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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189147 | Liquid crystal display device A negative C plate (31) is arranged to be between a polarizing plate (32) and a reflective liquid crystal panel (20). A retardation of the negative C plate (31) is set so that a combination of the negative C plate (31) and the liqu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184245 | Optical compensation film for VA-mode liquid crystal display device and VA-mode liquid crystal display device An optical compensation film to be used in a VA mode liquid crystal display device, having retardation in plane at a wavelength of 550 nm, Re(550), falling within the range from 20 to 100 nm, and retardation along thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm, Rth(5... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184244 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell including a pair of substrates provided with a color filter on one substrate, and a liquid crystal layer as a display medium provided between the substrates; and an optical c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164721 | Grating trim retarders A grating trim retarder fabricated from a form-birefringent multi-layer dielectric stack including at least one anti-reflection coating and supported on a transparent substrate is provided. The form-birefringent dielectric stack includes an axially-inhomogeneous ele... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8144293 | Liquid crystal display apparatus capable of limiting view angle A liquid crystal display apparatus has a liquid crystal display device, a surface light source, and a view angle limiting device arranged between the surface light source and the liquid crystal display device. The view angle limiting device includes first and second... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134664 | Liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device according to this invention comprises: a first substrate having a first polarization layer on a light incident side; a second substrate having a second polarization layer on a light outgoing side; a first birefringent medium dispose... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134663 | Liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal display device and terminal device To provide a liquid crystal panel capable of realizing excellent display performance using a circular polarizing plate therein, and a liquid crystal display device and a terminal device using the same, with respect to a semi-transmission type liquid crystal display ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130347 | Colored marking of texts or symbols in a monochrome LC display A control and display unit for differentiated colored marking of texts or symbols provided with a monochrome LC-display and a backlight of the LC-display. A film, which is provided with a microstructure on at least one side, is arranged between the backlight and the... | 03/06/2012 |
| RE43217 | Homeotropic alignment type liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having one surface on which a first electrode is provided, a second substrate which is provided with a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second substrates... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125596 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell including a pair of substrates provided with a color filter on one substrate, and a liquid crystal layer as a display medium provided between the substrates; and an optical c... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111360 | Transflective LCD unit A transflective LCD unit includes an array of pixels each including a reflective area and a transmissive area. The LC layer has an effective retardation of λ/4 in the reflective area, and an effective retardation of λ/2 in the transmissive area. A retardation film... | 02/07/2012 |
| RE43123 | Vertically-aligned (VA) liquid crystal display device A vertical alignment mode liquid crystal display device having an improved viewing angle characteristic is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device uses a liquid crystal having a negative anisotropic dielectric constant, and orientations of the liquid crystal ar... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098352 | Optical pickup apparatus and liquid crystal optical element The present invention is directed to the provision of an optical pickup apparatus in which a liquid crystal optical element constructed by combining an aberration correcting liquid crystal panel and a λ/4 liquid crystal panel in an integral fashion is mounted in a ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094271 | Liquid crystal display device and color film plate, and processes for producing the same A novel liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, liquid crystal held between the first substrate and the second substrate, patterned layers divided into fine areas, disposed on the... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094270 | Thin-film optical retarders An oblique angle deposition is used to provide an A-plate optical retarder having at least one dense, form-birefringent layer. According to one embodiment, the dense, form-birefringent layer(s) are deposited as part of an FBAR stack to provide an all-dielectric full... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089593 | Optical resin film, optical compensation sheet, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display An optical resin film is provided, in which a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in planar direction and a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in thickness direction are independently controlled, is provided and has at least an additive having a negative intr... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085369 | Self-compensating, quasi-homeotropic liquid crystal device with high contrast ratio Self-compensating, quasi-homeotropic liquid crystal devices overcome the contrast reducing effects of smaller pretilt angles. The devices exhibit extremely high contrast ratio but at the same time suppress fringe field-induced disclination lines in high pixel densit... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068199 | Liquid crystal display device It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a thin phase difference film of a liquid crystal display easily so as not to prevent a liquid crystal from being driven so that cost for manufacturing a liquid crystal display is more red... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064016 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus There is provided a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate in which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided, the second electrode having a plurality of line-shaped portions that generate an electric field between the first electrode,... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8049849 | Optical film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device The present invention provides an optical film including at least two optically anisotropic layers, wherein one optically anisotropic layer satisfies Expression (1) described below, the other optically anisotropic layer satisfies Expression (2) described below, and ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045107 | Color-tunable plasmonic device with a partially modulated refractive index A color-tunable plasmonic device is provided with a partially modulated refractive index. A first dielectric layer overlies a bottom electrode, and has a refractive index non-responsive to an electric field. A second dielectric layer overlies the first dielectric la... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045106 | Substrate for liquid crystal device, electro-optic apparatus and electronic equipment A substrate for a liquid crystal device includes: an electrode film provided on a display area on the substrate; an alignment film which covers at least the display area and is subjected to an alignment process by rubbing; and a band-shaped projection provided in a ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8027002 | Liquid crystal display comprising a biaxial plate and a C-plate A vertical alignment type liquid crystal display, which has a liquid crystal layer whose retardation value is about 600 nm or more, can solve the viewing angle problems associated with the wider viewing angle. The liquid crystal display can include a vertical alignm... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7999893 | Complex birefringent medium, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal device The present invention provides a complex birefringent medium, which has the so-called inverse wavelength dispersibility, that is, a wavelength dispersibility capable of giving an optimum phase difference to a light of a wide visible wavelength range, has a wide view... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995174 | Normally-black mode liquid crystal display having particular half wave plates A liquid crystal display includes a first and a second transparent substrates facing to each other, a liquid crystal layer, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, and a first half wave plate. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and the second tr... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7969541 | Retardation film, method of manufacturing the same, and display A retardation film which is manufacturable by a simple process, and being capable of preventing a decline in light use efficiency is provided. A retardation film includes: a substrate having a plurality of grooves extending in a specific direction on a surface there... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965359 | Self-compensating, quasi-homeotropic liquid crystal device Self-compensating, quasi-homeotropic liquid crystal devices (100, 200, 300, 400) overcome the contrast reducing effects of smaller pretilt angles. The devices exhibit extremely high contrast ratio but at the same time suppress fringe field-induced disclinatio... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7956964 | Optical device and method for making the same A method for making an optical device includes the steps of: rubbing an orienting film so as to stretch the molecular structure thereof and so as to permit the molecular units of the molecular structure to be aligned along a first axis and to permit the orienting sp... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952665 | Substrate for LCD device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a substrate for liquid crystal display devices which comprises a substrate body and an alignment film formed on a surface of the substrate body. The alignment film comprises at least two alignment film regions having different alignmen... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952666 | Optical compensation film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device Disclosed is an optical compensation film comprising an optically-anisotropic layer and at least one optically-isotropic layer adjacent to the optically-anisotropic layer and having a refractive index that differs from the mean refractive index of the optically-anis... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944530 | Optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device including an optically anisotropic layer formed from a mixture including two or more liquid crystal compounds An optical film, which is an optically compensatory film that comprises: at least two optically anisotropic layers comprising a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer, wherein the first optically anisotropic layer is formed by mix... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929087 | Optical film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device The present invention provides an optical film which includes at least a first optically anisotropic layer, and a second optically anisotropic layer, wherein the first optically anisotropic layer satisfies the following Expression (1), the second optically anisotrop... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929086 | Laminated film A laminated film includes a polarizing plate, a retardation film, and a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided in this order, wherein the polarizing plate includes a polarizer, a first protective layer placed on a side of the polarizer where the retardatio... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920237 | Transparent polymer film and method for producing it, and retardation film, polarizer and liquid crystal display device comprising the film A transparent polymer film satisfying Re≧15 and Rth≦−7.5, and having a moisture permeability at 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of at least 100 g/(m2·day) as calculated in terms of the film having a thickness of 80 μm. This film can be stuc... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916252 | In-plane switching liquid crystal display including viewing angle compensation film using +A-plate Disclosed is an in-plane switching liquid crystal display. The in-plane switching liquid crystal display uses at least one A-plate and adjusts the optical axis direction and the retardation value of the A-plate, thereby improving the contrast characteristic at a fro... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916250 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal module and a touch panel section arranged in front of the liquid crystal module. There is a space between the liquid crystal module and the touch panel section, and a layer of air is present in the space. The... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916251 | Laminated optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device A laminated optical film including a first optical anisotropic layer, and a second optical anisotropic layer, wherein Rth1 of the first optical anisotropic layer, and Rth2 of the second optical anisotropic layer satisfy one of Relationships (1) and (2), and | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916253 | In-plane switching liquid crystal display including viewing angle compensation film using +A-plate Disclosed is an in-plane switching liquid crystal display. The in-plane switching liquid crystal display uses at least one A-plate and adjusts the optical axis direction and the retardation value of the A-plate, thereby improving the contrast characteristic at a fro... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911569 | Method of producing optical laminate and image displaying apparatus With regard to an optical laminate having a applied film containing a lyotropic liquid crystalline compound, the present invention provides a method of producing an optical laminate that can prevent this applied film from becoming white turbidity. The present... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7898620 | Transmissive liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a transmissive liquid crystal display device which is less in variation in displaying characteristics, bright in displaying image, high in contrast and less in viewing angle dependency. The liquid crystal display comprises at least a s... | 03/01/2011 |
