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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7639341 | Display device having particular light emitting diodes A display device useful to create an interactive image having different sizes by employing one display panel that is allowed to emit the light toward both directions. ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7619712 | Polarizer-alignment dual function film, fabrication method thereof and LCD containing the same A polarizer-alignment dual function film. The film comprising an optically anisotropic material layer having a plurality of strips integrally formed thereon. The strips provide an alignment function for aligning the liquid crystal molecules while the optically aniso... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7372524 | Liquid crystal display device An LCD includes a first substrate on which a TFT and a color filter are formed, a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. A polarizer attaches over a lower surface of the ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369198 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display panel and method of fabricating the same In a reflection-type liquid crystal display panel (10) provided with reflective electrodes (13a), a reflective metal film (13a) is formed on an insulating layer (12) having a surface provided with minute irregularities (1... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359024 | Structure of liquid crystal display device for easy assembly and disassembly A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, and a transparent conductor which is formed at a liquid crystal side of at least one of the first and the second substrates. At least a projected portion i... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7295269 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus provided with the same Reflective display and transmissive display are performed by driving liquid crystal in a predetermined area (region b) in a non-crossing region by using an oblique electric field. Light passed through the region b when a voltage is applied is shaded since the liquid... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283185 | Display device A display device is provided, in which a member for sealing a liquid crystal is formed at sides of a pair of opposing substrates, so that a space other than an effective display region is made small and a substrate size is reduced. The pair of substrates is bonded t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274424 | Touch sensor type liquid crystal display having a plurality of spacers, each comprising two members adapted to slide relative to each other in response to a contact force A touch sensor type liquid crystal display is disclosed to provide a touch sensor type liquid crystal display which can endure long-time use while achieving a weight reduction. The touch sensor type liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal display panel ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271863 | Color liquid crystal display with internal rear polarizer A color liquid crystal display is provided comprising a front panel including at least one polarizer, a rear panel including at least one polarizer, liquid crystal placed between the front and rear panels, a reflective layer on the rear panel, and a matrix of color ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255456 | Direct backlight module A direct backlight module is disclosed, which comprises: a frame; at least a light source, being arranged in the frame; a diffuser, being disposed over the frame; and at least an optical film, being disposed over the diffuser, comprising a substrate having a top sur... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248309 | Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate and a second substrate, an organic light emitting element formed by interposing a first insulating layer on an outer surface of the first substrate, a second insulating layer and a protective layer for... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7201022 | Systems and methods for filling voids and improving properties of porous thin films Methods of reducing the intrusions or migrations of photolithography materials by introducing a sol-gel layer onto a porous thin film prior to applying the photolithography/photoresist material layer. Curing the sol-gel layer results in the sol-gel layer merging or ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187369 | Acoustic touch sensor A coordinate input device of touch-type capable of giving an electric signal to a transducer, even if said transducer is disposed on a back surface of a substrate. The device contains acoustic wave transducers (piezoelectric vibrators), each functioning for oscillat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176994 | Liquid crystal display panel having reflection electrodes improved in smooth surface morphology and process for fabrication thereof A liquid crystal display panel of the type having reflection electrodes tends to have an image-forming plane undesirably yellowed due to the wavelength dependency of transparency observed in an orientation layer on the reflection electrodes; aluminum-neodymium alloy... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170575 | Homeotropically aligned liquid crystal layer and process for the homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals on plastic substrates Homeotropically oriented layers and films of liquid crystals especially on polymeric substrates. The layers and films, which also can be multi-layered films comprising a homeotropically aligned anisotropic film, are preparable by application of an orientation layer ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158096 | Compact, head-mountable display device with suspended eyepiece assembly A compact, lightweight, head-mountable display device is provided for transmitting an image to a user's eye. The device includes a projection system including a display attached at one end to a head-mountable support fixture. An eyepiece assembly is attached to a se... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154460 | Liquid crystal panel substrate, liquid crystal panel, and electronic equipment and projection type display device both using the same The present invention is a liquid crystal panel substrate that comprises: pixel units each having a pixel electrode, to be used as a reflective electrode and arranged in a matrix pattern on a substrate, and a switching element controlling a voltage applied to the pi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147805 | Composition for forming a transparent conducting film, solution for forming a transparent conducting film and method of forming a transparent conducting film The composition of the present invention is one for forming a transparent conducting film, the composition comprising a water-soluble indium compound, a halogen-containing water-soluble organotin compound and a water-soluble organic high molecular compound. A method... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144146 | Transparent substrate for area light emitting device, a method for producing transparent substrate, and area light emitting device and liquid crystal display device A transparent substrate used for an area light emitting device. The transparent substrate comprises a light incidence surface and a light exit surface opposite to the light incidence surface. A plurality of recesses are formed on the light exit surface bulged toward... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140743 | Direct backlight module A direct backlight module has a light guide plate, a plurality of lamp tubes, a reflecting plate and a frame. The light guide plate has a upper surface and a lower surface, and at least one surface of the light guide plate is coated with an ink layer. The lamp tubes... