Abstract: Light-control panels including layered optical components are described in this application. An example of a light-control panel includes first and second glazing layers and first and second switchable components extending between the first and second glazing layers. The light-control panel also includes a thermal coating extending between the first switchable component and the first glazing layer and a filter extending between the first and second switchable components.

Abstract: An electrochromic mirror module including a light-transmissive substrate, an opaque touch sensing layer and an electrochromic device is provided. The light-transmissive substrate has a visible surface and a back surface disposed opposite to the visible surface. The opaque touch sensing layer and the electrochromic layer are disposed on the back surface. Distribution areas of the opaque touch sensing layer and the electrochromic layer are different on the back surface. An electrochromic mirror module including reflective layer and electrochromic device is also provided.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels and a covering layer. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area. The peripheral area is adjacent to the display area. The sub-pixels are disposed in the display area and arranged along a first direction. The sub-pixels have a first color, and two adjacent one of the sub-pixels have a first pixel pitch along the first direction. The covering layer is disposed in the peripheral area and has a first recess. The first recess has a first portion extended along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first portion has a first width along the first direction. A ratio of the first width to the first pixel pitch is greater than or equal to 0.05 and less than or equal to 0.7.

Abstract: In an electro-optical device, a temperature detection element is provided on a first substrate having a pixel region, on which a plurality of pixel electrodes are provided, in a position overlapping a light shielding portion that is formed on a second substrate so as to surround the pixel region. Further, the first substrate is provided with an electrostatic protection circuit that includes a semiconductor element and is electrically coupled to the temperature detection element. The semiconductor element is disposed in a position which is farther distanced from the center of the pixel region than the temperature detection element is, and at which a temperature is lower than a temperature at a position in which the temperature detection element is provided.

Abstract: A display apparatus for a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a display module, a floating panel positioned on a surface of the display module, a pair of suspension brackets which are connected to a rear side of the floating panel with a gap therebetween, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) bracket of which both ends are connected to and surrounded by the pair of suspension brackets.

Abstract: An optical isolator device with minimized polarization mode dispersion includes a first polarization splitter/combiner, a non-reciprocal polarization rotator and a second polarization splitter/combiner. Only forward propagation of light is allowed to propagate in the device, with backward optical signal blocked due to non-reciprocal polarization rotation. The optical paths of o-ray and e-ray are arranged to achieve equal optical path lengths, which makes polarization mode dispersion minimal to nonexistent. When symmetrically configured, both polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependent loss (PDL) become zero in principle.

Abstract: A high-definition liquid crystal display device is provided. A liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. A liquid crystal display device with a high contrast ratio and display quality is provided. A liquid crystal display device capable of being driven at a low voltage is provided. The display device includes, between a pair of substrates, a pixel electrode, a first common electrode, a second common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrode and the first common electrode are positioned between the liquid crystal layer and one of the substrates. The second common electrode is positioned between the liquid crystal layer and the other substrate. The same potential is supplied to the first common electrode and the second common electrode. The first common electrode includes a portion overlapping with the second common electrode between the display regions of two adjacent subpixels that exhibit different colors.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, including at least one viewing angle limiting device, a display panel, and a light polarization converter disposed between the at least one viewing angle limiting device and the display panel. The light polarization converter includes first regions and second regions alternately arranged. Light beams passing through the first regions and the second regions respectively have a first light polarization direction and a second light polarization direction. The light polarization converter is overlapped with the at least one viewing angle limiting device and the display panel. The viewing angle limiting device includes light-absorbing molecules. The light-absorbing molecules have a first absorption coefficient in a thickness direction of the viewing angle limiting device and a second absorption coefficient in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. A ratio of the first absorption coefficient to the second absorption coefficient is greater than 1.

Abstract: A display device with improved viewing angle characteristics is provided. A display device with suppressed mixture of colors between adjacent pixels is provided. The display device includes a first coloring layer, a second coloring layer, and a structure body therebetween. The structure body has a portion closer to a display surface side than a bottom surface of the first coloring layer or a bottom surface of the second coloring layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first transparent glass layer; a second transparent glass layer overlapping the first transparent glass layer; two or more pixel units disposed on a side of the first transparent glass layer opposite to the second transparent glass layer, each of the pixel units including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a white sub-pixel arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule; a black matrix disposed between the pixel units to isolate two pixel units adjacent to each other; and a fingerprint sensor disposed on the second transparent glass layer, and covered by the black matrix; when the fingerprint sensor is viewed from the top, an area of the fingerprint sensor corresponding to a region of the red sub-pixels is larger than any one of areas of the fingerprint sensors corresponding to respective regions of the green, blue, and white sub-pixels.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel including sub-pixels and including an active matrix substrate and a counter substrate, the active matrix substrate including a gate line, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the counter substrate including a third electrode, each of the sub-pixels being provided with an optical opening, the third electrode including a linear electrode extending along the gate line, a distance between the linear electrode and the optical opening being less than D/4 and a width of the linear electrode being D/4 or less, wherein a distance between two optical openings adjacent in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the gate line is defined as D.

