Abstract: A touch electrode is provided in the disclosure, including a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes. Each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode wires and a plurality of first axis wires, in which each of the first axis wires is connected to and perpendicular to the first electrode wires. The second electrode layer is electrically insulated and located above or beneath the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes. Each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode wires, and the second electrodes are spaced apart from each other and connected to each other in parallel. The material of the first and the second electrode layers is metal nanowires. A touch panel and a touch display, including the touch electrode described herein, are also provided.

Abstract: An electrode substrate for a transparent light emitting device display according to an embodiment of the this application comprises: a transparent substrate; (M rows×N columns) light emitting device pad portions provided on the transparent substrate as a matrix; and a first common electrode wiring portion, a second common electrode wiring portion, and a signal electrode wiring portion which are provided on the transparent substrate and connected to the light emitting device pad portions, respectively, in which each of the first common electrode wiring portion, the second common electrode wiring portion, and the signal electrode wiring portion comprises a metal mesh pattern, and line resistance of the first common electrode wiring portion or the second common electrode wiring portion connected to the light emitting device pad portions constituting one row among the light emitting device pad portions satisfies Equation 1 above.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a display unit that includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a sealant combining the first and second substrates with each other, the first substrate including an active area that displays an image and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area; and an input detection unit on the second substrate, wherein the input detection unit includes: a sensing electrode on the second substrate and corresponding to the active area; a sensing pad section on the second substrate and corresponding to the peripheral area, the sensing pad section including a plurality of sensing pads electrically connected to the sensing electrode; and a pattern section on the second substrate and corresponding to the peripheral area, the pattern section overlapping the sealant and including a plurality of conductive patterns in a floating state.

Abstract: The present application provides a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes: an insulating substrate; a first wiring layer disposed on the insulating substrate, and the first wiring layer includes a plurality of first metal wirings arranged in parallel; a first insulating layer covering the first wiring layer and the insulating substrate; a second wiring layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and the second wiring layer comprises a plurality of second metal wirings arranged in parallel; and a second insulating layer covering the second wiring layer and the first insulating layer; wherein a minimum distance defined between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer is greater than or equal to a preset distance.

Abstract: A touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, peripheral leads, a touch sensing electrode, and first intermediate layers. The peripheral leads are disposed in a peripheral area of the substrate. The first intermediate layers are disposed between the peripheral leads and the substrate. The touch sensing electrode includes a plurality of modified metal nanowires. The modified metal nanowires have first surfaces in direct contact with each other at an intersection. The modified metal nanowires have second surfaces with covering structures, and the second surfaces are at a non-intersection.

