Abstract: An electrowetting element comprising a first fluid, a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid, a first electrode, a second electrode in contact with the second fluid and a first and second support plate. The first support plate comprises the first electrode and a surface. The second support plate comprises a protrusion which overlaps a first surface portion of the surface and which, with a first voltage with a substantially zero magnitude applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, contacts the second fluid without substantially contacting the first fluid. Upon application of a second voltage with a non-zero magnitude between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first fluid moves such that there is substantially no contact between the first fluid and the first surface portion.

Abstract: An electrowetting display device includes a first support plate and a second support plate opposite the first support plate, and a plurality of pixel walls over the first support plate. The plurality of pixel walls are associated with an electrowetting pixel and define a volume containing at least a portion of an oil and an electrolyte fluid. The electrolyte fluid has a first refractive index. The electrowetting display device includes a pixel spacer between a first pixel wall in the plurality of pixel walls and the second support plate. A second refractive index of the pixel spacer is less than the first refractive index. The electrowetting display device includes a pixel electrode over the first support plate for applying a voltage within the electrowetting pixel to cause relative displacement of the oil and the electrolyte fluid.

Abstract: An electrowetting element comprises a wall transmissive to light of a first wavelength. A support plate comprises an electrode and a layer absorbent to light of the first wavelength, which for example has passed into the support plate through the wall.

Abstract: A display device including a first support plate and an opposing second support plate. A first pixel is positioned between the first support plate and the second support plate. A spacer structure is coupled to the second support plate and associated with the first pixel. The spacer structure allows propagation of light having a first wavelength and prevents propagation of light having a second wavelength.

Abstract: A system and method for an electrowetting display device are presented. The electrowetting display device includes a first support plate and a second support plate, A plurality of pixel walls associated with an electrowetting pixel are formed over the first support plate. A color filter is over the electrowetting pixel. The color filter allows propagation of visible light of a first color and prevents propagation of visible light of a second color. In an embodiment, the color filter includes a layer of light-absorbing photoresist that is patterned into a first plurality of regions and a second plurality of regions. Each region in the first plurality of regions has a first optical density and each region in the second plurality of regions has a second optical density so that the color filter has a non-uniform optical density.

Abstract: A display device includes a first support plate and an opposing second support plate. A pixel region is between the first support plate and an inner surface of the second support plate. A diffuser is disposed on the second support plate. The diffuser has a first diffusion area over the pixel region. The first diffusion area has a first region with a first diffusion profile and a second region with a second diffusion profile.

Abstract: A display device includes a first support plate and an opposing second support plate. A first pixel region between the first support plate and the second support plate includes a first thin film transistor (TFT) structure over the first support plate. A second pixel region between the first support plate and the second support plate and adjacent the first pixel region includes a second TFT structure over the first support plate. A first pixel wall portion is positioned over the first support plate between the first pixel region and the second pixel region such that each of the first TFT structure and the second TFT structure is positioned adjacent the first pixel wall portion. A light-blocking portion is disposed on an inner surface of the second support plate and positioned over the first TFT structure and the second TFT structure.

Abstract: An electrowetting display device includes light steering structures that direct incoming light away from pixel walls. According to some configurations, transparent or semi-transparent pixel walls are shielded from incoming light by a black matrix (BM) material in a color filter plate and by the light steering structures. Instead of the incoming light being completely blocked by the black matrix, at least a portion of the incoming light that would have been blocked by the black matrix is directed by one or more of the light steering structures to an area of the pixel such that the brightness of the pixel is increased.

Abstract: A display element comprising a configurable medium for providing a display effect. The display element is for example an electrowetting element having a first fluid and a second fluid. A first support plate comprises a first support plate surface in contact with at least one of the first fluid or the second fluid, and an electrode. In some examples, an optical structure comprises a first absorbent element and a second absorbent element, with a transmissive layer located therebetween. In other examples, an optical structure comprises a plurality of light conduits.

Abstract: An electrowetting display comprises a support plate on which individual electrowetting pixels separated from one another by pixel walls are formed. Pixel walls including different layers are disposed on the first support plate and separate adjacent pixel regions from each other. The first layer of a pixel wall comprises a first material having a first color and a second layer of the pixel wall comprises a second material having a second color that is different from the first color. Instead of using black matrix to reduce photo crosstalk, the pixel walls of the different layers absorb light colors that are not intended to reach the respective pixels. A fluid is disposed between the first support plate and a second support plate and at least partially surrounds the first wall and the second wall.

Abstract: An electrowetting display comprises a first support plate and a second support plate opposite to the first support plate. A plurality of electrowetting elements is provided between the first support plate and the second support plate. A first fluid is disposed within the electrowetting elements on the first support plate, and a second fluid is disposed on the first fluid. The second fluid is substantially immiscible with the first fluid. A plurality of color filter elements arranged in an array and a black matrix structure are disposed on the second support plate. The black matrix structure is positioned such that the black matrix is offset in at least one direction with respect to the electrowetting elements.

Abstract: An electrowetting element comprises a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid. A support plate includes a support plate surface in contact with at least one of the first or second fluids. The support plate includes an electrode for applying a voltage to control a configuration of the first and second fluids and a reflective surface. A first layer positioned between the reflective surface and the support plate surface has a first layer optical thickness substantially equal to a quarter multiple of a reference wavelength.

