Abstract: The present invention relates to a display screen mask structure using a shielding frame and a manufacturing method thereof. A combination of a shielding frame body and a plurality of substrate units, or a combination of a surface-printing outer frame portion and a surface-printing separated inner frame portion of a shielding frame body to be connectively overlapped on a single or multiple layers of light-transmitting thin film substrate, is overlapped on a self-light emitting display element of a photoelectric device panel. The light, scattered from the self-light emitting display element, is filtered and reflected by and concentratedly radiated from the outer frame portion and the separated inner frame portions of the shielding frame body, so that the light radiated from the self-light emitting display element of the photoelectric device panel is more concentratedly purified and has an enhanced color contrast of the dark tone.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a display screen mask structure, providing a plurality of arranged and combined substrate units overlapped on a self-light emitting display element of a photoelectric device panel. The light, radiated from the self-light emitting display element, is filtered and reflected by and concentratedly radiated from a light-reflecting layer overlapped on the light-transmitting bodies of the substrate units, so that the light leakage can be prevented and an external strong light can be shielded by the light-shielding layer overlapped on the light-reflecting layer, the light generated from the self-light emitting display element can be efficiently concentrated, and the phenomenon such as whitening and low image contrast ratio occurred by an external light radiating on a display panel can be improved.

Abstract: A transparent substrate having an antiglare surface with reduced display sparkle. The transparent substrate has a roughened antiglare surface and a diffraction element below the antiglare surface. The diffraction element reduces sparkle by filling gaps between sub-pixels in a pixelated display with orders of diffraction. A display system comprising the transparent substrate and a pixelated display is also provided.

Abstract: A dual view display system that includes a display device and a first louver device. The display device is configured to display a first image at a display location to a first person at a first location and display a second image at the display location to a second person at a second location. The first louver device configured to substantially restrict a first field of view of the first image to the first person. The system may also include a second louver device configured to substantially restrict a second field of view of the second image to the second person. Such an arrangement restricts the fields of view so that, for example, a vehicle driver can not lean over and view something intended only for a vehicle passenger, such as a movie.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a display module, a front panel provided in front of the display module, a light shielding layer provided over the front panel near a periphery of the front panel, and a reflective layer formed to overlap with the light shielding layer.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for designing a window glazing for a particular geographical location. In some examples, a window glazing can be designed to selectively block sunlight from entering the window during summer when it may be desirable to have inside temperatures substantially lower than outside temperatures. The glazing can also be designed to selectively allow sunlight to enter the window during winter months when heat from sunlight may be desirable to raise indoor temperatures. The glazing can be prepared from a transparent material that can allow substantially full transmission of sunlight.

Abstract: A touch panel which prevents Newton ring formation and glare, shows high transmission image clarity, prevents haze and has high visibility, and an optical film which is applicable to such a touch panel. An optical film comprising an optically-transparent substrate and at least one hard coat layer (A) disposed on a surface of the optically-transparent substrate, wherein a surface of the hard coat layer (A), which is opposite to a surface where the optically-transparent substrate is present, has an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) defined in JIS B0601 (1994) of 0.025 to 0.05 ?m, and has 10 to 250 convex portions each having a height of 0.3 to 3 ?m in a 1.08 mm square area.

Abstract: A bezel-less display is disclosed that includes an electronic display device and a cover. The electronic display device has an image-displaying portion and another portion adjacent the image-displaying portion along at least one side. The cover is positioned adjacent the electronic display device and includes a first portion positioned adjacent the image-displaying portion of the display device and a second portion positioned adjacent the other portion of the display device. The optical properties of the first and second portions of the cover are selected to present an appearance of a uniform cover without a bezel when the display device is not displaying an image. The optical properties of the first portion are also selected to transmit images displayed on the image-displaying portion. Preferably, the optical properties of the second portion are selected to mask the other portion of the display device.