Abstract: A strengthened glass has a mirror constant A of 1.97 MPa·m0.5 or less, a surface compressive stress (CS) of 10 MPa or more. A product (t×CS) of a sheet thickness t (unit: mm) and the CS (unit: MPa) is less than 230. The strengthened glass may have a fictive temperature at a central portion in a sheet thickness t direction of not lower than a glass transition temperature Tg and Tg+100° C. or lower.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a method for testing for occurrence of a crack in the display panel. The display panel includes a panel body, a ground line, a first ground connecting portion, a first testing portion, a second ground connecting portion, a second testing portion, a first switch and a second switch, the ground line surrounds the display region, the first ground connecting portion and the first testing portion are parallel connected to one end of the ground line, the second ground connecting portion and the second testing portion are parallel to another end of the ground line, the first switch is electrically connected between the first ground connecting portion and one end of the ground line, the second switch is electrically connected between the second ground connecting portion and another end of the ground line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch panel and a display device. The touch panel includes multiple first electrode chains and multiple second electrode chains. Each of the first electrode chains includes multiple first electrodes electrically connected through bridging layers. Each of the first electrodes, the bridging layers, and the second electrode chains consists of mesh metal lines. Each of the first electrode includes a first mesh metal line defect portion, and each of the second electrode chain includes multiple second mesh metal line defect portions. The bridging layers are complementary to the first mesh metal line defect portions and the second mesh metal line defect portions.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a cover plate which are horizontally stacked on each other and together define a side connection region extending vertically on outer surfaces of lateral end portions of the first substrate, the second substrate, and the cover plate. An electrically conductive connection layer and an electrical functional assembly electrically connected to the same are placed on the side connection region. Insulating layers and conductive layers between them are on the first substrate, a lateral end portion of at least one of the conductive layers is provided with a bonding pad extended to the side connection region and electrically connected to the electrically conductive connection layer, so as to establish electrical connection between the electrical functional assembly and the conductive layers. The display panel can effectively shorten a width of its edge, and realize a “narrow bezel” design.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged oppositely, a plurality of main spacers located between the first substrate and the second substrate for supporting cell gap of the liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of auxiliary spacers located between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a plurality of pressure sensing electrodes in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of auxiliary spacers; wherein a height of the auxiliary spacer is smaller than a height of the main spacer; a material of the auxiliary spacer is a piezoelectric material. This disclosure also discloses a manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display panel and a display device comprising the liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to touch display device and display panel. Provided are a touch display device and a display panel able to improve touch sensing performance by reducing crosstalk occurring between data lines and touch lines. A shield pattern is disposed in an area in which the touch lines overlap the data lines. A shield signal is applied to the shield pattern through shield lines in an area in which the shield pattern does not overlap the touch lines or the data lines. Direct capacitance is not formed between the touch lines and the data lines.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

Abstract: A flexible display screen, a bending detection method and device, a driving method are disclosed. The flexible display screen includes an array substrate, a light emitting device on a side of the array substrate, and an elastic conductor layer on a side of the array substrate distal to the light emitting device. The array substrate includes at least one target region, and a plurality of storage capacitors in each target region. The array substrate further includes a target electrode-plate including first electrode-plates of storage capacitors in the same target region. The target electrode-plate is electrically connected to a detecting signal terminal, and the detecting electrode-plate includes at least the target electrode-plate. The array substrate is configured to form a bending detection capacitor collectively by the detecting electrode-plate and the elastic conductor layer in response to the target electrode-plate receives detecting signal.

Abstract: A touch panel having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a first substrate, a first metal nanowires layer, a first wiring component, and a first conductive adhesive layer. The first metal nanowires layer is formed on the surface of the first substrate and patterned to include a first sensing part corresponding to the visible area and a first connecting part corresponding to the peripheral area. The first wiring component includes a first carrier plate and a first peripheral trace. The first carrier plate is located corresponding to the peripheral area and has a hollow design corresponding to the visible area. The first peripheral trace is disposed on the surface of the first carrier plate adjacent to the side of the first metal nanowires layer. The first conductive adhesive layer, located corresponding to the peripheral area, is disposed between the first metal nanowires layer and the first wiring component.

Abstract: A display device includes a display module including a bending area at which the display module is bent, and a non-bending area which extends from the bending area; a driving control module connected to the bending area of the display module; and a protective cover removably attachable to the display module, the protective cover including a cover portion and a support protrusion which protrudes from the cover portion. The display module bent at the bending area thereof disposes the driving control module facing a rear surface of the display module, and the protective cover attached to the display module bent at the bending area thereof disposes each of: the cover portion of the protective cover corresponding to the bending area of the display module and to the driving control module facing the rear surface of the display module, and the support protrusion corresponding to the driving control module.

Abstract: An array substrate and a display panel are disclosed, the array substrate includes a substrate, a light shielding layer, an insulation layer, and a metal layer. The array substrate has a first region being transparent and a second region being opaque. The metal layer includes a data line and a first touch wiring. The light shielding layer includes a second touch wiring coupled with the first touch wiring. At least one portion of the second touch wiring is disposed below a portion of the data line close to the first region.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including a display body and a chip encapsulation board is provided. The chip encapsulation board is electrically connected to the display body through a connecting component; wherein an edge of the display body is provided with a groove, and a connection of the connecting component and the display body is located at a sidewall of the display body defining of the groove.

