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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179484 | Display medium and writing apparatus The present invention provides a display medium which prevents a decrease in reflectance during storage at high temperatures, and a writing apparatus using the display medium. A photoconductive layer 24, a selective light transmission layer 22, and a l... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8120719 | Photo-addressable display medium and photo-addressable display device A photo-addressable display medium is provided, the photo-addressable display medium including: a pair of electrodes having transparency; a photoconductive layer disposed between the pair of electrodes and having a laminated structure of a first charge generation la... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7982812 | Display device In a display device, first and second substrates parallel to each other are arranged between first and second polarizers that are parallel to each other. A liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first and second substrates, and a light emitting layer having a ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7961261 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises: a holding unit that holds a medium on which an image is formed by irradiation of image-bearing light, the medium having a liquid crystal layer, a photoconductor layer that changes a resistance in response to irradiation of light... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948567 | Optically writable display medium and optical writing method An optically writable display medium includes an optical switching element and a display element. The optical switching element includes a charge transport layer sandwiched between an upper charge generating layer and a lower charge generating layer. The display ele... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7817213 | Method for driving liquid crystal device and driving apparatus for the liquid crystal device Sequentially performed are (1) an entire liquid crystal layer is initialized into a focal conic state, (2) an image is written onto the liquid crystal device by scanning with selecting exposure or non-exposure while applying a voltage that does not exceed a threshol... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7750984 | Photoluminescence liquid crystal display Provided is a photoluminescence liquid crystal display (LCD) using a light source emitting polarized light. The photoluminescence LCD may include a light source emitting polarized light, a light control unit including a liquid crystal layer having a plurality of pix... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7671928 | Display apparatus including self-luminescent device and non-self-luminescent device A display apparatus with a self-luminescent device and a non-self-luminescent device has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a pixel matrix with a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has a first switching device, a non-self-luminescent device controlled by the fi... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7570310 | Method for driving optical address type spatial light modulation device and apparatus for driving optical address type spatial light modulation device A method drives a spatial light modulation device to record an image into the device. The device includes first and second light modulation layers. The method includes exposing the device to imagewise light while applying a first voltage between electrodes of the fi... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7511775 | Optical address type spatial light modulator An optical address type spatial light modulator has a plurality of optical address type light modulation layers stacked on each other, each having a liquid crystal layer for reflecting visible light in a specific wavelength band or a liquid crystal layer for absorbi... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7460188 | Solar-powered device comprising a solar cell arrangement and a liquid crystal display and method of making A solar-powered LCD device, e.g., for a clock, includes a solar cell arrangement and a liquid crystal display. The solar cell arrangement includes an at least partially transparent carrier and at least one solar cell provided with at least one at least partially tra... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7440157 | Optically addressed spatial light modulator and method An optical device has an electrically insulating first barrier layer disposed over a first electrode layer, a photoconductive layer disposed over the first barrier layer, and a carrier confining layer disposed over the photoconducting layer. The carrier confining la... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7372608 | Light control device and light control system using the same A light control device includes a substrate, a first reflective layer, a light modulating film in which the refractive index varies according to an applied electric field, a transparent electrode, and a second reflective layer having a reflection characteristic such... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369773 | Methods and systems for polarization control and polarization mode dispersion compensation for wideband optical signals An optical processing method includes: receiving an optical signal from an optical system, wherein the optical signal is distorted by frequency-dependent polarization effects in the optical system; spatially dispersing frequency components of the distorted optical s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7317281 | Method for manufacturing electrooptical device and apparatus for manufacturing the same, electrooptical device and electronic appliances The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an electrooptical device including a first member on which an electrooptical element is disposed, and a second member covering the electrooptical element. The method includes (a) feeding an adhesive material t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317506 | Variable illumination source An apparatus and method for providing a variable illumination field for use in lithographic imaging for semiconductor manufacturing includes providing a an illumination system including a variable optical element having an array of addressable elements, each address... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317499 | Multilayer plate and display panel with anisotropic crystal film and conducting protective layer A multilayer plate is provided comprising an optically transparent substrate, a protective layer, a conducting layer, and at least one anisotropic thin crystal film. The anisotropic thin crystal film is made of a substance containing aromatic rings and possessing a ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7286173 | Image sensor and image sensor integrated type active matrix type display device To fabricate an active matrix type display device integrated with an image sensor at a low cost and without complicating process, an image sensor laminated with TFT and a light receiving unit is formed on a light receiving matrix, a display matrix is arranged with T... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283105 | Microdisplay and interface on single chip A microdisplay having interface circuitry on the same silicon backplane to allow it to receive digital images and video in a variety of formats and convert same to field sequential color signals for generation of full color images. It includes column data processors... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266778 | Freezable projection display A display system and method are provided. The system typically includes a display configured to control visible light, as well as to sense an optical signal projected thereon, the display being adapted to freeze a projected image by storing the optical signal associ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259744 | Dielectrophoretic displays A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of part... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253861 | Liquid crystal optical element comprising a resin layer having a surface hardness of b or less On substrates 2a, 2b of a chiral nematic liquid crystal optical element 1, transparent electrodes 3a, 3b and electrical insulation layers 4a, 4b are formed, and further, resin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7236292 | Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223672 | Processes for forming backplanes for electro-optic displays A non-linear element is formed on a flexible substrate by securing the substrate to a rigid carrier, forming the non-linear element, and then separating the flexible substrate from the carrier. The process allows flexible substrates to be processed in a conventional... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214927 | Method and apparatus using liquid crystal light valve to filter incident light on a photodetector In one embodiment, light is detected using a photodetector. If the detected light is causing the photodetector to saturate, one or more liquid crystal light valves are adjusted to filter the amount of incident light on the photodetector. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206115 | Optical switching element, and device, optically addressed type display medium and display each using the optical switching element The invention provides an optical switching element and a device, an optically addressed type display medium and a display each including such an optical switching element. The optical switching element comprising an optical switching layer including lower and upper... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202919 | Holographic data storage with PDLC spatial light modulator generating reference and object beams The invention is directed to a holographic data storage system including a spatial light modulator device (SLM) that comprises optical elements in the form of polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) elements. The PDLC elements are individually controllable, and can ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190417 | Optical address type spatial light modulator An optical address type spatial light modulator has a plurality of optical address type light modulation layers stacked on each other, each having a liquid crystal layer for reflecting visible light in a specific wavelength band or a liquid crystal layer for absorbi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180110 | Organic photoelectric conversion element The organic photoelectric conversion element according to the invention has enhanced the light-absorbing property by incorporating two or more kinds of electron donating organic materials 4a and 4b in the photoelectric conversion region | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180092 | Semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device including a picture display function and a picture capturing function on the same substrate. The semiconductor device includes a pixel matrix, an image sensor, and a peripheral circuit for driving those, which are provided on... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173639 | Spatial light modulator data refresh without tearing artifacts A pulse width modulation driven display such as a spatial light modulator, which updates pixel data between PWM periods of consecutive frames, to avoid tearing artifacts in the perceived display image. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172288 | Display device including a spatial light modulator with plural image regions A display device includes a spatial light modulator and a light generator. The spatial light modulator may have an array of modulating elements with a plurality of image regions. The light generator may be configured to direct a different one of a plurality of subst... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173662 | Foveating imaging system and method employing a spatial light modulator to selectively modulate an input image An imaging system includes an image receiving unit for receiving an input image, and a spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator is interposed between the image receiving unit and an input image. The spatial light modulator is for selectively modulating t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170569 | Liquid crystal shutter and printhead The present invention relates to a liquid crystal shutter (5). The liquid crystal shutter (5) includes a first and a second transparent substrates (50), (51) arranged to face each other; a light shielding film (52) formed on a surf... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165843 | Optical system with angular compensator An electro-optical projection system includes a polarizer, a reflective light modulator, an analyzer, and a compensation element. The polarizer polarizes an illumination beam to form a polarized illumination beam. The reflective light modulator receives the polarize... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7145709 | Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index An iono-refractive structure that includes one or more ion insertion layers having a real portion and an imaginary portion of the dielectric constant is provided. While both the real portion and the imaginary portion of the dielectric constant change, the change in ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7126569 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device which has a liquid crystal display which uses liquid crystal with a memory effect. When a contact action with a screen of the liquid crystal display is made, information displayed thereon is written again thereon. Also, if no changes ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113333 | Screen having micro-lens array and projector Aspects of the invention provide a screen or the like that enables a bright, homogeneous projection image to be observed in a wide range across an area where viewers are present. A screen having a micro-lens array formed of a plurality of micro-lens elements each ha... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106307 | Touch screen for use with an OLED display A touch screen for use with an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, includes: a substrate having a top side and a bottom side; a plurality of touch screen elements located on the top side of substrate; and a polarizing element for reducing glare and improvin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106377 | Image capturing device capable of single pixel exposure duration control A still image capturing device includes an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixel elements. An electronically actuatable shutter device includes a plurality of individually addressable and actuatable shutter elements. A shutter element substantially correspond... | 09/12/2006 |