Abstract: A glass article having a low level of grainy appearance that can appear to have a shift in the pattern of the grains with changing viewing angle of a display, or “sparkle.” The glass article—which, in some embodiments, is a transparent glass sheet—has small-angle-scattering properties and/or distinctness-of-reflected-image (DOI), leading to improved viewability in display applications, especially under high ambient lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the antiglare surface of the glass sheet is an etched surface, with no foreign coating present on the antiglare surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antireflection article of which the first surface has sufficient abrasion resistance and can suppress reflectance to a low level throughout the visible light region, and a display device. The present invention relates to an antireflection article that has light transmittance, in which a plurality of convex portions are disposed on a first surface positioned at a visible side and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the average gap of the convex portions is 400 nm or less, the ratio (H1/W1) of the height H1 of the convex portions and the width W1 of the bottoms of the convex portions is 1.3 or more, in the first surface, and the ratio (H2/W2) of the height H2 of the convex portions and the width W2 of the bottoms of the convex portions is larger than the ratio (H1/W1), in the second surface.

Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus including a display unit, a cover covering the display unit, and a film disposed on the cover. The film has one or more protrusions, each having a reflective first surface and a transparent second surface. The first surface can include a coating. The second surface transmits light from the display unit, at a first angle, and the second surface reflects external light at a second angle.

Abstract: An electro-optic device includes an electro-optic panel and a light-shielding section. The light-shielding section formed on a side of a light exiting surface of the electro-optic panel and includes an inclined surface inclined toward a side opposite to the light exiting surface.

Abstract: A combination mirror and media display device assembly is provided. The combination mirror and media display device includes a mirror platform having a media display device viewing area and a media display device coupled to the mirror platform. The media display device is positioned to display images through the media display device viewing area.

Abstract: An exemplary display screen includes a display module and an anti-reflective module at one side thereof. The anti-reflective module includes a plurality of refraction structures connected in sequence. Each refraction structure includes a connection section and a plurality of refraction sections. The refraction sections are connected to both sides of the connection section and form an included angle with the connection section to form indented anti-reflection structures.

Abstract: A method for minimizing glare and/or increasing privacy for a user of a self-service device is provided. The method may include mechanical means such as a fixed visor and/or hood or a user operated hinged glare reducing overlay screen. The method may further include as using sensors that detect the user's eyes and other sensors to detect a source of light that produces glare. Information from these sensors may be sent to a computer controlled system that operates system of actuators. The actuators are operated by the computer in response to sensor inputs to adjust the screen angle relative the user to minimize glare for that user and/or increase privacy from surreptitiously observing eyes or cameras.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a protective film; a polarizing plate; a liquid crystal cell for display; and a backlight, in this order, wherein the protective film is an antiglare optical film including a transparent substrate and at least one antiglare layer and having a concavo-convex shape on a surface of the antiglare optical film, and an integrated frequency value of tilted plane components having tilt angles between a normal line of the transparent substrate and a normal line of the concavo-convex shape on a surface of the antiglare optical film ranging from 0.05 to 0.25° is from 10 to 25% while an integrated frequency value of tilted plane components having the tilt angles ranging from 1.5 to 2.5° is from 10 to 25%.

Abstract: Display screen shades for mobile devices are provided. According to a representative embodiment, a display screen shade includes a bracket assembly configured for attachment to a mobile device. Further, the display screen shade includes a light valve for covering a display screen of the mobile device. The display screen shade also includes a hinge attached to the bracket assembly and the light valve. The hinge is configured to permit movement of the light valve between a first position and second position when the bracket assembly is attached to the mobile device. In the first position, the light valve substantially covers the display screen in the first position. In the second position, the light valve is positioned further from the display screen than in the first position.

Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the article having an anti-glare surface includes, for example, forming a protective film on selected portions of at least one surface of the article; contacting the at least one surface with a liquid etchant; and removing the protective film from the surface of the article to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example, depositing sacrificial particles on a surface of the article; and contacting the resulting particulated surface with an etchant. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a panel located in front of a display module, a pattern formed over the panel, and a reflective layer formed to overlap the pattern. At least one portion of the pattern provided closer to an edge of the panel allows for less transmittance of light and other portions of the pattern.

Abstract: In a glare protection device for navigation apparatus or similar apparatus, comprising a glare protection wall structure of upside down U-shape having a horizontal upper wall and two side walls extending from the opposite ends of the horizontal upper wall downwardly and a spring bracket for the selective attachment of the glare protection device to an apparatus, each of the side walls is pivotally supported on the horizontal upper wall by way of a hinge so as to be movable between a downwardly extending use position and an ineffective position in which the side walls are pivoted inwardly against the bottom side of the horizontal upper wall.

