Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device. A polarizing plate comprising a first protective film, a polarizer, and a second protective film laminated in that order, an average of the modulus of elasticity in transport and width directions of the first protective film and an average of the modulus of elasticity in transport and width directions of the second protective film satisfying the relationship (A) below, |E1 (10% RH)/E1 (80% RH)?E2 (10% RH)/E2 (80% RH)|=0.1 (A) wherein E1 (a % RH) denotes an average modulus of elasticity at a relative humidity a % RH of an (i)th protective film.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first optical element which is provided on one of outer surfaces of a liquid crystal display panel including homogeneously aligned liquid crystal molecules and includes a first polarizer plate, a first retardation plate in which nematic liquid crystal molecules are solidified in a state in which the nematic liquid crystal molecules are hybrid-aligned in a liquid crystal state along a normal direction, and a second retardation plate, and a second optical element which is composed of a second polarizer plate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a red subpixel, a green subpixel, a blue subpixel, and a viewing angle controlling subpixel. The red, green, and blue subpixels are driven in a TN method, and the viewing angle controlling subpixel is driven in an ECB method. Therefore, the liquid crystal display device provides flexibility in a security range to a user, and not only can be used for one person but also can be used for two or more persons to view an image of high quality without inconvenience while securing security.

Abstract: In a liquid-crystal display, unpolarized light from a light source passes through a linear polarization separation layer and strikes a liquid-crystal cell. The liquid-crystal cell, in response to an applied electrical field, changes the direction of a director, so as to change the direction of the electrical field oscillation vector of the incident linearly polarized light by substantially 0 to 90°, this light then striking a dichroic linear polarization layer on the surface, whereby only a component coincident with the polarization transmission axis thereof is allowed to exit to the outside. The dichroic linear polarization layer transmits 50% of this incident light, and absorbs the remaining 50%.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprising a backlight module and a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The backlight module comprises a white point source that emits a spectrum of light comprising three peaks. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a liquid crystal layer disposed between a color filter substrate, which comprises a blue filter, a green filter and a red filter, and an opposite substrate. The color filter substrate and the backlight module satisfy the following formulas: ? 555 605 ? ? BL ? ( ? ) × CF Red ? ( ? ) × ?? ? 6.0 ; ( 1 ) ? 580 630 ? ? BL ? ( ? ) × CF Green ? ( ? ) × ?? ? 3.5 ; ( 2 ) ? 505 580 ? ? BL ? ( ? ) × CF Blue ? ( ? ) × ?? ? 3.5 . ( 3 ) Herein, the backlight module has the maximum luminance in one wavelength, with the maximum luminance being set at 1.0. BL (?) represents the normalized luminance spectrum at each wavelength.

Abstract: The invention relates to optically compensated bend (OCB) mode liquid crystal display devices and fabrication methods thereof. The OCB mode liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A first alignment layer is disposed on the first substrate, and a second alignment layer is disposed on a second region of the first substrate exposing the first alignment layer on a first region. A third alignment is disposed on the second substrate. Alignment orientations of liquid crystal molecules on the first and second alignment layers are different. When an appropriate voltage is applied to the OCB mode liquid crystal display, a splay to bend transition boundary is formed between the first and the second regions.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) capable of preventing or substantially reducing migration of impurities in a liquid crystal layer, thereby preventing or substantially reducing an occurrence of line afterimages that may be caused by the impurities, includes gate lines and data lines intersecting on an insulating substrate, pixels arranged in a matrix shape, color organic films formed on the insulating substrate and corresponding to the pixels, and indentations or other formations formed between adjacent color organic films.

Abstract: A color filter comprising a substrate, a red pixel, green pixel and blue pixel, each being disposed on the substrate, wherein a perpendicular optical retardation RRth of the red pixel, a perpendicular optical retardation GRth of the green pixel, and a perpendicular optical retardation BRth of the blue pixel satisfy the following formulas (1) and (2): |(RRth?BRth)|?|(GRth?BRth)|?0 ??(1) |(RRth?BRth)|?|(RRth?GRth)|?0 ??(2) wherein RRth, GRth and BRth represent, respectively, a product of a thickness [nm] of a pixel and a value obtained by subtracting a value of thickness-wise refractive index from an average value of an in-plane refractive index of each of these pixels.

Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (2) includes a liquid crystal panel (20), and a backlight module (22) located adjacent to the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate assembly (24) and a second substrate assembly (26) parallel to the first substrate assembly. The second substrate assembly includes a color filter layer (262). The color filter layer includes red units, green units, and blue units. The red, green and blue units are approximately strip-shaped. A ratio of a width of each red unit to a width of each green unit is in direct proportion to a ratio of the wavelength of red light to the wavelength of green light. A ratio of the width of each green unit to a width of each blue unit is in inverse proportion to a ratio of the wavelength of green light to the wavelength of blue light.

