Abstract: Provided are a driving method of a display apparatus, a driving apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The display apparatus includes a first display panel and a second display panel disposed on a light-emitting side of the first display panel, wherein the first display panel is divided into a plurality of pixel blocks; and the driving method includes: acquiring an angle between a user's eye and each pixel block and initial brightness data corresponding to the first display panel; determining misalignment information corresponding to each pixel block according to the angle between the user's eye and each pixel block; correcting the initial brightness data according to the misalignment information corresponding to each pixel block to obtain corrected brightness data; and outputting the corrected brightness data to the first display panel.

Abstract: Disclosed are a viewing angle adjustment film structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, including a base, an isotropic optical material layer, and a liquid crystal layer stacked in sequence. The isotropic optical material layer is provided with grooves, the liquid crystal layer fills the grooves, and light enters from the liquid crystal layer and then exits through the isotropic optical material layer. Director of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer is changed according to an external applied voltage or a change of an electric field, so as to adjust a viewing angle of the light emitted from the isotropic optical material layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and an adhesive layer which adheres the first and second display panels. The first display panel includes a first scanning line, a first signal line, a first pixel electrically connected to the first scanning line and the first signal line, and the first pixel includes a first pixel electrode including first line portions extending parallel to the first signal line. The second display panel includes a second scanning line, a second signal line, and a second pixel electrically connected to the second scanning line and the second signal line, and the second pixel includes a second pixel electrode including second line portions intersecting the second signal line in plan view.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell bonded to the first liquid crystal cell. The first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell each include a first substrate including first electrodes formed in a strip shape, a second substrate including second electrodes formed in a strip shape, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate. An angle of intersection of the first electrodes and the second electrodes is less than 90° in each of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell.

Abstract: A system and method for generating high resolution images using a plenoptic camera, is provided. In one embodiment, the comprises capturing a first set of images in a first unexcited state of operation by using a birefringent medium disposed between a main lens and an array of lenses having a plurality of apertures. Each pixel of the first set of images is then mapped to a first set of apertures. The first unexcited state is then caused to become a second excited state by applying a voltage across said birefringent medium. A second set of images are captured in the second excited state and a second set of pixels of the second image is mapped to a second set of apertures. A value is calculated for each first and second set of images and the value associated with said first set of images is subtracted from at least two times the value calculated from said second set of image.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing to a smart window system capable of controlling a state of a display element (e.g., at least one of transparency, color, pattern, gradation degree, and displayed information) through various kinds of input devices and a control method thereof. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a smart window system may include a display element; an input device configured to receive a control command for the display element; and a controller configured to determine at least one of transparency, color, pattern, and gradation of the display element and information displayed on the display element on the basis of the control command.

Abstract: An instrument panel may include a multi-layer display including a first display panel and second display panel arranged in a substantially parallel manner, a backlight configured to provide light to the first display panel and the second display panel of the multi-layer display system, and a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory. The processing system may be configured to: display content including an object on a first display panel; divide the object into a plurality of segments; assign to each divided segment a position in a time sequence; and responsive to instructions, display, on the second display panel, segments corresponding to the segments of the object displayed on the first display panel, wherein the segments displayed on the first and second display panel are animated by varying optical properties of each segment according to the positions assigned the segments in the time sequence.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method that allows users to upload a set of two-dimensional images for evaluation using different virtual reality methods. The disclosed method allows the user to select one aspect of an image, see the corresponding image highlighted, and manipulate the corresponding image.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, a light source for providing backlight, and a controller for receiving an external input image signal is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes transmittance pixels and reflective pixels therein. The controller independently controls and regulates the transmittance pixels and the reflective pixels to be either in an active state or in an inactive state based on an intensity of external light, such that the transmittance pixels transmit the backlight based on the external input image signal in the active state and block the backlight irrespective of the external input image signal in the inactive state; and the reflective pixels reflect external light based on the external input image signal in the active state and inhibit reflection of the external light irrespective of the external input image signal in the inactive state.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electronic device, to solve the technical problem that it is relatively complex to implement a change in color of an appearance of the electronic device in the related art. The electronic device comprises a main body having a basic form and a deformed form; and a color changing film attached to the main body to form a part of a surface of an appearance of the main body, the color changing film being deformed as the main body is changed from the basic form to the deformed form, wherein if the main body is in the basic form, the color changing film as the part of the appearance of the main body presents a first visual effect, and if the main body is in the deformed form, the color changing film as the part of the appearance of the main body presents a second visual effect different from the first visual effect. Based on the same concept, the present disclosure further discloses another electronic device.