Abstract: A proximity sensor is arranged with a first electrode input with a first signal, a second electrode input with a second signal different from the first signal, a third electrode arranged closer to the first electrode than the second electrode, and the second signal has a reverse phase of the first signal.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal cell and a backlight module, and the liquid crystal cell comprises a color filter, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, an upper polarizer, and a lower polarizer. The color filter comprises a glass substrate, a plurality of black matrixes, and a plurality of color blocks, and the color blocks are doped with infrared quantum dots, the array substrate comprises a plurality of infrared sensing layers, the infrared sensing layers are located within corresponding shielding areas of the array substrate on which the black matrixes project. The in-panel recognition can be implemented through integrating the infrared quantum dots in the color blocks of the liquid crystal display device and disposing the infrared sensing layers in the shielding areas of the array substrate.

Abstract: A method includes generating, by a processing module interacting with a touch screen, drive sense data. The method further includes generating, by the processing module, capacitance grid data based on the drive sense data. The method further includes determining, by the processing module, a use for the capacitance grid data. The method further includes determining, by the processing module, data requirements for the capacitance grid data based on the use and properties of the capacitance grid. When data reduction is enabled, the method further includes determining, by the processing module, a data reduction scheme based on the data requirements and an output data rate. The method further includes processing, by the processing module, the capacitance grid data in accordance with the data reduction scheme to produce reduced capacitive gird data. The method further includes providing, by the processing module, the reduced capacitive grid data to a datap circuit.

Abstract: A touch screen, a method for manufacturing the same and a touch display device are provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal writing film includes: a first conductive layer, a liquid crystal layer and a second conductive layer, which are arranged in sequence. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is divided into two or more conductive regions that are insulated from each other; and the positioning of a to-be-erased region is achieved by the positioning system, a set voltage is applied to the set conductive region, and the voltage forms a set electric field in the to-be-erased region to erase the to-be-erased region. According to the present invention, the partial erasing of the liquid crystal writing film can be realized by using a local electric field formed between two upper and lower conductive layers, the erasing speed is high, a partial erasing region can be accurately positioned, and meanwhile the storage and reproduction of a writing trajectory can be achieved.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes, a plurality of first sensing lines, a plurality of second sensing lines, and a connection line connecting two second sensing patterns, which are spaced apart from each other, of one second sensing electrode of the second sensing electrodes. Each of the first sensing lines includes a trench line connected to one first sensing electrode of the first sensing electrodes and crossing the connection line so as to be insulated from the connection line. The connection line includes a plurality of line parts spaced apart from each other with the trench line therebetween on a plane and a bridge part on a layer different from that on which the line parts are on, the bridge part connecting the line parts to each other and having conductivity less than that of the trench line.

Abstract: A display device that is included in an electronic apparatus includes: a display panel that displays video; and a cover panel that is arranged while being superimposed on a front surface of the display panel and protects the display panel. An opening is formed in at least a portion of the cover panel and a device that performs input and output of prescribed information is provided in the opening.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The touch substrate includes a substrate and an electrode layer disposed on the substrate. The electrode layer includes at least two electrodes. Each electrode includes at least one sub-electrode. The sub-electrode includes an electrode unit array having at least two columns of electrode units, wherein any two columns in the electrode unit array do not intersect, each column in the electrode unit array includes at least two electrode units connected in series, and the any two adjacent columns in the electrode unit array are connected in parallel by a connection component.

Abstract: A touch and/or display panel with minimal border area includes a first substrate with first and second opposite surfaces. The panel further comprises a film on the first surface and bent to the second surface, the film is flexible and wires are patterned into the film. The film comprises first and second ends, the first end is located on the first surface, and the second end is located on the second surface and a chip is formed on the second end. A method for making the panel is also disclosed.

