Abstract: A switchable light-collimating film can be used as a privacy filter for computer monitors or other display devices. The film comprises a plurality of elongated chambers having pigment particles, the position of which can be controlled by the applied electric field. Distribution of the pigment particles throughout the elongated chambers, as opposed to their concentration on one side of the chambers, narrows the viewing angle to the light passing through the film and provides privacy of the viewing images to the user.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a flat portion and a bending portion located at a side of the flat portion, an optical film attached on the flat portion of the display panel, and a bending protection layer covering at least a part of the bending portion and contacting one edge of the optical film. The edge of the optical film includes an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface, the lower surface of the optical film faces an upper surface of the display panel, at least a part of the side surface of the optical film contacts the bending protection layer, and at least a part of the side surface of the optical film protrudes more, as closer to the upper side.

Abstract: A driving method for driving an electrophoretic display comprising four types of particles, the first type of particles and the third type of particles are positively charged, and the second type of particles and the fourth type of particles are negatively charged, the method comprises the steps of: (i). applying a first driving voltage to the pixel of the electrophoretic display for a first period of time at a first amplitude to drive the pixel to a color state of the fourth type of particle at the viewing side; and (ii). applying a second driving voltage to the pixel of the electrophoretic display for a second period of time, opposite to that of the first driving voltage and a second amplitude smaller than that of the first amplitude, to drive the second type particle towards the non-viewing side.

Abstract: An optofluidic device includes: a housing having an inlet port coupled to an inlet side and an outlet port coupled to an outlet side; and a microlens disposed within the housing between the inlet side and the outlet side. A fluid having a plurality of particles flows from the inlet side through the microlens to the outlet side. The optofluidic device further includes a light source configured to emit a light beam in a direction opposite flow direction of the fluid, the light beam defining an optical axis that is perpendicular to the microlens.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal; a power normalizer configured to reduce power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing time-interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling start position information and size information for each of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs). In this case, the Physical Layer Pipes include a core layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the core layer signal and an enhanced layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: A display panel and an electronic equipment are provided. By disposing a plurality of pixel driving circuit islands on a periphery of a transparent display zone, wherein each of the pixel driving circuit islands includes a plurality of first pixel driving circuits, and at least part of the first pixel driving circuits of at least part of the pixel driving circuit islands is used for driving a plurality of first display pixels of the transparent display zone, a driving circuit is not disposed on the transparent display region, thereby improving a light transmittance rate of the transparent display region.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display having at least one hole formed in a display area on which an image is displayed, and an electronic device including same. The electronic device comprises a display including the display area having a plurality of pixels and a plurality of wirings, wherein the display includes: a hole area encompassed by the display area; a plurality of first wirings extending from a first side of the display area so as to be formed at first intervals, and connected to the side opposite to the first side; second wirings extending from a second side of the display area so as to be arranged at the first intervals on the side opposite to the second side; and a plurality of third wirings extending from the first side of the display area.

Abstract: A lamp includes a variable transmissive film and a light source arranged to transmit light through the variable transmissive film. The variable transmissive film includes an encapsulated dispersion containing a plurality of electrically charged particles and a fluid, the charged particles being movable by application of an electric field and capable of being switched between an open state and a diffusing state. In some embodiments, one portion of the variable transmission film is in the open state and one portion is in the closed state, thereby allowing light from the source to be shaped, e.g., into task lighting.

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to electrochromic stacks, electrochromic devices, and methods and apparatus for making such stacks and devices. In various embodiments, an anodically coloring layer in an electrochromic stack or device is fabricated to include nickel-tungsten-niobium-oxide (NiWNbO). This material is particularly beneficial in that it is very transparent in its clear state.

Abstract: To reduce a reduction in the quality of a displayed image in portions corresponding to source lines including detour portions in a display area. Gate lines (20) and source lines (30), which intersect with each other, extend on an insulating substrate (1) so as to detour an opening area (A1). Separated portions (24) are provided as lower shielding electrodes (23) in an inner non-display area (A2) so as to be overlapped with source detour portions (31) of the source lines (30) in a plan view.

Abstract: A chip antenna is provided. The chip antenna includes a first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer disposed on an upper surface of the first dielectric layer; a patch antenna pattern disposed in the second dielectric layer; first and second feed vias disposed to penetrate through at least one of the first and second dielectric layers, respectively and electrically connected to a corresponding feed point among different first and second feed points of the patch antenna pattern; and first and second filters disposed between the first and second dielectric layers, respectively and electrically connected to a corresponding feed via among the first and second feed vias.

