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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111356 | Liquid crystal display panel provided with microlens array, method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel, and liquid crystal display device There is provided a liquid crystal display panel with microlenses in which deformation, peeling, and the like of an optical film are not likely to occur and which has a good displaying quality. A liquid crystal display panel according to the present invention... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102488 | Array substrate and liquid crystal display comprising the same A liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal panel that is formed by attaching a color filter substrate to an array substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The array substrate comprising a base substrate and a pixel electrode, a signal line, and ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8085364 | Display with focussed illumination A liquid crystal display with focused illumination is described. In an example, a light-source emitting a plurality of discrete colors is focused onto a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of pixels and each pixel has regio... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8054414 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display (LCD) device including upper and lower substrates facing each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, upper and lower polarization plates positioned on outer surfaces of the upper and lower substrates, respectively, and a ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054415 | LED LCD backlight with lens structure In described embodiments, a thin film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) structure incorporates a white light emitting diode (LED) structure for backlighting. White LEDs are formed behind each TFT cell, allowing for display “black” as a function of a ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8009251 | High brightness liquid crystal display The LCD sequentially includes, from bottom to top, a backlight module, a first polarizer, a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a second substrate, and a second polarizer. The second substrate includes multiple transparent areas thereon. The first substrate inc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7961274 | Area light source apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus assembly Disclosed herein is an area light source apparatus for illuminating a liquid crystal display apparatus of the transmission type, which has a display area formed from a plurality of pixels arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix, from the back, including: a plurality of ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7852435 | Light-condensing film, liquid-crystal panel and backlight as well as manufacturing process for light-condensing film A conventional liquid crystal display comprises a number of components, so that a manufacturing cost cannot be reduced. Furthermore, a large-area substrate has problems in shipping. According to this invention, a liquid-crystal panel is prepared by forming individua... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847886 | Parabolic lenticular collimating films and methods thereof A parabolic lenticular collimating film system includes at least one film which is at least partially transmissive and one or more parabolic structures on a surface of the film. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7834957 | Display device employing light control member and display device manufacturing method A liquid crystal is sealed with a sealing member between first and second transparent substrates, whereby a liquid crystal cell capable of transmitting ultraviolet light is produced. The liquid crystal cell is inserted into a mold into which an ultraviolet-setting r... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7808582 | Illuminating apparatus wherein the plurality of polarization separating layers are disposed only to face the plurality of reflective patterns of the polarization light guide plate unit An illuminating apparatus providing polarized color light and a display apparatus including the illuminating apparatus are provided. The illuminating apparatus includes a light source; a polarization light guide plate (LGP) unit which converts a polarization directi... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7719636 | Optical sheet and liquid crystal display using the same An embodiment of this document relates to an optical sheet and a liquid crystal display using the same. An optical sheet in accordance with an aspect of this document may comprise a base film, and a plurality of projections including at least one of lenticular lens ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719635 | Optical sheet and manufacturing method thereof, backlight, liquid crystal display The present invention provides an optical sheet having one generally planar surface and composed of transmissive material, wherein on the other surface of the optical sheet, a concavo-convex pattern formed of a convex portion having a triangular top portion and a co... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7675586 | Substrate structure of liquid crystal display and fabrication method thereof In a substrate structure and a fabrication method thereof, light refracting members aligned with wirings or black matrix formed are integrally formed at a surface of a substrate. Light incident on the wirings or the black matrix can be refracted to a pixel region of... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7646452 | Method of producing micro-lens-carrying display panel and display unit and exposure system A production method for a display panel according to the present invention is production method for a display panel 100 including a display panel 101 and a plurality of microlenses 107 provided on a light-incident side of the display panel 10... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7639320 | Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device, rays of light of a light source for blue light emission are concentrated on a fluorescent material by using a lens of a first micro-lens array and fluorescent rays from the fluorescent material are concentrated on a pixel of corre... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7576813 | Liquid crystal device and projector There is provided a liquid crystal device that displays an image through a liquid crystal. The liquid crystal device includes: a plurality of pixels that constitutes the image; a light-shielding film disposed between the plurality of pixels; an opening provided at t... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7554629 | Method of manufacturing a microlens substrate comprising pressure-joining a substrate to a base material in a state that the base material is heated while cooling the other major surface of the base material A method of manufacturing a microlens substrate having a plurality of microlenses includes the steps of: preparing a substrate having two major surfaces and a plurality of concave portions formed in one of the two major surfaces, each of the concave portions having ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7554628 | Display device The present invention provides a display device having a large-area display region which is capable of performing an image display of high quality by making, even when two display panels abut on each other, an abutting portion becomes inconspicuous. Two optical path... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7532272 | Switchable lens A display apparatus has a switchable birefringent lens array. The display apparatus produces a substantially linearly polarized output. The lens array comprises birefringent material arranged between a planar surface of a first substrate and a relief substrate of a ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7515224 | Display substrate, method of manufacturing the same and display device having the same A display substrate includes a transparent substrate, a pixel layer, an organic insulation layer, a transparent electrode and a reflective electrode. The pixel layer is formed on the transparent substrate and includes pixel parts having a matrix shape. The organic i... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7483094 | Optical sheet, backlight and liquid crystal display apparatus An optical sheet has a large number of cylindrical lens elements provided successively on one of principal faces thereof. The cylindrical lens elements have a hyperboloidal face or a paraboloidal face and have a finite focal distance on the emission side of illumina... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7443463 | Liquid crystal display device and luminance difference compensating method thereof A liquid crystal display device may include a plurality of LCD modules tiled together and a corresponding microlens on each of the plurality of LCD modules. Each microlens may have a curved portion and a flat portion. Each of the LCD modules may comprise an LCD pane... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443464 | Liquid crystal display unit A partial polarization member is provided on a second substrate. The partial polarization member is provided corresponding to an aperture of a reflection film, and is not provided in other areas that overlap with reflectors of a reflection film. Therefore, light tha... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439938 | Multi-display apparatus having an optical path changing device A multi-display apparatus includes flat panel display devices and an optical path changing unit. The flat panel display devices include adjacent sides connected to each other. The optical path changing unit has an inclined surface symmetrical to a boundary surface o... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428027 | Optical sheet, and backlight unit and display having plural microlenses on lens sheet with respective light transmission parts and pairs of reflection layers sandwiching the light transmission parts One embodiment of the present invention is an optical sheet including a lens sheet having a plurality of microlenses arranged on a front surface thereof and a plurality of projections located at a back side thereof, a projection being located between light transmiss... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7411640 | Image display device and portable terminal device using the same In a display panel, a plurality of pixel sections are arranged in the form of a matrix. Each of the pixel sections includes a pixel for displaying an image for the left eye and a pixel for displaying an image for the right eye. Lenticular lens having repeated convex... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408600 | Liquid crystal display device This invention offers a liquid crystal display device with which each of a plurality of observers can visually recognize each of two different images displayed on a single liquid crystal display panel respectively. The liquid crystal display device of this invention... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408707 | Multi-region light scattering element A multi-region light scattering element with the optical characteristics of low speckle, high resolution high contrast, and high gain when used as an imaging element without any resulting loss of transmission or brightness with viewing angle. The multi-region light ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408601 | Electronically tunable polarization-independent micro lens using polymer network twisted nematic liquid crystal Inhomogeneous concentrated polymer network with approximately 90° twisted nematic liquid crystal (TN-LC) is used for fabricating lens and prisms. For forming a positive lens, the approximately 90° TN-LC polymer network concentration can gradually decrease from the... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403242 | Liquid crystal display module, mobile communication device, and method of mounting liquid crystal display module An LCD module principally has an LCD, a backlight module including an LED section, an optical waveguide, and a light reflector. The side faces of the backlight module are provided with fixing sections to mount and fix the LCD module to a case by fastening screws. Si... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401926 | Space light modulating apparatus, projector including same, process for manufacturing microstructure element used in same, and microstructure element manufactured by the same process A space light modulating apparatus includes a modulating unit that modulates incident light based on an image signal including a plurality of pixels and a light-shielding part placed between the pixels, and a refracting unit that refracts modulated light including a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7382426 | Liquid crystal display unit having back-light with fluorescent tubes and fresnel lens with longitudinal cuts perpendicular to tubes A liquid crystal display unit is characterized by comprising a liquid crystal display panel, a back-light instrument for outputting light to the liquid crystal display panel, and a scattering-anisotropic optical instrument disposed on that side of the liquid crystal... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374328 | Optical sheet, and backlight unit and display using the same In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374799 | Radiation sensitive composition, microlens, process for forming microlens and use of the microlens A radiation sensitive composition containing inorganic oxide particles; a copolymer of at least one unsaturated compound selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride and other unsaturated compound diffe... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370185 | Self-packaged optical interference display device having anti-stiction bumps, integral micro-lens, and reflection-absorbing layers An electronic device of an embodiment of the invention is disclosed that at least partially displays a pixel of a display image. The device includes a first reflector and a second reflector defining an optical cavity therebetween that is selective of a visible wavel... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365814 | Transflective type liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer made of liquid crystals injected between the first and the second substrates, and a backlight assembly arranged on an outer surface of t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7339316 | Organic light-emitting devices and displays including a polarization separator, a phase plate, and a polarizer Light-emitting devices and light-emitting displays for realizing bright display by allowing light emitted from an emissive layer to efficiently contribute to a display. Polarization separators are arranged between the emissive layer and a phase plate. In the light o... | 03/04/2008 |