Abstract: A body antireflection layer is provided on a display surface of a display device body. A first antireflection layer and a second antireflection layer are provided on both sides of an optical filter that is opposed to the display surface by a predetermined gap. A light-blocking screen frame layer is provided on the optical filter between a light-transmissive base and the first antireflection layer near the display surface at a peripheral area corresponding to an outer periphery of the display device body. A color difference between a position of the screen frame layer and a position of a display area of the display device body is 40 or less. A border between the display area and the screen frame layer becomes difficult to be visible, so that the optical filter can be recognized by users as an integral surface having no border over the entire surface of the optical filter.

Abstract: Display screen shades for mobile devices are provided. According to a representative embodiment, a display screen shade includes a bracket assembly configured for attachment to a mobile device. Further, the display screen shade includes a light valve for covering a display screen of the mobile device. The display screen shade also includes a hinge attached to the bracket assembly and the light valve. The hinge is configured to permit movement of the light valve between a first position and second position when the bracket assembly is attached to the mobile device. In the first position, the light valve substantially covers the display screen in the first position. In the second position, the light valve is positioned further from the display screen than in the first position.

Abstract: There is provided an optical sheet and a display device which hardly cause a change in color depending on the observation angle of an image. The optical sheet comprises a plurality of layers, at least one of the plurality of layers being an optical functional sheet layer which includes prisms arranged in parallel along a surface of the optical sheet in such a way that light is transmittable; and light-absorbing portions arranged in parallel between the prisms in such a way as to absorb light, at least another one of the layers being a light diffusing material-containing layer with optical diffusing particles dispersed in a sheet-shaped base material, and the optical sheet satisfying a relation of NdK<NdR and ?dK<?dR, wherein NdK is a refractive index of the base material of the light diffusing material-containing layer and ?dK is an Abbe number thereof, and NdR is a refractive index of the optical diffusing particles and ?dR is an Abbe number thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for at least one electrochromic window (100, 100.1, 100.2, 100?, . . . ) with means (106, 108) for generating a charging current, to bring the window from a first state into a second state, wherein the window is darker in the second state than in the first state, means (112, 116) for discharging the window, to bring the window from the second state into the first state, wherein the discharging of the window can be triggered by an emergency signal (S1, S2).

Abstract: An exemplary display screen includes a display module and an anti-reflective module at one side thereof. The anti-reflective module includes a plurality of refraction structures connected in sequence. Each refraction structure includes a connection section and a plurality of refraction sections. The refraction sections are connected to both sides of the connection section and form an included angle with the connection section to form indented anti-reflection structures.

Abstract: Described is a shader for an electronic device, the shader having back, left, right, and top panels, first and second side extenders, and upper, lower, left, and right attachments by which the shader may be removably attached to the electronic device and arranged so that the back panel lays against the electronic device's back, with the left, right, and top panels extending therefrom and the first and second side extenders at least partially overlapping a respective panel so as to block light from shining on the display from behind or beside the electronic device. The top panel's height may be selectively adjusted via the first and sec and side extenders.

Abstract: An optical film includes a hard coating layer, an anti-glare layer, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer. The hard coating layer is a hard and transparent material, and the anti-glare layer is adhered on a first side of the hard coating layer. The first adhesive layer is adhered on one side of the anti-glare layer away from the hard coating layer, and the second adhesive layer is adhered on a second side of the hard coating layer opposite to the first side. A thickness of the optical film can be 0.19˜0.23 mm. The present disclosure further provides a display module using the optical film.

Abstract: An optical filter for a display device includes a base substrate, an EMI shielding coating formed directly on an upper surface of the base substrate to filter EMI, and a color control resin coating applied directly on a lower surface of the base substrate or an upper surface of the EMI shielding coating. Due to the EMI shielding coating and the color control resin coating formed directly on the base substrate, it is possible to simplify a manufacturing process, improve productivity, and reduce manufacturing costs.

Abstract: A visor shield for shielding a marine electronic device from sunlight, weather and spray includes a visor body having a base portion for attachment to an electronic device, and a protruding portion extending from the base portion and sized to extend out from the electronic device to shade a front face of the electronic device. The base portion and the protruding portion can be formed of a unitary plastic part. The base portion can comprise a wall continuous with the protruding portion. A compressible seal can be attached to a surface of the wall and arranged to be compressed against a housing of the electronic device when the base portion is attached to the electronic device.

