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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189165 | Liquid-crystalline coating fluid and polarizing film A liquid-crystalline coating fluid comprises: a lyotropic liquid crystal compound; a vinyl alcohol-based polymer; and a solvent, wherein 0.05 to 1.5 weight parts of vinyl alcohol-based polymer is contained with respect to 100 weight parts of the lyotropic liquid-cry... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7782438 | Fast switching electro-optical devices using banana-shaped liquid crystals The invention is directed to liquid crystal display and electro-optical devices having faster switching times, a wider viewing angle, continuous gray level, improved transmittance of the clear state, approximately no threshold voltage and low power consumption. The ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7719656 | Liquid crystal display device It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal layer may form a stable transparent state and, in addition, which provides for a black display with an excellent viewing angle characteristic, as well as a ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7643124 | Liquid crystal, and liquid crystal material combination and liquid crystal display each containing the same A liquid crystal is provided, which can be used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) to provide an LCD exhibiting a good transmittance. The liquid crystal according to the invention has the following properties: (i) a dielectric aniso... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7518700 | Display element and display device The subject invention provides a display element which achieves reduction in driving voltage. The display element according to the present invention includes substrates 1 and 2, at least one of which is transparent, and a medium layer 3 held bet... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7463328 | Liquid crystal display device with fine particles in liquid crystal layer It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal layer may form a stable transparent state and, in addition, which provides for a black display with an excellent viewing angle characteristic, as well as a ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7372480 | Non-lithographic photo-induced patterning of polymers from liquid crystal solvents with spatially modulated director fields A liquid crystal device comprises a first and second cell wall structure; at least one liquid crystal material disposed within a space between the first and second cell wall structures; and polymer micro-structures, wherein the micro-structures are formed by polymer... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7342627 | Liquid crystal display device using OCB mode and cholesteric liquid crystal color filter and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates having inner surfaces facing and spaced apart from each other; a light absorption layer on an inner surface of the first substrate; a cholesteric liquid crystal color filter (CCF) layer on the ligh... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342632 | Display element and display device A display element of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates at least one of which is transparent; a medium layer, made of a medium sandwiched between the substrates 1 and 2, whose magnitude of an optical anisotropy is changed by applying ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7321348 | OLED display with aging compensation An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display having addressable pixels on a substrate, the pixels having performance attributes, and a control circuit for controlling the pixels of the display device, includes one or more OLED pixels; an OLED reference pixel locat... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7258903 | Fast switching liquid crystal compositions for use in bistable liquid crystal devices The invention is directed to the use of a fast switching liquid crystal composition said composition comprising at least 30 weight % of a component (α) containing one or more compounds having a dielectric anisotropy Δε of at least 25, whereby at least 25 weight %... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256551 | Image displaying method and device and image displaying control method and apparatus A first electrode layer capable of transmitting visible light, a displaying layer, whose optical characteristics alter in accordance with an electric field, an optical switching layer capable of exhibiting electrical conductivity when being exposed to an electromagn... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253871 | Efficient room-temperature source of polarized single photons An efficient technique for producing deterministically polarized single photons uses liquid-crystal hosts of either monomeric or oligomeric/polymeric form to preferentially align the single emitters for maximum excitation efficiency. Deterministic molecular alignmen... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7189439 | Active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus An active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus has a pair of substrates, at least one of the substrates being transparent; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pair of substrates; and electrode structure for generating an electric field having a domin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7167229 | Liquid crystal display element and projection display device An active matrix drive type liquid crystal display element capable of preventing deterioration of display capability caused by a stripe domain, and a projection type display device using the liquid crystal display element, by which there is provided a projection typ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7130013 | Method of forming a display A method of forming a display including three conductive layers is described. The display is driven by contacting a third conductive layer and a second conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer transmits current to the first conductive layer, and an elec... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126573 | Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display and method that prevents transition of liquid crystals from a bend state to a splay state caused by an external impact by keeping an average pixel voltage above transition voltage Vtr when driven. The liquid crystal display includes a thin f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123336 | Twisted nematic liquid crystal material with certain values for dielectric constant anisotropy, twisted elasticity modulus and refractive index anisotropy An active matrix drive type liquid crystal display element capable of preventing deterioration of display capability caused by a stripe domain, and a projection type display device using the liquid crystal display element, by which there is provided a projection typ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112355 | Active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus An active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus having a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, an orientation film a scanning signal electrode, an image signal electrode, a pixel electrode and an active device. Each of the electro... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7088318 | System and method for compensation of active element variations in an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (OLED) flat-panel display A brightness compensation system and method of providing brightness uniformity in an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (OLED) flat-panel display. The brightness compensation system of the present invention includes a system controller, a timing generator, a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6939478 | Compounds of formula (2) to stabilize liquid crystal domains A A compound having formula (2) wherein A2 is an electron acceptor moiety; C2 is a conjugated bridging moiety; D2 is an electron donor moiety; ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927827 | Liquid crystal display with liquid crystal layer, aligning layers, and overcoat layer having adjusted dielectric permitivity and resistivity The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display. The relation of ∈ (permittivity). sg(r) (resistivity) between a liquid crystal layer, an aligning layer or an overcoat for preventing poor images is established. An LCD according to the present invention i... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916692 | Pixel array for LC silicon light valve featuring pixels with overlapping edges The present invention provides a pixel array and a process flow for forming an array of pixel cells that features pixel electrodes having overlapping edges. This overlapping pixel configuration precludes absorption of light in inter-pixel regions that could give ris... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6900469 | Liquid crystal display element Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal composition that exhibits a cholesteric phase. The liquid crystal composi... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6858266 | Domain size controlled liquid crystals A device composed of: a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal and a liquid crystal domain stabilizing compound, wherein die liquid crystal composition is switchable between a strongly scattering state of a first plurality of smaller liquid crystal do... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6833421 | Compound New photoactive polymers, their use as liquid crystal (LC) orientation layers and their use in the construction of unstructured and structured optical and electro-optical elements and multi-layer systems. The new photoactive polymers are crosslinkable polymers that ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6824708 | Liquid crystal compositions including dispersant A device composed of: (1) a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal, a liquid crystal domain stabilizing compound, and a dispersant, wherein the liquid crystal composition is switchable between a strongly scattering state of a first plurality of smalle... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6764614 | Stratified phase-separated composite having cross-linked polymeric layer A stratified-phase-separated composite comprises a liquid layer, such as a liquid crystal layer, and a polymeric layer. In order to obtain a more complete stratification resulting in less liquid being present in the polymeric layer, the polymeric layer is crosslinke... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6753551 | Liquid crystal display with wide viewing angle A liquid crystal display (LCD) having an oblique electric field while a voltage is applied between the upper plate and the lower plate of the LCD is disclosed. The LCD includes a first regulating device of the upper plate and the second regulating device of the lowe... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6738126 | Method of fabricating liquid crystal panel by arranging high viscosity liquid crystal onto a substrate A liquid crystal display panel fabricating method includes forming a liquid crystal layer on a first substrate of the liquid crystal panel before attaching a second substrate to the first substrate. After attaching the second substrate to the first substrate having ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6730548 | Method of fabricating a thin film transistor A method of fabricating a thin film transistor for liquid crystal display is provided. A polysilicon island and a gate insulating layer covered on the polysilicon island are formed on a substrate. A metal layer is formed on the gate insulating layer. A pair of trenc... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6423385 | Liquid crystal display devices Realizing low driving voltage, high contrast, and high response speed in an active matrix type liquid crystal display device of the in-plane switching mode type. The construction of the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention comp... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6222605 | Surface mode liquid crystal device and method of making a liquid crystal device A surface mode liquid crystal device is made by forming a cell containing a mixture of a liquid crystal and a pre-polymer. An electric field is applied across the cell to arrange the liquid crystal in a predetermined surface mode state, such as the V stat... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6018378 | Liquid crystal/polymer composite with high optical anisotropy and low dielectric anisotropy to lower hysteresis exhibiting transparent and light scattering states A composition for use in a liquid crystal optical element, such as a liquid crystal display or laser shutter device, comprised of a liquid crystal material and a solidified polymer material. The liquid crystal is such that its refractive index is changed ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6013335 | Liquid crystal display apparatus and method for processing the same A liquid crystal display apparatus of the invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates with alignment films formed at interfaces between the liquid crystal layer and the respective substrates... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5620630 | Polymer dispersed liquid crystal display device, and a method for producing the same A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a pair of electrode substrates and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal complex film interposed between the pair of substrates. The polymer dispersed liquid crystal complex film inc... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5615040 | Self-responding laminated bodies, their production process and windows using the same The present invention describes a self-responding laminated body in which an isotropic solution, wherein a polysaccharide derivative, dissolved in water, aggregates to demonstrate cloudy scattering due to a rise in temperature resulting in a decrease in o... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5602661 | Optical component An optical component includes an anisotropic layer of cross-linked liquid crystal monomers with varying local orientation of the liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal layer is in contact with an orientation layer comprising a photo-orientable polym... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5550662 | Color liquid crystal display having a wide viewing angle A color liquid crystal display (LCD) includes many ones of a color cell triad (150) of liquid crystal cells (80R, 80G, 80B) and a negative birefringence compensator plate (110). The color cell triads are positioned between a pair of linear polarizers (112... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548426 | Liquid crystal display device A polarizer is arranged on the incident side of a TN type liquid crystal cell in which the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules is twist-aligned through substantially 90° in a direction from one substrate to the opposite substrate and the value of a p... | 08/20/1996 |