Abstract: A touch screen, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The touch screen includes: a plurality of mutually independent touch detection regions. Each touch detection region includes a plurality of strip transparent electrodes arranged along a first direction and extending along a second direction, and a plurality of mesh electrodes arranged along the second direction and extending along the first direction. The strip transparent electrodes and the mesh electrodes are insulated from each other, and the second direction is intersected with the first direction. Strip ground electrodes extending along the second direction exist between every two adjacent touch detection regions arranged along the first direction, and the strip ground electrodes and the strip transparent electrodes are disposed on the same layer.

Abstract: A method for sensing a biometric object using an electronic device includes the steps of: (a) emitting a sensing light from a backlight unit upon the biometric object contacting a sensing region on a display surface, and allowing the sensing light to pass through a color filter unit and then reach and be reflected by the biometric object to return as a reflected light; and (b) controlling arrangement of liquid crystal molecules located in a first region of a liquid crystal layer to define a first light path, and allowing the reflected light having predetermined wavelengths to pass through the color filter unit and the first light path to reach and be detected by the optical sensing unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch control panel, a method for manufacturing the touch control panel, and a display device. The touch control panel includes a substrate, a touch control electrode, and a plurality of conductive connection lines. The substrate includes a first side surface and a second side surface that are oppositely disposed. The touch control electrode is formed on the first side surface, which includes sensing electrodes and driving electrodes that are alternately arranged. The plurality of conductive connection lines are formed on the second side surface, which are configured to connect the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes to a touch control chip.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided and includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer and a non-transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer and the non-transparent conductive layer are disposed on the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of first sensing electrode strips extending along a first direction, each of the first sensing electrode strips includes a plurality of first portions and a plurality of second portions, and each of the second portions connects adjacent two of the first portions to each other. The non-transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of second sensing electrode strips extending along a second direction, and each of the second sensing electrode strips has a mesh pattern. The first portions do not overlap the non-transparent conductive layer, and the second portions overlap the non-transparent conductive layer.

Abstract: A display is provided and includes a screen and an image or video capture device. The screen has a total surface area and an interactive area. The interactive area occupies a substantial entirety of the total surface area and is configured to display information and to be interacted with by a user. The image or video capture device is embedded beneath a section of the screen in a portion of the interactive area. The image or video capture device is configured to capture images and videos through the section of the screen.

Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate, a display layer disposed on the flexible substrate and including a plurality of light emitting units, a plurality of first conductive lines disposed on the display layer, at least one of which comprises a plurality of first openings, and a plurality of second conductive lines disposed on the display layer and intersecting the plurality of first conductive lines to form a plurality of bending sensor units. At least one of the plurality of bending sensor units is disposed between and does not overlap at least two adjacent light emitting units of the plurality of light emitting units in a top view of the display device. At least one of the plurality of first openings does not overlap the at least two adjacent light emitting units.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch sensing layer, a touch sensor, a biometric sensor and a driver. The touch sensor is used to identify a touch location and output a touch signal upon the touch sensing layer being touched. The biometric sensor includes a plurality of sensing blocks, and is used to generate electrical signals corresponding to biometric data. The driver is coupled to the touch sensor and the biometric sensor, and is used to drive a portion of the plurality of sensing blocks according to the touch signal.

Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display area and a border area. The display area includes multiple display units. The border area includes a drive circuit and at least one pressure detection element. A drive signal is provided by the drive circuit to the display units. The pressure detection element and the drive circuit are arranged in different layers. The pressure detection element is used to detect a pressure signal in the display panel.

Abstract: A touch-type display panel includes an array substrate including a plurality of sub-pixels defined by gate lines and data lines; a plurality of touch electrodes disposed to cover the sub-pixels; two or more touch driving lines that electrically connect a touch driving circuit to a respective one of the touch electrodes; and a connection line disposed on both sides of the one of the touch electrodes and configured to electrically connect the two or more touch driving lines.

