Abstract: A color filter substrate is provided. The color filter substrate includes a substrate, a light-shielding layer, and a plurality of color filter patterns. The substrate has a plurality of annular trough areas, a plurality of central areas, and a light-shielding area positioned among the annular trough areas. Each of the annular trough areas has an inner edge connected to the central area and an outer edge connected to the light-shielding area. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the light-shielding area and extends from the outer edges of the annular trough areas to the top of the annular trough areas. The color filter patterns are disposed on the annular trough areas and the central areas, and the color filter patterns are in contact with a side surface and a part of the bottom surface of the light-shielding layer.

Abstract: A switching filter is provided in a light source device according to the present invention. The switching filter has a first dichroic filter which transmits illumination light in a first wavelength band from a lamp and a fluorescence observation filter which transmits at least illumination light in a second wavelength band and is rotatably provided such that the first dichroic filter and the fluorescence observation filter pass through an illumination light optical axis. An LED portion has a blue LED which emits illumination light in the first wavelength band toward the switching filter. A second dichroic filter capable of transmitting illumination light from the lamp and reflecting illumination light from the LED portion to a condenser lens is also arranged at the switching filter.

Abstract: Discrete CYM filter has discrete filter elements that create a color set over a color range. The color range changes both hue and saturation between adjacent color filter elements, thus making the elements and their resultant colors, look more “interesting”.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes a pixel array including a plurality of photo sensitive devices and a color filter array including a plurality of color filters each disposed above a corresponding one of the plurality of photo sensitive devices. The color filters include a first type color filter formed on a glass substrate to filter light to pass a first spectrum and a second type color filter stacked on at least part of the first type color filter to filter light to pass a second spectrum. Accordingly, fabrication of a color filter array can be simplified and a color filter array having a small lay out can be fabricated.

Abstract: A filter wheel having spirally shaped left and right channel 3D filters. The 3D filters are, for example, spectral separation filters. The filter is mounted, for example, close to an integrating rod output of a projector. The left and right channel filtered light scrolls across a modulation device which is energized with correspondingly scrolling left and right image data. In one embodiment, the integrating rod comprises mirrored surfaces to facilitate recycling of light reflected off the filter wheel. The filter wheel may be placed in a single or dual projector configuration. In one embodiment, the filters are fixed at the end of an integrating rod using “re-cycled” light to illuminate different channels of a projection system.

Abstract: A color wheel includes a motor, a carrier, a number of color filter segments, a layer of adhesive, and an ultraviolet (UV) filter. The motor includes a rotor. The carrier is fixed to the rotor. The color filter segments are adhesively attached to the carrier. The ultraviolet filter is placed so that the adhesive is interposed between the UV filter and the carrier. The ultraviolet filter is substantially similar to the color filter segments in shape and size.

Abstract: A method of controlling the illumination angle onto a target, including, illuminating onto the target with light from at least two light sources of pre-selected wavelengths; wherein each point on the target is illuminated by light from the light sources with a respective maximal illumination angle relative to a main illumination axis extending from substantially the center of the at least two light sources to the target, selecting a dichroic filter that transmits light from the at least two light sources as a function of the angle of incidence upon the filter, positioning the dichroic filter between the at least two light sources and the target to limit the transfer of light to light of the pre-selected wavelengths; and wherein the dichroic filter is selected to limit the maximal illumination angle illuminating each point on the target.

Abstract: A pattern structure of at least two different layer system elements disposed adjacent one beside the other upon a carrier substrate, at least one of said layer system elements comprises a layer of dielectric material, the layer of dielectric material residing upon a layer of a material that is resistant to activated oxygen or activated water and having a second surface facing toward the substrate. The dielectric layer of the one layer system element forms a disturbed region between the adjacent layer system elements, the dielectric layer having a thickness of d5 and wherein the disturbed region has a width of at most 10*d5.

Abstract: A projection system includes a display apparatus comprising a plurality of tunable Fabry-Perot filters, each of the filters being configured for shifting between a state in which the filter transmits radiation in a bandwidth in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum and a state in which the filter transmits radiation in a bandwidth outside the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum. An illuminator provides light to the plurality of Fabry-Perot filters. A control system receives image data and controls the display apparatus to project an image onto an associated display surface. The control system includes a modulator which provides wavelength modulation signals to the plurality of Fabry-Perot filters to modulate a color of pixels in the image and causes selected ones of the Fabry-Perot filters to shift into the bandwidth outside the visible range to modulate the brightness of pixels in the image.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a photosensitive transfer material that includes, on or above a temporary support, in the following order from the temporary support side, at least a thermoplastic resin layer and a photosensitive resin layer, wherein the tensile elongation at break of the thermoplastic resin layer is 6% or more, the yield stress or breaking strength thereof is 5×106 Pa or more, and the melt viscosity ? at 110° C.

