Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a gate line extending in a first direction on the first substrate; a data line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction on the first substrate; a first electric field generating electrode on the first substrate; and a second electric field generating electrode on the first substrate, wherein the second electric field generating electrode includes a stem electrode extending in parallel to the data line and branch electrodes extending from the stem electrode forming a predetermined angle with respect to the gate line, and an interval between the stem electrode and a data line adjacent thereto differs from an interval between the branch electrodes and a data line adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A light guide unit includes: a light guide plate curved about a center of curvature, and including a first outer circumferential surface and a first inner circumferential surface disposed closer to the center of curvature than the first outer circumferential surface; and a restoring force-offset layer coupled to at least one of the first outer circumferential surface and the first inner circumferential surface. The light guide plate includes a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient, and the restoring force-offset layer includes a material having a thermal expansion coefficient different from the first thermal expansion coefficient to offset a restoring force of the light guide plate.

Abstract: An ultraviolet light-generating target comprising a substrate transmitting ultraviolet light; and a light-emitting layer provided on the substrate and emitting ultraviolet light in response to an electron beam, wherein the light-emitting layer is an amorphous layer formed of Al2O3 doped with Sc.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting diode chip (“LED”) that emits light having a dominant wavelength in the blue color range and a recipient luminophoric medium that is configured to down-convert at least some of the light emitted by the LED. The recipient luminophoric medium includes a green phosphor, a yellow phosphor, a first red phosphor having a first dominant wavelength and a second red phosphor having a second dominant wavelength that is different from the first dominant wavelength.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer, a polarizing element, a light source, and a bending member. The first substrate includes first and second surfaces and a side surface. The second substrate includes third and fourth surfaces. The polarizing element is provided on the fourth surface side of the second substrate. The light source irradiates the side surface with polarized parallel light. The bending member bends a path of the light entering the first substrate from the light source such that the light goes to the second substrate. No polarizing element is provided between the first substrate and the light source, and the bending member is provided on the second surface side of the first substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate including an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least one lateral surface; a first polarization layer provided on the upper side of the first substrate; a light source provided on the at least one lateral side of the first substrate; a second substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface; a thin film transistor provided on the lower surface of the second substrate; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A luminous base includes a base body, a light guide structure, a light emitting module and a power supply module. The base body has a cover with a light outlet; the light guide structure is installed at the base body and configured to be corresponsive to the light outlet; the light emitting module is installed in the base body for projecting light towards the light guide structure; the power supply module is electrically connected to the light emitting module. Therefore, light can be illuminated upwardly from the bottom of a cup and/or a beverage bottle in a surface emitting manner, and the existence of the cup and/or the beverage bottle can be highlighted to provide a glare effect in a dark environment, and the light can be illuminated uniformly upward from the bottom of the cup and/or the beverage bottle to provide a light staining effect.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a scanning line, a first relay electrode, a second relay electrode, a first contact portion opposed to the first relay electrode, and a second contact portion opposed to the second relay electrode, and a spacer, a first contact hole for connecting the first relay electrode and the first contact portion being located on one side with respect to the scanning line, a second contact hole for connecting the second relay electrode and the second contact portion being located on the other side with respect to the scanning line, the spacer being located between the first contact hole and the second contact hole.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a layer material configured to be arranged on a rotor blade tip of a helicopter comprises at least one light emitting or reflecting section that emits or reflects light after being exposed to a remote light source. The light source can be arranged on the body of the helicopter.

Abstract: A display device is discussed, which includes a top case disposed on a display panel, the top case may include a main body having a metal first upper member covering a partial area of an edge area of the display panel and an elastic second upper member extending from the metal first upper member and fixing the display panel. The metal first upper member and the elastic second upper member may be formed together by outsert molding. Since the top case includes an elastic upper member made of a material such as rubber or silicon, not metal, a scratch on the display panel or a polarizing plate which may be generated by a press of the display panel by an external force may be avoided.

Abstract: An indirect daylighting device for a building with an interior space may include a suspension system configured for securing to a building structure and a pan secured to the suspension system and having an incident surface and a cross-sectional profile forming a plurality of waves, wherein the incident surface is arranged to receive natural light entering a building and reflect the natural light to provide indirect lighting to the interior space of the building.