Abstract: The present invention is a substrate for a display device comprising an active matrix substrate and an opposed substrate which are opposed to each other with a display medium layer interposed therebetween, said active matrix substrate including a pixel electrode arranged in a matrix shape on the side of the display medium layer and said opposed substrate including a common electrode opposing to the pixel electrode on the side of the display medium layer, wherein said substrate for a display device includes an electrode slit formed in one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and at least one of the electrical connecting portions of said electrode slit is provided outside of a light-blocking region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The array substrate includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of switching devices, a data line, a gate line and a light blocking pattern. The light blocking pattern is disposed on the transparent substrate. The light blocking pattern overlaps with at least a portion of the pixel electrodes neighboring each other and at least a portion of the data line. The light blocking pattern is disposed between the data line and the transparent substrate.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystal intercalated between the first and second substrates in which each pixel includes a reflection area and a transmission area. The second substrate includes pixel electrodes and common electrodes to drive the liquid crystal. In the reflection area, a reflective layer is arranged between the pixel and common electrodes and the second substrate, and a polarizing layer is disposed between the pixel and common electrodes and the reflective layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display device used as a display part of an information equipment and a method of manufacturing the same, and has an object to provide the liquid crystal display device which can obtain excellent display characteristics without raising the manufacture cost and the method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in which three cholesteric liquid crystal layers of selective reflection type are laminated, comprises: a first liquid crystal layer arranged on a device observation side selectively reflecting blue; a second liquid crystal layer arranged next to the first liquid crystal layer selectively reflecting green; a third liquid crystal layer arranged next to the second liquid crystal layer selectively reflecting red; and a green cut filter layer arranged between the green liquid crystal layer and the red liquid crystal layer selectively absorbing a light ray of a wavelength of 600 nm or less.

Abstract: A photo-sensitive element, a readout pixel with the photo-sensitive element, and a liquid crystal display with the readout pixels are described. The photo-sensitive element includes a switch TFT and a photo detecting device. The gate electrode of the switch TFT is electrically connected to a switch line and the source electrode of the switch TFT is electrically connected to a readout line. The photo detecting device is connected between the switch line and the drain electrode of the switch TFT for detecting the brightness of a light incident thereon. The photo detecting device is preferably a photo TFT, a photo diode, or a light sensitive resistor. The photo TFT and the switch TFT are preferably amorphous silicon transistors. The switch line is preferably a gate line disposed on the TFT array substrate of the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerisable liquid crystal (LC) material, to optically biaxial films prepared thereof, to novel polymerisable compounds used therein and to the use of the material and films in optical devices like compensators and LC displays (LCDs).

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate includes a substrate, first and second pad sections, a signal wiring and a pixel array. The first pad section includes first and second lines. The first pad section receives a driving signal through at least one of the first and second lines. The second pad section includes a third line extending from the first line and a fourth line extending from the second line. The second pad section receives the driving signal through at least one of the third and fourth lines. The signal wiring in a display area is electrically connected to at least one of the third and fourth lines to receive the driving signal from the second pad section. The pixel array receives the driving signal from the signal wiring.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display substrate, an opposite substrate, a seal line, a driver chip, a gate insulating layer disposed on the display substrate, a first signal line disposed on a first side of the gate insulating layer, and a second signal line disposed on a second side of the gate insulating layer, wherein portions of the first signal line and the second signal line overlap each other along at least a portion of the seal line.

Abstract: An exemplary fringe field switching liquid crystal display device (3) includes a first substrate (310) and a second substrate (320) disposed parallel to each other and spaced apart a predetermined distance. A liquid crystal layer (300) is interposed between the first and second substrates. A plurality of gate lines (332) and data lines (331) are formed on the second substrate, thereby defining a plurality of pixel regions. A common electrode (321) is arranged in each pixel region. And a pixel electrode (323) is arranged in each pixel region and insulated from the common electrode, the pixel electrode including a plurality of slits (350) arranged therein. The slits are separate from each other and maintain varied angles including oblique angles relative to the nearest gate lines.