Abstract: A light-collimating film including elongated chambers of bistable electrophoretic fluids. The light-collimating films are suitable to control the amount and/or direction of light incident to a transmissive substrate. Such films may be integrated into devices, such as LCD displays, to provide a zone of privacy for a user viewing the LCD display. Because the light-collimating film is switchable, it allows a user to alter the collimation of the emitted light on demand. Because the films are bistable, they do not require additional power after they have been switched to a display state.

Abstract: Enclosures for deep ocean or other high exterior pressure environment including a dome window with an angular measurement of between 164 and 178 degrees, a structure housing, a dome support ring, and a compliance material positioned between the dome support ring and housing are disclosed.

Abstract: A polysiloxane-substituted quinacridone pigment is produced by a quinacridone pigment with an epoxy-terminated polysiloxane under conditions effective to cause the epoxy group on the polysiloxane to react with, and bond the polysiloxane to, the quinacridone pigment. The quinacridone pigment thus produced has the polysiloxane grouping bonded to one of the quinacridone nitrogen atoms via a hydrocarbon linking group, which bears a hydroxyl group on a carbon atom ? or ? to the quinacridone nitrogen atom. These quinacridone pigments are useful in electrophoretic displays.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a dimming panel and its driving method, a preparation method and a controlling device, and a controlling system. The dimming panel includes a substrate, a first transparent electrode layer and an insulating layer sequentially disposed on the substrate, and a curled structure disposed on the insulating layer. The curled structure includes a second transparent electrode layer that has a preset inherent force for curling. The second flexible electrode layer is configured to absorb or reflect light. The first transparent electrode layer and the insulating layer have groove structures that are formed corresponding to each other. The curled structure can be disposed within the groove structure.

Abstract: A switchable light modulator device (201, 202, 203, 204, 205) comprises a first substrate (101, 102, 103) and a second substrate (141, 142, 143, 144) with opposite major surfaces spaced apart by one or more polymer structures that each comprise two or more parts and define wall features (21b, 22b, 23b) for a plurality of cavities (111, 112, 113, 114), the cavities sealing a fluid (71, 72, 73, 74) or gel in discrete volumes. Each of the one or more polymer structures comprises a mould part (21, 22, 23) bonded to the first substrate and defining a recess (31, 32, 33), and a cast part (81, 82, 83, 84) filling the recess and bonded to the second substrate and a surface of the recess, the cast part being defined by the surface of the recess and the second substrate replicating the surfaces of both.

Abstract: An imprint lithography method of configuring an optical layer includes depositing a set of droplets atop a side of a substrate in a manner such that the set of droplets do not contact a functional pattern formed on the substrate. The imprint lithography method further includes curing the set of droplets to form a spacer layer associated with the side of the substrate and of a height selected such that the spacer layer can support a surface adjacent the substrate and spanning the set of droplets at a position spaced apart from the functional pattern.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting display panel, a method for making the same, and a display device including the same. The organic light-emitting display panel comprises an active region and a pixel spacer located within the active region, and the pixel spacer is provided with a buffer chamber.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes: a first substrate; and first electrodes, a dielectric layer covering the first electrodes, and a first water-repelling layer in this sequence on the first substrate, wherein the dielectric layer has a multilayer structure including two or more layers and includes a silicon nitride film and a metal-oxide film between the silicon nitride film and the first water-repelling layer, and the silicon nitride film has an oxygen-containing surface layer region on a surface thereof that is in contact with the metal-oxide film.

Abstract: A color filter including a substrate and colored parts formed on the substrate. The substrate has a surface having rectangular unit regions defined by evenly dividing the surface along a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Each of the rectangular unit regions has four rectangular sub-regions which are three colored regions and one uncolored region. A first colored region has a first boundary with the uncolored region and a second boundary with a second colored region. A first colored part is formed in the first colored region with a first gap being formed in the first direction between the first boundary and a side of the first colored part facing the first boundary, and with a second gap greater than the first gap being formed in the second direction between the second boundary and a side of the first colored part facing the second boundary.

Abstract: There are provided display controllers and driving methods related to those described in US Published Patent Application No. 2013/0194250.

