guide thin-film circuit substrate, a light source and a polarizing layer. The light-guide thin-film circuit substrate has a light entrance end and a light exit to...
01/10/2012
8084771Bottom-gate thin film transistor and method of fabricating the same
A bottom-gate thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer and a microcrystalline silicon layer. The gate electrode is disposed on a substrate. The gate insulating layer is made up of silicon nitride and disposed on the gate electrode and ...
12/27/2011
8081278Multidomain-vertical-alignment transreflective LCD
A transreflective LCD has a TFT array plate, a color filter plate and a liquid crystal therebetween. A trench is in the overcoat layer of the TFT array plate and/or the color filter plate. The trench can be located in a transmission area or in a reflective area of a...
12/20/2011
8077285Liquid crystal display including neighboring sub-pixel electrodes with opposite polarities in the same pixel
A liquid crystal display includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The lower substrate includes a pixel array divided into a plurality of columns of pixel areas and a plu...
12/13/2011
8075174Light guide plate microstructure
A light guide plate microstructure is provided. The light guide plate microstructure is located on at least one surface of the light guide plate and has a plurality of groove units. Each groove unit has multiple V-shaped grooves, and each V-shaped groove has an apex...
12/13/2011
8067773Pixel unit structure of self-illumination display with low-reflection
A self-illumination display is provided, including a first substrate, a light-absorbing structure, a filter layer, a driving circuit unit, and a self-illumination unit. The light-absorbing structure and the filter layer are juxtaposedly disposed over the first subst...
11/29/2011
8064007Backlight module and display device using the same
The present disclosure is a backlight module including a light guide plate, a supporter, and a light source module. The light guide plate has a light incident side. The supporter has a bottom plate, a sidewall, and a top plate corresponding to the bottom plate. The ...
11/22/2011
8062917Display panel structure and manufacture method thereof
A display panel structure having a circuit element disposed thereon and method of manufacture are provided. The display panel includes a substrate and the circuit element disposed on the substrate. The circuit element has a first interface layer and a first conducti...
11/22/2011
8058084Pixel structure of LCD and fabrication method thereof
In this pixel structure, a metal layer/a dielectric layer/a heavily doped silicon layer constitutes a bottom electrode/a capacitor dielectric layer/a top electrode of a storage capacitor. At the same time, a metal shielding layer is formed under the thin film transi...
11/15/2011
8057862Method for jetting color ink
A method for jetting color ink includes determining an initial voltage value of a nozzle, wherein the initial voltage value corresponds to a predetermined jetting volume of the nozzle; determining a maximum adjusting voltage value of the nozzle, wherein the maximum ...
11/15/2011
8050023Frame with a mounting ear, display device using the frame and a method of manufacturing the same
A frame with a mounting ear, a display device using the frame and a method of manufacture thereof are provided. The frame includes a frame body and a mounting ear. The frame body has a top frame and a sidewall extending from an edge of the frame top frame. A tap hol...
11/01/2011
8049847Pixel structure of transflective liquid crystal display array substrate and method for fabricating the same
A pixel structure of a transflective liquid crystal display array substrate includes a first patterned conductive layer, a second patterned conductive layer and a transparent patterned conductive layer. The first patterned conductive layer is formed on a substrate a...
11/01/2011
8049836Display device, a front frame used therein, and a method of manufacture thereof
A display device, a front frame used therein, and a method of manufacture thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel and the front frame. The display panel has a display surface which is partially covered by the front frame. The front frame in...
11/01/2011
8049834Display device and backlight module with thermal isolating layer
A display device and a backlight module thereof are provided. The display device further includes a display panel having a display area. The backlight module is disposed under the display panel and includes a light source holder, a light source, and a light guide pl...
11/01/2011
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