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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184218 | Optically hidden electromagnetic source for generation of spatially non uniform magnetic field and tunable devices made thereof An electromagnetic source has an electrode structure coupled to a substrate. The electrode structure has interspaced electrodes, at least one of which is spiral-shaped. At least one electrical contact interconnects the electrodes of the electrode structure. The elec... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8094248 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device, having: a liquid crystal display medium that has a liquid crystal layer disposed between a pair of electrodes disposed facing with each other and that displays an image by reflecting or transmitting outside light according to the ori... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7880821 | Touch panel A touch panel for use in an ultra-high resolution display includes a transparent film substrate having one surface made of PET or the like and a transparent electrode film made of ITO film or the like that is formed on the transparent film substrate. A surface of th... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876385 | Liquid crystal device The present invention relates to a liquid crystal device driven by a linear coupling, such as ferroelectric and/or flexoelectric coupling, between an inhomogenous in-plane electric field generated by an electrode pattern over a first sub-volume of the bulk layer adj... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7483088 | Tunable terahertz wavelength selector device using magnetically controlled birefringence of liquid crystals The present invention provides a tunable terahertz (THz) wavelength selector device, which includes a fixed phase retarder, a tunable phase retarder and a pair of linear polarizers to form a unit. The fixed phase retarder and tunable phase retarder basically utilize... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7405779 | Super bright low reflectance liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display (LCD) exhibiting enhanced optical viewing performance. In a preferred embodiment, the LCD comprises a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel comprising a pair of transparent substrates, liquid crystal material sandwic... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7369206 | Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device A sealing member is formed on a glass substrate, and dropping points are arranged in the form of a matrix in the region surrounded by the sealing member. The dropping points arranged in the outermost columns and the second outermost columns are connected respectivel... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7336334 | Fabrication method of liquid crystal display device The present invention is related to a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device which includes etching an attached substrate using an etchant to make the substrate thin and light. A plurality of main seal patterns are formed on a first substrate and auxi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7310089 | Annular potentiometric touch sensor The present invention determines angular position using a potentiometric touch sensor. The sensor has an annular pattern of resistive material on a bottom substrate top surface. Conductive drive lines radially traverse the resistive material so as to make electrical... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7147800 | Selective ether cleavage synthesis of liquid crystals A method for making platform molecules comprising: reacting 4-alkoxy benzoyl chloride with R2-hydroquinone under first conditions effective to produce bis 1,4[4-alkoxy-benzoyloxy]-R2-phenylene comprising bis terminal alkoxy groups wherein R | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136048 | Electrically erasable writing surface An electrically erasable writing surface is provided. The writing surface includes a bistable display layer that responds to electrical and mechanical inputs. A touch pad is located above or below the display layer. The writing surface facilitates writing complex ch... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135589 | Bridged monomers Liquid crystal monomers and secondary monomers useful to blend with liquid crystal monomers to maintain a nematic state under processing conditions while maintaining low cure shrinkage, particularly suitable for use in dental resin composites. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7098359 | Mesogens and methods for their synthesis and use New, efficient methods for making novel platform molecules and polymerizable mesogens are provided, as well as the novel mesogens and methods of using same. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094360 | Resin blends and methods for making same A resin blend and method of producing the resin blend, the resin blend comprising one or more first liquid crystal monomer at a ratio to one or more secondary monomer, said secondary monomer and said ratio being adapted to maintain said resin blend in a nematic liqu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079201 | Fluorescent lamp and liquid crystal display device having the same A fluorescent lamp for a backlight of a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device having the same are disclosed. The fluorescent lamp includes a red color phosphor having a maximum luminous wavelength of about 600 nm to 620 nm, a green color ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6914634 | Digital camera A digital camera having a taking lens, a finder for viewing light transmitted through the taking lens, an image sensing element for optoelectrically converting light which passes through the taking lens, a light splitter capable of changing transmittance and dividin... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6753933 | Erasable bistable display A bistable liquid crystal display device can be erased by the application of a mechanical pressure P at a section 20 of the display. The pressure induces a flow of the liquid crystal (5) material into an expansion chamber (22). The induced flow ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6721019 | Screen input type display device There is provided a highly reliable screen input type display device using a touch panel which can facilitate the control of a gap formed between upper and lower substrates and can stabilize the linearity of the resistance value detection of a resistance film, where... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6661478 | Control apparatus A control apparatus is provided which is imparted with a reliable waterproofness against liquid spilt thereon to prevent a short circuit accident and which matches various armrests of different colors in terms of color. At least a cabinet face plate 6 for... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6570707 | Touch panel with high operability in low temperature environments A touch panel is constructed of a top sheet member having a resistive membrane on its inner surface and a base sheet member having a resistive membrane on its inner surface, the top and base sheet members facing each other with dot spacers being located i... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6426782 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer; a plurality of row signal lines for driving the liquid crystal layer; and a plurality of column signal lines for driving the liquid crystal layer, wherein an optical state of the liquid crys... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6259491 | Double sided laminated liquid crystal display touchscreen and method of making same for use in a wireless communication device A touchscreen (126) for assembly onto a liquid crystal display module (119) in a wireless communication device (103). The touchscreen is comprised of a front laminant pet film (127), a chemically strengthened glass panel (129), an optically clear acrylic ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6104448 | Pressure sensitive liquid crystalline light modulating device and material A new liquid crystalline light modulating cell and material are characterized by liquid crystalline light modulating material of liquid crystal and polymer, the liquid crystal being a chiral nematic liquid crystal having positive dielectric anisotropy and... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6089693 | Pagewidth ink jet printer including multiple pass defective nozzle correction A liquid ink printer, depositing ink drops to form an image, including a pagewidth printbar, movable to print a complete image when defective nozzles of the printbar are identified. A positioning device, coupled to the pagewidth printbar, positions the pr... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6023312 | Optical device with memory function employing liquid crystal/orientation-sustaining material composite, and method for using same An optical device employs a composite of a liquid crystalline substance and an orientation-sustaining material, such as a selected polymer, flat particles, or other material capable of sustaining the state of orientation of the liquid crystalline substanc... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6020866 | Method and display panel for displaying color image A color image is displayed by using a display panel with a color pattern layer which is formed on one side of a transparent substrate and has, for example, three separate sets of transparent pixel areas in red, green and blue colors which constitute a reg... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5949501 | Coordinates input device using liquid crystal sheet A coordinates input device includes: a liquid crystal sheet comprising a conductive layer, a transparent high electric resistant layer, a liquid crystal-dispersed polymer layer, and a transparent insulating layer, all of which are sequentially laminated o... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5923388 | Touch panel A touch panel includes a display unit having display elements which are arranged in a first lattice, and an input panel, put on the display unit, having a structure in which transparent resistive films maintained at a predetermined distance by insulating ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5831691 | Touch panel having spacers arranged on vertexes of orthogonal hexagons A touch panel includes a display unit having display elements which are arranged in a first lattice, and an input panel, put on the display unit, having a structure in which transparent resistive films maintained at a predetermined distance by insulating ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5798807 | Image modulation process and device for generating optical effects In order to generate dynamic images whose structure (spatial frequency) or chromaticity may be modulated or controlled by various low frequency signal sources, a rotary-dispersive, optical element (NC) which may be varied through outer influences and cont... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5777606 | Touch panel A touch panel includes a display unit having display elements which are arranged in a first lattice, and an input panel, put on the display unit, having a structure in which transparent resistive films maintained at a predetermined distance by insulating ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5729320 | Liquid crystalline medium including closely packed particles and method for generating images using same Closely packed small particles dispersed in a liquid crystalline phase, whereby the particles can be moved toward one another by external influence, constitute a liquid crystalline medium permitting the generation of bistable images without the requiremen... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5715024 | Touch panel having 30 to 45 degree angle between direction of display unit elements and direction of input unit elements A touch panel includes a display unit having display elements which are arranged in a first lattice, and an input panel, put on the display unit, having a structure in which transparent resistive films maintained at a predetermined distance by insulating ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5640258 | Touch panel having 15 to 30 degree angle between direction of display unit elements and direction of input unit elements A touch panel includes a display unit having display elements which are arranged in a first lattice, and an input panel, put on the display unit, having a structure in which transparent resistive films maintained at a predetermined distance by insulating ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5537242 | Liquid crystal millimeter wave open transmission lines modulators Low-cost, thin-layer liquid crystal (LC) millimeter wave (MMW) phase modulators and phased array antennae are provided based on several types of open transmission strip-line, parallel-line, and ridge-guide configurations in which surface-aligned LCs are m... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5313320 | Method for aligning side-group liquid-crystalline polymers A method for converting an opaque portion of a side-group liquid crystalline polymer body into a transparent portion. The method involves applying sufficient shear force to the polymer body for a sufficient time to convert the opaque portion into a transp... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5202600 | Piezoelectric device and related converting devices A piezoelectric device includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed in opposing, spaced relation to the first electrode, a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed between the first and second electrodes, a first alignment layer formed between t... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5194972 | Microwave phase modulation with liquid crystals A liquid crystal is used as the phase modulating medium in a microwave phase modulating cell (20). Applied electric and/or magnetic fields transverse to the direction of wave propagation create a birefringence that changes the velocity of wave propagation... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5189500 | Multi-layer type semiconductor device with semiconductor element layers stacked in opposite directions and manufacturing method thereof A multi-layer type semiconductor device is disclosed, in which a plurality of semiconductor layers are formed in vertically opposite directions. The multi-layer type semiconductor device is obtained by forming a first semiconductor layer, an insulating la... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5184233 | Liquid crystal-based composite material including electrically conducting elongated particles and having enhanced microwave birefringence A composite material (20) has electrically conducting, elongated particles (22) dispersed in a liquid crystal (24). The index of refraction to microwaves is controllable by the application of a transverse electric field that aligns the liquid crystal mate... | 02/02/1993 |