Abstract: A first substrate includes: a first base material including an insulating layer; and a partition wall disposed on the insulating layer. The insulating layer and the partition wall are formed of a resin material. The partition wall has a higher hardness than the insulating layer. A protective film that protects the insulating layer is disposed on a surface of the insulating layer. A portion of the protective film is located between the partition wall and the insulating layer.

Abstract: A light distribution control element includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, first control electrodes and second control electrodes provided on the first transparent substrate, light-transmissive regions provided between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, and electrophoretic elements including electrophoretic particles charged to a specific polarity and having a light blocking property and optically transmissive dispersant. Each electrophoretic element is provided between two light-transmissive regions. At least a part of at least one of the first control electrodes and at least a part of at least one of the second control electrodes both overlap with each of the plurality of electrophoretic elements.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a scanning line, a semiconductor layer, a first inorganic insulating film located between the scanning line and the semiconductor layer, a first signal line, a second inorganic insulating film having a main surface which contacts the first signal line and located between the semiconductor layer and the first signal line, a capacitance electrode contacting the main surface, a pixel electrode overlapping the capacitance electrode, and a third inorganic insulating film covering the first signal line and the capacitance electrode and located between the first signal line and the pixel electrode and between the capacitance electrode and the pixel electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrophoretic display medium. The display medium can include a substrate, an electrophoretic layer, and a network electrode. The electrophoretic layer is disposed adjacent the top surface of the substrate. The electrophoretic layer includes a plurality of microcapsules containing an internal phase in a binder. A bottom portion of the plurality of microcapsules is embedded within the binder and a top portion of the microcapsules is emergent from the binder, thereby creating a network of valleys. The network electrode occupies at least a portion of the network of valleys.

Abstract: An electrophoretic device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and between the electrodes an electrophoretic cell containing an electrophoretic ink and one or more non-planar solid polymer elements. The ink includes charged particles of at least one type suspended in a suspending fluid, and, 75% or more by mass of the suspending fluid is an organosilicone or an aliphatic hydrocarbon and the solid polymer is a fluorinated elastomeric polymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display devices, and provides a display panel and a driving method thereof. The display panel includes: a plurality of data lines, each of the data lines including a first segment line and a second segment line, every adjacent n+1 of the data lines forming a data line group, each data line group including a first data line having a connection line and n second data lines; a DEMUX circuit including n gating control lines, each of the gating control lines being in turn connected to the first segment line of the second data lines in each data line group, and the first segment line of each of the data lines in each data line group being connected to each other; and a driving IC connected to the second segment line of each of the data lines and the DEMUX circuit.

Abstract: The electrode connection structure includes: a first base material; a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer that are located on the first base material; a second base material; a first fastening member and a second fastening member; and an insulating member, wherein the first fastening member includes: a shaft portion inserted in a first through hole penetrating the first electrode layer and the insulating member; and two clamping portions that clamp a periphery of the first through hole in each of the first electrode layer and the insulating member, and the second fastening member includes: a shaft portion inserted in a second through hole penetrating the second electrode layer and the insulating member; and two clamping portions that clamp a periphery of the second through hole in each of the second electrode layer and the insulating member.

Abstract: Some of a plurality of image signal lines of a display apparatus according to one embodiment includes: a plurality of bypass wiring portions (bypass wirings) arranged in a frame region so as to have both ends being connected to a plurality of extension wiring portions (extension wirings). The plurality of bypass wiring portions of the plurality of image signal lines include: a plurality of second-layer bypass wirings arranged in a second conductive layer; and a plurality of third-layer bypass wirings arranged in a third conductive layer that is different from a first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. Each of an arrangement pitch between the plurality of second-layer bypass wirings and an arrangement pitch between the plurality of third-layer bypass wirings is smaller than an arrangement pitch between the plurality of image signal lines in a display region.

Abstract: The invention provides pigment particles and an organic modification layer formed on a surface of the pigment particles; the organic modification layer is a surfactant layer or a polymer material layer formed on the surface of the pigment particles; an organic matter content over the specific surface area Wsurf of the pigment particles is in a range of 0.1-2% g/m2. The surface-modified pigment particles provided by the invention have good stability, and the electrophoretic display prepared by using the surface-modified pigment particles of the invention has good optical performance.