Abstract: A display device includes multiple signal lines that are connected to multiple pixel electrodes including first and second pixel electrodes. The distance between one end of the first pixel electrode and the centerline of a first signal line is greater than the distance between one end of the second pixel electrode and the centerline of a second signal line. Alternatively, the distance between the other end of the first pixel electrode and the centerline of an adjacent signal line, which is located on the opposite side of the first pixel electrode from the first signal line, is greater than the distance between the other end of the second pixel electrode and the centerline of another adjacent signal line, which is located on the opposite side of the second pixel electrode from the second signal line.

Abstract: A color filter including a transparent substrate, and colored layer having at least a red pixel, green pixel, and blue pixel, and formed on the transparent substrate, wherein the green pixel contains a zinc phthalocyanine halide-based pigment, and has a perpendicular optical retardation Rth(G) satisfying formula Rth(G)>0, Rth(G) representing a product of a thickness of the green pixel and a value obtained by subtracting a refractive index in the thickness wise-direction of the green pixel from an average refractive index in the plane of the green pixel.

Abstract: A color filter including a substrate, a black matrix and a plurality of color filter films is provided. The black matrix is disposed on the substrate and the black matrix has a plurality of openings. The black matrix has a bottom surface contacting with the substrate and a top surface having an area equal to that of the bottom surface. Besides, a plurality of color filter films are disposed on the substrate exposed by the openings respectively and each of the color filter films has a flat top surface. In the above mentioned color filter, coincidence between the black matrix and the color filter films is excellent.

Abstract: Color filter arrays, methods of assembling color filter arrays, and systems containing color filter arrays. Color filter arrays are formed such that light entering through certain regions of the color filter array passes through multiple color filters to help prevent optical crosstalk and allow for tuning spectral responses.

Abstract: A method of evaluating a color filter including a substrate, and at least three color pixels disposed thereon, the method includes determining an oblique visibility of a liquid crystal display device equipped with the color filter on the basis of value ?1 obtained from the equation (1): ?1=?ab?(?)·T(?)d???(1) wherein “a” and “b” are values respectively representing a wavelength range of a continuous wavelength light and satisfying conditions of 380?a, b?780 and a<b; ?(?) represents an optical retardation obtained by irradiating each of color pixels with a continuous wavelength light containing light components with wavelength ? falling within a range of 380 nm to 780 nm at an incident angle, and subjecting the transmitted light to measurement using a spectroscopic ellipsometer, and T(?) represents a spectral transmittance of the color pixels measured at the wavelength ? falling within a range of 380 nm-780 nm.

Abstract: A projector includes a light source unit for emitting white light, a color wheel 71, a display device, a cooling fan, a light source side optical system for guiding light from the light source unit to the display device, a projection side optical system for projecting an image emitted from the display device on to a screen and a projector control unit for controlling the light source and the display device, wherein the color wheel 71 has a plurality of segment areas, and on each segment area, a coating which transmits light of a wavelength band of a complementary color is applied to one side, while a coating which transmits light of a wavelength band of a primary color is applied to part of the other side.

Abstract: A color filter array comprises orange, lime and purple sub-pixels, optionally with the addition of white sub-pixels. The color filter array is useful in electro-optic displays, especially reflective electro-optic displays. A method is provided for converting RGB images for use with the new color filter array.

Abstract: A sequential illumination system for a visual display unit has a light source emitting a polychromatic light beam towards the visual display unit within a wavelength range having at least three primary colors, and a color wheel provided with at least three transmissive or reflective segments for transmitting the light beam along an optical path in such a way that they successively cut the direction of propagation of the beam. The colour segments are distributed on the wheel in such an order that the differences of energies perceived by the visual organ of a standard observer (visual stimuli), are as equivalent as possible during the intersegment transitions, when the segments pass along the optical path of the beam. The illumination system can be used for movie overhead projection devices.

Abstract: A color filter module comprising a substrate, a transparent conductive layer on the substrate, a set of first particles of a first diameter disposed on first regions of the transparent conductive layer, the first diameter allowing the first regions to provide a first light emission with a first wavelength, a set of second particles of a second diameter disposed on second regions of the transparent conductive layer, the second diameter allowing the second regions to provide a second light emission with a second wavelength, and a set of third particles of a third diameter disposed on third regions of the transparent conductive layer, the third diameter allowing the third regions to provide a third light emission with a third wavelength.