Abstract: A trace structure includes a substrate, at least one metal trace, and a cover. The metal trace is disposed on the substrate, and has sidewalls and a top surface. The cover is disposed on the sidewalls and the top surface of the metal trace, and the cover includes metal nanowires. The cover and the metal trace have different etch resistances.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a polarizer, a phase retardation film, a touch member, and a display panel. The polarizer has a transmitting axis and is configured to linearly polarize external light to be parallel to the transmitting axis. The phase retardation film is on the polarizer and has a first optical axis. The touch member has a second optical axis and comprises a touch substrate on the polarizer and touch electrodes on the touch substrate. The display panel is on the polarizer. When a first in-plane retardation value of the phase retardation film is Rp1, a second in-plane retardation value of the touch member is Rp2, a phase retardation value within a target surface is Rpg, and a is a constant, an equation Rp1=Rpg?a*Rp2 is satisfied.

Abstract: A conductive member for a touch panel has a transparent insulating substrate and a first conductive layer which is formed on the transparent insulating substrate, in which the first conductive layer has a first mesh pattern which is composed of a plurality of first mesh cells having a closed shape and formed of thin metal wires, the number of directional components in which vertices of the plurality of first mesh cells are arranged in a straight line is 1 or less, and the number of directional components in which vertices of the plurality of first mesh cells are arranged in a straight line represents the number of sets of parallel line segments, each of the line segments passing through four or more vertices of four or more of the plurality of first mesh cells which are continuously arranged in a straight line.

Abstract: A touch substrate, a touch device and a touch detection method are provided. The touch substrate includes: a base substrate, including a touch region and a trace region surrounding the touch region; multiple sensing electrodes arranged in the touch region; and multiple sensing electrode traces arranged in the trace region and connected to the multiple sensing electrodes respectively. The sensing electrodes includes first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes, each first sensing electrode is connected at a first side of the touch region to a sensing electrode trace, and each second sensing electrode is connected at a second side of the touch region opposite to the first side to a sensing electrode trace. In this disclosure, sensing electrodes are connected at two opposite sides of the touch region to the sensing electrode traces, therefore, two sensing electrodes may be scanned each time, shortening a scanning period of the sensing electrodes.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate having a display region; a shield conductive layer provided above the substrate; and a plurality of wiring units for temperature detection disposed at positions overlapping with the display region and the shield conductive layer when seen in a plan view. Each wiring unit for temperature detection has one end coupled to a first wire and the other end coupled to a second wire to detect resistance that changes in accordance with a change in temperature, between the first wire and the second wire.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display region where a user image is displayed and a measurement region; a transparent front panel disposed on a front side of the display panel; a bonding layer provided between the display panel and the front panel to avoid a first space and cover the display region, and bonding the display panel and the front panel together; and a component placed in the first space, the component including a detector configured to detect a physical property of the measurement region in the first space and flexible print circuits with the detector mounted thereon, and the flexible print circuits extending from the first space to an outside of an interspace between the display panel and the front panel.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display screen, which includes a cover glass, a transparent layer disposed under the cover glass disposed under the cover glass, and a display illumination layer disposed under the transparent layer. The electronic device further includes an optical ID sensing module disposed under the display illumination layer and configured to form an image of a fingerprint pattern or a palmprint pattern of a hand of a user. The electronic device further includes a light source disposed at an edge side of the transparent layer, and is configured to emit a light beam to be coupled into the transparent layer through the edge side. A portion of the light beam may be transmitted through the cover glass to illuminate the hand for imaging of fingerprint pattern or the palmprint pattern by the optical ID sensing module.

Abstract: An active device substrate including a flexible substrate, an inorganic insulation layer, an organic insulation pattern, a conductive device and a peripheral wiring is provided. The flexible substrate has an active region, a peripheral region outside the active region and a bending region connected between the active region and the peripheral region. The inorganic insulation layer is disposed on the flexible substrate and has a groove disposed in the bending region. The organic insulation pattern is disposed in the groove of the inorganic insulation layer. The peripheral wiring is extended from the active region to the conductive device in the peripheral region. The peripheral wiring is disposed on the organic insulation pattern, and the organic insulation pattern is located between the peripheral wiring and the flexible substrate.