Abstract: A flexible display panel, a method for manufacturing a flexible display panel and a flexible display apparatus are provided. The flexible display panel includes: a flexible substrate; a flexible display screen disposed on the flexible substrate; a protection film disposed at a side of the flexible display screen away from the flexible substrate; and a connection layer sandwiched between the flexible display screen and the protection film, and the connection layer includes at least one layer of hyperelasticity film.

Abstract: The present application relates to a conductive film and a method for preparing the same. The conductive film comprises a continuous phase; and a plurality of separate phases formed in the continuous phase. The continuous phase comprises a polymer, and the separate phase comprises conductive particles. The separate phase is distinguished from the continuous phase by an amphipathic compound. The present application can simplify the production process and reduce the production cost because drivable particles can be trapped without being subjected to a separate barrier forming process.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device comprises a substrate on which a plurality of sub-pixels is arranged in a column direction and a row direction; a plurality of first electrodes allocated to the plurality of sub-pixels; a first bank disposed on the first electrodes and having a plurality of first openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes; and a second bank disposed on the first bank and having a plurality of second openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes and a part of the first bank, wherein the plurality of first electrodes include a plurality of (1-1)-th electrodes arranged in a (3n-2)-th column, a plurality of (1-2)-th electrodes arranged in a (3n-1)-th column and a plurality of (1-3)-th electrodes arranged in a 3n-th column, where n is a natural number equal to or greater than 1, wherein the first bank is disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the column direction and disposed between the (1-3)-th electrodes and the (1-1)-th electrodes neighb

Abstract: The invention provides a mechanically flexible, electrically conductive, and optically transparent silver nanowire film and demonstrates its specific application in light transmission controlling devices.

Abstract: Improved formulations of electrophoretic media that can be incorporated into displays, front plane laminates, inverted front plane laminates, or color changing films. The formulations include a non-polar fluid, a plurality of first charged particles, and charge control agents (CCA) including a quaternary amine and an unsaturated polymeric tail comprising monomers of at least 10 carbon atoms in length. The formulations show improved switching speeds, as well as a larger dynamic range at low temperatures (i.e., below about 0° C.), where compared to state-of-the-art electrophoretic media.

Abstract: A flexible OLED display device includes: a flexible substrate, a buffer layer, an OLED light emitting layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer; wherein a portion of the thin film encapsulation layer located in the non-display area has a thickness from a position close to the display area to a position away from the display area The flexible substrate and a portion of the thin film encapsulation layer located in the first bezel area and the second bezel area are bent along a direction away from the display surface.

Abstract: The present application provides a glass shielding film, wherein the glass shielding film comprises a protecting film, an intelligent film and a control circuit, the control circuit is used for controlling the intelligent film to be in a transparent state or in a non-transparent state, the intelligent film is used for converting the transparent state or a non-transparent state according to a signal of the control circuit; the intelligent film comprises a front conducting layer, a rear conducting layer and a middle component; the front conducing layer is disposed on the front surface of the middle component; the rear conducting layer is disposed on the rear surface of the middle component; the protecting film is adhered and fixed to the outer side surface of the front conducting layer, the outer side surface of the rear conducting layer is adhered to the rear surface of glass.

Abstract: An electro-optic medium that may be incorporated into an electro-optic display. The medium includes a first microcapsule containing at least one of a first dispersion of colored particles and a colored fluid and an encapsulated second dispersion that may include the first microcapsule and a plurality of electrophoretic particles. The colored particles of the first dispersion may include one or more sets of differently colored electrophoretic particles. The second dispersion may be encapsulated within a second microcapsule or a microcell, for example.

Abstract: An electro-optic display comprising at least two separate layers of electro-optic material, with one of these layers being capable of displaying at least one optical state which cannot be displayed by the other layer. The display is driven by a single set of electrodes between which both layers are sandwiched, the two layers being controllable at least partially independently of one another. Another form of the invention uses three different types of particles within a single electrophoretic layer, with the three types of particles being arranged to shutter independently of one another.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solution for a highlight or multicolor display device, in which each display cell can display high quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises three types of pigment particles, having different levels of size, threshold voltage or charge intensity.

Abstract: A backplane for an electro-optic display including an electrode and a substrate. The substrate may be porous to liquids, e.g., water, and may formed, from cellulose or a similar hydrophilic polymer. The electrode is desirably also porous to the same liquid as the substrate, so that the electrodes do not form liquid-impervious areas on the substrate. For example, when the liquid is water (or an aqueous solution) the electrodes may be formed of a hydrophilic carbon black, which may be coated or screen-printed on to the substrate.