Abstract: The present application relates to a liquid crystal element and a use of the liquid crystal element. The exemplary liquid crystal element of the present application is, for example, an element capable of realizing a normally transparent mode, having a high contrast ratio, and being driven with a low driving voltage. Such a liquid crystal element may be applied in a variety of light modulators including a smart window, a window protective film, a flexible display element, an active retarder for displaying a 3D image and a viewing angle controlling film.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel includes a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel, and a backlight module. The second liquid crystal is stacked on the first liquid crystal panel. The backlight module is set below the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel. The first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel are similar as shape and size and both have a same pixel arrangement. Each pixel on the first liquid crystal panel is aligned with a corresponding pixel on the second liquid crystal panel. The first liquid crystal panel is a normal white liquid crystal panel. The second liquid crystal is a normal black liquid crystal panel. A light from the backlight module orderly passes through the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel and is modulated to display an image.

Abstract: A transparent display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The transparent display device includes: a display panel unit including: a first side configured to display an image, and a second side opposed to the first side, and a variable blocking film at the second side of the display panel unit, the variable blocking film including electrochromic core-shell nanoparticles.

Abstract: A screen including a first liquid crystal layer area including a polymer dispersion liquid crystal material and capable of switching a state of the first liquid crystal layer area between a transmission state and a scatter state based on voltage application and a second liquid crystal layer area provided outside the first liquid crystal layer area, including a liquid crystal material and a dichromatic dye, and capable of switching a state of the second liquid crystal layer area between a transmission state and a colored state based on voltage application.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first liquid crystal display panel which performs an image display; a second liquid crystal display panel which is arranged on a back surface side of the first liquid crystal display panel and performs a display of a parallax barrier pattern; a backlight unit which is arranged on a back surface side of the second liquid crystal display panel; and a first polarization reflector which is arranged between the first liquid crystal display panel and the second liquid crystal display panel, and allows the transmission of light having a polarization component, which has one polarization direction, of lights having two polarization components orthogonal to each other and reflects the light having a polarization component orthogonal to the polarization direction, wherein the first polarization reflector reflects the backlight light corresponding to the light blocking regions to the second liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: There is provided a reflective liquid crystal display device including a first liquid crystal panel containing a first liquid crystal material that reflects light of a first color, a second liquid crystal panel containing a second liquid crystal material that reflects light of a second color and a third liquid crystal material that reflects light of a third color, the second and third liquid crystal materials positioned to be distinct from each other, and a light absorption layer that is bonded to a lower surface of the second liquid crystal panel, wherein the second liquid crystal panel is bonded to a lower surface of the first liquid crystal panel, and the first to third liquid crystal materials reflect light in a planar state and transmit light in a focal conic state.

Abstract: A dual layer display system for generating dimensional imagery. The system includes a first display device and a second display device with a light source. The second display device is arranged to be spaced apart from the first display device and to project output light onto a back surface of the first display device. The system alternatively operates the display devices in a first mode in which the first display device is transparent and the second display device displays back layer content and in a second mode in which the first display device displays front layer content and the second display device operates as a backlight to the first display device. In the first mode, the first display device displays a mask for the front layer content such as with gray-to-black pixels mapped to an object in the front layer content to block back layer content at this location.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate on the first substrate and facing the first substrate, the second substrate having a first electrode on a surface thereof; a third substrate on the second substrate and facing the second substrate, the third substrate having a second electrode on a surface thereof, the second electrode facing the first electrode and configured to form an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode; a barrier layer interposed between the second substrate and the third substrate, the barrier layer configured to selectively control transmission and blockage of light in regions thereof corresponding to each of a plurality of pixels; and a first polarizing plate on the third substrate and configured to transmit a portion of light passing through the barrier layer, the portion of light having a first phase, the barrier layer including electrochromic elements.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, and a manufacturing method and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD panel comprises: a first pixel matrix comprising a plurality of first pixel units; a second pixel matrix comprising a plurality of second pixel units; and a driving unit, being connected to the first pixel matrix and the second pixel matrix to drive the first pixel matrix and the second pixel matrix respectively, wherein the first pixel matrix and the second pixel matrix are arranged in parallel, and at least a pair of the first pixel units and the second pixel units are partially overlapped with each other to form an overlapped pixel region. In this way, the present invention can provide a high resolution and improve the product yield with the process conditions remaining unchanged.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode layer, a color switching layer which is disposed on the first electrode layer, a second electrode layer which is disposed on the color switching layer and a color filter layer which is disposed on the second electrode layer. The color switching layer includes a first color cell, which transmits incident light or changes incident light to a first color light, a second color cell, which transmits incident light or changes incident light to a second color light and a third color cell, which transmits incident light or changes incident light to a third color light. The color filter layer includes a first filter which transmits a cyan light, a second filter which transmits a magenta light and a third filter which transmits a yellow light.

Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus, including a backlight module, two panels, and a synchronization device, is provided. The backlight module has a light emitting side and sequentially emits a plurality of color light. Both panels are disposed at the light emitting side, and the first panel is disposed between the backlight module and the second panel. The first panel includes a first polarizer and a first liquid crystal substrate, and the first polarizer is disposed between the backlight module and the first liquid crystal substrate. The second panel includes a second liquid crystal substrate and a second polarizer, and the second liquid crystal substrate is disposed between the second polarizer and the first panel. The synchronization device is electrically connected to the backlight module and the two liquid crystal substrates. During a frame time, the backlight module and the two liquid crystal substrates are synchronously driven by the synchronization device.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel, a display device including the thin film transistor array panel, and a method for manufacturing the display device. The thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate having first and second surfaces, a first thin film form formed on the first surface and including a first electrode, and a second thin film form formed on the second surface and including a second electrode, to thereby improve the viewing angle and contrast ratio of the display device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of gate lines having odd-numbered gate lines and even-numbered gate lines, a plurality of source lines, a first gate driver which drives the odd-numbered gate lines, a second gate driver which drives the even-numbered gate lines and a driving controller which outputs an overdriven image signal in at least one driving period of a plurality of driving periods and outputs a normal image signal in remaining driving periods of the plurality of driving periods. The overdriven image signal is obtained by adding an overdrive voltage to the normal image signal, and the overdrive voltage is set according to a level of the normal image signal.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, display systems have a view switch panel placed in front of displaying surface of a display to manipulate lights outputted thereby or incidence ambient lights. The view switch panel comprises a layer of reflective polarizer and a polarization steering layer comprising a layer of liquid crystal and two electrode layers sandwiching the layer of liquid crystal in between, and may further comprise a layer of second polarizer placed on the other side of the polarization steering layer than the layer of reflective polarizer. The view switch panel uses the polarization steering layer to steer polarization of pass-through lights, then direct the lights by reflection or transmission by the layer of reflective polarizer. Two display systems, dual view convertible display making displayed images selectively viewable from either side and mirror view display making selectively front surface either reflective or non-reflective, are described.

Abstract: A method of adapting a visual unit having a first screen (10) in a first focal plane by the addition of one or more at least partially transparent display screens (20) at least partially overlapping said first screen (10) and located in focal planes distinct from said first focal plane, characterized in that an at least partially transparent emissive layer (21) is provided between said first screen (10) and at least one said additional display screen (20).

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display (1), a transparent electrode (100) constituting a display liquid crystal cell (30) has a plurality of patterns (102, and the like) for forming a desired pattern in the outer circumferential part (101) forming the whole display region, and transparent electrodes (13a, 13b) are sandwiching at least a part of liquid crystal molecules of a liquid crystal layer (20). When voltage application control of the plurality of patterns (102, and the like) is performed, respectively, for the whole display region displayed by bright display or dark display, a desired pattern can be displayed by reversed bright/dark display of the bright/dark display of the whole display region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method for driving the same are provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal layer selectively driven by a first electric field in a first direction; and a second liquid crystal layer selectively driven a second electric field in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first display unit having a first terminal substrate corresponding to a display area and a terminal area protruding from the display area as well as a first counter substrate corresponding to the display area; and a second display unit having a second terminal substrate corresponding to the display area and the terminal area as well as a second counter substrate corresponding to the display area, wherein both the first display unit and the second display unit are bonded with each other so that the first terminal substrate and the second terminal substrate are positioned on opposite sides of a bonding surface.

