IP Library Granted Patent US 8,817,208
Granted Patent B2
US 8,817,208 · App. 13/433,703 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Display apparatus and liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Wang-Yang Li (Tainan, TW); Ting-I Wu (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: Chi Mei Materials Technology Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,817,208
App. No.
13/433,703
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The display apparatus comprises a display device for displaying an image and a diffractive optical element. The diffractive optical element comprises pixel unit regions. Each of the pixel unit regions has a long pixel side and a short pixel side adjacent to each other. The diffractive optical element is disposed on a light emitting side of the display device and comprises first grating regions and second grating regions. The first grating regions have a first diffraction grating. The second grating regions have a second diffraction grating. An azimuth angle of the first diffraction grating is different from an azimuth angle of the second diffraction grating.

Claims (47)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a liquid crystal display device comprising:

a backlight module; and

a liquid crystal panel comprising a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a first polarizer disposed on the first substrate;

a second polarizer disposed between the second substrate and the backlight module, wherein polarizing directions of the first polarizer and the second polarizer have different azimuth angles; and

a diffractive optical element disposed on a light emitting side of the first polarizer and having a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating, wherein grating directions of the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating have different azimuth angles, an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 0±20 degrees, and an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 90±20 degrees.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 0±15 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 90±15 degrees.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 0±10 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 90±10 degrees.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the diffractive optical element further comprises a third diffraction grating, wherein an azimuth angle of the third diffraction grating is different from the azimuth angles of the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 135±20 degrees.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 135±15 degrees.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 0±15 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 90±15 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is 135±15 degrees.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an included angle between the polarizing direction of the first polarizer and the polarizing direction of the second polarizer is 90 degrees.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the azimuth angle of the polarizing direction of the first polarizer measured from a horizontal axis is 135 degrees.

10. A display apparatus, comprising:

a liquid crystal display device for displaying an image and comprising:

a backlight module; and

a liquid crystal panel disposed on the backlight module and comprising:

a first substrate;

a first alignment film disposed on the first substrate;

a second substrate;

a second alignment film disposed on the second substrate, wherein aligning directions of the first alignment film and the second alignment film have different azimuth angles; and

a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first alignment film and the second alignment film; and

a diffractive optical element disposed on a light emitting side of the liquid crystal display device and comprising a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating, wherein an azimuth angle of a grating direction of the first diffraction grating is different from an azimuth angle of a grating direction of the second diffraction grating, an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 90±20 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 0±20 degrees.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 90±15 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 0±15 degrees.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 90±10 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 0±10 degrees.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the diffractive optical element further comprises a third diffraction grating, an azimuth angle of the third diffraction grating is different from the azimuth angles of the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 45±20 degrees.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 45±15 degrees.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 90±10 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 0±10 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the aligning direction of the first alignment film is 45±10 degrees.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein an included angle between the aligning direction of the first alignment film and the aligning direction of the second alignment film is 90 degrees.

18. A liquid crystal display device for displaying an image, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate; and

a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises liquid crystal molecules, at least one of the liquid crystal molecules adjacent to the first substrate has a first liquid crystal tilt direction, at least one of the liquid crystal molecules adjacent to the second substrate has a second liquid crystal tilt direction, an azimuth angle of the first liquid crystal tilt direction is different from an azimuth angle of the second liquid crystal tilt direction; and

a diffractive optical element disposed on a light emitting side of the liquid crystal panel and comprising a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating, wherein an azimuth angle of a grating direction of the first diffraction grating is different from an azimuth angle of a grating direction of the second diffraction grating, an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 90±20 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 0±20 degrees.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 90±15 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 0±15 degrees.

20. The display apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 90±10 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 0±10 degrees.

21. The display apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the diffractive optical element further comprises a third diffraction grating, an azimuth angle of the third diffraction grating is different from the azimuth angles of the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating.

22. The display apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 45±20 degrees.

23. The display apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 45±15 degrees.

24. The display apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein an included angle from the grating direction of the first diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 90±10 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the second diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 0±10 degrees, an included angle from the grating direction of the third diffraction grating to the first liquid crystal tilt direction is 45±10 degrees.

25. The display apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein an included angle between the first liquid crystal tilt direction and the second liquid crystal tilt direction is 90 degrees.

26. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the azimuth angle of the aligning direction of the first alignment film measured from a horizontal axis is 45 degrees.

27. The display apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the azimuth angle of the first liquid crystal tilt direction measured from a horizontal axis is 45 degrees.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: CHENG MEI MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: CM VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053587/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2018
From: CHI MEI MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: CHENG MEI MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047013/0096 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2014
From: CHI-MEI CORPORATION
To: CHI MEI MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033293/0330 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2012
From: LI, WANG-YANG; WU, TING-I
To: CHI MEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027953/0930 →
Priority Claims (2)
TW 100111497 A · Mar 31, 2011 · national
TW 101108364 A · Mar 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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