Abstract: An optical element having an anti-reflection function includes a base having a main surface, and a plurality of projecting or recessed structures arranged on the main surface of the base at a fine pitch equal to or less than the wavelength of visible light, wherein the main surface of the base, the main surface having the structures thereon, has hydrophilicity, and a contact angle of the main surface of the base, the main surface having the structures thereon, to pure water is 30° or less.

Abstract: A bezel-less display is disclosed that includes an electronic display device and a cover. The electronic display device has an image-displaying portion and another portion adjacent the image-displaying portion along at least one side. The cover is positioned adjacent the electronic display device and includes a first portion positioned adjacent the image-displaying portion of the display device and a second portion positioned adjacent the other portion of the display device. The optical properties of the first and second portions of the cover are selected to present an appearance of a uniform cover without a bezel when the display device is not displaying an image. The optical properties of the first portion are also selected to transmit images displayed on the image-displaying portion. Preferably, the optical properties of the second portion are selected to mask the other portion of the display device.

Abstract: A liquid tank, a viewing device for under-liquid observation, and an optical film are disclosed, each excellent in visibility and durability and being easy to clean. In at least one embodiment of the present invention is directed to a liquid tank having a transparent wall, including, on an internal surface of the wall, a first moth-eye layer having a moth-eye structure, and a protective layer covering the moth-eye structure, in this order from the wall side, and preferably, further including, on an external surface of the wall, a second moth-eye layer having a moth-eye structure, and the second moth-eye layer being disposed in a region facing the first moth-eye layer.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a display module, a front panel provided in front of the display module, a light shielding layer provided over the front panel near a periphery of the front panel, and a reflective layer formed to overlap with the light shielding layer.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display module, a front panel provided in front of the display module, and a pattern which is formed over the front panel. One portion of the pattern that is closer to an edge of the front panel allows for less transmittance of light than other portions of the pattern.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a panel located in front of a display module, a pattern formed over the panel, and a reflective layer formed to overlap the pattern. At least one portion of the pattern provided closer to an edge of the panel allows for less transmittance of light and other portions of the pattern.

Abstract: The present invention provides half-mirrored parts and methods for creating half-mirrored parts. A half-mirrored part according to one particular embodiment of the present includes: a formable reflective layer and a formable transparent or translucent layer, wherein the formable reflective layer is on one side of the transparent or translucent layer.

Abstract: Provided is a display device, including: a barrier layer formed of a plurality of material layers being laminated; and a first material layer and a second material layer that sandwich the barrier layer, in which: the first material layer, the plurality of material layers forming the barrier layer, and the second material layer have light refractive indexes that are set so as to sequentially change from the first material layer to the second material layer in one of decreasing order and increasing order; and the plurality of material layers forming the barrier layer include a high stress film and a low stress film which are alternately laminated on each other. Therefore, the display device of the present invention can achieve crack prevention, enhancement in adhesion between the respective layers and enhancement in barrier property, together with reducing a light reflectance of the barrier layer.

Abstract: An optical filter for display which has excellent antiglare properties, high transmittance and improved visibility and contrast of image. An optical filter for display comprising a structure that an antiglare layer comprising a resin and fine particles dispersed therein is provided on one surface of a transparent substrate, wherein a surface of the antiglare layer has a great number of fine projections formed from the fine particles and at least some of the fine projections have a plain surface parallel to a surface of the antiglare layer other than the fine projections at their top portions.

Abstract: A front filter for a plasma display that is mainly used as a TV display. The front filter has an anti-glare function which is capable of effectively preventing reflection concurrently with achieving black color reproduction, and a functional layer for imparting a function required of an image display device such as a light absorbing function and/or an adhesion function. This front filter has an anti-glare layer having a concavo-convex shape on an outermost surface thereof, a polyester film and a functional layer. The anti-glare layer is disposed on the observer-side surface of the front filter; at least one functional layer is disposed on the display device side.

Abstract: An optical filter for a display having both excellent antiglare property and transparency, and a process for producing the optical filter are provided. The optical filter of the invention includes: a structure including a film and a mesh-shaped metal conductive layer provided on one surface of the film; and an antiglare layer provided on the one surface of the mesh-shaped metal conductive layer, the antiglare layer including a resin and fine particles dispersed in the resin, the fine particles protruding from the surface of the antiglare layer.