Abstract: An MVA LCD including an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate, the active device array substrate has pixel units, and the liquid crystal layer above each pixel unit is divided into several domain sets. Each domain set includes at least four domains having the same size, and at least the size of one of the domains in a domain set is different from the size of one of the domains in another domain set.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of mounting flexible circuit boards including: electrode groups formed on an insulating substrate; terminal groups formed in the vicinity of at least one side of the insulating substrate in such a manner as to be connected to outside at the electrode ends of the electrode groups; and terminals to be connected to the terminal groups; and a plurality of flexible circuit boards equipped with driver circuits for inputting signals to the electrode groups via the terminals, wherein the method includes the step of mounting the flexible circuit boards on the insulating substrate in a manner that the flexible circuit boards share overlap regions with adjacent flexible circuit boards.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a first substrate with a pixel switch and drivers mounted thereon; a second substrate disposed in facing relation to the first substrate; a material layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and having peripheral edges sealed by a seal member, the material layer having an electrooptical effect; and a semiconductor chip mounted as a COG component on the first substrate, the semiconductor chip having a control system configured to control the drivers; wherein the semiconductor chip having a thickness equal to the total thickness of the seal member and the second substrate or larger than the thickness of the seal member and smaller than the total thickness.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, each of which has an asymmetric carbon atom, and has a core portion and an organosilane or organosiloxane structure at positions opposed to each other with the asymmetric carbon atom therebetween.

Abstract: A universal, cuttable clip-on auxiliary lens system and method of assembly provides cut-able auxiliary lenses which are universally sized through custom tailoring to fit virtually any prescription eyeglasses lenses. The universal, cuttable clip-on auxiliary lens system includes a material sheet having a first lens portion, a lens mounting member and a second lens portion. The first and second lens portions are adapted to be traced upon to form a traced outline of a pair of prescription eyeglass lenses. Sizing of the first and second lens portions is achieved by cutting along the traced outline so that the lenses are tailored to optimally cover the lenses of the eyeglasses. The tailored auxiliary eyewear is removably mounted on the prescription eyeglasses by way of the lens member mounting device. The auxiliary eyewear offers effortless mounting and custom tailoring while providing a lightweight construction that can be worn with comfort over extended periods of time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting auxiliary eyeglasses on conventional eyeglasses in which magnets are attached to temple extensions or temples on the conventional eyeglasses to mate with magnets mounted in appendages of the auxiliary eyeglasses. The magnets on the auxiliary eyeglasses engages the magnets on the conventional eyeglasses from below only, so as to hold the auxiliary frames in place solely by magnetic attractive force. The magnets may be recessed in sockets formed on one side while the magnets may extend out of the sockets on the other side. A wide variety of magnet shapes and configurations are possible.

Abstract: A combination includes eyewear, such as glasses, with a removable vapor barrier attachment. The eyewear includes a frame and lenses configured for protecting a user's eyes. The vapor barrier attachment is removably attached to the eyewear, and includes a base member removably attachable to the eyewear frame, and flap members extending from the base member. The flap members have a shape and length so as to extend longitudinally below the eyewear lenses. The flap members are attached to the eyewear along at least a portion of the length of the flap members and have a resilient sealing edge that conforms against the wearer's face to inhibit exhaled air from passing between the lenses and the wearer's face.

Abstract: Detachable wearable electronic eyeglasses and head mounted gear with a plurality of electronic functions and interchangeable electronic function, and a wearable computer with optimal weight distribution and stretchable arms.

Abstract: A silicone contact lens has a silicate coating on at least one of the contact lens surfaces. The silicate coating is anchored to the bulk silicone contact lens material with a non-silicone polymer layer.

Abstract: At least one of the surfaces of a silicone contact lens is a wrinkled surface, providing the contact lens surface with a desired topography. The wrinkled surface may include random ridges, either over the entire surface of the lens, or in a desired pattern on the surface of the lens.

Abstract: A surface modified biomedical device is provided comprising a biomedical device having a coating on at least a portion thereof, the coating comprising a polymer or copolymer having one or more repeating units of the formula: wherein R independently is a C2-C20 hydrocarbon radical and n is an integer of 2 to 5000.

Abstract: The invention provide a new lens curing method for making hydrogel contact lenses. The new lens curing method is based on actinically-induced step-growth polymerization. The invention also provides hydrogel contact lenses prepared from the method of the invention and fluid compositions for making hydrogel contact lenses based on the new lens curing method. In addition, the invention provide prepolymers capable of undergoing actinically-induced step-growth polymerization to form hydrogel contact lenses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a progressive ophthalmic lens and to a method of producing one such lens. Variations in the optical power and the astigmatism of a progressive ophthalmic lens (10) result from (i) spherical and cylindrical variations in the anterior face (2) of the lens and (ii) variations in another physical unit of the lens. In this way, it is possible to customise the design of the progressive lens as a function of at least one behavioural characteristic of the lens wearer. Said customisation can be repeated by modulating the values of the physical unit between the different points of the lens. As a result, progressive lenses with different designs can be obtained from identical semi-finished lenses. The physical unit can comprise the sphere and the cylinder of the posterior face of the lens (3).