Abstract: Disclosed are a color substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a liquid crystal display. The color substrate comprises a substrate; black matrices disposed on the substrate; color pixels whose material is fluorescent material disposed alternately among the black matrices; a flat encapsulation layer covering the black matrices and the color pixel; and a built-in polarizer attached to the flat encapsulation layer. The manufacturing method comprises forming black matrices on a substrate, and forming color pixels of fluorescent material among the black matrices; form a flat encapsulation layer; and form a built-in polarizer. The liquid crystal display by using the color substrate of the present invention further comprises a array substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a back light wherein wavelength of light emitted by the back light is shorter than of equal to stimulated luminescence critical wavelength of fluorescent material of the color pixels on the color substrate.

Abstract: A color filter array suitable for a display panel is provided. The color filter array includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel and a forth pixel. The first pixel is consisted of a green filter, a blue filter and a transparent filter. The second pixel is consisted of a red filter, a blue filter and a transparent filter. The third pixel is consisted of a red filter, a green filter and a transparent filter. The forth pixel is consisted of a red filter, a blue filter and a green filter. The architecture of the color filter array is able to increase the image brightness of the display panel.

Abstract: An imaging system comprising a filter array adapted to filter electromagnetic waves, a lens array adapted to focus electromagnetic waves, and an image sensor configured to receive the focused electromagnetic waves. The filter array and the lens array are configured into elements that filter and focus electromagnetic waves that represent an object image window onto portions of the image sensor and each portion of the image sensor receives filtered electromagnetic waves that represent the object image window from one of the elements.

Abstract: A color filter substrate and a display device are each capable of reducing color separation of a straight line displayed with a mixed color and particularly color separation of a straight white line displayed with a mixed color on a black background. The color filter substrate is a color filter substrate including colored layers of at least four colors, arrayed inside a pixel region, wherein at least one pair of colored layers that are not next to each other when the colored layers of all the colors are arrayed in order of hue is adjacently arranged to each other inside the pixel region.

Abstract: A system for use in displaying modulated light includes a light source operable to generate a light beam. The system also includes a color wheel for receiving the light beam. The color wheel comprises a plurality of translucent segments. The plurality of translucent segments comprises a first number of blue segments, the first number of red segments, and a second number of green segments wherein the first number is greater than the second number and the second number is at least one.

Abstract: The present invention is a screen structure which has a transparent substrate and a color filter on the transparent substrate, and in which light from a source of luminescence transmits the color filter and the transparent substrate, and the transparent substrate has a height difference specified by a refractive index of the transparent substrate, a refractive index of the color filter, and a wavelength of the light which transmits the color filter in an interface with the color filter.

Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a display area for displaying images, a frame area being adjacent to the display area and at least two kinds of laminated pieces which are composed by laminating at least two pieces of colored layers each including a different color. Here, the laminated pieces are arranged in the frame area in a shape of mosaic.

Abstract: A color filter structure includes a plurality of hydrophobic light-shielding rows for a black matrix, and a color filter layer. Each hydrophobic light-shielding row has a plurality of light-shielding structures that have an individual space for accommodating the color filter layer and are arranged in series. In addition, each individual space of the light-shielding structures is closed, and this light-shielding structure involves at least one hydrophobic valve so as to provide a hydrophobic force.

Abstract: A color filter and an LCD including the color filter are provided. The color filter includes a substrate with a first side and a second side opposite to said first side, a blue color resist formed on the first side, and a transparent conductive layer at least locally formed on the blue color resist that defines a blue light transmissive area. The first blue chromaticity coordinate of the color filter (By1) is less than or equal to about 0.08, while a standard C light source is disposed adjacent to the second side and the light with a wavelength ranging from about 380 to about 780 nm from the standard C light source passing through the blue color resist and the transparent conductive layer. Alternatively, the first blue chromaticity coordinate (By1), which is less than or equal to about 0.08, would be calculated based on the measured transmission spectrum of the blue light transmissive area in association with the spectrum of the standard C light source.

Abstract: In a color filter substrate without an overcoat layer, a planarization pattern layer is further provided so as to cover at least an outer step portion of a frame-shaped resin black matrix.

Abstract: A color wheel includes a motor and a color filter. The motor includes a rotating casing and a rotating shaft protruding outward from a center of a side of the rotating casing. An external thread is formed on the rotating shaft. The color filter defines an internal thread. The color filter is engaged with the motor by engaging the external thread of the rotating shaft with the internal thread of the color filter.

