Abstract: An optical system includes a circular lens having a first set of electrodes arranged in a concentric pattern and a liquid crystal material in electrical communication with the first set of electrodes. The optical system also includes a first cylindrical lens having a vertical meridian and a second set of electrodes oriented along an axis parallel to the vertical meridian. The optical system additionally includes a second cylindrical lens having a third set of electrodes oriented at an angle with respect to the axis.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a plurality of light-shielding members arranged at a first pitch in a first direction, a overcoat layer covering the light-shielding members, and a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the overcoat layer in the first direction at a second pitch that is smaller than the first pitch. The light-shielding members are each formed as a wall having a width along the first direction and a thickness that is greater than the width.

Abstract: A transparent display device has a transparent region and a display region. The transparent display device includes a first panel. The first panel includes a first substrate, a reflective material disposed on the first substrate in the display region, and a first electrode disposed in the display region and transparent region. In the display region, the reflective material is disposed between the first substrate and first electrode.

Abstract: A voltage-controlled optical wedge is formed by creating an adjustable voltage gradient along the length of a relatively large-sized LC cell. A pair of bias voltages (AC voltages) are applied at the opposing side terminations of the LC cell, their RMS values selected to create a continuous phase variation along the length of the cell, where a defined phase variation is associated with a specific beam steering angle. Adjustments in the applied bias voltages (specifically, changes in the RMS values of the bias voltages) result in changing the beam steering angle, providing for active, controllable beam steering as a function of time. The LC cell may be configured to provide either a linear or nonlinear continuous phase variation, as preferred for different beam steering applications.

Abstract: A wearable augmented reality head-mounted display system can be configured to pass light from the world forward a wearer wearing the head-mounted system into an eye of the wearer. The head-mounted display system can include an optical display that is configured to output light to form an image. The system may include one or more waveguides that are disposed to receiving the light from the display. A variable power reflector can be disposed on the forward side of the one or more waveguides. The reflector can be configured to have an optical power that is adjustable upon application of an electrical signal.

Abstract: A beam steering system may include a dynamically controllable liquid crystal (LC) beam steering device including an array of multiple LC beam steering segments, an upstream lens array arranged upstream of the beam steering device, and control electronics configured to control the beam steering device to output a directionally steered light. The upstream lens array includes multiple upstream lens elements, each configured to reduce a beam width of a respective light beam to provide a reduced-diameter light beam to a corresponding LC beam steering segment in the multi-segment LC beam steering device. Providing reduced-diameter light beams to the beam steering device may reduce unwanted beam steering effects and provide an improved beam steering efficiency of the beam steering system.

Abstract: A mask includes a substrate and an electrochromic layer that overlap each other. The electrochromic layer includes an electrochromic material.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a first polarizer and a second polarizer. The pixel electrode includes a trunk portion, first to fourth branch portions, and first to fourth strip portions. The trunk portion extends along a first direction. The first and second branch portions are connected to a first end of the trunk portion. The third and fourth branch portions are connected to a second end of the trunk portion. The first strip portions are connected to the first and second branch portions. The second strip portions are connected to the third and fourth branch portions. The third strip portions are connected to the first and third branch portions and the trunk portion. The fourth strip portions are connected to the second and fourth branch portions and the trunk portion.

Abstract: An optical device (20) includes an electro-optical layer, including a liquid crystal material (24) with a heliconical structure having a pitch that is less than 250 nm and is modifiable by an electric field. An array of excitation electrodes (28) extends over the electro-optical layer. Control circuitry (23) is coupled to apply control voltage waveforms to the excitation electrodes and is configured to modify the control voltage waveforms so as to locally modify a molecule director angle of the heliconical structure and thus to generate a specified phase modulation profile in the electro-optical layer.

Abstract: The present application provides a pixel electrode, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel electrode includes a stripe main electrode, a first metal trace, and branch electrodes; the stripe main electrode includes a first main electrode and a second main electrode; the first metal trace is disposed between two main traces parallel to a first direction, and is coupled to the first main electrode and the second main electrode to form four display regions.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display comprising a first substrate, a second substrate opposed the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light-shielding layer including a first light-shield formed along a first direction and a second light-shield formed along a second direction and crossing the first light-shield, and a spacer which maintains a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the spacer overlapping a crossing region where the first light-shield and the second light-shield cross each other and including an exposed region outside the light-shielding layer in a planar view.