Abstract: An ophthalmic diagnostic device is disclosed having a trial spectacle frame (100), phoropter (900), or other device adapted to be placed proximate a living eye of a patient, and having a set of trial lenses (300) adapted to be attached to the device. At least one of the trial lenses is adapted to correcting a higher order aberration associated with the living eye of the patient, including correcting a third, fourth and fifth higher order aberration or a combination of higher order aberrations as selected by the patient's healthcare practitioner.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for conducting a visual acuity test are provided. The method includes displaying a visual acuity test on a display device (20) that is initiated by a controller (16) such as a handheld keypad controller (16), which is operatively associated with the computer-processing unit (12). The patient's eye is fixated using an eye fixation assessment on a display device during portions of the visual acuity test and is initiated by a controller such as a foot pedal controller (14), which is operatively associated with the CPU. Contrast sensitivity can also be evaluated on the display device by selectively altering the contrast of an image and background on the display device (20).

Abstract: An eyeglass lens appliqué device for determining placement of at least one auxiliary lens within an eyeglass lens includes a polymer sheet that can be removably disposed on the eyeglass lens, and is clingable to the eyeglass lens. The polymer sheet includes a pupil mark, and scale markings to show a distance from the pupil mark to an approximate peripheral edge of the eyeglass lens when the appliqué is disposed on an eyeglass lens.

Abstract: An ophthalmic lens with premium vision corrections provides significantly improved visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. The premium vision corrections include precisely correcting for two aberration mode sets simultaneously, second-order astigmatism and fourth-order spherical aberration, instead of correcting for only second-order astigmatism or simultaneously correcting for all aberrations present. Fourth-order astigmatism, sixth-order spherical aberration, and third-order coma are additionally corrected in other premium vision correction schemes. In addition, methods are provided for prescribing and fabricating the premium vision lenses to permit mass customization.

Abstract: A system and method for projecting stereoscopic images using a multiple projector arrangement is provided. The design comprises transmitting a first field train from the first projector, the first field train comprising first projector left and right images and concurrently transmitting a second field train from the second projector, the second field train comprising second projector left and right images. The first projector left image is transmitted by the first projector at substantially a same time as the second projector right image is transmitted by the second projector. Alternately, the design comprises transmitting a first field train from the first projector, the first field train comprising first projector left images alternating with first projector right images, and concurrently ransmitting a second field train from the second projector, the second field train comprising second projector left images alternating with second projector right images. A quasi-interlacing technique is also provided.

Abstract: A multiple path stereoscopic projection system is disclosed. The system comprises a polarizing splitting element configured to receive image light energy and split the image light energy received into a primary path and a secondary path, a reflector in the secondary path, and a polarization modulator or polarization modulator arrangement positioned in the primary path and configured to modulate the primary path of light energy. A polarization modulator may be included within the secondary path, a retarder may be used, and optional devices that may be successfully employed in the system include elements to substantially optically superimpose light energy transmission between paths and cleanup polarizers. The projection system can enhance the brightness of stereoscopic images perceived by a viewer. Static polarizer dual projection implementations free of polarization modulators are also provided.

Abstract: An image projection system includes an image projection device for projecting a light image onto a wall, ceiling or other designated surface. The image projection device includes a housing within which is disposed separately located light sources. The housing further includes a slot for receiving several image slides. Each image slide has multiple, separated, slide image patterns thereon and each slide image pattern is in a different location on the image slide. Each of the light sources is disposed in a light chamber such that light from one of the light sources projects through only one of the separated image patterns on the image slide. Light from light sources passing through respective slide image patterns can then intersect to project multiple superimposed images on an image viewing surface. Furthermore, an electronic controller controls the light intensity and light timing of each individual light source.

Abstract: A multi-primary light emitting diode system includes the use of a polarization based dichroic element to combine light from different color channels. At least one of the color channels includes two light emitting diodes that produce light with a different range of wavelengths. The use of the polarization based dichroic element permits overlapping spectra from different color channels to be combined without loss. Accordingly, the brightness of the system is improved relative to conventional systems in which losses occur when combining overlapping spectra from different channels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a six-segment color wheel having a coating thereof and including six color sections, which correspond to different colors respectively including a cyan color section. The spoke white generated from the color wheel comprises the spoke white generated by mixing cyan, and a white color with a predetermined color temperature can be obtained via adjusting coating spectrum on the color wheel and the angle of the color sections.