Abstract: A novel liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, liquid crystal held between the first substrate and the second substrate, patterned layers divided into fine areas, disposed on the first substrate, comprising at least a patterned color filter layer and a patterned first optically anisotropic layer laminated in the direction of the normal line of the substrate, and a barrier wall disposed at a boundary portion of the adjacent fine areas of the patterned layers.

Abstract: An optical low pass filter is constituted by a quartz birefringent plate a quarter wavelength plate and a quartz birefringent plate layered in that order. Curved chamfered portions are formed at a periphery of an outgoing light surface (main surface) of one of the quartz birefringent plates. A curve chamfering width of a main surface side is smaller than that of a side surface side.

Abstract: An exemplary color wheel for use in DLP projectors includes a motor, a color filter unit, a locking member, and an elastic member. The motor includes a rotor portion. The rotor portion protrudes a shaft. The shaft defines a receiving portion therein. The color filter unit defines a through hole for extension of the shaft. The locking member is slidably engaged with the receiving portion to fix the color filter unit to the rotor portion. The elastic member is interposed between the color filter unit and the locking member.

Abstract: An exemplary color wheel includes a motor, a carrier, a color filter unit, and a fixing member. The carrier includes a main body fixed to the motor and a tapered spindle extending from the main body and away from the motor. The tapered spindle defines an axial hole therein. The color filter unit defines an opening at a central portion thereof. The opening is shaped as but smaller than the tapered spindle and receives a portion of the tapered spindle. The fixing member includes a head pressing on the color filter unit and a shank extending from the head. The shank is engaged in the axial hole of the tapered spindle.

Abstract: A color wheel includes a motor, a color filter, and an obstructing plate. The motor includes a body, a rotating disk with a rotating shaft protruding outward from the center of a side of the rotating disk. The color filter includes filter sectors colored red, green, and blue, respectively. The contacting borders of the filter sectors are adhered to each other by glue and cooperatively form a through hole. The color filter is fixedly mounted on the rotating shaft, thereby the color filter can rotate together with the rotating shaft. Each of the filter sectors defines an extending segment extending from an edge thereof near the center of the color filter cooperatively forming a mounting ring. The obstructing plate defines an opening in the middle thereof to fixedly receive the mounting ring therein.

Abstract: A color filter including a first photo-spacer, and a second photo-spacer having a smaller film thickness than that of the first photo-spacer, wherein the second photo-spacer has a cross-sectional configuration whose longitudinal width is made greater than the lateral width. These photo-spacers are formed by making use of a photomask which includes a first aperture pattern for forming the first photo-spacer, a second aperture pattern for forming the second photo-spacer which has a smaller film thickness than that of the first photo-spacer, wherein an aperture of the second aperture pattern has a lateral width in the range 2.0-10.0 ?m and the ratio of lateral width to longitudinal width is confined to 11.25 or more.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a solid-state image capturing device includes a color filter patterning step of patterning the color filters in such a manner that a predetermined interval is formed between adjacent color filter materials of different colors; and a color filter forming step of heat treating and fluidizing the patterned color filter materials and further curing the color filter materials to form color filters of different colors.

Abstract: A color filter substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel using the same are provided. The color filter substrate includes a base material, a filter structure, and a common electrode layer. The filter structure includes a sheltering matrix and a plurality of color filter layers. The sheltering matrix disposed above the base material includes a black resin layer and a conducting material layer. The black resin layer has a plurality of openings for exposing a partial surface of the base material. The conducting material layer is disposed on the black resin layer. The color filter layers are disposed in the plurality of openings of the black resin layer. The common electrode layer is disposed on the filter structure.

Abstract: A color filter including colored pixels of at least two or more colors, in which the colored pixels contain at least pigment particles, the contrast of each colored pixel is not lower than 2000 and the difference between the contrast of the colored pixel having the lowest contrast and the contrast of the colored pixel having the highest contrast among the colored pixels of two or more colors is not more than 600; a process for manufacturing the same; and a liquid crystal display device using the color filter.

Abstract: A color filter is manufactured on each of a plurality of light-receiving elements of an RGB sensor using a plurality of kinds of light-transmitting films having different transmission colors. In such a case, the light-transmitting film that is to be coated next does not uniformly spread across the entire semiconductor wafer, and coating nonuniformities readily occur when a pattern of the light-transmitting film formed earlier on a certain optical element has a right angle portion. In order to solve this problem, the pattern of the light-transmitting film formed earlier has a planar shape having corner-cut portions so that right angle portions do not occur.