Abstract: A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display and a lower substrate thereof are disclosed. The voltage provided by coupling electrode lines is swung between a high voltage level and a low voltage level. Therefore, with different coupling of a large pixel electrode and of a small pixel electrode that both receive the same color displaying data, the voltage on the large pixel electrode is different from that on the small pixel electrode. The tilt angle of the liquid crystal between the large pixel electrode and the upper electrode is different from the tilt angle of the liquid crystal between the small pixel electrode and the upper electrode for compensating the gamma value of the color. Besides, through adjusting the value of the voltage respectively on the coupling electrode lines to compensate the gamma values of different colors and the gamma values of different colors will tend to be uniform.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate on the first substrate and facing the first substrate, the second substrate having a first electrode on a surface thereof; a third substrate on the second substrate and facing the second substrate, the third substrate having a second electrode on a surface thereof, the second electrode facing the first electrode and configured to form an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode; a barrier layer interposed between the second substrate and the third substrate, the barrier layer configured to selectively control transmission and blockage of light in regions thereof corresponding to each of a plurality of pixels; and a first polarizing plate on the third substrate and configured to transmit a portion of light passing through the barrier layer, the portion of light having a first phase, the barrier layer including electrochromic elements.

Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus, including a backlight module, two panels, and a synchronization device, is provided. The backlight module has a light emitting side and sequentially emits a plurality of color light. Both panels are disposed at the light emitting side, and the first panel is disposed between the backlight module and the second panel. The first panel includes a first polarizer and a first liquid crystal substrate, and the first polarizer is disposed between the backlight module and the first liquid crystal substrate. The second panel includes a second liquid crystal substrate and a second polarizer, and the second liquid crystal substrate is disposed between the second polarizer and the first panel. The synchronization device is electrically connected to the backlight module and the two liquid crystal substrates. During a frame time, the backlight module and the two liquid crystal substrates are synchronously driven by the synchronization device.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, an electronic display viewable from a front side of the electronic device, an optical shuttering layer substantially parallel to the front side, and a color changing layer positioned over at least a portion of the shuttering layer. A driver controls transitions of the shuttering layer between a transparent clear state and an opaque state and also transitions of the color changing layer between a transparent clear state and a colored state. Depending on driver control, the appearance of the electronic device can change from an opaque color (solid color or with graphic design elements), to a translucent color (solid color or with graphic design elements) possibly with an underlying electronic display somewhat visible, to a transparent color with an underlying electronic display clearly visible.

Abstract: An optical recording display medium comprises: a display layer whose display changes according to an applied voltage; a photoconductive layer that is provided opposing the display layer and changes a voltage applied to the display layer according to irradiated light; and a selective transmission layer that is provided on a light path to where light irradiated toward the photoconductive layer arrives at the photoconductive layer, and whose transmissivity with respect to the irradiated light increases as an intensity of the irradiated light increases.

Abstract: Each picture element includes first and second sub-picture elements, each of which includes a liquid crystal capacitor and at least one storage capacitor. After a display voltage representing a certain grayscale level has been applied to the respective sub-picture element electrodes of the first and second sub-picture elements, a voltage difference ?V? is produced between voltages to be applied to the respective liquid crystal capacitors of the first and second sub-picture elements by way of their associated storage capacitor(s). By setting the voltage difference ?V? value of the blue and/or cyan picture element(s) to be smaller than that of the other color picture elements, shift toward the yellow range at an oblique viewing angle can be minimized.

Abstract: With the objective of achieving increased luminous efficiency while suppressing a rise in discharge voltage in a high-definition PDP, a PDP is configured with ribs at intervals between a front plate and a back plate, the ribs partitioning a gap between the front plate and the back plate into spaces. Each space constitutes a discharge cell. A minimum width of a discharge space in the discharge cell is in a range from 65 ?m to 100 ?m at a position adjacent to a pair of discharge electrodes. A ternary discharge gas of xenon, neon, and helium is enclosed in the discharge space. The partial pressure ratio of xenon in the discharge gas is in a range of 15% to 25%, and the partial pressure ratio of helium is in a range of 20% to 50%. The total pressure of the discharge gas is set between 60 kPa and 70 kPa.