Abstract: Provided are a scanning line extending along a first direction, a data line extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, a TFT having a semiconductor layer including one source drain region and a channel region extending along the first direction, at a position overlapping the scanning line in plan view, and another source drain region extending along the second direction, at a position overlapping the data line in plan view, and a first capacitance element and a second capacitance element disposed at a position overlapping the data line, and the first capacitance element and the second capacitance element are configured to include a part of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A display device is provided and includes at least one sub-pixel that is a blue sub-pixel. The sub-pixel includes a transistor and a light emitting unit electrically connected to the transistor. The sub-pixel emits an output light under an operation of the highest gray level, the output light is a final visual light of the blue sub-pixel of the display device, the output light having an output spectrum, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 380 nm to 493 nm defines as a first intensity integral, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 494 nm to 580 nm defines as a second intensity integral, a ratio of the first intensity integral over the second intensity integral defines as a first ratio, and the first ratio ranges from 5 to 20.

Abstract: A display device may include a display unit disposed on a substrate and a mirror substrate facing the substrate with respect to the display unit. The mirror substrate may include a first mirror layer extending continuously on a surface of a transparent substrate and a plurality of mirror patterns on the first mirror layer. The first mirror layer is formed on both a region in which the plurality of mirror patterns are formed and a region in which the plurality of mirror patterns are not formed. External light is incident to and reflected by the first mirror layer, thus reducing an image haze and enhancing a display quality of the display device. In addition, the first mirror layer and the plurality of mirror patterns may be formed by using a single halftone mask to simplify the manufacturing process and increase a productivity of the mirror substrate.

Abstract: An active optical element includes an active material encased between a first substrate and a second substrate, first electrode(s), second electrodes employed as a ground plane, and means for applying and modulating additional impedance between an electrical ground and the second electrodes. The second electrodes divide the active optical element into segments. The first electrode(s) are driven at given voltage(s). At least one of the second electrodes corresponding to at least one of the segments is selectively connected to an electrical ground without any additional impedance, while applying and modulating the additional impedance between the electrical ground and a remainder of the plurality of second electrodes. The active material in the at least one of the plurality of segments is controlled by a potential difference generated between the given voltage(s) and the electrical ground to produce a given optical power.

Abstract: A transparent display device has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a display medium disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A pixel unit of the transparent display includes a transparent region and a display region. In the display region, a first reflective material is disposed between the first substrate and the display medium, and a second reflective material is disposed between the second substrate and the display medium.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix on a substrate along a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a transistor, a first transparent electrode located over the transistor and electrically connected to the transistor, a second transparent electrode located over the first transparent electrode and electrically connected to the first transparent electrode via an opening, an insulating layer located over the second transparent electrode, a third transparent electrode located over the insulating layer; and a metal layer in contact with the third transparent electrode. The opening overlaps a gate electrode of the transistor. At least a part of the metal layer is provided in the opening and overlaps the gate electrode. The metal layer extends along the first direction and is commonly provided in the pixels arranged in the first direction.

Abstract: Example display devices include a waveguide configured to propagate visible light under total internal reflection in a direction parallel to a major surface of the waveguide. The waveguide has formed thereon an outcoupling element configured to outcouple a portion of the visible light in a direction normal to the major surface of the waveguide. The example display devices additionally include a polarization-selective notch reflector disposed on a first side of the waveguide and configured to reflect visible light having a first polarization while transmitting the portion of the visible light having a second polarization. The example display devices further include a polarization-independent notch reflector disposed on a second side of the waveguide and configured to reflect visible light having the first polarization and the second polarization, where the polarization-independent notch reflector is configured to convert a polarization of visible light reflecting therefrom.

Abstract: Provided is a display panel including first bypass wirings electrically coupling main pixel circuits in a first direction, and bypassing along one side of a pixel group at an outermost portion of the component area, horizontal wirings electrically coupled to the main pixel circuits and auxiliary pixel circuits and extending in a first direction, and extension wirings between two pixel groups adjacent to each other along the first direction, and extending in the first direction, wherein the extension wirings are electrically coupled to the horizontal wirings included in each of the two pixel groups, and the number of the extension wirings is less than the number of the horizontal wirings.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a color filter substrate, including: a base substrate, and a light-shielding pattern on the base substrate and having a plurality of openings to define a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each of the plurality of pixel regions at least includes a color filtering region, and a color filtering layer is filled in each color filtering region, and at least one of the plurality of pixel regions further includes at least one transparent region, each of which is filled with a transparent non-filtering layer. The present disclosure further provides a reflective display panel and a manufacturing method for a color filter substrate.