IP Library Granted Patent US 11,415,823
Granted Patent B2
US 11,415,823 · App. 16/959,367 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Display unit manufacturing system

Inventors: Beom Seok Lee (Daejeon, KR); Yu Jin Lim (Daejeon, KR); Hang Suk Choi (Daejeon, KR); Eung Jin Jang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
G02F1/1303G02F1/133528
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Patent No.
US 11,415,823
App. No.
16/959,367
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display unit manufacturing system including: a panel conveyance route including an optical film attaching unit configured to attach an optical film to a panel; an inspection unit which inspects whether the panel having the optical film attached thereto is defective and identifies a defective panel; a panel storing unit which stores the defective panel after the optical film is separated therefrom; and a control unit which controls whether the panel stored in the panel storing unit is supplied to the panel conveyance route.

Claims (17)

1. A display unit manufacturing system comprising:

a panel conveyance route including an optical film attaching unit for attaching an optical film to a panel to prepare a panel having an optical film attached thereto;

an inspection unit, which inspects the panel having the optical film attached thereto and identifies a defective panel;

a separation unit which separates the optical film from the defective panel;

a first panel storing unit, which stores a first panel, which is the panel from which a first optical film attached to a first surface thereof is separated, and supplies the first panel to the panel conveyance route;

a second panel storing unit, which stores a second panel, which is the panel from which a second optical film attached to a second surface thereof is separated, wherein the second surface of the panel is opposite to the first surface of the panel, and supplies the second panel to the panel conveyance route;

an auxiliary conveyance route connecting the separation unit to the first and second panel storing units for conveying the first and second panels to the panel storing units, and

a control unit which controls whether to supply the first and second panels stored in the first and second panel storing units, respectively, to the panel conveyance route.

2. The display unit manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the first and second panel storing units, and the first and second panel storing units supply the first and second panels stored in the first and second panel storing units to the first and second panel conveyance routes, respectively, when a supply of first and second panels from an upstream side of the panel conveyance route is not busy.

3. The display unit manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the panel conveyance route includes:

a first panel conveyance route, which includes a first optical film attaching unit to attach the first optical film to the first surface of the panel; and

a second panel conveyance route, which includes a second optical film attaching unit to attach the second optical film to the second surface of the panel, wherein the second surface of the panel is opposite to the first surface of the panel.

4. The display unit manufacturing system of claim 1 ,

wherein the separation unit separates either the first optical film or the second optical film from the panel when it is determined that the panel is defective and the defect is caused by the first optical film or the second optical film, respectively,

wherein the separation unit separates both the first optical film and the second optical film from the panel when it is determined that the panel is defective and the defect is caused by both the first optical film and the second optical film, and

wherein the first panel storing unit further stores the panel from which both the first optical film and the second optical film are separated.

5. The display unit manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the optical film attaching unit includes a pair of rollers which are disposed to be vertically spaced apart from each other with the panel interposed therebetween, and an interval between the pair of rollers is adjusted based on whether the second optical film is attached to the panel supplied from the first panel storing unit to the first panel conveyance route.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2023
From: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
To: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (NANJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065393/0902 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2022
From: LG CHEM LTD.
To: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059909/0190 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: LEE, BEOM SEOK; LIM, YU JIN; CHOI, HANG SUK; JANG, EUNG JIN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053105/0522 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0034080 · Mar 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210063780A1 · Mar 4, 2021