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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7561246 | Liquid-crystal electro-optical apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal device comprising: a pair of substrates having an electrode arrangement thereon; an orientation control means provided on at least one of said substrates; and a ferroelectric or an... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7365813 | Color liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display apparatus includes at least one polarization plate, a phase difference plate, a pair of oppositely disposed substrates at least one of which is a transparent substrate, a liquid crystal disposed between said pair of substrates, and means for... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352416 | Polarization direction of incident light beam perpendicular or parallel to liquid display molecular orientation for reduced drive voltage A liquid crystal display element comprising two transparent substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the two substrates. A plurality of pixels and active elements for driving the liquid crystal at the plurality ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348953 | Method of driving liquid crystal display device A method of driving a liquid crystal display device is provided which can decrease the hysteresis of thresholdless liquid crystal and which can, depending on the liquid crystal, improve the response time. By providing a “0 V” reset period before or after a grada... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7259804 | Method for fabricating touch panel integrated liquid crystal display device The present invention discloses a method of fabricating a touch panel for a liquid crystal display device including forming a parent touch panel having a plurality of unit touch panels and a parent polarizer, laminating the parent touch panel and the parent polarize... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7221344 | Liquid crystal display device and driving control method thereof In a liquid crystal display device of an active matrix type, at first, an initialization signal voltage having a voltage value equal to or higher than the maximum voltage value of a display signal is applied to display pixels in a signal application period in a fiel... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206005 | Image display device and method for displaying multi-gray scale display An image display device for multi-gray scale display includes a first pixel for transmitting an achromatic color light therethrough with a first transmittance and a second pixel for transmitting the achromatic color light therethrough with a second transmittance dif... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195719 | High polarization ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions The invention relates to chiral nonracemic liquid crystal compounds having achiral tails comprising a perfluoroalkyl terminal portion which are useful as components in liquid crystal to impart high polarization to the mixture. The materials of this invention can be ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7153551 | Single-crystalline film and process for production thereof An organic single-crystalline film useful as a functional film in various devices is produced by selecting a liquid crystal material having a good molecular alignment regularity, disposing the liquid crystal material between a pair of boundaries exerting a thickness... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7123330 | Liquid crystal panel substrate having alignment film and method for forming alignment film by varied evaporation angle A substrate for a liquid crystal panel having an alignment film, wherein an evaporated film is formed as the alignment film on the substrate, and wherein a portion of the evaporated film corresponding to each single pixel is split into a plurality of segments, and t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7083832 | Partially fluorinated liquid crystal material The invention provides LC compositions that exhibit V-shaped switching when aligned in an analog device configuration and exhibit bistability when aligned in a bookshelf-type device configuration. The invention more specifically provides LC compositions of formula 1... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7057680 | Liquid crystal device having discotic liquid crystal and rod-shaped liquid crystal in mutually separate phases A liquid crystal device showing performances, such as good viewing angle characteristic, high contrast, high-speed responsiveness, high resolution and high productivity is given by forming a layer of discotic liquid crystal placed in an edge-on and uniaxial alignmen... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7019811 | Smectic liquid crystal high-contrast control or display device The liquid-crystal switching or display device comprises a chiral smectic liquid-crystal mixture, where the ratio Δ/Θ of the angle between the rubbing direction and the smectic layer normal to the tilt angle in the liquid-crystal mixture is at least 0.41. Preferab... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6958791 | Liquid crystal display To reduce viewing angle dependence of γ characteristics in a normally black liquid crystal display. Each pixel 10 has a first sub-pixel 10a and a second sub-pixel 10b which can apply mutually different voltages to their res... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6919982 | Optical path deflecting element, optical path deflecting apparatus, image displaying apparatus, optical element and manufacturing method thereof An optical path deflecting element, an optical path deflecting apparatus, an image displaying apparatus, an optical writing apparatus, an optical interconnection apparatus, an optical element, and a fabrication method thereof. The optical path deflecting element inc... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6895163 | Spread illuminating apparatus with cover provided over transparent substrate There is provided a spread illuminating apparatus to ensure excellent light conductivity. A cover is integrally provided over a transparent substrate sandwiching a fluid (cushioning material) of a gel, liquid, or gaseous substance. With this structure, dust generate... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6671028 | Distorted helix ferroelectric liquid crystal cell A liquid crystal display cell comprising a chiral ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal layer whose helix structure is influenced by the action of an electric field such that its optical anisotropy alters; a pair of transparent plates between which the liq... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6573879 | Plasma-addressed liquid crystal display device A plasma-addressed liquid crystal display device capable of high-speed drive and improved viewing characteristic is composed of a liquid crystal cell structure and plasma cell structure stacked with each other. The liquid crystal cell structure is formed ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6456357 | Liquid crystal display device having spontaneous polarization and evaluation method therefor A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates on whose opposing surfaces electrodes are formed; and a liquid crystal provided between the substrates and having spontaneous polarization and a physical property such that when a positive or ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6262789 | Liquid display and method of making same A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having one or more electrodes formed onto one major surface thereof. The substrate and electrodes are then coated with a layer of a dielectric material through which is formed a plurality of openings or... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6175401 | Liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal layer which contains liquid crystal molecules in a plurality of alignment state and method for driving the same A liquid crystal material which exhibits an antiferroelectric phase while the liquid crystal material is in a bulk state, is sealed between substrates. The liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates exhibits a mixed phase wherein the liquid crysta... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6147792 | Light modulating devices A light modulating device, such as a ferroelectric liquid crystal display (FLCD) comprises an addressable matrix and modulating elements or pixels and associated circuitry for selectively addressing each element in a series of addressing frames in order t... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6128064 | Liquid crystal device and liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal device is constituted by a chiral smectic liquid crystal and a pair of substrates sandwiching the chiral smectic liquid crystal therebetween and each having thereon an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal. At least one o... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6118512 | Manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display element A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display element is provided with the steps of: arranging a pair of insulating substrates face to face with each other and bonding them to each other, each of the insulating substrates having electrodes formed the... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6091478 | Liquid Crystal Display device using liquid crystal having ferrielectric phase between substrates and method for driving the same A liquid crystal layer is sealed between a pair of substrates on which opposite electrodes are formed. The liquid crystal layer is formed of a liquid crystal which exhibits an antiferroelectric phase while the liquid crystal is in a bulk state. When the l... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5943112 | Liquid crystal display device and its fabricating method A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first electrode pattern formed on the first substrate, a first molecular orientation film, formed on the first substrate to cover the first electrode pattern, for orienting liquid crystal molec... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5895108 | Antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element and device, and method of driving the same Pixel electrodes and active elements for supplying data signals to the pixel electrodes in accordance with control signals are formed on one of a pair of opposing transparent substrates, and a counter electrode is formed on the other substrate. An antifer... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5844538 | Active matrix-type image display apparatus controlling writing of display data with respect to picture elements An image display apparatus can be arranged so that a picture element capacity obtains a value provides display data retention of less than 99% by writing same data to a picture element a plurality of times during 1 frame period. This makes it possible to ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5764328 | Liquid crystal device with plural ferroelectric or antiferroelectric layer tilt angles per pixel A liquid crystal device used for electro-optical devices, in which each parameter of the liquid crystal having layer structures is specified to provide a liquid crystal high in stress resistance and capable of gray scale display. The liquid crystal held b... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5671032 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal device for gray scale display, gray scale display apparatus and method adopting the same A ferroelectric liquid crystal display device, and a gray scale display apparatus and method adopting the liquid crystal display device. In the ferroelectric liquid crystal display device, the region of a pixel is divided into a plurality of sub-regions h... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5646755 | Method and apparatus for ferroelectric liquid crystal display having gradational display A liquid crystal device is constituted by a first electrode substrate having thereon a group of first electrodes, a second electrode substrate having thereon a group of second electrodes intersecting the first electrodes, and a liquid crystal disposed bet... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5631752 | Antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element exhibiting a precursor tilt phenomenon Pixel electrodes and active elements for supplying data signals to the pixel electrodes in accordance with control signals are formed on one of a pair of opposing transparent substrates, and a counter electrode is formed on the other substrate. An antifer... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5396352 | Liquid crystal apparatus with gradation information signals and DC bias Disclosed is a liquid crystal apparatus including a liquid crystal panel having a pair of electrodes and a liquid crystal exhibiting spontaneous polarization and arranged between the pair of electrodes, first means for applying a gradation voltage signal ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5379138 | Bi-stable liquid crystal device and driving method which allows for time variable threshold voltages A liquid crystal device is driven by employing a two step writing scheme. In the first step, a pixel is cleared to a second orientation state by a clearing pulse and then a voltage for writing the pixel is applied thereto. In the second step, an additiona... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5353136 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal with positive dielectric anisotropy, chevron structure and grey scale A method of driving a ferroelectric liquid crystal element which enlarges the effective cone angle. A ferroelectric liquid crystal is held between two substrates such that the helix is suppressed and a chevron layer structure is present. The ferroelectric... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5353140 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display of the chiral smectic type is caused to have grey scales, by applying a voltage of an intermediate level to the liquid crystal. Within each picture element of the display, there are a number of domains of the liquid crystal layer,... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5327272 | Optical modulation element An optical modulation element, in which a pixel surrounding a ferroelectric liquid crystal layer and an column shaped orientation layer is formed between a pair of electrodes. The orientation layer is formed by a high-molecular polymer in which an ultrafi... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5305127 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal device with an AC electric field producing a helical structure and/or color control A ferroelectric liquid crystal device including a pair of substrates each having an electrode, one of the substrates being subjected to an uniaxially-orienting treatment (one direction orientation treatment), and the other being subjected to no uniaxially... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5260817 | Liquid crystal optical device comprising a liquid crystal pixel and a parallel circuit for providing a gradation of display A liquid crystal optical device has a ferroelectric liquid crystal layer held in a gap defined by at least a pair of electrodes, wherein the crystal pixel has a time constant. The liquid crystal device also has a parallel circuit having a time constant gr... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5257122 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal display having gray steps or a continuous gray scale A ferroelectric liquid crystal switching or display device, in which the liquid crystal film has a constant thickness, wherein one of the glass sheets in the device is planar and the other glass sheet has at least one step. The switching or display device... | 10/26/1993 |
