Patent Application
20150378199
The present application is based on, and claims priority from, Chinese application number 201410290875.X, filed Jun. 25, 2014, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) technology field, more particularly, to an LCD panel and an optical compensation method thereof.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As LCD panels continuously dissipate, demand for LCD panels of high quality is rising. To achieve higher liquid crystal optical path difference (OPD), cell gap of liquid crystal has to increase when refractivity is fixed, which leads to increase of liquid crystal consumption. As liquid crystal is very costly, the more consumption of liquid crystal, the higher producing cost is.
Moreover, OPD not only relates to index of transmissivity, but also affects wide viewing angle leakage light. Take thin film transistor (TFT) LCD for instance. As observation angle of TFT-LCD increases, image contrast ratio continuously decreases, in the meanwhile image resolution gradually declines. That is because birefringence of liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal layer floats due to change of observation angle. If compensated by a wide viewing angle compensation film, leakage light can be effectively cut down, so that image contrast ratio can be greatly raised within a given angle.
The compensation principle of the compensation film is to revise phase difference of liquid crystal in different angles, so that birefringence property of liquid crystal molecules can be correspondingly compensated.
According to different liquid crystal display models, applying compensation films are different. Large size liquid crystal televisions generally apply vertical alignment (VA) compensation films, such as N-TAC of Konica in early stage, and Zeonor of OPOTES, F-TAC series of Fujitsu, X-Plate of Nitto Denko, etc.
When liquid crystal OPD stays the same, if compensation values of compensation films are different, wide viewing angle leakage light and contrast ratio are different accordingly.
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Therefore, technical problems above mentioned await solution.
The primary object of the present invention is to provide an LCD panel and an optical compensation method thereof, to solve the problem of severe leakage light under wide viewing angle observation given compensation values of A-Plate and C-Plate in conventional art, and solve the problems of low contrast ration under wide viewing angle and small observation range.
According to the present invention, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, where a range of a liquid crystal optical path difference (OPD) LCΔND of the LCD is 287 nm≦LCΔND≦305 nm, is provided. The LCD comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer set up between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizing film set up on the outside of the first substrate; a second polarizing film set up on the outside of the second substrate; an uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate; and two uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates, the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the two uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates are set up between the first substrate and the first polarizing film, or between the second substrate and the second polarizing film;
where a range of an in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate is 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm, a range of an out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate -is 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm; a range of a compensation value of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is Y1≦Rth≦Y2; wherein Y1 and Y2 satisfy the following formulas:
Y1=−0.00001658x3+0.04037x2−5.42x+260.1; and
Y2=−0.000025365x4+0.006829x3−0.69655x2+31.93x−426.8;
where X is the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate out-plane OPD compensation value Rth.
In one aspect of the present invention, the range of the in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the range of the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate are acquired through the following formulas:
Ro=(Nx−Ny)*d1; and
Rth=[(Nx+Ny)/2−Nz]*d1,
where Nx is the highest refractivity which an in-plane of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate can provide in direction X; Ny is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate which direction X is perpendicular with; Nz is the refractivity of a thickness direction of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate; d1 is the thickness of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate; Nx>Ny, Ny=Nz.
In another aspect of the present invention, a range of the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is acquired through the following formula:
Rth=[(Mx+My)/2−Mz]*d2;
where Mx is the highest refractivity which the in-plane of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate can provide in direction X; My is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate which direction X is perpendicular with; Mz is the refractivity of the thickness direction of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate; d2 is the thickness of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate; Mx=My, My>Mz.
In still another aspect of the present invention, the two uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates comprises a first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate and a second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate. The uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate are set up on the side of the liquid crystal layer, and the second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is set up on the other side of the liquid crystal layer.
In yet another aspect of the present invention, the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate have the identical slow axis perpendicular to an absorption axis of the polarizing film on the same side of the liquid crystal layer, and the second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is perpendicular with the absorption axis of the polarizing film on the same side of the liquid crystal layer.
