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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8004632 | Flat display device A flat display device includes a flat display panel, an upper polarizing plate disposed on a light exit plane of the flat display panel, and a lower polarizing plate disposed on a light entrance plane of the flat display panel. The upper polarizing plate includes a ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7532275 | Display device with a white-optimizing bistable nematic screen and method for the definition of said device The invention relates to a nematic liquid crystal display having two stable states, without an electric field, obtained by anchoring break, characterized in that it comprises two polarizers (10, 40), one (10) of which is placed on the observer side, th... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7505095 | Display panel, and display device and electronic device using thereof A display panel includes a first substrate, a second a second substrate a second a second substrate parallel and opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal molecules disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first and a second polarizer... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7486351 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a transmissive display portion having the same liquid crystal alignment directions and transmissive axes of the polarizers as the transmissive IPS liquid crystal display apparatus. Further, the liquid crystal layer of its ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7436471 | Display device, viewing angle control device, electronic display device, and multiple image display device A display device includes: a main LCD; a SW LCD, disposed on an optical path of light transmitting through the main LCD, for electrically switching a visible image between a single image display mode and a multiple image display mode; a first polarizer; and a second... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7379131 | Liquid crystal display device A novel liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The device comprises two polarizer films, a liquid crystal cell disposed between these two polarizer films wherein liquid-crystalline molecules are oriented substantially normal to the substrates under non-operativ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372444 | Semiconductor integrated circuit The invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit having a zooming function independently in a driver IC for driving a display device. The semiconductor integrated circuit can be a semiconductor integrated circuit which respectively outputs a plurality of tw... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369198 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display panel and method of fabricating the same In a reflection-type liquid crystal display panel (10) provided with reflective electrodes (13a), a reflective metal film (13a) is formed on an insulating layer (12) having a surface provided with minute irregularities (1... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7339641 | Transflective liquid crystal display with fringing and longitudinal electric field A transflective liquid crystal display with uniform cell gap configuration throughout the transmissive and the reflective display region is invented. Mutually complementary common electrode pattern and reflector pattern or mutually complementary ITO pixel electrode ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333167 | Electrooptical device and electronic equipment having resin film in light emitting region and sealing region The present invention provides a color filter substrate that can include color filters 12, which are formed in at least a display region and each of which are composed of colored portions, and a light shielding layer on a substrate main body. The light shield... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319500 | Viewing angle compensation film and liquid crystal display There is provided a liquid crystal display which exhibits preferable viewing angle characteristics even in a diagonal viewing angle. Optical retardation films of a first type that satisfy nx>ny, nz and optical retardation films of a ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7307678 | Liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal injected between upper and lower plates, wherein the upper and lower plates have electrodes respectively formed thereon, an upper alignment film formed on the upper plate and a lower alignment film formed on the low... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307679 | Liquid-crystal display and polarizing plate A novel liquid crystal display is disclosed. The display comprises a pair of substrates disposed facing each other and at least one of which has an electrode, a liquid-crystal layer being sandwiched in between the pair of substrates and comprising liquid-crystal mol... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7294854 | Thin film transistor array panel and liquid crystal display including the panel A gate wire including a gate line extending in a transverse direction and a gate electrode connected to the gate line is form on an insulating substrate. A storage capacitor wire including a storage capacitor electrode line extending in the transverse direction and ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292299 | Liquid crystal display apparatus In an in-plane switching (ISP) mode controlling transmission and shielding of light by application of lateral electric field to liquid crystal molecules aligned in the direction in parallel to a substrate, increase in luminance or color shift at a black-representati... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289173 | Polarizing device, and method for manufacturing the same A polarizing element 20 has a first undulating structure in which a plurality of linear first recesses 22 are formed parallel to one another in one surface of a transparent substrate 21, and a dielectric layer 30 made from silicon dioxide... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7271865 | General film compensated reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display A general film compensated reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display, device, system and method with phase compensation film set to compensate the residual phase retardation of the liquid crystal in the voltage-on state to increase the contrast ratio at a lo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265801 | Display panel, and display device and electronic device using thereof A display panel includes a first substrate, a second a second substrate a second a second substrate parallel and opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal molecules disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first and a second polarizer... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7236219 | Color twisted nematic liquid crystal displays The present invention relates to color liquid crystal displays without the use of color filters. By carefully choosing the design parameters of a liquid crystal display, it is possible to obtain vivid colors from the display as a function of the operating voltage. | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219893 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal panel and a light guiding plate placed at the rear of the liquid crystal panel and formed with a light deflection pattern for guiding light emitted from illumination means into the liquid cry... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215394 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same A reflection-type liquid crystal display according to the invention includes two glass substrates, a transparent electrode provided on one glass substrate, an insulator film which is provided on another glass substrate and on which an uneven structure is formed, a r... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209211 | Active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus having a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates, a plurality of electrodes formed on at least one of the pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, and a light source provi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209107 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method for the same On a glass substrate, gate bus lines, data bus lines, and TFTs are formed. Then, on the substrate, an insulating film, covering the gate bus lines, data bus lines and TFTs, is formed, and a positive type photoresist film is further formed thereon. Next, through expo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7176989 | LCD with relay layer connecting pixel electrode with storage capacitor that also covers the storage capacitor An electro-optical device including, above a substrate: data lines extending in a first direction, scanning lines extending in a second direction which intersects the data lines, pixel electrodes and thin film transistors provided so as to correspond to intersection... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158205 | Liquid crystal panel substrate, liquid crystal panel, and electronic device and projection display device using the same In a liquid crystal substrate in which a matrix of reflecting electrodes is formed, on a substrate, a transistor is formed corresponding to each reflective electrode and a voltage is applied to the reflective electrode through the transistor. A silicon oxide film ha... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151581 | Liquid crystal display with light transmission regions and light reflection regions A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer provided on a surface of the first substrate which is on the opposite side to th... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145624 | Liquid crystal display device having multiple domains with radially inclined LC molecules The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a plurality of picture element regions each defined by a first electrode provided on a face of a first substrate facing a liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on a second substrate so as to... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7098977 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same The gate bus lines, the data bus lines, TFTs, etc. are formed on one glass substrate. Also, linear structures arranged in parallel with the gate bus lines are formed simultaneously with any one of the gate bus lines and the data bus lines. Then, a positive resist fi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088410 | Liquid crystal display device incorporating a phase difference plate capable of improving viewing angle dependence A liquid crystal display device incorporates two phase difference plates stacked together and disposed between a liquid crystal display element and a pair of polarizers, the liquid crystal display element being formed by sandwiching a liquid crystal layer between a ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084939 | Normally white, supertwist nematic liquid crystal display of reflective type A normally white supertwist nematic liquid crystal display of reflective type is provided. This display comprises a reflector, a layer of chiral nematic liquid crystal having a front aligning surface facing a light source and a rear aligning surface facing the refle... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081934 | Semitransparent liquid crystal display element A semitransparent liquid crystal display element comprises a liquid crystal panel composed of a plurality of pixels each having a reflective portion and a transparent portion arranged therein, a first polarizer sheet located on the observer's side of the liquid crys... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075605 | HAN-mode liquid crystal display having a phase delay value (dΔn) of 0.36-0.40 μm A HAN-mode liquid crystal display includes a lower alignment film formed on a lower substrate; an upper alignment film formed on an upper substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the lower and upper substrates; a phase compensation film adhered on the ou... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7042598 | Variable reflectance cover A variable reflectance cover for a scanning system. The cover comprises a backing moveable through a plurality of positions. Moving the backing through the plurality of positions varies the reflectance of the cover. In one embodiment, the backing is an endless rotat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7023510 | Reflective liquid crystal display device and reflective liquid crystal display device incorporating touch panel arranged therefrom A reflective color liquid crystal display device with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate having a light reflectibility and a second substrate having a light transmissibility. The liquid crystal layer being composed of twist-aligned nematic l... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6999155 | Polarization rotator, parallax barrier, display and optical modulator A polarization rotator is provided for rotating the polarization direction of linearly polarized light by any arbitrary angle other than 90°. The device comprises a layer of liquid crystal material disposed between alignment surfaces. In one mode, a 90° twist is i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989877 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal display device and an electronic apparatus have superior visibility. A transflective reflective liquid crystal device comprises liquid crystals, an upper substrate, an lower substrate, an upper polarizing layer, a reflective polarizing layer, a lowe... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6980267 | Reflective-type liquid crystal display device having two uniaxial compensation films of same type and method for making the same A reflective type liquid crystal display device Includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, and at least one uniaxial optical compensation film on the second substrate. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6970214 | Elliptical polarizer and liquid crystal display device When an optical element is produced using a liquid crystal film having no supporting substrate film for the purpose of decreasing the weight, the liquid crystal film layer may often pose problems of fine wrinkly deformation of and cracking in a caused by strain occu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967704 | Reflective liquid crystal display device including organic film prevented from being degraded due to moisture absorption A reflective liquid crystal display device having high reliability and excellent display is provided by preventing degradation and peeling of an organic film provided in order to impart an uneven shape to a reflective metal film. The reflective liquid crystal displa... | 11/22/2005 |
