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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8330931 | Flexoelectro-optic liquid crystal device A device for controlling the polarization state of transmitted light comprises first and second cell walls enclosing a layer of a chiral liquid crystal material. The material has a uniformly orientated helical axis in the absence of an applied field, and electrodes ... | 12/11/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7365906 | Projection screen and projection system containing same A projection screen capable of sharply displaying an image even under bright environmental light with high image visibility. A projection screen has a polarized-light selective reflection layer with a cholesteric liquid crystalline structure, capable of selectively ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355663 | Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display using the same A polarizing plate excellent in polarization performance in all wavebands from a short wavelength region to a long wavelength region and a liquid crystal display using such a polarizing plate. The polarizing plate including a polarizer has a portion having a polariz... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349136 | Method and device for a display having transparent components integrated therein A display panel includes an array of interferometric modulators arranged over a transparent substrate and a transparent electrical device arranged between the array of interferometric modulators and the transparent substrate. The transparent electrical device may be... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342623 | Optical element and liquid crystal display device using the same There are provided a liquid crystal display device, which positively reflects, by a reflecting electrode and a light-shielding layer, light emitted from a backlight and further reflected from a light-shielding layer or a reflecting layer, and recycles the light whil... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330178 | Display-input apparatus for a multi-configuration portable device A portable electronic device includes a display-input apparatus (108) for displaying alternate character sets, in correspondence with a selected mode of operation of the device. The display-input apparatus uses first and second cholesteric display layers (... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7317499 | Multilayer plate and display panel with anisotropic crystal film and conducting protective layer A multilayer plate is provided comprising an optically transparent substrate, a protective layer, a conducting layer, and at least one anisotropic thin crystal film. The anisotropic thin crystal film is made of a substance containing aromatic rings and possessing a ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311951 | Phoretic display A phoretic display having a liquid crystal suspension medium and a relief structure alignment layer comprising a relief structure surface incorporating a plurality of indentations. The relief structure alignment layer is adapted to generate a preferred alignment of ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298442 | Cholesteric liquid crystal optical bodies and methods of manufacture and use An optical body includes a) first particles comprising a first cholesteric liquid crystal material and b) a second cholesteric liquid crystal material. The first particles and the second cholesteric liquid crystal material form a structure where the first cholesteri... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294303 | Broad band-cholesteric liquid crystal film and process for producing the same, circularly polarizing plate, linearly polarizing element, illuminator, and liquid-crystal display A broad band cholesteric liquid crystal film of the present invention comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal film obtained by polymerizing a liquid crystal mixture containing a polymerizable mesogen compound (a), a polymerizable chiral agent (b) and a photopolymeriz... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295278 | Full color cholesteric liquid crystal display A cholesteric display may be formed, in some embodiments, using a single display element to produce multi-colors for display. A cholesteric material may be sandwiched between a pair of substrates, each associated with a first pair of opposed electrodes that are arra... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7277141 | Optical bodies containing cholesteric liquid crystal material and methods of manufacture An optical body includes a substrate and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer disposed on the substrate. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a non-uniform pitch along a thickness direction of the layer and comprises a crosslinked polymer material that substantial... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264851 | Bistable nematic liquid crystal display device A bistable nematic liquid crystal display device comprises two cell walls enclosing a layer of nematic liquid crystal material having finely divided solid particles dispersed therein. At least one electrode on each cell wall applies an electric field across at least... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253847 | Light adjuster and laminated glass A light adjuster which is free from occurrence of cloudiness, and can maintain sufficient workability to improve the yield. In the light adjuster, transparent electrically conductive films 102a and 102b are provided on respective surfaces... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245431 | Reflective polarizer assembly An assembly that includes a first reflective polarizer substantially reflecting light having a first polarization state and substantially transmitting light having a second polarization state, a polarization rotating layer or depolarizing layer (or both) positioned ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238397 | Black/white cholesteric bistable display with increased white reflectivity A cholesteric display is provided including a bistable liquid crystalline mixture contained between a first substrate and a second substrate of a liquid crystal cell, and a polymer network orthogonally oriented with respect to the substrates, thereby defining liquid... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223452 | Optical film, method for producing the same, and image display device using the same An optical film, which includes a laminate of a base and a birefringent layer, and which is excellent in adhesiveness between the base and the birefringent layer, is provided. The birefringent layer is formed on the base by: coating a material of the birefringent la... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7206130 | Projection screen and projection system comprising the same A projection screen for displaying an image by reflecting imaging light projected from a projector, including a substrate and a projected-image-receiving layer formed on the substrate. The projected-image-receiving layer has the function of selectively reflecting a ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195813 | Mixed absorber layer for displays The present invention relates to a display and a method for making the display comprising a substrate, an electrically modulated imaging layer, a first transparent conductive layer, and a dark light absorbing layer comprising a binder and a blend of nonconductive co... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193777 | Projection screen and projection system comprising the same A projection screen including a polarized-light selective reflection layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline structure that causes selective diffuse-reflection of a specific polarized-light component, and a substrate for supporting the polarized-light selectiv... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7161737 | Projection screen and projection system comprising the same A projection screen including a polarized-light selective reflection layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline structure that causes selective diffuse-reflection of a specific polarize-light component, and a substrate for supporting the polarized-light selective... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160586 | Cholesteric liquid crystal copolymers and additives A cholesteric liquid crystal composition includes a) a cholesteric liquid crystal compound or a cholesteric liquid crystal precursor; and b) a compound of formula (I), formula (II) or formula (III): where, n is 1... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158297 | Projection screen and projection system comprising the same A projection screen includes a polarized-light selective reflection layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline structure, capable of selectively diffuse-reflecting a specific polarized-light component; a substrate for supporting the polarized-light selective refl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158299 | Projection screen and projection system comprising the same A projection screen includes a cholesteric liquid crystalline, polarized-light selective reflection layer for selectively diffuse-reflecting a specific polarized-light component. The layer has, on its observation-side surface, a roughened part for controlling the di... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128952 | Optical film An optical film including a transparent polymer film (b) and a birefringent layer (a) formed of a polymer and laminated above the transparent polymer film (b) is provided. The birefringent layer (a) and the transparent polymer film (b) satisfy the following formula ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123410 | Projection screen and projection system comprising the same A projection screen includes a polarized-light selective reflection layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline structure, capable of selectively reflecting a specific polarized-light component; and a substrate that supports the polarized-light selective reflectio... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123409 | Projection screen and projection system comprising the same The present invention provides a projection screen capable of sharply displaying an image by minimizing the influence of the loss of light that occurs on a polarized-light selective reflection layer and of providing high image visibility. A projection screen include... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7084938 | Non-inverting transflective assembly A film that includes a first reflective polarizer substantially reflecting light having a first polarization state and substantially transmitting light having a second polarization state, a polarization rotating layer or depolarizing layer (or both) positioned to re... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7042536 | Liquid crystal display element A liquid crystal display element has a liquid crystal layer made of cholesteric liquid crystal and a circularly polarizing plate for circularly polarizing light. The liquid crystal layer has the following relation: d/p>1.5 where d is a thi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038757 | Method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device having cholesteric liquid crystal color filter layer with high aperture ration A fabricating method of a substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: coating a cholesteric liquid crystal material on a substrate to form a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, the substrate having a plurality of sub-pixel regions; disposing a mask having ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038743 | Electro-optical devices from polymer-stabilized liquid crystal molecules An electro-optic device includes a liquid crystal cell (10, 10′) and at least one electrode (40, 42, 40′, 42′) arranged to selectively electrically bias the liquid crystal cell (10, 10′). A chiral or cholesteric liquid crystal (30, 30... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030949 | Optical display including a cholesteric layer, a display device and a diffusing layer on an exit side of the cholesteric layer A wavelength-selecting optical element includes a cholesteric layer that reflects or transmits either of a right-handed circularly polarized light component and a left-handed circularly polarized light component in a selected wavelength band of an incident light; an... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029729 | Cholesteric liquid crystal additives The invention provides a cholesteric liquid crystal composition that includes at least one cholesteric liquid crystal precursor, and at least one non-liquid crystalline additive that is a non-liquid crystalline compound of formula I | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023520 | Method and system for fabricating liquid crystal film and method for fabricating brightening film A method and a system for fabricating a liquid crystal film are proposed. First of all, mechanical rubbing is performed on a surface of a plastic substrate. The surface of the substrate is applied with dispersed liquid crystal material over the substrate. At least o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7008675 | Polymers for orientation and stability of liquid crystals An electro-optically active polymer gel material comprising a high molecular weight alignment polymer adapted to be homogeneously dispersed throughout a liquid crystal to control the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and/or confer mechanical stability is pro... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999142 | Reflective cholesteric liquid crystal display with complementary light-absorbing layer A display sheet comprising a substrate carrying layers of material; including a polymer-dispersed cholesteric liquid-crystal layer having a first high reflection state within a portion of the visible light spectrum and a second less-reflective state in said spectrum... | 02/14/2006 |
