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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164714 | Diffractive display device, finder device and camera There is provided a diffractive display device having small non-uniformity of luminance within a surface, and a finder device and a camera using the diffractive display device. The diffractive display device includes a pair of substrates 24a, 24... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8125591 | Method of forming an array of polymer dispersed liquid crystal cells The present invention relates to a method of forming an array of polymer dispersed liquid crystal cells, to an array formed by such method and to uses of such array. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8089584 | Liquid crystal display panel and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel including a lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate is provided. The liquid crystal layer includes at least one liquid crystal molecule and a s... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085363 | Coatable conductive layer The invention relates to a patternable coatable electrically conductive layer comprising a fluid-coated electrically conductive material, wherein the fluid-coated electrically conductive material has sufficient conductivity to induce an electric field strong enough ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077274 | Optimizing performance parameters for switchable polymer dispersed liquid crystal optical elements Described herein are the materials, mechanisms and procedures for optimizing various performance parameters of HPDLC optical devices in order to meet differing performance requirements. These optimization tailoring techniques include control and independent optimiza... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072562 | Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal mixture A liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a counter electrode, a pixel array structure, at least one alignment layer and at least one polymer layer is... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8054413 | Stressed liquid crystals materials for light modulation A new light modulating material using interconnected unidirectionally oriented microdomains of a liquid crystal, dispersed in a stressed polymer structure, is provided. The light modulating material is prepared by dissolving the liquid crystal in an uncured monomer ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054412 | Liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display system A light source portion having laser light sources emitting red light, green light, and blue light and conventionally disposed integrally with the liquid crystal display panel is spatially separated from the liquid crystal display panel. Accordingly, the power supply... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8035773 | Electro-optical device A liquid crystal electro-optical device comprises a pair of substrates, at least one of them being light-transmitting, electrodes provided on said substrates, an electro-optical modulating layer being sandwiched by said pair of substrates, and a black coating formed... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023071 | Transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display This invention relates to a liquid crystal display with improved contrast ratio, switching performance, reflectivity at the Dmin state and structural integrity, and methods for its manufacture. The liquid crystal display of the present invention comprises microcups ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7911562 | Liquid crystal display and process for producing the same To provide a liquid crystal display, in which substrates are strongly fixed with an even cell gap to exhibit an excellent display quality. The liquid crystal display includes a spacer side substrate and a counter substrate in which the spacer side substrate and the ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7889291 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal display device is provided which includes: a liquid crystal panel; an image information application unit disposed on a side opposite to a display side of the liquid crystal panel; an illumination unit for irradiating light to the image information a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7872707 | Method for controlling an index modulation of a switchable polymer dispersed liquid crystal optical component Described herein are the materials, mechanisms and procedures for optimizing various performance parameters of HPDLC optical devices in order to meet differing performance requirements. These optimization tailoring techniques include control and independent optimiza... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7847885 | Mechanical structure including a layer of polymerised liquid crystal and method of manufacturing such A mechanical structure comprises an element which is moveable by nonmechanical means, such as heat or radiation, between a first state having a first shape and a second state having a second shape different. To this end, the element includes a layer of oriented poly... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843530 | Liquid crystal-containing composition and liquid crystal display device using the same A liquid crystal-containing composition includes a first cholesteric liquid crystal having a peak wavelength of selective reflection in the range of from 600 nm to 800 nm and encapsulated in a microcapsule and a second cholesteric liquid crystal having a peak wavele... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7796216 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel 2 containing a liquid crystal having an alignment state which is so controlled that: a transmission intensity at an oblique viewing angle is greater than a fron... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7742125 | Light switch having plural shutters A display includes a light switch overlying a backlight and having at least two light shutters which do not, by themselves, convey information by the shape thereof. The lit area of the backlight is equal to or greater than the sum of the areas of the shutters within... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7733442 | Display device and electronic apparatus A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and microcapsules sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the microcapsules constituting a display area, the microcapsules encapsulating a display material whose optical proper... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7639319 | Polymer dispersed liquid crystal formulations for modulator fabrication Embodiments of polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) in accordance with the present invention comprise TL-series liquid crystal materials and a polymer matrix comprising polyacrylate resins having hydroxyl groups. These hydroxyl groups allow crosslinking by usin... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630029 | Conductive absorption layer for flexible displays The present invention relates to a bistable reflective display and a method for making the display comprising a substrate, an electrically modulated imaging layer, and a coatable color contrast conductive layer comprising an electronically conductive polymer and col... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7612844 | Wide viewing angle liquid crystal display panel A wide viewing angle liquid crystal display (LCD) panel comprising an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer is provided. The upper substrate is assembled above the lower substrate. The LC layer is interposed between the two substrates. ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7605882 | Optimizing performance parameters for switchable polymer dispersed liquid crystal optical elements Described herein are the materials, mechanisms and procedures for optimizing various performance parameters of HPDLC optical devices in order to meet differing performance requirements. These optimization tailoring techniques include control and independent optimiza... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7595850 | Stressed liquid crystals materials for light modulation A new light modulating material using interconnected unidirectionally oriented microdomains of a liquid crystal, dispersed in a stressed polymer structure, is provided. The light modulating material is prepared by dissolving the liquid crystal in an uncured monomer ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7570322 | Optimizing performance parameters for switchable polymer dispersed liquid crystal optical elements Described herein are the materials, mechanisms and procedures for optimizing various performance parameters of HPDLC optical devices in order to meet differing performance requirements. These optimization tailoring techniques include control and independent optimiza... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7528903 | Display device and electronic apparatus A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and microcapsules sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the microcapsules constituting a display area, the microcapsules encapsulating a display material whose optical proper... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7499124 | Polymer dispersed liquid crystal device conditioned with a predetermined anchoring energy, a predetermined polymer concentration by weight percent and a predetermined cell gap to enhance phase separation and to make smaller and more uniform liquid crystal droplets A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates with anchoring energy. A cell gap is formed between the pair of substrates. Polymer dispersed liquid crystals are arranged in the cell gap. ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7423706 | Phoretic cell A relief structure alignment layer comprising a relief structure surface incorporating at least one indentation, the at least one indentation having an internal surface extending from the relief structure surface, wherein the relief structure alignment layer has a s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420585 | Image capture and display device A display device for capturing and displaying images along a single optical axis. The device includes a display panel having a front side and a back side, said display panel capable of being placed in a first display state which allows displaying of an image on said... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7408601 | Electronically tunable polarization-independent micro lens using polymer network twisted nematic liquid crystal Inhomogeneous concentrated polymer network with approximately 90° twisted nematic liquid crystal (TN-LC) is used for fabricating lens and prisms. For forming a positive lens, the approximately 90° TN-LC polymer network concentration can gradually decrease from the... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408707 | Multi-region light scattering element A multi-region light scattering element with the optical characteristics of low speckle, high resolution high contrast, and high gain when used as an imaging element without any resulting loss of transmission or brightness with viewing angle. The multi-region light ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400368 | Liquid crystal displays with liquid crystal molecules and polymers in which the polymers adhere to the substrates and capsulate the molecules Liquid crystal displays and fabrication methods thereof. The liquid crystal display comprises a first substrate with an active matrix of a plurality of pixels. A second substrate is provided opposing the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394509 | Bistable display device having plural cavities containing rotatable bicolored particles within a liquid crystal carrier A bistable display device comprises two cell walls enclosing a sheet having a plurality of cavities each containing a rotatable bicoloured sphere within a liquid crystal material carrier (15), and electrodes for applying an electrical field. The spheres and c... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382351 | Color electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device includes a substrate and unit cells. Each of the unit cells has one display electrode, two collection electrodes and two types of charged particles different from each other in charged polarity and coloration, and has a driving mean... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382512 | Resistivity phase change material Various devices and methods employing a resistive phase change material are disclosed. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382424 | Reflective chiral-nematic liquid crystal display with broadband reflection A display sheet comprising a substrate carrying layers of material; including a polymer-dispersed chiral-nematic liquid-crystal layer having a first high reflection state within the visible light spectrum and a second less-reflective state in said spectrum, said sta... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372530 | UV curable conductive layers in LC displays The present invention relates to a display device comprising a substrate, at least one UV curable conductive layer and an imageable layer. The present invention also relates to a display device comprising a substrate, a first transparent conductive layer, a light mo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372535 | Liquid crystal display and method of fabricating the same An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display, which can surely perform an instillation process used when liquid crystal is sealed between substrates in a cell process, and a fabrication method thereof. A liquid crystal display comprises ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372144 | High speed electronics interconnect and method of manufacture Fundamental interconnect systems for connecting high-speed electronics elements are provided. Interconnect system has the means, which could reduce the microwave loss by reducing the effective dielectric loss and dielectric constant of the interconnect system, and i... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372534 | Light adjuster with electrically conductive tape stuck on electrically conductive cylindrical housing in which is accommodated part of wiring There is provided a light adjuster and a laminated glass which are capable of reducing labor time while inhibiting formation of cadmium and preventing degradation of the liquid crystal layer. A light adjuster 103 is comprised of a pair of PET films 109... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
