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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149348 | Display device and lenticular sheet of the display device and method thereof A display device includes a display panel on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, and a lenticular sheet which is disposed above the display panel and includes a plurality of prism lenses disposed on the lenticular sheet. Each of the plurality of pr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8064004 | Liquid crystal display apparatus and process for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display apparatus, includes a liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate provided on a display light receiving side, and a second substrate provided on a display light exiting side so as to oppose the first substrate with a liquid crys... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7936412 | Color filterless display device, optical element, and manufacture A color filterless display device performing color display for expressing one pixel by three RGB sub-pixels includes: a light source; a diffraction grating for separating a light irradiated from this light source into lights of a plurality of wavelength regions; a c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7880824 | Surface emitting device, liquid crystal display, and optical sheet combination A surface emitting device includes a light emitter, a polarizer having a transmission axis along which light emerging from the light emitter is transmitted, and an optical sheet combination disposed between the light emitter and the polarizer and composed of a plura... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7812897 | Method for making prism sheet A method for making a prism sheet includes: providing a cutting device comprising a cutter, a table plate, and a control unit, the table plate controlled to move up and down by the control unit, and the cutter having a blade rotatable; providing a mold insert prefor... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7750989 | Prism sheet, method for making the same and liquid crystal display device using the same An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The transparent main body has a surface. A plurality of first elongated micro-protrusions and second elongated micro-protrusions protrude from the surface of the main body. Each of the first elongated micro-... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7688395 | Optical film assembly, as well as backlight module and LCD apparatus comprising the same An optical film for use in backlight module is provided. The optical provides quality luminance of a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus. The optical film assembly comprises a substrate with a polarization direction, in which the substrate has a first surface and... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7667785 | Optical separating filter An optical separating filter separates impinging light into a first and a second part having different properties. The separating filter comprises reflective filters (FR) arranged in funnel shaped structures (F1). Each one of the structures (F1) have a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7554623 | Optical assembly to provide complementary illumination of subpixels of a light valve pixel An apparatus, system, and method for an optical assembly providing illumination to subpixels of a pixel in a manner to complement characteristics of the subpixels are disclosed herein. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7538830 | Light-emitting apparatus A light-emitting apparatus, comprising at least one LED element, and at least one liquid crystal lens disposed to face the LED element and positioned at a distance from the LED element, a focal length of light, broadening and narrowing directions of light, and chang... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7518668 | Display device having horizontal power transformer configuration The present invention provides a backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same, by which cooling performance is prevented from being lowered in a manner of arranging inverter elements in a horizontal direction. The present invention includes a lam... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7471352 | Directional display apparatus A birefringent lens structure comprises a birefringent lens array capable of directing light of a given polarisation into a directional distribution, the birefringent lens comprising a solid birefringent material and an isotropic material having an interface having ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7396132 | Prism assembly for use in optical devices and projector comprising such a prism assembly A prism assembly for use in optical devices, which includes a total internal reflection (TIR) assembly for redirecting an incoming lightbeam, a color prism assembly for splitting the incoming lightbeam into spectral bands, and at least one reflection light valve for... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397522 | Method for illuminating liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same, and a liquid crystal display device using the same A method for illuminating a liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same and a liquid crystal display device using the same can improve the front luminance and production yield. Lights from a lamp is incident to a LCD panel side, whic... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397461 | Mirrored decorative video display concealment and cooling apparatus and method An apparatus for concealing a light emitting video display mounted to a vertical surface by reflecting incident ambient light in mirror-like fashion. The apparatus includes a perimeter structure, which is positioned adjacent to the vertical surface about the video d... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7369327 | Variable optical-property element and optical apparatus including the same A variable optical-property element includes a liquid crystal the pitch of twist is less than 60 times the wavelength of light used, so that a spatially uneven electric or magnetic field or temperature is applied to the liquid crystal to thereby form an index distri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360939 | Surface emitting device, backside illumination device, and liquid crystal display device At the light emission surface of a light-guiding plate, first and second grooves and second grooves are formed. Each of the first grooves has a pair of slope parts, and each slope part has an easy slope and a steep slope. The second grooves intersect the first groov... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357511 | Stress birefringence compensation in polarizing beamsplitters and systems using same Some projection systems use a polarization beamsplitter (PBS) for coupling light to and from an image-forming device. The PBS is typically formed with a reflective polarizing layer disposed between glass covers. Stress birefringence in the glass cover lying between ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352353 | Electrostatically addressable electrophoretic display Novel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surfa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349050 | Ultraviolet irradiating device and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same A UV irradiating device and a method of manufacturing an LCD device using the same are disclosed. The UV irradiating device includes a UV light source part having a UV lamp and a reflecting plate, a support supporting the UV light source part, and a stage on which a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349039 | Optical sheet and LCD apparatus using the same The present invention relates to an optical sheet and an LCD apparatus using the same. An LCD apparatus according to the present invention comprises an LCD panel to display a picture thereon; a lamp unit emitting light; a light guide plate to guide the light from th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345654 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7327413 | Liquid crystal display device Disclosed are an apparatus for changing a pathway of light according to a visual field angle to relax a gray scale inversion and for use in a liquid crystal display device in a twisted nematic mode, and the liquid crystal display device having the same. The light pa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322700 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes an indicating element which modulates or emits light as a pixel in accordance with image information. A displacement unit optically displaces a position of the pixel for each of two or more sub-fields constituting an image field c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321349 | Display element, display device, and microlens array A display element having a plurality of pixel portions arranged two-dimensionally with a predetermined pixel pitch and a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged two-dimensionally corresponding to the plurality of pixel portions on an incident s... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309149 | Prism sheet, backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same A prism sheet, a backlight assembly having the prism sheet, and an LCD device having the prism sheet, the prism sheet includes a first surface, a second surface and a reflecting member. A light is incident upon the first surface. The second surface includes a prism ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306343 | Image rotator One embodiment of an image rotator includes an image reversion structure that rotates an image by a predetermined number of degrees, and securement structure adapted to removably secure the image reversion structure on a projector. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304702 | Liquid crystal display with mirror face function A liquid crystal display with mirror face function, including a liquid crystal display module and a reflective element. A lower polarizing plate and an upper polarizing plate are respectively disposed on two faces of the liquid crystal display module. The reflective... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290919 | Backlight module and brightness enhancement film thereof A backlight module includes a light source, a light guide plate for guiding light from the light source, and a brightness enhancement film having a plurality of spherical surface microlenses for gathering light from the light guide plate. In contrast to traditional ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290884 | Display device having resolution improving apparatus for project-type display device A concept of improving a resolution by using human's visual characteristics is provided. Bu the present invention, an image can be displayed at a more improved resolution than an actual physical resolution, thereby obtaining the same effect that the resolution is ph... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286201 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display module includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a top case installed to cover the upper edge and side surface of the liquid crystal display module, a variable resistance lead part exposed at the front of the top case and controlling common vo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274514 | Electro-optical device, image printing apparatus, and method of manufacturing electro-optical device An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel which has a plurality of electro-optical elements whose light-emitting characteristics or transmissive characteristics are changed by electrical energy applied; a converging lens array which has a plurality... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270417 | Display device and display method in which resolution improving apparatus is provided for project-type display device A concept of improving a resolution by using human's visual characteristics is provided. An image can be displayed at a more improved resolution than an actual physical resolution, thereby obtaining the same effect that the resolution is physically improved. An imag... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269328 | Brightness enhancement film having a light-guiding structure A brightness enhancement film having a light-guiding structure includes a substrate, which has a light-guiding layer and a plurality of light-refracting microstructures. The substrate has a light incident surface and a light emission surface opposite thereto. The li... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269327 | Brightness enhancement film having a reinforcing structure A brightness enhancement film includes a light-refracting microstructure layer, a substrate and a reinforcing layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. The light-refracting microstructure layer is arranged on the first surface o... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262765 | Apparatuses and methods for utilizing non-ideal light sources A method includes obtaining a measurement of a property of a light source, scanning light from the light source onto a surface, such that the light interacts with the surface, detecting light from the surface to create a picture element, and correcting the picture e... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262754 | Electronic device with liquid crystal display An electronic device, such as personal computer, incorporating a liquid crystal panel which uses LEDs as an illuminating light source for a liquid crystal panel to reduce power consumption and size of the electronic device. When 3-color LED lamps 13R, 13 | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7256841 | Projection display apparatus and method for projecting image onto a screen A projection-type display apparatus for projecting an image onto a screen includes a light source, a signal processing unit for processing an input image signal to output a first image signal representing first primary-color information R1, G1, and B | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250923 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1... | 07/31/2007 |