Abstract: A system for producing a composite image in a multiple projection system includes at least two projectors, a dynamic image shifting mechanism, associated with at least one of the two projectors, and a controller, connected to control each projector and the image shifting mechanism. Each projector is configured to project a component image to a projection surface at an image refresh rate, and the dynamic image shifting mechanism is configured to shift a projection path of the component image of the at least one projector. The controller is configured to modify image data sent to the at least one projector and to shift the dynamic image shifting device to produce a single composite image comprising the at least two component images.

Abstract: Amber light LEDs have a higher luminance than red light LEDs. A vast majority of images displayed on television consists of colors that can be created using amber, green and blue components, with only a small percentage of red. In one embodiment of the present invention, the typically red primary light source in a projection display system is augmented with an amber light source. Green and blue primary light sources are also provided. All the light sources are high power LEDs. The particular mixture of the red and amber light is accomplished by varying the duty cycles of the red LEDs and the amber LEDs. If the RGB image to be displayed can be created using a higher percentage of amber light and a lower percentage of red light, the duty cycle of the amber LEDs is increased while the duty cycle of the red LEDs is decreased. Light/pixel modulators for creating the full color image from the three primary light sources are controlled to compensate for the variable amber/red mixture.

Abstract: System and method for collecting and homogenizing light from large etendue light sources for use in projection display systems. An embodiment comprises a light source, an integrating lens optically coupled to the light source, and an auxiliary lens optically coupled to the light source and positioned in a light path of an illumination system after the light source. The integrating lens condenses light provided by the light source and the auxiliary lens focuses light incident on an outer periphery of the auxiliary lens towards an optical axis of the illumination system and passes light incident on an optical center portion of the auxiliary lens substantially unaffected. The auxiliary lens redirects light striking its periphery back towards the optical axis of the illumination system, thereby increasing the amount of usable light.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes; a first solid-state light source, a second solid-state light source, a first arrangement member provided with a first arrangement surface, a second arrangement member provided with a second arrangement surface, an optical unit configured to reduce a dispersion angle of a light beam. The first solid-state light source emits a light beam having a first directivity. The second solid-state light source emits a light beam having a second directivity greater than the first directivity. A distance from the second arrangement surface to the second light-entering surface is longer than a distance from the first arrangement surface to the first light-entering surface.

Abstract: A mono-panel projector having a light source device of laser LED is provided with at least one laser LED light source, at least one light magnifying element, a cross type color filter, a light guiding element, a prism module, a digital micromirror device, and a projecting lens module. The laser LED light source generates three small-diameter laser beams of red, green, and blue primary colors all of which are magnified by the light magnifying element, and concentrated into a composite laser beam by the cross type color filter. After that, the composite laser beam is guided by the light guiding element, and projected to the digital micromirror device via the prism module for generating images on the digital micromirror device.

Abstract: A projector incorporating a prism and a plurality of light valves for modulating light that passes though the prism, wherein the color splitting-converging prism includes a dichroic coating having multiple layers of high and low index of refraction and ¼ wavelength thickness at each desired angle of incidence for reducing dichroic shift and thereby minimizing light loss.

Abstract: A system and method of interacting with a display. The method comprises recognizing a disturbance in a display zone of a projected image and displaying a selected state in response to the recognized disturbance. The method further includes recognizing a gesture which interrupts a light source and is associated with an action to be taken on or associated with the displayed selected state. An action is executed in response to the recognized gesture. The system includes a server having a database containing data associated with at least one or more predefined gestures, and at least one of a hardware and software component for executing an action based on the at least one or more predefined gestures.

Abstract: A light source device for display device for projecting an image on a screen is provided, the light source device for display device including a light source unit operable to output light; an image outputting unit operable to output an image by giving an image signal to the light; and a control circuit operable to switch the image output from the image outputting unit between a normal image and a mirror reversed image formed by reversing the normal image right and left by controlling the image signal, such that outputting type is switched between a front projection in which the image is projected onto the screen from a front on the same side as the viewing side, and a rear projection in which the image is projected onto the screen from a rear plane on the opposite side to the viewing side.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for displaying an image comprises moving a color filter through a source light beam, modulating the source light beam into a plurality of image segments, modifying the source light beam to each of the plurality of image segments in a sequential manner such that each particular image segment is off at least when an uncertain region is co-incidental with the particular image segment. The color filter has at least two color filter elements that form at least two interfaces. The uncertain region is created by each interface when moved through the source light beam. The plurality of image segments are contiguously arranged with one another in order to form the image.