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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8279375 | Display apparatus, driving apparatus of display apparatus, and electronic device In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal apparatus includes first and second transmissive liquid crystal panels which are combined with each other. Each of the liquid crystal panels displays a video image in accordance with an identical video sou... | 10/02/2012 |
| 7843529 | Stacked multi-panel LCD device comprising a first driving signal for driving at least one of said stacked LCD panels and a second driving signal for driving another of said stacked LCD panels being obtained by applying an averaging processing to said first driving signal A LCD unit (116) has a first and a second LCD panels (261, 262) which are stacked one on another. The first LCD panel (261) includes a color filter layer (251), and is configured as a color LCD panel for performing a color display. The se... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7282245 | Device with multiple liquid crystal layers A device composed of: (a) a first liquid crystal composition including a first liquid crystal and a first liquid crystal domain stabilizing compound, wherein the first liquid crystal composition switches between a strongly scattering state of a first plurality of sm... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7193666 | Dual liquid crystal display device Disclosed is an LCD device for performing bi-directional display. The LCD device includes first and second display units, and a light supplying unit. The first display unit includes an LCD panel and a transflective film that is disposed under the LCD panel and has l... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7142267 | Active matrix display device An active matrix display device comprises an array of picture elements, e.g. liquid crystal picture elements, first and second sets of address conductors (16, 18) extending in row and column directions respectively and connected with the picture elements, and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7123318 | Double-sided emissive liquid crystal display module containing double-sided illumination plate and multiple display panels A double-sided emissive LCD module includes a double-sided illumination plate, a first LCD panel disposed at the upper surface of the double-sided illumination plate, a second LCD panel disposed at the lower surface of the plate. The double-sided illumination plate ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6967657 | Light source system for a color flat panel display A system for operating a color flat panel display (FPD) is provided that includes a color FPD, a rear light source, and a display processing device. The color FPD has an adjustable color depth and is configured to reflect ambient light. The light source transmits li... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6914647 | Electro-optical light modulator An electrically drivable light modulator having liquid crystal layers, which are disposed one behind the other and are enclosed between transparent plates having a surface anisotropy that orients the molecules of the liquid crystals and having electrodes for generat... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6665026 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes at least two liquid crystal display units that are stacked up one another. Each liquid crystal display unit comprises, from top to bottom, a first polarizer, a first substrate, a first pile layer, a liquid crystal layer, ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6600545 | Twist-nematic liquid-crystal display with electrodes surrounded by background A twist-nematic liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to oppose to the first substrate with distance d1 therebetween, either one of the first and second substrates being a transparent substrate; a plurality of p... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6525707 | Liquid crystal display device and its driving method A liquid crystal display device capable of displaying in multiple colors, and a method for driving the liquid crystal display device using a typical monochrome liquid crystal driving IC. A display portion of a birefringence color liquid crystal display de... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6512559 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display device with very efficient reflectance A reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal display layer having a first liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal molecule, a p-type dichroic dye and a polymer; a reflecting polarizer disposed to transmit linearl... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6437841 | Display device comprising a scanning window A display device (1) is provided with a means (15) for selectively transmitting and blocking light from specific areas of the image. The means for blocking comprises an LCD cells or a number of LCD cells, which cells comprises an oriented polymer network,... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6392725 | Systems and methods for providing a storage medium This invention provides a storage medium, method of writing images to a storage medium, method of forming a storage medium and a storage medium formed using the method of forming a storage medium. The storage medium provides a display which has memory cap... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6356323 | Color display using cholesteric liquid crystals A color display includes a substrate defining first and second opposite support surfaces. The first conductor is disposed over the first surface and defining a first pattern. A second conductor is disposed over the second surface and defining a second pat... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6181393 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a substrate having a pixel electrode on one major surface, a liquid crystal layer including first and second liquid crystal microcapsule layers sequentially stacked on the pixel electrode of the s... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6128055 | Reflective display apparatus using compensator cell and ferroelectric liquid crystal at 90° to enhance contrast ratio A reflective display apparatus enhancing a contrast ratio does not use a quarter wavelength plate and adjusts a switching angle of each molecular axis of a compensator and a ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) display device, to thereby enhance a contrast ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5825441 | Liquid crystal welding glass shields having improved optical angular properties A liquid crystal welding glass structure whose density increases when welding is commenced includes two liquid crystal cells which are mounted between polarization filters which have an extinguishing effect on one another. When mounting the filters, the f... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5777706 | Nematic liquid crystal phase spatial light modulator for enhanced display resolution A phase spatial light modulator composed of a first liquid crystal cell and one or more additional liquid crystal cells. Each of the liquid crystal cells is positioned so that their extraordinary optical axis (Ne) lies orthogonal to the next li... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5712493 | Display device having driving circuits at the periphery of a substrate A display device comprising a substrate, a rectangular display section provided on the substrate and having four sides, a plurality of driving semiconductor elements formed on peripheral portions of the substrate in the vicinity of the display section, ea... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5418633 | Multilayered liquid crystal display with transparent columns disposed within pixel areas A liquid crystal display device includes laminated plural electrical field effect type liquid crystal layers with light-transmitting electrically insulating layers inserted therein, and liquid crystal injection holes for forming the columns for supporting... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5414545 | Multilayered liquid crystal display with multiple black unit columns An improved liquid crystal display device which has a clear contrast and satisfactorily good manufacturing processes, includes a plurality of first electrodes which are placed in a predetermined pattern and determine multiple pixel area and a plurality of... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5414543 | Method for manufacturing a multiple level liquid crystal display using alternating metal and metal oxide layers A method of obtaining a multi-level liquid crystal device repeatedly applies a metal layer and then oxidizes a portion of that metal layer. Thereafter, the non-oxidized layers are removed, leaving empty layered spaces into which liquid crystal can be fill... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5386307 | Method of manufacturing multi-layered liquid crystal using wells for columns and dissolvable layers between liquid crystal layers A method of manufacturing a multi-layered liquid crystal for a liquid crystal display device in which an electric-field effect type liquid crystal layer is placed between opposing upper and lower electrodes and a plurality of insulating layers are alterna... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5307188 | Color liquid crystal display with dead front appearance having opaque mask formed on the primary display A liquid crystal display unit is provided which includes a primary, image-defining display and a secondary display, arranged in series with the primary display. The primary and secondary displays have equal numbers of light shutters, similarly sized and l... | 04/26/1994 |
| 4927240 | Multiple liquid crystal display There is provided a multilayer liquid crystal display of the twisted nematic type which comprises at least two liquid crystal layers and at least three polarizers, the sequence of which is described in detail. The device of the invention is characterized ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4637687 | Cascaded, dual cell transflective liquid crystal display The contrast ratio of a transflective liquid crystal display in the transmissive mode is improved by means of a cascaded, dual cell arrangement. By using cascaded cells, the light path and light absorption in the background portions of the light path is i... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4547043 | Stacked LCD graphics display A visual display and method for producing the same. A plurality of electro-optic cells, such as liquid crystal cells, are placed in an optical series. Each of the cells receives approximately simultaneous identical signals. Due to the series relationship,... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4516834 | Contrast enhanced liquid crystal display A contrast enhanced liquid crystal display is disclosed having two substantially identical liquid crystal displays with a transflector disposed in between such that light entering from the viewing surface of the first liquid crystal is attenuated twice by... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4396250 | Multilayer guest host liquid crystal display without polarizers A guest-host type liquid crystal display device not requiring the use of external polarizers, comprises: two guest-host type liquid crystal cells which are superimposed one upon the other and which are constructed in a manner that the liquid crystal molec... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4364039 | Stacked electro-optic display A visual display and method for producing the same. A plurality of electro-optic cells, such as liquid crystal cells, are placed in an optical series. Each of the cells receives approximately simultaneous identical signals. Due to the series relationship,... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4281324 | Matrix type liquid crystal display In a method for driving row electrodes (or column electrodes) of a matrix type liquid crystal display panel having a predetermined number of the row electrodes and a predetermined number of the column electrodes, different drive voltages are supplied to t... | 07/28/1981 |