Abstract: An electronic device including a base member having a touch area defined inside a first closed-shape, the first closed-shape being a first imaginary line, and a peripheral area disposed adjacent to the touch area and defined outside the first closed-shape, and a touch sensor including a plurality of patterns disposed in the touch area to sense a touch from outside and a driving line disposed in the peripheral area and connected to a pattern disposed adjacent to the first closed-shape. The touch area includes a first area defined inside a second closed-shape being a second imaginary line defined in the touch area, and a second area defined outside the second closed-shape and surrounded by the first closed-shape, and an edge pattern disposed in the second area having an area substantially equal to or greater than approximately one-half of an area of a center pattern disposed in the first area.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, first and second touch sensing electrodes, and first and second traces. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area. The first and second touch sensing electrodes are formed on the display area, and the first and second traces are formed on the peripheral area. The first touch sensing electrode is formed by a first portion of a metal nanowire layer, which is patterned. The peripheral trace includes a conductive layer and a second portion of the metal nanowire layer, both of which are patterned in a co-etch step. The conductive layer and the second portion of the metal nanowire layer have a coplanar etched surface. The second touch sensing electrode is formed on an insulating layer and connects with the second trace.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel and a sensor, wherein the sensor includes a first piezoelectric material layer, a second piezoelectric material layer disposed under the first piezoelectric material layer to overlap the first piezoelectric material layer, a first common electrode disposed on the first piezoelectric material layer; a first sensor pixel electrode disposed under the second piezoelectric material layer, and a first element layer disposed under the first sensor pixel electrode and connected with the first sensor pixel electrode.

Abstract: A display device is provided including a pixel region arranging a plurality of pixels on a planar surface on the first side of a substrate, a sealing layer covering a surface on the opposite side of the substrate side of the pixel region, a first detection electrode extending in a direction on a layer above the pixel region on the side where the sealing layer is provided, and a second detection electrode extending in a direction intersecting with the direction in another layer different from that of the first detection electrode in a layer above the pixel region. The sealing layer including at least an organic resin film, a first inorganic insulating film, and a second inorganic insulating film, the first detection electrode or the second detection electrode is provided above the organic resin layer, the other electrode is provided below the organic resin layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device for a refrigerator door. The display device for a refrigerator door, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a first panel made of a transparent material; a second panel made of a transparent material, and disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first panel by a predetermined interval; and a display module disposed between the first panel and the second panel, wherein the display module comprises a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in a predetermined pattern, a first wire electrically connected to the light emitting elements, and a second wire electrically connected to the light emitting elements, and disposed so as to intersect with the first wire. The present invention has benefit of enabling user to easily visually check, from the outside of a refrigerator, information related to the refrigerator and stored goods stored inside the refrigerator.

Abstract: An identity recognition device, and an substrate and an identity recognition circuit are disclosed. In the substrate, a plurality of second recognition output lines are added to be arranged in pairs with first recognition output lines. A control signal loaded to the control signal line will be coupled to the first and second recognition output lines by the parasitic capacitance between the control signal line and the recognition output lines to cause similar signal interference to the first and second recognition output lines. During the identity recognition time period, the signal interference in the electric signal outputted by the first recognition output line can be removed by utilizing the similar noise signal received by the second recognition output line, in such a way to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and detection precision of the identity recognition signal.

Abstract: A light control device including a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, a light control layer sandwiched vertically between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode and including a polymer network in which domains each filled with a liquid crystal composition are dispersed, and a pair of polarizing layers sandwiching the light control layer and positioned in a crossed Nicols relationship. The liquid crystal composition includes liquid crystal molecules that change to a vertical orientation upon application of a driving voltage to the light control layer.