Abstract: A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display and a lower substrate thereof are disclosed. The voltage provided by coupling electrode lines is swung between a high voltage level and a low voltage level. Therefore, with different coupling of a large pixel electrode and of a small pixel electrode that both receive the same color displaying data, the voltage on the large pixel electrode is different from that on the small pixel electrode. The tilt angle of the liquid crystal between the large pixel electrode and the upper electrode is different from the tilt angle of the liquid crystal between the small pixel electrode and the upper electrode for compensating the gamma value of the color. Besides, through adjusting the value of the voltage respectively on the coupling electrode lines to compensate the gamma values of different colors and the gamma values of different colors will tend to be uniform.

Abstract: A multilayer liquid crystal display element has a plurality of data electrode layer-to-layer interconnects formed in a non-display area of a liquid crystal display panel for connecting data electrodes of liquid crystal display panels for R, G, and B to a plurality of data signal input terminals from layer to layer, and a plurality of scanning electrode layer-to-layer interconnects formed in the non-display area for connecting scanning electrodes of the liquid crystal display panels for R, G, and B to a plurality of scan signal input terminals from layer to layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an illuminating apparatus locally reducing light intensity without depending on the configuration of a light source itself. An illuminating apparatus used as a backlight of a display apparatus having a liquid crystal display panel with a pair of first polarizers, including a light source and a liquid crystal light control panel. The liquid crystal light control panel has a pair of second polarizers and suppresses amount of transmission of light from the light source, thereby allows the light from the light source to have such a light intensity distribution along a plane that light intensity is locally reduced. The polarization degree in the second polarizers is optimized so that transmission light amount ratio of the second polarizers is lower than that of the first polarizers.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multi-touch LCD panel. A conductive colloidal mixture formed by mixing a plurality of conductive particles and a colloid is coated on the electrode layer of the counter substrate and is solidified to make the conductive particles electrically connect to the corresponding sensing electrodes of the array substrate. Consequently, when an external force is applied to one touching position on the counter substrate, the conductive particles electrically connect the sensing electrodes to the electrode layer and the touching signal of the position can be obtained. Due to the integration of the conductive particles into the liquid crystal cell gap, the multi-touch LCD panel has the advantages of slimness and lightness. Moreover, the manufacturing process of the conductive particles is introduced after the conventional counter substrate manufacturing method, and the objective of simple process, low cost and high yields can be achieved.

Abstract: A polarization modulator for time-multiplexed stereoscopic 3D applications rapidly switches between two polarization states in alternate subframes. The polarization modulator uses two liquid crystal devices arranged in optical series and driven such that the second device compensates a change the first device makes to an input polarization state of incident light during alternate subframes. The compensating liquid crystal devices are characterized in that, if the same voltage is applied to both of them, the second device compensates the change that the first device makes to the input polarization state, regardless of the applied voltage level. If the applied voltage is changed from one level to another and the liquid crystal material in the liquid crystal devices relaxes to the new voltage level, polarization state compensation will take place throughout the duration of the relaxation so that the slow, unpowered transition does not manifest itself as a change in polarization state.

Abstract: A viewing angle controlling liquid crystal panel in which uniformity of a shielding effect in a screen is further improved is provided. Linearly polarized light enters a liquid crystal layer. Further, the liquid crystal layer is provided, on a light exit side of the liquid crystal layer, with a polarizing plate transmitting only a component of light having exited from the liquid crystal layer which component is parallel to a polarization axis of the linearly polarized light having entered the liquid crystal layer. Liquid crystal molecules contained in the liquid crystal layer are tilted in a direction parallel to or perpendicular to the polarization axis of the linearly polarized light having entered the liquid crystal layer. In addition, an electrode (26) is provided so that two or more different voltages can be applied to the liquid crystal layer simultaneously.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrates. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode. The second substrate includes a color filter facing a pixel electrode of one of the pixels, and a black matrix formed on a region except the color filter. The black matrix has an opening that exposes a portion of one of the gate electrodes. External light entering the opening is reflected from the gate electrode.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for improving the image quality of a MSHD (Multi-Switch Half source Driving) display panel and a device used the same. The method comprising following steps: First, using a polarity-line-inversion source driver to drive a plurality of pixels of a MSHD display panel, then a frame displaying in polarity-dot-inversion. The device comprises a polarity-line-inversion source driver and a MSHD display panel, wherein the polarity-line-inversion source driver drives a plurality of pixels of the MSHD display panel. The pixels of the MSHD display panel displays a frame in polarity-dot-inversion form.