Abstract: Instead of using a clear or a semi-transparent notch within an electrowetting display, a colored notch that is the same color of the pixel region extends from one of the pixel walls toward an opposing pixel wall of the pixel region. The colored notches follow a non-flipped arrangement within each of the pixel regions. For example, each colored notch is adjacent to the same respective pixel wall for a pixel region. In other configurations, the colored notches follow a flipped arrangement within each of the pixel regions. For example, a colored notch of one pixel region and a colored notch of another pixel region are adjacent to the same pixel wall (on opposing sides). Instead of including a separate white sub pixel for each pixel, each pixel region is at least partially covered by a white color filter and a color filter that is the color of the pixel.

Abstract: Clusters of pixels are defined for image compression and decompression. The image information used to define the clusters may include pixel values at predetermined positions relative to a pixel or related motion vectors, gradients, texture etc. During compression of images, image information relative to pixels is examined to determine the cluster to which it belongs. Thus pixels can be classified according to the cluster for their image information. In an embodiment the definitions of the clusters are selected dynamically, dependent on image content. For each cluster a control parameter set is computed for a post-processing operation, such as filter coefficients for filtering or statistical data for locally generating texture. The control parameter set is selected dependent on the image content so that, when the post-processing operation is applied to the image after decompression it will improve image quality for the pixels that are classified as belonging to the cluster.

Abstract: A display device (120) has a 3D display (160) for emitting at least two views of 3D image data to enable autostereoscopic viewing of 3D image data at multiple viewing positions (182, 184). A processor (140) processes the 3D image data (122) for generating the views for display on the 3D display, and a viewer detector (130) detects a viewer position of a viewer in front of the 3D display. The processor has a viewer conflict detector (141) for detecting and resolving viewer position conflicts. The detector obtains at least a first viewer position of a first viewer via the viewer detector, and detects a viewer position conflict at the first viewer position where said first view and second view do not provide the 3D effect for the first viewer. If so, the detector controls generating the views in dependence of the detected viewer position conflict. At least one of said at least two views as received by the first viewer is dynamically modified to signal or resolve the conflict.

Abstract: A method of dynamic of gamut control is provided for a display having a multi-spectral (typically multi-color) backlight, and sub-pixels corresponding to the different backlight spectra and at least one common sub-pixel. The display may f be an RGBW display having an RGB backlight. The method includes iteratively calculating the minimum required backlight intensities that will allow all (selected) color points of an image to be represented by the display. The determination for a light source of the backlight is based on determinations of intensities determined for other light sources in a previous iteration.

Abstract: An auto-stereoscopic display uses a steering backlight to enable individual views to be directed to desired locations corresponding to the position of the eyes of a viewer. However, a single (i.e. monoscopic) image is provided at large angles where the quality of an auto-stereoscopic image may drop below acceptable levels. This is achieved by addressing the light sources in the steering backlight as a function of angle.

Abstract: A display device (120) has a 3D display (160) for emitting at least two views of 3D image data to enable autostereoscopic viewing of 3D image data at multiple viewing positions (182, 184). A processor (140) processes the 3D image data (122) for generating the views for display on the 3D display, and a viewer detector (130) detects a viewer position of a viewer in front of the 3D display. The processor has a viewer conflict detector (141) for detecting and resolving viewer position conflicts. The detector obtains at least a first viewer position of a first viewer via the viewer detector, and detects a viewer position conflict at the first viewer position where said first view and second view do not provide the 3D effect for the first viewer. If so, the detector controls generating the views in dependence of the detected viewer position conflict. At least one of said at least two views as received by the first viewer is dynamically modified to signal or resolve the conflict.

Abstract: A display system comprises a color sequential display (201) having a backlight (205) comprising several backlight segments and a light modulating panel (207) comprising pixels having controllable light transmission. A backlight unit (211) determines, for a plurality of backlight segments, backlight chromaticities for fields of an image in response to the image content. An order unit (217) determines a sequential order of the backlight chromaticities for each of the plurality of backlight segments for the image in response to the chromaticities. A driver (219) generates a backlight drive signal for the backlight (205) corresponding to the chromaticities and sequential order. A modulating processor (213) determines light modulating values for the pixels in response to the chromaticities, the sequential order and the image. A driver (221) then generates a light modulating drive signal for the light modulating element corresponding to the light modulating values.

Abstract: Clusters of pixels are defined for image compression and decompression. The image information used to define the clusters may include pixel values at predetermined positions relative to a pixel or related motion vectors, gradients, texture etc. During compression of images, image information relative to pixels is examined to determine the cluster to which it belongs. Thus pixels can be classified according to the cluster for their image information. In an embodiment the definitions of the clusters are selected dynamically, dependent on image content. For each cluster a control parameter set is computed for a post-processing operation, such as filter coefficients for filtering or statistical data for locally generating texture. The control parameter set is selected dependent on the image content so that, when the post-processing operation is applied to the image after decompression it will improve image quality for the pixels that are classified as belonging to the cluster.