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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7929067 | Liquid crystal component module and method of controlling dielectric constant A liquid crystal component module comprises a liquid crystal dielectric layer, first and second electrically conductive layers disposed to oppose each other with the liquid crystal dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a voltage applying device which applies a D... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7495714 | Flat panel display having an isolated EMI layer and integral heater and thermal sensors A flat panel display having a black mask EMI layer isolated from Vcom and tied to zero potential. The flat panel display has a integral metal heater layer and thermal sensor that are in close proximity to the liquid crystals to provide efficient heating and temperat... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7483087 | In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device with heating line and method thereof An in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device is disclosed which includes a heater line to achieve an improvement in reliability under low temperature conditions. The LCD device includes a first substrate and a second substrate which face each... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7441921 | Backlight unit and method of driving the same A backlight unit includes at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp arranged at a lower end of a bottom cover, external electrode fluorescent lamps arranged on the bottom cover above the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and inverters disposed on a rear side of the bo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7428035 | Liquid crystal display device with heating conductive lines formed substantially in parallel with gate lines and data lines A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The disclosed device includes a first substrate including a plurality of gate and data lines defining a plurality of pixel regions, heating conductive lines having first conductive lines formed substantially in parallel ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7372511 | Device for controlling spreading of liquid crystal and method for fabricating an LCD Device for controlling spreading of liquid crystal including a stage, and variable temperature controlling means in the stage for controlling spreading of the liquid crystal, wherein the variable temperature controlling means is formed of a heating wire, and control... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352428 | Liquid crystal cell platform A liquid crystal cell is presented that utilizes a deposited metal gasket moisture barrier and support membrane bonding two opposing plates of glass, a thin film spacer layer to accurately control cell gap thickness, and an optional integrated thermal sensor and hea... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339563 | High performance switchable polarizers for optical projection displays and circuits for driving the polarizers The invention is directed towards high performance switchable polarizers for optical projection displays. One embodiment of the invention is a switchable polarizer with (1) two conductive electrodes and (2) a liquid crystal material that is positioned between the tw... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333159 | Liquid crystal display device having function of temperature maintenance There is provided an LCD (liquid crystal display device) having a function of temperature maintenance. The LCD includes: a liquid crystal panel having a common heating electrode and a temperature detection unit formed in a predetermined region of the liquid crystal ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333166 | Matrix display through thermal treatment The present invention relates to a display comprising a substrate, a patterned conductor, and a liquid crystal material having cleared areas and electrically writeable areas. The invention also relates to a method for making a display comprising providing a substrat... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7265809 | Flat panel display having integral metal heater optically hidden behind an EMI shield A flat panel display having a black mask EMI layer isolated from Vcom and tied to zero potential. The flat panel display has an integral metal heater layer and thermal sensor that are in close proximity to the liquid crystals to provide efficient heating and tempera... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258073 | Pictorial thermometer A thermometer comprising a base sheet adapted to be secured to a window or other surface, the sheet includes distinct thermally actuated latent images thereon and each of which is adapted to reversibly depict a different article of clothing once a pre-determined tem... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229663 | Display comprising a cholesteric liquid-crystal in hardened gelatin and method for making the same A method of making a liquid-crystal sheet material, useful for displays, having polymer-dispersed cholesteric liquid crystals, comprising the steps of providing a emulsion comprising dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal domain and a solution comprising gelatin and a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218303 | Aligning method under electric field for ferroelectric liquid crystal and liquid crystal display using the same A method of aligning a ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) material capable of facilitating the restoration of an initial alignment of FLC material as a result of mounting of driving circuits includes simultaneously applying a first voltage to a Vcom terminal formed ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7189133 | Reversibly metachromatic toy A reversibly metachromatic toy having a platelike resin foamed substrate, a resin layer provided on both the outer side surfaces of the foamed substrate, and a reversibly metachromatic layer provided on at least one-side resin layer partly or all over the surface. | 03/13/2007 |
| 7119859 | Contrast chiral nematic liquid crystal displays The present invention relates to a bistable polymer dispersed liquid crystal display comprising a support, at least one patterned first conductor layer having thereon at least one dried imaging layer comprising a substantial monolayer of isolated domains of liquid c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7053975 | Liquid crystal device Liquid crystal devices are described that exhibit bistable, tri-stable or other multistable operation. The stable liquid crystal configurations are attained using a surface alignment grating (144) on the internal surface of at least one cell wall (142)... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046326 | Multi-pixel liquid crystal cell array A multi-pixel optical processing system includes a multi-pixel liquid crystal cell platform having a deposited metal gasket moisture barrier bonding two opposing substrates each having a spacer layer to accurately control cell gap thickness. A library of specialized... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027117 | Liquid crystal display apparatus In a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel (10) including a liquid crystal layer (3) sandwiched between a first substrate (1) and a second substrate (2) having transparent electrodes (5, 6) on inner... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6995550 | Method and apparatus for determining properties of an electrophoretic display A method for sensing the state of an electrophoretic display includes the steps of applying an electrical signal to a display element, measuring an electrical response for the display element, and deducing the state of the display element from the measured electrica... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6981234 | Method of ITO layout to make IC bear the high-volt electrostatic discharge The present invention provides a method of ITO layout to make IC bear the high-volt electro static discharge, wherein the major steps include: designing the suitable circuit impedance and Layout at the position of Driver IC bonding and Interface on LCD Module(COG ty... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6950157 | 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... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6829020 | Recording method and recording apparatus for thermoreversible recording medium Disclosed herein is a recording method for recording an image on a thermosensible image bearing medium that contains liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal exhibits a cholesteric phase at a temperature range higher than a room temperature so as to reflect selec... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6727468 | Flexible heating system having high transmissivity A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes an LCD panel providing a surface. A flexible heating system of the invention includes a substantially transparent flexible sheet substrate disposed adjacent the surface of the LCD panel and a substantially transparent resistiv... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6671027 | Liquid crystal display including heating layer and two bus bars formed by a clamp having two limbs A liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal cell (1) has electrical heating formed by an electrically conductive heating layer (3) on a substrate (2). On opposite sides, a clamp (4) forming a busbar in each case reaches over the substrate (2) and bea... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6552756 | Recording method and recording device using a heat reversible recording medium A heat reversible recording medium is disclosed which includes a cholesteric liquid crystal compound. By selective application of differing temperature profiles, regions of the recording medium can be fixed in states which selectively reflect light in dif... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6330100 | Display device with transflective electrode A transflective color display having apertures in reflective electrodes through which light from a backlight (9) passes in the transmissive mode. The switching behavior for both the reflective and the transmissive mode is made identical by introducing a r... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6278430 | Thermosensitive display device A thermosensitive display device including a thermosensitive material applied in a thin layer, and an array of resistors arranged on a thin flexible film. Each one of said resistors has a thin planar configuration and extends in the plane of said flexible... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6211992 | Display device with transflective electrode A transflective color display having apertures in reflective electrodes through which light from a backlight (9) passes in the transmissive mode. The switching behavior for both the reflective and the transmissive mode is made identical by introducing a r... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6157432 | Heated ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulator with improved contrast, improved grayscale resolution, and decreased pixel sticking when operated in a non-DC balanced mode A heated ferroelectric liquid crystal-based spatial light modulator (SLM) that minimizes pixel sticking when operated in a non-DC-balanced mode with spiking and method for using same. The SLM comprises a transparent electrode, a pixellated electrode, ferr... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6084702 | Thermochromic devices The invention is an energy efficient, thermochromic device for windows that allows sunlight or solar radiation into a building or structure when the ambient temperature is low and substantially blocks solar radiation when the ambient temperature is high, ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5886763 | LCD heater utilizing Z-axis conductive adhesive to attach bus bars to ito An LCD heater includes a substantially transparent conductive heater layer (e.g. ITO) deposited on a transparent sheet. Attached to the conductive layer are a pair of tin coated bus bars, each of which is adhered to the conductive layer via a Z-axis condu... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5870072 | Apparatus and method for producing a viewscreen from a miniature high resolution chip A miniature single monolithic chip is to be used to create a viewscreen for Computers, Television or Video applications. Magnifying this display would produce an inexpensive screen capable of being mounted on face goggles, or alternate stand alone apparat... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5818010 | Display assemblies A transparent LCD back-lit display has a transparent indium-tin oxide heater layer extending across the display and a resistive metal strip heater, supported in a frame of low thermal conductivity, extending around its edge. One temperature sensor is moun... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5786875 | Thermal liquid crystal display using thermoelectric link The present invention is a thermally addressed display and a method for manufacturing a thermally addressed display. The device uses thermoelectric elements to transition liquid crystal molecules from one optical state to another. The display can be manuf... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5712066 | Image forming method, recording medium, and visible image reproducing method Provided an image forming method comprising the steps of; forming electric charges on a recording layer by charging the recording medium comprising a conductive substrate and, provided thereon a photoconductive layer and a recording layer containing a polymeri... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5579135 | Optical element An optical element which comprises a liquid crystal dispersion film layer which is composed of a spongy matrix polymer and a liquid crystal such that they become separated at use temperatures and mixed at high temperatures. The mixture remains mixed upon ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5559614 | Liquid crystal display with integral heater and method of fabricating same A liquid crystal display device (11) is made by sputtering a layer of indium-tin oxide and copper on a transparent substrate. This metal layer is photodelineated to form a pattern of electrodes (17) and heating elements (81), the heating elements being in... | 09/24/1996 |