Abstract: A structure of color elements for a color filter. At least a first, second, and third color element are disposed in a delta-type arrangement. An overlapping portion is formed between two adjacent color elements to serve as a light-blocking area. At least one color element is octagonal, having four straight sides and four beveled sides.

Abstract: A color filter includes red, green and blue filter segments and is adapted to be used in a liquid crystal display device using, as a light source, a white LED having specified spectral properties. The red filter segment has a 50% transmittance wavelength within a range of 595 to 610 nm and a transmittance of 85% or more at a wavelength of 630 nm. The blue filter segment has a maximum transmittance wavelength of 455 nm or less and a transmittance of 55% or more at a wavelength of 450 nm. A thickness of each of the red, green and blue filter segments is 3.0 ?m or less. A liquid crystal display device including this color filter and the white LED is also disclosed.

Abstract: An exemplary color wheel assembly comprises a carrier, a locking member, a color filter unit and an elastic member. The carrier includes a main body, a shaft and a lock-receiving portion. The shaft coaxially protrudes outwardly from the main body. The lock-receiving portion is defined in the shaft. The locking member is lockingly received in the lock-receiving portion. The color filter unit is disposed on the main body. The elastic member is interposed between the locking member and the color filter unit and is compressed therebetween to push the color filter unit against the main body. In this way, the color filter unit is firmly fixed on the main body and the color wheel assembly is assembled.

Abstract: A rainbow wheel that colors light that is passed therethrough. The wheel can be formed using a photolithographic process. Another supermagenta wheel can be used to increase the number of colors that can be obtained.

Abstract: A laser scanning microscope includes a light source unit that emits laser light, a scanning unit that scans the laser light, an optical system that converges the laser light into a specimen, a light detecting unit that detects fluorescence generated from the specimen, and a filter unit located on an optical path of light entering the light detecting unit. The filter unit includes a short pass filter that has a large number of independent filter cells in different wavelength ranges formed in line on a common substrate, and a long pass filter that has a large number of independent filter cells in different wavelength ranges formed in line on a common substrate. The filter unit has a characteristic of a bandpass filter having a desired wavelength range owing to a combination of the filter cells of the short pass filter and the filter cells of the long pass filter.

Abstract: A color filter substrate including a substrate, a number of color filter patterns, a black matrix, a number of spacers, a number of protrusions, and a common electrode is provided. The substrate has a number of sub-pixel regions. The color filter patterns are disposed on the substrate, and each color filter is disposed within one of the sub-pixel regions. The common electrode covers the color filter patterns and the substrate. The black matrix is disposed on the common electrode and between the sub-pixel regions. The spacers are disposed on the black matrix and connected to the black matrix. The protrusions are disposed on the common electrode above the color filter patterns. The black matrix, the spacers, and the protrusions are made of the same material. As mentioned above, a color filter substrate manufactured with low cost is provided.

Abstract: A color wheel is provided for use in the illumination system of a projector. The color wheel includes a rotor and a motor for rotating the rotor, the rotor includes a ring shaped translucent area formed by color filter segments, the translucent area being adapted to continuously extend into a light path as the rotor is rotated, the rotor in a first plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation further includes first means for balancing, the rotor in a second plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation further includes second means for balancing, wherein the first and the second plane are spaced apart. Due to the dual plane balancing means, the color wheel is better balanced.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention is to provide an optical reflector having a directivity of reflection and a display device using it. Depressions of a projection/depression forming member (46) is relatively spread in the right-and-left direction of a display surface. The depressions of the member (46) are provided in such a manner that their average diameter in the right-and-left direction of the display surface is larger than that in the up-and-down direction of the display surface and their average pitch in the right-and-left direction of the display surface is greater than that in the up-and-down direction of the display surface. When a light enters into a surface of a reflective film (48), the light is reflected in the up-and-down direction more selectively.

Abstract: A plastic color wheel assembly includes a motor and a color filtering plate. The color filtering plate is disposed at one side of the motor and is made of plastic A projection system including the plastic color wheel is also disclosed.

Abstract: An autostereoscopic display apparatus (8), comprising: a plurality of individually addressable display elements (2) arranged in an array of rows and columns; and light directing means (15) comprising a plurality of light directing elements (16) at a slant angle (?) to the column direction (6); wherein the shape of the individually addressable display elements (2) substantially comprises the shape remaining from a rectangular footprint when one or more cut-outs (2c) is removed; the one or more cut-outs (2c) being positioned relative to the slanted angle (?) of the light directing elements (16) such as to provide a reduction in brightness variation along the row direction (4) compared to what individually addressable display elements shaped according to the rectangular footprint would provide.