# US 10,310,318 B2 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,318 B2 - Document ID: US10310318B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/659,611 - Filed: 2017-07-25 - Published: 2017-11-09 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-11 - Assignees: Au Optronics Corporation - Applicants: Au Optronics Corporation - Inventors: Min-Chou Lu; Chun-Sheng Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310318B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/133512: {Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix (G02F1/136209 takes precedence)} - G02F 1/133302: {Rigid substrates, e.g. inorganic substrates} - G02F 1/133354: {Arrangements for aligning or assembling substrates} - G02F 1/133388: {with constructional differences between the display region and the peripheral region} - G02F 2201/56: Substrates having a particular shape, e.g. non-rectangular - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a first shielding layer, a first optical film, a second substrate, and a display medium. The first shielding layer is located on the first substrate and has a first alignment pattern. The first optical film is located on the first substrate. The first optical film has a second alignment pattern on a side edge of the first optical film. The first alignment pattern and the second alignment pattern are overlapped with each other. The second substrate is located opposite to the first substrate. The display medium is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a first circular substrate; a first shielding layer located on the first circular substrate, the first shielding layer having a first alignment pattern; a first polarization film located on the first circular substrate, an outer contour of the first polarization film having a second alignment pattern, wherein the outer contour of the first polarization film is a circular ring-shaped, wherein the first alignment pattern and the second alignment pattern are overlapped with each other; and a second circular substrate located opposite to the first circular substrate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first shielding layer comprises a circular ring-shaped pattern corresponding to the outer edge contour of the first polarization film. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a second shielding layer located on the second circular substrate, the second shielding layer having a third alignment pattern; and a second polarization film located on the second circular substrate, the second polarization film having a fourth alignment pattern, wherein the third alignment pattern and the fourth alignment pattern are overlapped with each other so that an optical axis of the first polarization film is perpendicular or parallel to an optical axis of the second polarization film. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first alignment pattern is a first recess, wherein the second alignment pattern is a first protrusion, and wherein how an optical axis of the first polarization film shifts is determined through comparing the difference between a first standard gap and a gap formed between an edge of the first recess and an edge of the first protrusion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a first side of the first protrusion on the first circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a first side of the first recess on the first circular substrate is D1, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a second side of the first protrusion on the first circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a second side of the first recess on the first circular substrate is D2, and wherein D1 is approximately equal to D2. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a second shielding layer located on the second circular substrate, the second shielding layer having a third alignment pattern, wherein the third alignment pattern is a second recess; and a second polarization film located on the second circular substrate, the second polarization film having a fourth alignment pattern, wherein the fourth alignment pattern is a second protrusion, wherein the second recess and the second protrusion are overlapped with each other, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a first side of the second protrusion on the second circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a first side of the second recess on the second circular substrate is D3, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a second side of the second protrusion on the second circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a second side of the second recess on the second circular substrate is D4, and wherein D3 is approximately equal to D4. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first alignment pattern has two openings substantially symmetrical to each other, wherein the second alignment pattern is a first protrusion, and wherein a portion of the first protrusion is located between the two openings. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein how an optical axis of the first polarization film shifts is determined through comparing the difference between a first gap formed between an edge of the first protrusion and an edge of one of the two openings and a second gap formed between an edge of the first protrusion and an edge of another one of the two openings. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first alignment pattern is a first recess, wherein the second alignment pattern is a second recess, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a first side of the second recess on the first circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a first side of the first recess on the first circular substrate is D5, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a second side of the second recess on the first circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a second side of the first recess on the first circular substrate is D6, and wherein D5 is approximately equal to D6. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: a second shielding layer located on the second circular substrate, the second shielding layer having a third alignment pattern, wherein the third alignment pattern is a third recess; and a second polarization film located on the second circular substrate, the second polarization film having a fourth alignment pattern, wherein the fourth alignment pattern is a fourth recess, wherein the third recess and the fourth recess are overlapped with each other, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a first side of the fourth recess on the second circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a first side of the third recess on the second circular substrate is D7, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a second side of the fourth recess on the second circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a second side of the third recess on the second circular substrate is D8, and wherein D7 is approximately equal to D8. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display medium sandwiched between the first circular substrate and the second circular substrate. ### Claim 12 A display apparatus comprising: a first circular substrate; a first shielding layer located on the first circular substrate, the first shielding layer having a first alignment pattern; a first polarization film located on the first circular substrate, an outer contour of the first polarization film having a second alignment pattern, wherein the outer contour of the first polarization film is a circular ring-shaped; and a second polarization film located opposite to the first polarization film, wherein the first alignment pattern and the second alignment pattern are overlapped with each other so that an optical axis of the first polarization film is perpendicular or parallel to an optical axis of the second polarization film. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first shielding layer comprises a circular ring-shaped pattern corresponding to the outer edge contour of the first polarization film. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first alignment pattern is a first recess, wherein the second alignment pattern is a first protrusion, and wherein how an optical axis of the first polarization film shifts is determined through comparing the difference between a first standard gap and a gap formed between an edge of the first recess and an edge of the first protrusion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display apparatus according to claim 14, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a first side of the first protrusion on the first circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a first side of the first recess on the first circular substrate is D1, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a second side of the first protrusion on the first circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a second side of the first recess on the first circular substrate is D2, and wherein D1 is approximately equal to D2. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first alignment pattern has two openings substantially symmetrical to each other, wherein the second alignment pattern is a first protrusion, and wherein a portion of the first protrusion is located between the two openings. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein how an optical axis of the first polarization film shifts is determined through comparing the difference between a first gap formed between an edge of the first protrusion and an edge of one of the two openings and a second gap formed between an edge of the first protrusion and an edge of another one of the two openings. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first alignment pattern is a first recess, wherein the second alignment pattern is a second recess, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a first side of the second recess on the first circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a first side of the first recess on the first circular substrate is D5, wherein a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of a second side of the second recess on the first circular substrate and an orthogonal projection of a second side of the first recess on the first circular substrate is D6, and wherein D5 is approximately equal to D6.