Abstract: One embodiment may take the form of a system for reducing the appearance of optical effects in a display. The system may include an enclosure with a first surface and a second surface. Furthermore, the system may include spacers that may be deposited on the bottom face of the first surface and/or the top face of the second surface, where the first surface may be a touch panel and/or cover lens and the second surface may be a display module. The spacers may be deposited in one layer with an anti-reflection coating. The thickness of the coating may be less than the diameter of the spacers.

Abstract: A method of controlling the point spread function of an image projected with said image being diffused by a filter; said point spread function is a result of the application of spatial filter(s) on said image; with said control of the point spread function effected by varying the distance between such image and said spatial filter(s) and varying the bidirectional scattering transmission function of the spatial filter(s). Said spatial filter may be a holographic diffuser, which by method of manufacture has a well defined bi-directional scattering transmission spread function. Control of said spread function is particularly useful to maintain image quality while abating moiré interference in situations where two periodic patterns are layered causing moiré interference.

Abstract: An optical filter 17 is attached to the display screen surface of a flat display panel 3 of a flat display apparatus. The optical filter 17 is constituted of a lamination of an electromagnetic-wave blocking sheet 17A, an infrared-radiation absorbing and color-tone correcting sheet 17B and an ambient light antireflective sheet 17C.

Abstract: A front filter for improving quality of a display device by improving a shielding capability of the filter and a method of manufacturing the front filter. In one embodiment, the front filter includes a base substrate, a first shielding structure, and a second shielding structure. The first shielding structure includes a first lower insulating layer on the base substrate, a first conductive layer on the first lower insulating layer, and a first upper insulating layer on the first conductive layer. The second shielding structure includes a second lower insulating layer on the first upper insulating layer, a second conductive layer on the second lower insulating layer, and a second upper insulating layer on the second conductive layer. In the front filter, an edge of the first shielding structure is exposed to an outside of the second shielding structure.

Abstract: A display device according to one embodiment of the invention includes a display panel for displaying an image and an optical filter attached to the display panel. The optical filter includes an external light anti-reflection layer, a color compensation layer, an external light shielding layer, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding layer. The external light shielding layer includes a barrier rib unit including black photoresist at a gap between the EMI shielding layer and the external light anti-reflection layer or the color compensation layer, for partitioning the gap.

Abstract: An optical filter 17 is attached to the display screen surface of a flat display panel 3 of a flat display apparatus. The optical filter 17 is constituted of a lamination of an electromagnetic-wave blocking sheet 17A, an infrared-radiation absorbing and color-tone correcting sheet 17B and an ambient light antireflective sheet 17C.

Abstract: A system and methods for the automated display of a borderless sun glare block area and sunshield in a windshield, which can be made of electrochromatic glass, in a motor vehicle driven at any time and at any location on earth is presented. The first method, which accurately calculates the precise position of the sun glare block area, is based on the apparent solar position, the direction of travel relative to the true North, the slope of the road, the windshield tilt angle, and the dynamic position of the driver's eyes. It uses sets of different formulas depending on the position of the sun glare on the windshield and the slope of the road. The second method calculates the changing opacities of the borderless sun glare block area, whose opacity decreases from its center to its edge and matches that of the sunshield, based on the ambient light intensity.

Abstract: Visibility of indications in a rear-view mirror incorporating a light-emitting display device is improved. A mirror element is formed by forming a semi-transmissive reflective film on one surface of a transparent substrate. On a back surface of the mirror element, a dark color mask member is arranged. An opening is formed in the mask member. Behind the mirror element, a light-emitting display device is arranged facing the opening. Where the mirror element is formed of a plane mirror, the light-emitting display device is arranged in such a manner that it is inclined toward a driver relative to the mirror surface. A wedge-shaped gap occurring between the mirror element and the light-emitting display device due to the inclination is occluded by a wall member.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a filter for display comprising only one piece of plastic film as a substrate for price-reduction, using a laminated body having a conductive layer and a functional layer on the substrate and having an electrode capable of electric conduction to a display housing in the peripheral part of the laminate body, and a production method thereof. Provided is a filter for display, which is a laminated body including a conductive layer having a conductive mesh, one plastic film disposed only in one side of said conductive layer, and a functional layer disposed at the viewing side relative to said conductive layer and plastic film and having at least one function selected from antireflection function, hard coat function and antiglare function, which has a cavity reaching at least conductive layer, while penetrating through the functional layer from the surface of the functional layer side, in at least one part of the peripheral part of the laminated body.