Abstract: Setting of an order of sub-frame periods is simplified. A display element array section includes a plurality of arranged display elements in which a gray-scale display is performed in accordance with display data in each frame period that is a display period of one screen. A display control section divides the frame period into a plurality of sub-frame periods and divides the plurality of display elements into a plurality of groups to perform control of a display in each of the plurality of sub-frame periods in each of the plurality of groups. A display data supply section supplies the display data in each of the sub-frame periods to the display element array section by shifting a predetermined delay time in each of the groups and supplies the display data in each of the sub-frame periods to the display element array section on the basis of an order of the sub-frame periods in accordance with the number of the divided groups and the predetermined delay time.

Abstract: A grayscale color electronic paper have a plurality of pixel structural units, each of them has a base color layer and a grayscale adjusting layer. The base color layer is able to display two or more colors. Colors displayed by the grayscale adjusting layer corresponds one-to-one to the colors displayed by the base color layer. The base color layer and the grayscale adjusting layer have respective driving structures. The base color layer can display colors such as black, white, red, green, blue, cyan, magenta and yellow; and the grayscale adjusting layer has multi-level grayscales, and each level of the gray scale has a steady state at a zero electric field.

Abstract: An electro-optic medium exhibiting reduced haze and having other improved properties may be obtained by including a binder containing fish gelatin and acacia. The electro-optic medium may include a plurality of capsules in a binder, each capsule containing a plurality of electrically charged particles and a fluid, the charged particles being movable by application of an electric field.

Abstract: A display panel, a driving method thereof, and a display device are described. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, and a light transmission control layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The light transmission control layer includes a first electrode on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, a second electrode on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate, a dispersant between the first electrode and the second electrode, and opaque flake dispersions dispersed in the dispersant. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to form an electric field to control an arrangement state of the flake dispersions in the dispersant.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic paper display apparatus and a production method and a driving method thereof. The electronic paper display apparatus has: a first electrode layer and a thin-film transistor array layer, which are opposite; an electronic paper ink layer, which is between the first electrode layer and the thin-film transistor array layer; and a second electrode layer, which is on a side of the thin-film transistor array layer away from the electronic paper ink layer and is configured to be capable of forming an electric field for removing an image of the electronic paper ink layer or resetting the electronic paper ink layer together with the first electrode layer.

Abstract: An electrophoretic particle includes a particle and a coating layer, in which the coating layer includes at least one of dispersibility and chargeability, and includes a polymer that connects to the particle, where the polymer includes a first functional group and is connected to the particle via a connected body, the connected body has a molecular weight of 500 or less and includes a second functional group and a third functional group, and the particle, the connected body and the polymer are connected via the chemical bond formed by reacting the first and second functional groups and the chemical bond formed by reacting the hydroxyl group and the third functional group.

Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes a color-changing element with an active layer configured to change from a first color to a different second color when a voltage is applied across top and bottom electrode layers. The top electrode includes fullerenes in a configuration that is visibly transparent and permits the color-changing element to bend along sharp radii and/or stretch without losing electrical continuity. Fullerenes including ellipsoidal elements can provide these characteristics.

Abstract: A display device with high visibility or low power consumption is provided. The display device includes a pixel. The pixel includes a self-luminous display element and a reflective display element. The self-luminous display element is provided closer to the display surface than the reflective display element. The reflective display element includes a unit for adjusting the amount of light which changes its arrangement on the basis of electric power supplied from an electrode and blocks light with the unit for adjusting the amount of light to change the intensity of reflected light. Electrophoretic particles, a shutter, a film which reflects part of light, a film which reflects light, or the like can be used as the unit for adjusting the amount of light.

Abstract: Provided is a microlouver (optical element) having a transparent layer inclined to attain a desired viewing angle. The optical element includes patterned transparent layer and light absorbing layer on a transparent substrate. At least a part of the members of the transparent layer and the light absorbing layer are inclined with respect to the normal to the plane of the transparent substrate where patterns of the transparent layer and the light absorbing layer are provided. The inclination satisfies |??(x)??(x)|<?, where ??(x) represents a first angle which is an outgoing angle of light transmitted through the transparent layer from the transparent substrate at a point x on the plane, ?(x) represents a second angle which is an angle of sight of an observer, and ? represents a third angle which is a threshold angle to attain the lowest desired brightness.