Abstract: An autostereoscopic display device comprises: a display panel having an array of display pixels for producing a display, the pixels being arranged in rows and columns; and at least two arrays of light output directing elements, the arrays being arranged in series over the display panel at different depths, each array being controllable to direct the light output from respective groups of pixels in different directions to enable a stereoscopic image to be perceived. The device is operable to selectively control any one of the arrays to provide the light output directing function, thereby providing respective first and second three dimensional display modes having different amounts of perceived depth.

Abstract: A parallax-barrier comprises a Liquid-Crystal layer (LC layer) including pixels that form a barrier according to a control method. A controller controls the pixels of the LC layer to form a barrier pattern, by turning pixels on or off according to the control method. A lower layer is formed between the LC layer and a display module to dispose the LC layer and controller at a position off the display module by a predetermined distance. An upper layer is formed on the LC layer to dispose the LC layer and controller, and a polarizer on the upper layer, and visualizing the barrier according to the barrier pattern on the LC layer by controlling polarization angle of the light. The light passes through the lower layer, LC layer and upper layer. Stereoscopic images that are rotated in the horizontal/vertical direction can be displayed using the parallax-barrier and stereoscopic image.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel, a thin film transistors array substrate and curing line structure thereof in use of phase separation alignment (PSA) process. The curing line structure has a contact pad allocated on a periphery area of the substrate, and a transmission line extending from the contact pad, passing over a sealant-distributing area of the substrate, to be electrically connected with at least one common line located on a pixel expression area of the substrate. A predetermined interval is kept between the transmission line and each of the adjacent transmission lines on the substrate to ensure a non-electrical contact between the transmission line and the adjacent transmission lines.

Abstract: An optical element is arranged in such a manner that a screen thereof can be hardly observed from a predetermined direction, and a deterioration of an image quality caused by moire does not occur. The optical element is constituted by a first polarizing layer, a second polarizing layer, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between these two polarizing layers. In the optical element, absorption axes of the first polarizing layer and the second polarizing layer are located parallel to each other; the liquid crystal layer is made of hybrid-aligned discotic liquid crystal; and an alignment axis of the liquid crystal layer is located parallel to, or perpendicular to both absorption axes of the first polarizing layer and of the second polarizing layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a parallax-barrier comprising a Liquid-Crystal layer (LC layer) including pixels arranged in cell type matrix structure to form a barrier of horizontal or vertical direction according to a predetermined control method, a controller for controlling said pixels of said LC layer in order to form a barrier pattern of horizontal or vertical direction pattern, by turning said pixels on or off selectively according to said control method, a lower layer formed between said LC layer and a predetermined display module in order to dispose said LC layer and said controller at a position off from said display module by a predetermined distance, an upper layer formed on the top of said LC layer in order to dispose said LC layer and said controller, and a polarizer formed on the top of said upper layer, and visualizing said barrier according to said barrier pattern which is formed on said LC layer by controlling polarization angle of the light, wherein said light being emitted from said displ

Abstract: A curved surface (CS) is formed by chamfering on a light guide plate (11) portion which overlaps with an outer edge (SD) of a liquid crystal shutter (21).

Abstract: A polarization modulator for time-multiplexed stereoscopic 3D applications rapidly switches between two polarization states in alternate subframes. The polarization modulator uses two liquid crystal devices arranged in optical series and driven such that the second device compensates a change the first device makes to an input polarization state of incident light during alternate subframes. The compensating liquid crystal devices are characterized in that, if the same voltage is applied to both of them, the second device compensates the change that the first device makes to the input polarization state, regardless of the applied voltage level. If the applied voltage is changed from one level to another and the liquid crystal material in the liquid crystal devices relaxes to the new voltage level, polarization state compensation will take place throughout the duration of the relaxation so that the slow, unpowered transition does not manifest itself as a change in polarization state.