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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7336289 | Projection type display apparatus A projection type display apparatus that projects video onto a screen includes a liquid crystal panel using polymer-dispersed liquid crystal that disperses light when a voltage is applied and that transmits light when a voltage is not applied, being attached to an a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326449 | Liquid crystal device A liquid crystal device comprises first and second opposed spaced-apart cell walls enclosing a layer of a liquid crystal material. Electrodes are provided on at least one cell wall for applying an electric field across at least some of the liquid crystal material. T... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7283107 | Driving circuit for reducing noise of a ceramic capacitor A driving circuit for reducing noise of a ceramic capacitor, that is capable of driving a plasma display unit, is provided. The circuit includes a circuit board, a first switch, a second switch, a first capacitor set, a second capacitor set, and a control switch. Th... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7256848 | Method and apparatus of alligning liquid crystal In a method and apparatus of aligning liquid crystal, a first ion beam is formed. The first ion beam is transformed into a second ion beam having transformed cross-section. The second ion beam advances toward a thin film including carbon-carbon double bond. The seco... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7230665 | Liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal orientation method A slit pattern, which is an orientation control element extending in an oblique direction relative to an edge of a pixel electrode on a surface of a TFT substrate, is formed in the pixel electrode to extend in a substantially parallel direction to an extending direc... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7205366 | Hole transport polymers and devices made with such polymers The present invention is generally directed to a hole transport polymer comprising a polymeric backbone having linked thereto a plurality of substituents comprising fused aromatic ring groups, with the proviso that the polymer does not contain groups selected from t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201948 | Optical device and method for manufacturing same A method for manufacturing a structured optical device (1) starts with a substrate (2), on which is coated an alignment layer (3) and a liquid crystal polymer network layer (4). One of these layers can be created as a coating using a conv... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7128953 | Optical film comprising support and polarizing layer An optical film comprises a transparent support and a polarizing layer. The polarizing layer selectively transmits polarized light, and selectively reflects or scatters other polarized light. The polarizing layer contains a compound represented by the formula (I) of... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097884 | Stability of ion beam generated alignment layers by surface modification A method for preparing an alignment layer surface provides a surface on the alignment layer. The surface is bombarded with ions, and reactive gas is introduced to the ion beam to saturate dangling bonds on the surface. Another method for preparing an alignment layer... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079203 | Electrically 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... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075613 | Electro-optical display with in-situ polymerized columns providing alignment and structural bond between substrate A liquid crystal display device comprises two substrates facing and spaced from each other, at least one of the substrates being transparent; an electro-optical material filling a first portion of the space between the substrates, the electro-optical material compri... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7034907 | Stressed liquid crystals as an ultra-fast light modulating material consisting of unidirectionally oriented liquid crystal micro-domains separated by polymer chains A new light modulating material using unidirectionally oriented micro-domains of liquid crystal separated by polymer chains is provided. Liquid crystal/polymer films are produced by a one step production process involving a photopolymerizable monomer mixed with a li... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7009677 | LCD device implementing FLCP orientation film A liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates with an interposed liquid crystal layer that has a negative or a positive dielectric anisotropy. First and second electrodes are formed on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates. A firs... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6982019 | Method for manufacturing a batch of multi-layered cells, such as liquid crystal display cells, or electrochemical photovoltaic cells The present invention concerns a method for manufacturing a plurality of multi-layered cells, particularly liquid crystal display cells, or electrochemical photovoltaic cells, or a combination of such cells, each cell including at least two superposed sealed cavitie... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6977695 | Variable optical attenuator based on electrically switchable cholesteric liquid crystal reflective polarizers Variable optical attenuators (VOAs) are provided, based on electrically switchable CLC reflective polarizers. The reflectivity of the described reflective VOAs can theoretically be electrically adjusted between 0% to 100%, and the reflective bandwidth can be easily ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6970211 | Bistable nematic liquid crystal device A bistable liquid crystal device is made from a cell having first and second opposed spaced-apart cell walls enclosing a layer of nematic liquid crystal material having a photopolymerisable polymer precursor dissolved therein. Electrodes for applying an electric fie... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6954185 | Display device A display device is provided for making images of a movie, a TV or the like invisible to a driver while the vehicle is traveling, but at the same time visible to a passenger riding in a front passenger seat. A viewing angle control shutter 20 using a liquid c... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6903787 | Liquid crystal display device's substrate, liquid crystal display device including the same, and manufacturing method of the same The invention relates to a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device in which an alignment direction of a liquid crystal molecule at the time of driving is regulated by using a polymer, and has an object to provide a manufacturing method of a liquid cr... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6876425 | LCD device implementing FLCP orientation film A liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates with an interposed liquid crystal layer that has a negative or a positive dielectric anisotropy. First and second electrodes are formed on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates. A firs... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6825897 | Indicator for deciding grinding amount of liquid crystal display panel and method for detecting grinding failure using the same An indicator for deciding a grinding amount of a liquid crystal display panel and a method for detecting grinding failure using the same are disclosed in the present invention. The indicator includes at least one alignment mark formed at a gate pad unit and a data p... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6784951 | Display device, manufacturing method thereof and image terminal unit employing the same A display device comprising a front frame having an annular picture frame and having a pair of side faces and a pair of end faces provided in outer circumferential sides of the picture frame, a mold frame sandwiched by the pair of side faces and the pair of end face... | 08/31/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6690439 | Manufacturing method of cholesteric liquid crystal color filter A method of manufacturing cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color filters in which an alignment treatment is accomplished simultaneously with a coloring process during a light exposure process using ultraviolet ray. Photochromic CLC is used for the cholest... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6678034 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal panel A liquid crystal display panel including first and second substrates, and a FLC layer interposed therebetween. A small quantity of additives are mixed in the FLC layer, without changing the electrical or chemical properties of the FLC. Under a proper temp... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6657686 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display cell, and a fabricating method thereof, that incorporates a light-cured monomer in a ferroelectric liquid crystal. By injecting the light-cured monomer/ferroelectric liquid crystal between substrate while in a nematic phase or iso... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6600538 | Liquid crystal display with multi-domains and multiple compensators A liquid crystal display having in the display portion a transmission-type liquid crystal panel 1 comprising a nematic liquid crystal layer 2 having horizontal orientation and positive anisotropy of dielectric constant, a pair of transparent substrates 31... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6529252 | Polymer dispersion type liquid crystal display element, producing method therefor and apparatus for use in the producing method A polymer dispersion type liquid crystal (PDLC) display element comprising a complex of polymers and liquid crystal droplets held between a pair of substrates. The liquid crystal droplets are deformed into a compressed structure of their being contracted ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6512506 | Driving device for liquid crystal display element A control section of a driving device for a liquid crystal display device element selects one dividing ratio pattern from at least two different predetermined dividing ratio patterns, and a 1-line selection period is divided into a plurality of timing seg... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6497928 | Liquid crystal device, mesomorphic functional material and liquid crystal apparatus A liquid crystal device has a liquid crystal layer of a liquid crystal composition comprising a discotic mesomorphic compound and a rod-shaped mesomorphic compound. The discotic mesomorphic compound and the rod-shaped mesomorphic compound are essentially ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6130732 | Paper-white reflective display and methods of forming the same A paper-white reflective display that has improved photopic white reflectance, a high contrast, a lack of haze or opaqueness when viewed from various viewing angles and lower drive voltages. The paper-white reflective display includes first and second sub... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6061117 | Liquid crystal device having a polymer wall on another wall and surrounding a liquid crystal region and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal device includes a pair of electrode substrates opposing each other, a polymer wall, and a liquid crystal region surrounded by the polymer wall, the polymer wall and the liquid crystal region being sandwiched by the pair of electrode subst... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5844643 | Liquid crystal display device with at least 7° C. liquid crystal to isotropic phase transition temperature difference and method of making A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of electrode substrates at least one of which is transparent, a display medium having a liquid crystal region surrounded by a polymer region, and a plurality of pixels. The display medium is interposed betwe... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5818557 | 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 antiferroelectric liquid crystal layer interposed between said su... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5769393 | Liquid crystal elements and method of producing same A display element for use in computer terminals, television displays and other information display devices capable of large capacity, full color display employing active elements, wherein an optical layer comprises liquid crystal and polymer dispersed in ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5705096 | UV crosslinking compound, alignment film for LCD component and LCD component The UV crosslinking compound of the present invention is characterized in having the following chemical formula, and has high photosensitivity. Accordingly, the crosslinking reaction can be accomplished within a short period of time. Thus, if this compoun... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5680185 | Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display apparatus A polymer dispersed liquid crystal display apparatus has a liquid crystal/polymer medium formed between spatially disposed electrodes formed spatially disposed substrates. The medium includes a polymer phase and a liquid crystal phase having optical axes ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5627665 | Liquid crystal display device and method for producing the same According to the present invention, a display medium layer is sandwiched between a TFT substrate and a counter substrate. In the display medium layer, resin walls are respectively formed in regions other than those where a plurality of segmented electrode... | 05/06/1997 |
