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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7859638 | Method for driving liquid crystal light modulating device, and liquid crystal light modulating device The present invention provides a driving method using a liquid crystal light modulating device including transparent electrodes which each have a horizontally alignment film; and a liquid crystal composition which contains at least a chiral dopant, a dichroic dye an... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7599040 | Color liquid crystal display device A color liquid crystal display device includes a pair of oppositely disposed substrates each of which is provided with an electrode and has been subjected to homeotropic alignment treatment, and chiral nematic liquid crystal disposed between the pair of oppositely d... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7557897 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate having a first electrode and a first alignment film, a second substrate having a second electrode and a second alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules between the first and second... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7407692 | Chiral nematic liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal display device, and production method thereof A chiral nematic liquid crystal composition, characterized in that a self-organizing type gelling agent is contained and the phase transition temperature between liquid crystal and isotropic phases is higher than the sol-gel transition temperature, a liquid crystal ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405787 | Liquid crystal display with offset viewing cone A liquid crystal display is provided which comprises a front panel comprising a front alignment layer having an alignment direction, a rear panel comprising a rear alignment layer having an alignment direction, and a liquid crystal layer between the front and rear a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7391485 | Liquid crystal display device using dual light unit and method of fabricating the same A dual LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, first and second polarizing plates attached to opposing surfaces of the liquid crystal panel, a first front light unit attach... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7365813 | Color liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display apparatus includes at least one polarization plate, a phase difference plate, a pair of oppositely disposed substrates at least one of which is a transparent substrate, a liquid crystal disposed between said pair of substrates, and means for... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7342632 | Display element and display device A display element of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates at least one of which is transparent; a medium layer, made of a medium sandwiched between the substrates 1 and 2, whose magnitude of an optical anisotropy is changed by applying ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7307685 | Display element and display device An electrode is provided on one surface of each of a pair of substrates. On the other surface of each of the substrates, a polarizer is provided. The substrates are assembled together so that their surfaces on which the electrodes are formed face each other. Then, a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7277092 | Method and device for driving liquid crystal display A method and device for overdriving a liquid crystal display is provided, which overcomes the limitations and disadvantages of prior arts. The invention can reduce the optical response time of liquid crystal to the driving voltage so that dynamic images can be displ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7259818 | Nematic liquid crystal devices comprising surface protrusions formed of anisotropic material for nucleation of an active region A liquid crystal device comprises a nematic liquid crystal, voltage means for applying a voltage across said liquid crystal, and two substrates (42, 30) each provided with an alignment layer (32, 33), wherein: said liquid crystal is sandwiched between ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259817 | Liquid crystal display device and partial transmission type liquid crystal display device The present invention is configured so that it has a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer pinched between the first substrate and second substrate, and a driving unit, wherein a characteristic of a reflectivity versus an applied voltage is a n... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253871 | Efficient room-temperature source of polarized single photons An efficient technique for producing deterministically polarized single photons uses liquid-crystal hosts of either monomeric or oligomeric/polymeric form to preferentially align the single emitters for maximum excitation efficiency. Deterministic molecular alignmen... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253861 | Liquid crystal optical element comprising a resin layer having a surface hardness of b or less On substrates 2a, 2b of a chiral nematic liquid crystal optical element 1, transparent electrodes 3a, 3b and electrical insulation layers 4a, 4b are formed, and further, resin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245282 | Addressing multistable nematic liquid crystal devices A method of addressing bistable nematic liquid crystal devices is provided. The method is suitable for implementation using commercially available STN drivers. The method involves applying one of at least two data waveforms simultaneously to each column electrode wh... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7218299 | Liquid crystal display apparatus This invention is directed to a liquid crystal display apparatus which includes a liquid crystal display element, and a driving device for driving the display element by simple matrix driving. The display element includes a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a choleste... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7196755 | Reflector and reflection-type LCD device using the same A reflector for a reflection-type LCD device is provided, which reflects efficiently incident light to the viewer's side and that suppresses the change of color tone. The reflector comprises a roughened surface having a protrusion pattern. The protrusion pattern giv... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7173587 | Addressing process and device for a bistable liquid crystal screen This invention concerns a process for addressing a bistable liquid crystal material screen, characterized in that it comprises at least the step consisting of applying, to the screen column electrodes, an electrical signal whose characteristics are adapted to reduce... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167229 | Liquid crystal display element and projection display device An active matrix drive type liquid crystal display element capable of preventing deterioration of display capability caused by a stripe domain, and a projection type display device using the liquid crystal display element, by which there is provided a projection typ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161647 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic device The invention provides a transflective liquid crystal display device which provides both high-contrast, bright reflective and transmissive displays. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention can include a liquid crystal panel and a backlight. The li... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7123336 | Twisted nematic liquid crystal material with certain values for dielectric constant anisotropy, twisted elasticity modulus and refractive index anisotropy An active matrix drive type liquid crystal display element capable of preventing deterioration of display capability caused by a stripe domain, and a projection type display device using the liquid crystal display element, by which there is provided a projection typ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118787 | Liquid crystal alignment layer There is provided a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising an alignment layer; and chemically bound to said alignment layer, a transport material. Also provided are methods for forming the liquid crystal alignment layer and the use thereof in displays for electro... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7088501 | Optical amplifier An optical amplifier includes a first optical path, second optical path, semiconductor optical amplifier, and multi-mode interference 3-dB coupler. The first optical path guides oscillation light. The second optical path guides signal light. The semiconductor optica... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088413 | Bistable nematic liquid crystal display device with improved optical mask, having textures differing by about 180° twist, and off state in the liquid crystal covering the inter-electrode spaces The invention relates to a bistable nematic liquid-crystal device comprising: alignment means, which orient the liquid crystal, means designed to apply electrical signals which allow switching, by breaking the anchoring on at least one of the two substrates, between... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7068250 | Addressing multistable nematic liquid crystal device A method of addressing multistable nematic liquid crystal devices, in particular bistable nematic liquid crystal devices is provided. The method is a line at a time addressing scheme where one of at least two data waveforms is applied simultaneously to each of the c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7023503 | Image sensor with photosensitive thin film transistors An image sensor array includes image sensors having photo TFTs to generate photocurrent in response to received images. The photo TFTs each have their respective gate electrodes shorted to source electrodes to increase generated photocurrent. Storage capacitors are ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019795 | Liquid crystal device operable in two modes and method of operating the same A liquid crystal device is provided that comprises a layer of liquid crystal material (2) disposed between two cell walls (4, 6) in an arrangement such that the liquid crystal material (2) can adopt any one of two or more stable liquid crystal c... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019811 | Smectic liquid crystal high-contrast control or display device The liquid-crystal switching or display device comprises a chiral smectic liquid-crystal mixture, where the ratio Δ/Θ of the angle between the rubbing direction and the smectic layer normal to the tilt angle in the liquid-crystal mixture is at least 0.41. Preferab... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015998 | Transflective LCD with first and second liquid crystal layers spaced apart by a wall A transflective LCD panel has a transmissive region and a reflective region and includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a reflective plate formed on the second substrate and located within the reflective region, and a first li... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7002643 | Liquid crystal shutter A liquid crystal shutter comprises a liquid crystal device including a nematic liquid crystal sealed in between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate on whose inner surfaces are formed respective transparent electrodes, the liquid crystal ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995824 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a polarizer plate that is disposed on an observer side, relative to the liquid crystal panel, a polarizer plate that is disposed to be opposed to the polarizer plate, with the liquid crystal panel inte... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6975372 | LCD and methods and systems for same Methods and systems relating to a LCD are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the LCD has an active state and an inactive state. The inactive state is configured to produce a desired residual image. The active state is configured to produce a desired non-residua... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6947112 | Liquid crystal display The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display, comprising a lower alignment film formed on a lower substrate; an upper alignment film formed on an upper substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the lower and upper substrates; a phase compens... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6927765 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof A display device which has a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal material, a driver for driving the liquid crystal display, and a controller for controlling the driver to drive at least a part of the liquid crystal display by selectively using one of a fi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6900469 | Liquid crystal display element Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal composition that exhibits a cholesteric phase. The liquid crystal composi... | 05/31/2005 |