According to the present invention, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer set up between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizing film set up on the outside of the first substrate; a second polarizing film set up on the outside of the second substrate; an uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate; and two uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates, the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the two uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates are set up between the first substrate and the first polarizing film, or between the second substrate and the second polarizing film; where a range of an in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate is 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm, a range of an out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate -is 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm; a range of a compensation value of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is Y1≦Rth≦Y2; wherein Y1 and Y2 satisfy the following formulas:
Y1=−0.00001658x3+0.04037x2−5.42x+260.1; and
Y2=−0.000025365x4+0.006829x3−0.69655x2+31.93x−426.8;
where X is the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate out-plane OPD compensation value Rth.
In one aspect of the present invention, a range of the in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the range of the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate are acquired through the following formulas:
Ro=(Nx−Ny)*d1; and
Rth=[(Nx+Ny)/2−Nz]*d1,
where Nx is the highest refractivity which an in-plane of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate can provide in direction X; Ny is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate which direction X is perpendicular with; Nz is the refractivity of a thickness direction of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate; d1 is the thickness of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate; Nx>Ny, Ny=Nz.
In another aspect of the present invention, a range of the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is acquired through the following formula:
Rth=[(Mx+My)/2−Mz]*d2;
where Mx is the highest refractivity which the in-plane of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate can provide in direction X; My is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate which direction X is perpendicular with; Mz is the refractivity of the thickness direction of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate; d2 is the thickness of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate; Mx=My, My>Mz.
In yet another aspect of the present invention, the two uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates comprises a first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate and a second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate;
wherein the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate are set up on the side of the liquid crystal layer, and the second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is set up on the other side of the liquid crystal layer.
In still another aspect of the present invention, the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate have the identical slow axis perpendicular to an absorption axis of the polarizing film on the same side of the liquid crystal layer, and the second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is perpendicular with the absorption axis of the polarizing film on the same side of the liquid crystal layer.
According to the present invention, an optical compensation method for an LCD comprises adjusting the range of the in-plane OPD compensation value of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate as 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm;
adjusting the range of the out-plane OPD compensation value of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate as 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm; and
adjusting the range of the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate as Y1≦Rth≦Y2, wherein Y1 and Y2 satisfy the following formulas:
Y1=−0.00001658x3+0.04037x2−5.42x+260.1; and
Y2=−0.000025365x4+0.006829x3−0.69655x2+31.93x−426.8;
where X is the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringents A-Plate; the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate are set up between the second substrate and the second polarizing film.
In one aspect of the present invention, the range of the in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the range of the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate are acquired through the following formulas:
Ro=(Nx−Ny)*d1; and
Rth=[(Nx+Ny)/2−Nz]*d1,
where Nx is the highest refractivity which an in-plane of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate can provide in direction X; Ny is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate which direction X is perpendicular with; Nz is the refractivity of a thickness direction of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate; d1 is the thickness of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate; Nx>Ny, Ny=Nz.
In another aspect of the present invention, a range of the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is acquired through the following formula:
Rth=[(Mx+My)/2−Mz]*d2;
where Mx is the highest refractivity which the in-plane of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate can provide in direction X; My is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate which direction X is perpendicular with; Mz is the refractivity of the thickness direction of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate; d2 is the thickness of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate; Mx=My, My>Mz.
In still another aspect of the present invention, the two uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates comprises a first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate and a second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate;
wherein the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate are set up on the side of the liquid crystal layer, and the second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is set up on the other side of the liquid crystal layer.
In yet another aspect of the present invention, the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate have the identical slow axis perpendicular to an absorption axis of the polarizing film on the same side of the liquid crystal layer, and the second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate is perpendicular with the absorption axis of the polarizing film on the same side of the liquid crystal layer.
By changing compensation values of an uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and an uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate, the present invention weakens leakage light under wide viewing angle; embodying the present invention can effectively increase wide viewing angle contrast ration and clarity.
These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become understood with reference to the following description, appended claims and accompanying figures.
Spatially relative terms, such as “beneath”, “below”, “lower”, “above”, “upper” and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures.
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The LCD of the embodiment in the present invention is preferably a vertical alignment (VA) LCD, whose optical path difference (OPD) LCΔND ranges 287 nm≦LCΔND≦305 nm, i.e. range [287 nm, 305 nm]; pretilt angle of the LCD ranges 85°≦Pretilt angle<90°, i.e. range [85°, 90°).