Abstract: Automated control of an electrochromic device is described. A method includes receiving a first image captured from a first viewpoint of an electrochromic device. The method further includes identifying at least one of an obstructed portion of the first image or an unobstructed portion of the first image. The method further includes generating an obstruction map based on the at least one of the obstructed portion of the first image or the unobstructed portion of the first image. The method further includes determining, based on the obstruction map, a desired tinting state of the electrochromic device and causing a current tinting state of the electrochromic device to correspond to the desired tinting state.

Abstract: A backlight device is provided and includes case having bottom plate; light guide including front surface as emission surface, rear surface opposed to front surface, and incidence surface provided between front and rear surfaces, rear surface being arranged on bottom plate; and light-emitting elements facing incident surface of light guide, wherein light-emitting elements includes first surface provided at bottom of light-emitting elements, and light-emitting surface facing incidence surface of light guide, first surfaces and rear surface are arranged side by side, and fixed to fixing tape attached over first surfaces and rear surface of light guide, and light-shield is facing fixing tape through light guide.

Abstract: A display substrate includes: a base, a plurality of pixel units arranged in columns in a first direction and in rows in a second direction, a plurality of data lines and first gate lines extending in the first direction, a plurality of second gate lines extending in the second direction, and at least one gate driver circuit connected to the first gate lines and located at a side of the display substrate parallel to the second direction. One pixel unit includes a TFT. The TFT is connected to one data line. In a column of pixel units, TFTs of any two adjacent pixel units are respectively located at first and second sides of a respective data line. Each second gate line is connected to a row of pixel units and at least one of the first gate lines. First gate lines connecting different second gate lines are different.

Abstract: The display device includes a first substrate; an active layer disposed on the first substrate; a first insulation layer disposed on the active layer; a first electrode layer disposed on the first insulation layer including a gate electrode line extending along a first direction and a protruding portion extending along a second direction; a second insulation layer disposed on the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer disposed on the second insulation layer. The second electrode layer includes a date line extending along the second direction and a conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion, wherein the first conductive portion has a first maximum width A along the first direction, and the second conductive portion has a second maximum width B along the first direction. The first maximum width A is less than the second maximum width B.

Abstract: An electrochromic device includes: an electrochromic element operating in at least one of a first optical characteristic state and a second optical characteristic state; and a temperature measuring device configured to measure temperature, and circuitry to control voltage to be applied to the electrochromic element such that the second optical characteristic state becomes constant irrespective of the measured temperature.

Abstract: An electro-optical device including a first substrate and a transistor is provided. The first substrate includes a first scanning line having a light shielding property and extending in a first direction between a substrate body and a pixel electrode. The transistor includes a semiconductor film extending in the first direction to overlap with the first scanning line in a layer between the first scanning line and the pixel electrode. In a layer between a gate electrode and a pixel electrode, a second scanning line having a light shielding property extends in the first direction to overlap with the first scanning line in plan view. The second scanning line extends through a position spaced apart from a third contact portion that electrically couples the pixel electrode and the semiconductor film, and is electrically coupled to the gate electrode and the first scanning line.

Abstract: Various embodiments set forth liquid crystal (LC) patterning control systems in which LCs are aligned using locally applied magnetic fields. The index of refraction experienced by light propagating through an anisotropic LC is dependent on orientation. As a result, a phase difference may be imparted to an optical beam that is passed through, or reflected from, an array of LCs whose orientations are controlled via locally applied magnetic fields. In some embodiments, the locally applied magnetic fields may be generated by driving currents through wires that intersect at micro or nanomagnetic particles or at magnetic domains, or by applying voltages to micro or nanocoils wrapped around high-permeability cores, among other things.

Abstract: The present application provides an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes: a first substrate and a plurality of signal lines on the first substrate. The plurality of signal lines are arranged along a first direction; at least one of the plurality of signal lines include a plurality of signal sub-lines arranged at intervals along the first direction, the plurality of signal sub-lines are electrically connected, each of the plurality of signal sub-lines extends along a second direction, and the second direction intersects the first direction.

Abstract: When a pixel portion and a driver circuit are formed over one substrate and a counter electrode is formed over an entire surface of a counter substrate, the driver circuit may be adversely affected by an optimized voltage of the counter electrode. A semiconductor device according to the present invention has a structure in which: a liquid crystal layer is provided between a pair of substrates; one of the substrates is provided with a pixel electrode and a driver circuit; the other of the substrates is a counter substrate which is provided with two counter electrode layers in different potentials; and one of the counter electrode layers overlaps with the pixel electrode with the liquid crystal layer therebetween and the other of the counter electrode layers overlaps with the driver circuit with the liquid crystal layer therebetween. An oxide semiconductor layer is used for the driver circuit.