Abstract: A polarized light source configured for use in display device and backlight unit is described. The polarized light source comprising: at least one optically active structure comprising a plurality of nanorods configured to emit light of one or more wavelengths in response to exciting pumping field, said plurality of nanorods comprising nanorods aligned with a predetermined alignment axis so as to produce a desired polarization direction of the emitted light; and a light directing assembly comprising one or more optical elements in optical path of light emitted from the light emitting structure, said light directing assembly being configured to enhance output of the emitted light from the emitting structure while substantially maintaining the polarization of the emitted light passing therethrough. Preferably, layers associated with the polarized light source are aligned with parallel principal axes.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode panel and a manufacturing method using the same are provided in the present invention. The OLED panel includes at least a pixel. The pixel includes an anode conducting layer, an insulation layer, an emitting layer (EML), a cathode layer and a reference voltage layer. The anode conducting layer is disposed on a transparent substrate. The insulation layer is disposed on the anode conducting layer and has a first cavity and a second cavity, wherein there is a distance between the first anode layer and the bottom of second cavity. There are a hole injection layer (HIL) and a hole transmission layer (HTL). The HIL is disposed on the first anode conducting layer. The HTL is disposed on the HIL. There are a cathode layer, an electronic injection layer (EIL) and an electronic transmission layer (ETL) in the second cavity. The cathode layer is exposed by the bottom of the second cavity. The EIL is disposed on the cathode layer. The ETL is disposed on the EIL.

Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a textured substrate comprising a plurality of textured structures, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein one of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein a first distance between a first projection of the top portion on the bottom portion and the bottom portion at one side is different from a second distance between a second projection of the top portion on the bottom portion and the bottom portion at another side.

Abstract: A retrofit LED linear lamp lampholder for use with LED linear lamps having two terminal ends and used in lighting fixtures having spaced apart opposing end walls. The retrofit LED linear lamp lampholder has a pair of endcaps, each endcap having a first end that fits on one of the terminal ends of a LED linear lamp, and a second end with an engagement mechanism that is adapted to contact with one of the end walls of the lighting fixture. In at least in one of the endcaps there is a movement mechanism for moving said second end of said at least one endcap away from its associated terminal end of LED linear lamp. For use with conventional LED linear lamps with electrical pins at terminal ends, there are electrical contacts in of the endcaps having LED linear lamp energizing lead wires that exit the endcaps.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight unit which generates light and provides the light to a display panel which displays an image with the light, a first polarizer disposed on the backlight unit, a third polarizer disposed on the first polarizer, a second polarizer disposed between the first polarizer and the third polarizer, a light transmittance layer which blocks or transmits the light therethrough to display the image, disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and a color conversion layer disposed between the second polarizer and the third polarizer, and including a color conversion material which converts a color of light transmitted through the light transmittance layer and the second polarizer. A polarizing axis of the third polarizer is different from a polarizing axis of the second polarizer.

Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a housing and a circuit board having a light emitting diode (LED). The circuit board is attached to a mounting bracket that is positioned inside the housing. The lighting fixture further includes a first reflector insert positioned adjacent to the circuit board on a first side of the circuit board. The first reflector insert is configured to reflect light from the LED. The lighting fixture also includes a second reflector insert positioned adjacent to the circuit board on a second side of the circuit board. The second reflector insert is configured to reflect the light from the LED. The first reflector insert and the second reflector insert are removable from the lighting fixture without removing the circuit board.

Abstract: An array substrate and a display panel are provided according to embodiments, which include: a first substrate; multiple data lines and multiple scan lines located on a first side of the first substrate. The multiple data lines and multiple scan lines define a pixel array. The pixel array includes multiple sub-pixels. A length of each of the sub-pixels in an extension direction of the data lines is less than a width of each of the sub-pixels in an extension direction of the scan lines. The pixel array includes multiple first pixel groups and multiple second pixel groups arranged in a matrix form. A type of each of the sub-pixels included in the first pixel groups is different from a type of each of the sub-pixels in the second pixel groups. The first pixel groups and the second pixel groups are arranged alternately.

Abstract: A light guide plate suitable for use in a liquid crystal display device, the light guide plate comprising a glass plate and a light coupler bonded to a major surface of the light guide plate. Also disclosed is a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device employing the light guide plate, and a display device employing the backlight unit.

Abstract: A display device includes a curved display panel, a light source unit, a curved light guide plate, a support frame disposed under the light guide plate and including a curved upper surface, a first magnetic member disposed at at least one edge of the upper surface of the support frame, and a second magnetic member disposed at at least one edge of a surface facing the upper surface of the light guide plate and facing the first magnetic member.