In the first embodiment as
The LCD further comprises a first uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36, a first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 and a second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 38. In the embodiment in
In the second preferred embodiment in
In the preferred embodiments of the LCD, the angle of the absorption film of the first polarizing film 34 is 0°, and the angle of the absorption film of the second polarizing film 35 is 90°. When the angle of the absorption film of the first polarizing film 34 is 90, and the angle of the absorption film of the second polarizing film 35 is 0°, as long as it is guaranteed that the slow axises of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 and the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates 3738 are perpendicular to the absorption axis of the polarizing film on the same with the liquid crystal layer 33 (i.e. the first polarizing film 34 or the second polarizing film 35), all the other embodiments can be applied to the present invention.
By setting different compensation of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 and the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates 3738, the present invention simulates leakage light, and acquires corresponding compensation range according to simulation results.
To achieve best compensation, in the simulation process, firstly setting the angle of the slow axis of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 and the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates 3738 and the absorption axis of the corresponding polarizing film as 90°, meanwhile setting the liquid crystal pretilt angle of the LCD as range [85°, 90° ]; setting pre-twist angles of four quadrants as 45°, and setting the liquid crystal optical path difference (OPD) LCΔND as range [287 nm, 305 nm]; at the same time, the light source used in simulation is blue yttrium aluminum garnet (YGA) LED spectrum, whose central luminance is 100 nit, and light source distribution pattern is lambert distribution.
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Through the simulation above, it can be concluded that under different pretilt angles, the impact trend of the compensation of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 and the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 on the leakage light is identical. In other words, under different pretilt angles, the smallest leakage light's corresponding compensation ranges are the same. According to the simulation, when the liquid crystal OPD LCΔND ranges [287 nm, 305 nm], the pretilt angle ranges [85°, 90°), leakage light is smaller than 0.2 nit (a simulated leakage light value when the pretilt angle is 89°, not a measured value), the retardation value of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 and the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 ranges as below:
The range of in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 is: 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm, and the range of out-plane OPD compensation value Rth is: 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm. The range of compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 is Y1≦Rth≦Y2, whereof Y1 and Y2 satisfy formulas (1) and (2) as below:
Y1=−0.00001658x3+0.04037x2−5.42x+260.1 (1)
Y2=−0.000025365x4+0.006829x3−0.69655x2+31.93x−426.8 (2)
While formulas (1) and (2) as above is the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36.
The range of the above compensation values are stated in the following chart:
Specifically, the range of values of the in-plane OPD compensation Ro and the out-plane OPD compensation Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 are acquired through adjusting of the following formulas (3) and (4):
Ro=(Nx−Ny)*d1; (3)
Rth=[(Nx+Ny)/2−Nz]*d1; (4)
Whereof Nx is the highest refractivity which an in-plane of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 can provide in direction X; Ny is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 with which direction X is perpendicular () with; Nz is the refractivity of the thickness direction of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36; d1 is the thickness of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36; Nx>Ny, Ny=Nz.
The range of the out-plane OPD compensation Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 can be acquired through the following formula (5):
Rth=[(Mx+My)/2−Mz]*d2; (5)
Whereof Mx is the highest refractivity which the in-plane of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 can provide in direction X; My is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 with which direction X is perpendicular with; Mz is the refractivity of the thickness direction of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38; d2 is the thickness of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37; Mx=My, My>Mz (whereof the refractivity and thickness index of the first uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 are identical to those of the second uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 38).
The following embodiments A, B and C provide further illustration of how to adjust the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 and the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 according to the formulas mentioned above.
(A): When refractivity Nx, Ny and Nz are given, adjust thickness d1 of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36; according to formulas (3) and (4), adjust the range of the in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 as 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm, meanwhile adjust the range of its out-plane OPD compensation value Rth as 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm.
When refractivity Mx, My and Nz are given, adjust thickness d2 of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38; according to formula (5), adjust the range of the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 as Y1≦Rth≦Y2.