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136138 | Liquid crystal display device A timepiece provided with a liquid crystal display panel (9) for displaying thereon at least one of time information (5) and calendar information (4), wherein a solar battery unit (12) is provided to face at least a part of a visual recog... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132138 | Liquid crystal information displays The LC information display contains a layer of liquid crystal situated between the front and the rear panels with functional layers, and the liquid crystal has parameters providing interference maximum or minimum of transmission or reflection at the exit of the disp... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133108 | Liquid crystal display device In order to prevent irreversible deformation of column-shaped spacers which retain the gap between a pair of substrates between which the liquid crystal layer of a liquid crystal display device is interposed, spacers which assist in preventing such irreversible defo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7105212 | Optical compensatory sheet comprising polymer film A polymer film is used as an optical compensatory sheet or a support thereof. The polymer film contains a rod-like compound. The rod-like compound in the form of a solution gives an ultraviolet absorption spectrum. In the spectrum, the wavelength of λmax at the max... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7095478 | Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating thereof To provide a technology for fabricating a high image quality liquid crystal display device, a set range of a cell gap for holding a liquid crystal layer is limited in accordance with a distance of a pixel pitch in which specifically, the cell gap is set to be a dist... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088412 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus include a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pair of substrates; a plurality of electrodes formed on one substrate, and an alignment control layer formed on a face of at least one of the pair of substra... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085050 | Polarized light beam splitter assembly including embedded wire grid polarizer A polarized light beam splitter system provides a polarized light beam splitter including an embedded wire grid polarizer. Spacers ensure a uniform distance between an exposed surface of an internal wire grid polarizer and a corresponding internal surface of a polar... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081628 | Spatially patterned light-blocking layers for radiation imaging detectors Spatially patterned light-blocking layers for radiation imaging detectors are described. Embodiments comprise spatially patterned light-blocking layers for an amorphous silicon flat panel x-ray detector, wherein the spatially patterned light-blocking layer blocks li... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081941 | Liquid-crystal display device and colored resin substrate There is provided a liquid-crystal display device has at least a liquid-crystal panel which is constituted by a back side substrate having a colored resin substrate with an electrode, a visual side transparent substrate having a transparent electrode, and a reflecti... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075610 | Liquid crystal display device and light emitting structure with photonic band gap transparent electrode structures An LCD device for displaying an image includes pixel control electrodes constructed as a transparent metal stack having a photonic band gap (PBG) structure that transmits a visible range of wavelengths and suppresses a non-visible range of wavelengths. A liquid crys... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072008 | Liquid crystal display device, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus To provide a transflective liquid crystal display device which allows bright display even in a transmission mode and a method for manufacturing the same. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention has a liquid crystal layer 4 interposed between ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060333 | Phase difference plate comprising polymer film containing compound having rod-shaped molecular structure A phase difference plate which comprises one sheet of polymer film containing a compound having a rod-shaped molecular structure and exhibiting a maximum absorption wavelength (λmax) of less than 250 nm in an ultraviolet spectrum of its solution and which exhibits ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053973 | Display device An active matrix type liquid crystal display device with a peripheral driver circuit therein is reduced in size. Peripheral driver circuits are formed inside an area where a sealing member for bonding together a pair of glass substrates and sealing a liquid c... | 05/30/2006 |
| RE39082 | Half reflection type liquid crystal display device having matched phase of transmitted and reflected light A liquid crystal display device is constructed such that a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between an upper substrate, which is provided with upper transparent electrodes for forming pixels, and a lower substrate, which is provided with lower transparent electrod... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037811 | Method for fabricating a semiconductor device Concentration of metal element which promotes crystallization of silicon and which exists within a crystalline silicon film obtained by utilizing the metal element is reduced. A first heat treatment for crystallization is performed after introducing nickel to an amo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033851 | Bump structure of a scattering reflective board and method for manufacturing the bump structure A method for manufacturing a bump structure includes depositing a layer of photosensitive material on a substrate. Next, multiple strip-shaped shielding sections are arranged on an optical mask at intervals and multiple irregularly arranged circular holes are distri... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7023503 | Image sensor with photosensitive thin film transistors An image sensor array includes image sensors having photo TFTs to generate photocurrent in response to received images. The photo TFTs each have their respective gate electrodes shorted to source electrodes to increase generated photocurrent. Storage capacitors are ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023506 | Reflective liquid crystal display device A reflective LCD device having a CLC color filter includes a holographic film to increase a luminance and viewing angle. Due to the holographic film, light incident to the CLC film has not only a small incident angle but also a small reflection angle. Therefore, a w... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023502 | Semiconductor device having light-shielded thin film transistor The present invention provides an active matrix type display device having a high aperture ratio and a required auxiliary capacitor. A source line and a gate line are overlapped with part of a pixel electrode. This overlapped region functions to be a black matrix. F... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6977702 | Reflective and transflective liquid crystal display using a wire grid polarizer A device structure for single cell gap reflective and transflective liquid crystal displays (TF-LCDs). For an entirely reflective LCD, the imbedded wire-grid polarizer (WGP) serves as a polarization-dependent for the ambient light. For a transflective TF-LCD, the WG... | 12/20/2005 |