(B): When thickness d1 of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 is given, according to formulas (3) and (4), adjusting refractivity Nx, Ny and Nz of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36; adjusting the range of the in-plane OPD compensation value of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 as: 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm, meanwhile adjusting the range of its out-plane OPD compensation value as: 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm.
When thickness d2 of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 is given, according to formulas (3) and (4), adjusting refractivity Mx, My and Mz of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38; adjusting the out-plane OPD compensation value of the range of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 as: Y1≦Rth≦Y2.
(C): Firstly, adjusting the thickness d1 of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 and refractivity Nx, Ny, Nz simultaneously; according to formulas (3) and (4), adjusting the range of the in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 as: 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm, meanwhile adjusting the range of its out-plane OPD compensation value Rth as: 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm; secondly, adjusting the thickness d2 of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 and refractivity Mx, My, Mz simultaneously; according to formula (5), adjusting the range of the out-plane OPD compensation value of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 as: Y1≦Rth≦Y2.
The following embodiments 1), 2) and 3) illustrate the technological effects of the present invention:
1) Setting liquid crystal OPD as LCΔND=296 nm, pretilt angle as 89°, the compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate film 36 as 126 nm, Rth=63 nm, and the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 as 83 nm;
2) Setting liquid crystal OPD as LCΔND=296 nm, pretilt angle as 89°, the compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 as 126 nm, Rth=63 nm, and the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 as Rth=103 nm;
3) Setting liquid crystal OPD as LCΔND=296 nm, pretilt angle as 89°, the compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 as 126 nm, Rth=63 nm, and the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 as 123 nm;
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The present invention also provides an optical compensation method using the LCD. The method particularly applies to a VA LCD. The range of the LCD's OPD is [287 nm, 305 nm].
The LCD comprises an uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 and two uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates 37 and 38. Take the embodiment in
The optical compensation method for the LCD of the embodiment according to the present invention comprises:
(I) adjusting the range of the in-plane OPD compensation value of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 as 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm;
(II) adjusting the range of the out-plane OPD compensation value of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 as 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm;
(III) adjusting the range of the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates 37 and 38 as Y1≦Rth≦Y2, where:
Y1=−0.00001658x3+0.04037x2−5.42x+260.1;
Y2=−0.000025365x4+0.006829x3−0.69655x2+31.93x−426.8;
X is the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36.
It is necessary to point out that the sequence of the above steps (I), (II) and MO is changeable.
In practical process, adjusting the range of the in-plane OPD compensation value Ro of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 as 92 nm≦Ro≦184 nm, and adjust the range of the out-plane OPD compensation value Rth of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plat 36 as 46 nm≦Rth≦92 nm through the following formulas:
Ro=(Nx−Ny)*d1;
Rth=[(Nx+Ny)/2−Nz]*d1;
Whereof Nx is the highest refractivity which the in-plane of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 can provide in direction X; Ny is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36 with which direction X is perpendicular with; Nz is the refractivity of the thickness direction of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36; d1 is the thickness of the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate 36; Nx>Ny, Ny=Nz.
In practical process, adjusting the range of the compensation value Rth of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plates 37 and 38 as Y1≦Rth≦Y2 through the following formula:
Rth=[(Mx+My)/2−Mz]*d2;
where Mx is the highest refractivity which the in-plane of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 can provide in direction X; My is the refractivity of direction Y of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38 with which direction X is perpendicular with; Mz is the refractivity of the thickness direction of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38; d2 is the thickness of the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate 37 or 38; Mx=My, My>Mz.
As to practical adjusting of compensation values, please refer to concerned description above.
The embodiment of the present invention provides two optical compensation films with liquid crystal OPD LCΔND AS [287 nm, 305 nm] and liquid crystal pretilt angle as [85°, 90° ]: the uniaxial positively birefringent A-Plate and the uniaxial negatively birefringent C-Plate. Through adjusting compensation values of the two compensation films, leakage light under wide viewing angle is weakened. Embodying the present invention effectively raises contrast ratio and clarity under wide viewing angle.
While the present invention has been described in connection with what is considered the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is understood that this invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments but is intended to cover various arrangements made without departing from the scope of the broadest interpretation of the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 201410290875.X | Jun 2014 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/CN2014/081485 | 7/2/2014 | WO | 00 |
