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| 20080278672 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the present invention comprises: an optical film comprising a transparent base film and a discotic liquid crystal layer provided on one side of the transparent base film; an undercoat layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the discotic liquid crystal layer with the undercoat layer interposed therebetween, the undercoat layer comprises a polymer and an antioxidant; and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) comprising 80 to 99.5% by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and 0.05 to 3% by weight of a hydroxyl group-containing monomer unit and having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 2,500,000; a (meth)acrylic oligomer (B) comprising 80 to 99.9% by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and 0.1 to 3% by weight of a carboxyl group-containing monomer unit and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 8,000; a crosslinking agent (C); and a silane coupling agent (D), and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises 10 to 40 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic oligomer (B) based on 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic polymer (A). The pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film has durability and can suppress display unevenness in a peripheral portion of a display screen and window frame unevenness in a state that a backlight is on. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090040454 | OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC FILM, BRIGHTNESS INCREASING FILM, LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optically anisotropic film comprising a liquid crystal compound forming a nematic phase or smectic A phase, the liquid crystalline phase satisfying the following inequality: | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090059158 | OPTICAL DIFFUSION DEVICE, PROJECTION SCREEN, DESIGN MEMBER AND SECURITY MEDIUM - The present invention provides an optical diffusion device, which can exhibit discontinuously different optical properties only in desired regions without creating any difference in grades and/or breaks, facilitate control of the optical diffusion properties, and prevent the occurrence of the stray light, as well as provides a projection screen and a design member, both using the optical diffusion device. An exemplary optical diffusion device according to this invention includes a base, and a cholesteric liquid crystal polymer layer provided on the base and composed of a plurality of diffusion regions arranged on a plane. A diffusion angle of one of the diffusion regions (e.g., first diffusion regions) of the cholesteric liquid crystal polymer layer is different from a diffusion angle of another of the diffusion regions (e.g., second diffusion regions). | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090128772 | Discrimination Medium, Discrimination Method, and Discrimination Apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide a discrimination medium which has high discrimination ability, and which is more difficult to counterfeit than conventional discrimination mediums. A discrimination medium comprises: a cholesteric liquid crystal layer; and a liquid crystal layer acting as a half-wave plate and provided on the cholesteric liquid crystal layer in a predetermined pattern. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090190086 | 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 space between each adjacent pair of the molecular units of the molecular structure to be oriented in a direction parallel to a second axis; and forming an optical anisotropical layer on the orienting film by applying a liquid crystal film of rod-like molecules on the orienting film which orients the rod-like molecules by virtue of spatial effect of the molecular units and the orienting spaces. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090244474 | DEPOLARIZING FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A depolarizing film of the present invention comprises a film containing at least one liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal compound comprises a liquid crystal compound ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100060845 | RETARDATION SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A retardation layer that includes regions causing different retardations can be manufactured easily. A retardation substrate includes a substrate and a solidified liquid crystal layer supported by the substrate. The solidified liquid crystal layer includes first to third regions. The first to third regions re arranged on the substrate and different in degree of orientation of mesogens. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100165284 | METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method of producing an optical laminate that can produce an optical laminate including an applied film containing a lyotropic liquid crystalline compound so that the thickness of the applied film will be approximately uniform. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100220280 | Changing the Appearance of an Electronic Device - An apparatus includes a layer including a material which has an electrically controllable transparency. At least a part of the layer is arranged to cover at least a part of a surface of a display. The apparatus further includes electrical contacts arranged to enable an electrical control of the transparency of the layer. When employing such an apparatus, it may be determined which appearance the layer is to assume. The transparency of the layer can then be controlled in accordance with the determined appearance. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100231846 | Substrates - The present invention relates to improvements in security devices that can be used in varying shapes and sizes for various authenticating or security applications, particularly an optically variable security device utilising liquid crystal materials. The security device comprises a liquid crystal layer ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110025973 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PATTERNED BIREFRINGENT PRODUCT AND BIREFRINGENT PATTERN BUILDING MATERIAL - A method of producing a patterned birefringent product, comprising at least steps [1] to [3] in this order:
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| 20110080554 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT DEFLECTING LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL - A light emitting apparatus comprises a lamination of a first and a second light deflecting liquid crystal cells, a voltage applying device applying voltages to the light deflecting liquid crystal cells and an optical system irradiating incident light to the first light deflecting liquid crystal cell. Each cell comprises a prism layer having a prism extending in a predetermined direction, an alignment film formed on the prism layer and a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules. Long axis directions of the liquid crystal molecules are oriented in the predetermined direction on an interface between the alignment film and liquid crystal layer in the first cell and in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction in the second cell. The liquid crystal cells can change a course of light by deflecting both polarized light components of incident light. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110157539 | SECURITY ELEMENT HAVING A VARIABLE OPTICAL EFFECT AND SECURITY SHEET OR DOCUMENT OR ARTICLE COMPRISING IT - A security element having a variable optical effect, including at least one quasi-spherical particle having at least one external part and at least one internal part, said external part including at least one cholesteric liquid crystal and said internal part including at least one thermochromic compound and/or at least one photochromic compound undergoing a reversible transition from a colourless state to a dark colour or from a dark colour to a colourless state when said compound is subjected to an activation temperature or to activation radiation respectively, the dark colour making it possible to see the interference effect of said liquid crystal, and the colourless state making this interference effect no longer visible. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110181826 | RADIAL-SHAPED LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, AND OPTICAL FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a radial-shaped liquid crystal compound, and an optical film and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same. Particularly the present invention provides a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 comprising a radial-shaped core of tetraphenyl ethylene in which four phenyl groups are bonded to an ethylene group, and makes it possible to provide an optical film which can minimize the change of color according to viewing angle and has an improved contrast ratio and high refractive anisotropy, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same, by using the compound. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110234969 | PATTERNED BIREFRINGENT PRODUCT - A product comprising a patterned optically anisotropic layer having two or more regions of different birefringence in the form of a pattern, which further comprises a semi-transmissive-half-reflective layer having a transmittance of 30% or higher and a reflectance of 30% or higher is provided. The product permits visualization of a latent image in the product through a polarizing plate as well as visualization of the information on the side opposite to the side to be viewed from. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110242478 | LIQUID CRYSTAL FILTER, RETARDATION FILM, AND OPTICAL LOW-PASS FILTER - A liquid crystal filter made of a plurality of region having different liquid crystal molecule arrangement directions has a problem that linear defects, which are visible at boundaries between different liquid crystal molecule arrangement directions, are captured by image capturing elements. Therefore, provided is a liquid crystal filter comprising a first region that includes liquid crystals arranged in a first direction; a second region that includes liquid crystals arranged in a second direction, which is different from the first direction; and a buffer region that is disposed between the first region and the second region, and includes liquid crystals arranged in an intermediate direction between the first direction and the second direction. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120019766 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM, AND LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM - A light reflective film is produced by (a) forming a hard coat layer having a surface energy of less than 30 mN/m and a pencil hardness of at least 2H on a resin film, (b) applying a curable liquid crystal composition onto the surface of the opposite side, (c) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to be in a state of a cholesteric liquid crystal phase, (d) promoting the curing reaction to form a light reflective layer, and (e) repeating at least once the process of from (b) to (d). | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120133882 | LIQUID CRYSTAL FILM AND OPTICAL ELEMENT PRODUCED USING SAME - The present invention provides a liquid crystal film which comprises a liquid crystal layer having excellent retainability of homeotropic alignment and which has excellent interlayer adhesion between a cycloolefin polymer (COP) film and the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal film is produced by aligning homeotropically a liquid crystalline composition containing a (meth)acrylic compound having an oxetane group and fixing the composition in a homeotropic alignment by polymerizing the oxetane group directly on the COP film. The liquid crystal film is excellent in interlayer adhesion. The present invention also provides an optical element produced using the liquid crystal film. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120188499 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a light source, a light guide, a light extraction unit, and a drive circuit. The light guide is configured to guide light emitted by the light source from one end side of the light guide toward one other end side of the light guide. The light extraction unit is provided on a surface of the light guide, and includes a liquid crystal dispersion layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The liquid crystal dispersion layer includes liquid crystal droplets, and the first and second electrodes are configured to cause an electric field to occur in the liquid crystal dispersion layer. The drive circuit is configured to apply a voltage between the electrodes. Liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal droplets are configured to have an orientation parallel to the surface of the light guide in the electric field. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120293764 | INTEGRATED WIDE VIEWING FILM - There is provided an integrated wide viewing film including: a first film having an optical axis located in-plan; and a second film having an optical axis located in a thickness direction thereof, and inclined at a predetermined angle in an in-plane direction. The IPS-LCD employing the integrated wide viewing film can be significantly improved in a contrast ratio in a diagonal direction. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120300166 | Polarizing Retro-reflective Sheeting and Methods of Making the Same - A polarization-sensitive beaded retro-reflective sheeting having cholesteric liquid crystal material as the specular reflective coating and methods of making the same are described. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120314179 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COATING LIQUID, AND OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC FILM - The present invention provides a method of producing a liquid crystalline coating liquid that substantially does not contain a fine crystal. The method of producing a liquid crystalline coating liquid of the present invention contains a heating step of heating a treatment liquid containing a lyotropic liquid crystalline compound containing an impurity, and a solvent, a depositing step of depositing a deposit by cooling the treatment liquid after the heating step to a temperature lower than 40° C., and a removing step of removing the deposit from the treatment liquid. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120320330 | ELECTRICALLY ACTIVATABLE LIGHT BLOCKING COVER FOR VEHICLE MIRRORS AND METHOD - A cover for use in connection with a mirror of a vehicle is provided. The cover is provided with a lens having an electrically activatable material. The lens is positioned in front of the vehicle mirror. The electrically activatable material blocks visible light directed towards the vehicle mirror such that the electrically activatable material prevents the visible light from being reflected off of the vehicle mirror when the electrically activatable material is set to a light inhibiting state. A device that holds the lens is securable to the vehicle mirror. The electrically activatable material of the lens is configured to be switched to the light inhibiting state in response to user operation such that the lens prevents reflection of the visible light off of the vehicle mirror to reduce observability of the vehicle mirror. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130027655 | Electro-Active Lenses Including Thin Glass Substrates - An electro-active optical cell is described including a layer of electro-active material, a front glass substrate member, and a back glass substrate member. The optical cell is capable of independently providing changeable optical power with the application of an electrical potential. The cell is also configured to be affixed to an external surface of a plastic substrate and to provide the changeable optical power, with at least one of the front substrate or the back substrate of the optical cell being an outermost optical layer. The layer of electro-active material may have a thickness less than 10 μm, and the glass substrate members may each have a thickness approximately between 20 μm and 500 μm. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027656 | MULTI-TWIST RETARDERS FOR BROADBAND POLARIZATION TRANSFORMATION AND RELATED FABRICATION METHODS - An optical element includes at least two stacked birefringent layers having respective local optical axes that are rotated by respective twist angles over respective thicknesses of the at least two layers, and are aligned along respective interfaces between the at least two layers. The respective twist angles and/or the respective thicknesses are different. The at least two stacked birefringent layers may be liquid crystal polymer optical retarder layers. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130107190 | Method of Preparing Composite Optical Retarder | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107191 | HEAT-INSULATING FILM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107192 | PATTERNED RETARDER FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107193 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130201436 | VARIFOCAL LENS - A varifocal lens including a first liquid crystal layer; a second liquid crystal layer disposed below the first liquid crystal layer; a common electrode disposed between the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer; a first electrode disposed above the first liquid crystal layer and having a curved shape; and a second electrode disposed below the second liquid crystal layer and having a curved shape. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130229612 | MULTIPLE GLAZING WITH VARIABLE SCATTERING BY LIQUID CRYSTALS AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A multiple glazing with variable scattering by liquid crystals includes first and second flat float glass sheets sealed on the edge of their internal faces by a sealing joint, in particular made of a given sealing material, in particular essentially organic, first and second electrodes, and a layer of liquid crystals with an average thickness E between 15 and 60 μm inclusive of these values and incorporating spacers. The thickness A of each of the first and second glass sheets is less than or equal to 5.5 mm, and each of the internal faces coated with the first and second electrodes has a dioptric defect score, expressed in millidioptres, of less than 12E/15 where the thickness E of the liquid crystals is in μm. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130235322 | METHOD OF MARKING A DOCUMENT OR ITEM; METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING THE MARKED DOCUMENT OR ITEM; USE OF CIRCULAR POLARIZING PARTICLES - Optical identification and/or authentication of a document or item with the help of a marking comprising a random distribution of circular polarized light reflecting particles, the marking being applied to the document or item through an ink, and the reading device exploiting circular polarization to discriminate the flakes from the background. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130286344 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal prism element includes: a first prism array; a second prism array arranged so as to face the first prism array; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second prism arrays. The first prism array is composed of a plurality of first prisms that have ridge lines extending in a Y axis direction and are arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals in an X axis direction The second prism array is composed of second prisms that have ridge lines extending in the Y axis direction and are arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals in the X axis direction. Each first prism has an inclined surface facing a center side of the liquid crystal layer. Each second prism has an inclined surface facing the center side of the liquid crystal layer. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130308085 | BIREFRINGENT TRANSFER FOIL - According to the present invention, provided is a birefringent transfer foil, comprising a temporary support, an orientation layer, a birefringent layer (preferably a patterned optically anisotropic layer) formed from a composition comprising a liquid-crystal compound having at least one reactive group, said orientation layer being in contact with the temporary support or a releasing layer, wherein the releasing layer being in contact with the temporary support, and said orientation layer being a layer comprising a cellulose alkyl ether or a hydroxyalkyl derivative of cellulose alkyl ether. In the birefringent transfer foil of the present invention, the above orientation layer also functions as a protective layer and a detachment layer, enabling to reduce the manufacturing cost. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140078459 | FILTER FOR SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION OF VISIBLE RAYS AND INFRARED RAYS USING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL - Disclosed is a filter for selective transmission of visible rays and infrared rays using an electrical signal. The filter comprises: a first filter for controlling the degree of absorption of visible rays by changing the molecular arrangement in accordance with the control of the electrical signal; and a second filter for controlling the degree of reflection of infrared rays by changing reflectivity in accordance with the control of the electrical signal. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140253860 | FILM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a method of producing a film including: a coating step of coating, on a substrate, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, an alignment controlling agent capable of controlling alignment of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a polymerization initiator and coated film a solvent; and a drying step of drying, wherein the alignment controlling agent is a compound represented by formula (1) below, and the alignment controlling agent is added in 0.005 to 0.2 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound: | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150138497 | PRINTING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DROPLET LASER RESONATORS ON A WET POLYMER SOLUTION AND PRODUCT MADE THEREWITH - A photonic device is manufactured by: (i) providing (e.g. by inkjet printing) an aliquot of a liquid crystal (LC) material; and (ii) depositing the aliquot onto the surface of a flowable material layer to form a liquid crystal deposit, the flowable material and the LC material being substantially immiscible. The liquid crystal deposit adopts a deformed shape relative to the shape of the aliquot due to interaction with the flowable material layer. This promotes alignment of the LC material. Incorporation of a laser dye allows the photonic device to function as a laser, which can be operated above or below threshold depending on the circumstances. The photonic device can also be used as a passive device based on the photonic bandgap of the aligned LC material. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150323734 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - Provided is an optical element having an optical waveguide region that can propagate azimuthally polarized light or radially polarized light while maintaining the direction of polarization. The optical element has a resin layer and an optical waveguide region that is formed in the resin layer and guides light in the lengthwise direction of the resin layer. Liquid crystal molecules are oriented in an approximately radiating shape in a cross section perpendicular to the lengthwise direction in the optical waveguide region, and the refractive index of the optical waveguide region is greater than that of the resin layer. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150369983 | REFLECTION FILM, OPTICAL MEMBER, AND DISPLAY - The present invention provides a reflection film, comprising a right circularly-polarized light reflection layer and a left circularly-polarized light reflection layer as circularly-polarized light reflection layers, each of the circularly-polarized light reflection layers consisting of a layer obtained by fixing a cholesteric liquid-crystalline phase, having a reflection wavelength at which a diffuse reflectance for non-polarized light becomes 50% or more in a wavelength region in which each of the circularly-polarized light reflection layers exhibits selective reflection, the reflection wavelength being in an infrared wavelength region, and the reflection film exhibiting a direct transmittance of non-polarized visible light of 50% or more and a haze value of 5% or less; and an optical member including the reflection film, which can be used as a handwriting input sheet. The optical member can be used by being stuck to the surface of a display. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150378076 | OPTICAL FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film includes a polarization film including a polymer resin and a dichroic dye, and a phase delay layer disposed on the polarization film and including a liquid crystal. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160011349 | INFRARED REFLECTING FILM AND LAMINATED FILM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160041320 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC FILM - A method for producing an optically anisotropic film is provided. The method includes a step of coating a composition for forming an optically anisotropic layer containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a photopolymerization initiator onto the surface of an orientation layer, and a step of irradiating the coated composition for forming an optically anisotropic layer with light in an atmosphere of 0.5% or less of oxygen concentration, while keeping the composition for forming an optically anisotropic layer at a liquid crystal-liquid phase transition temperature of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound or less. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160047963 | POLARIZING PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND TRANSFER MATERIAL - The present invention provides a polarizing plate that includes a polarizer and an optically anisotropic layer that is a layer formed on at least one surface of the polarizer by irradiating a polymerizable composition including a liquid crystal compound with light to polymerize the liquid crystal compound, in which only an adhesive layer or only an adhesive layer and a protective film provided on a surface of the polarizer are provided between the optically anisotropic layer and the polarizer, and a method for producing the polarizing plate including laminating a transfer material including a temporary support and an optically anisotropic layer on a film including a polarizer and then peeling off the temporary support of the transfer material. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a polarizing plate having a small thickness. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160070132 | WIDE BAND VARIABLE TRANSMITTANCE OPTICAL DEVICE - We describe a wide band variable transmission optical device having an electronically active cell comprising a guest-host mixture of a liquid crystal host and a dichroic guest dye material contained between a pair of plastic substrates. The liquid crystal host has an axis orientation that is alterable between a clear state orientation and a dark state orientation and the dichroic guest dye material includes one or more dichroic dyes. The optical device is characterized in that it exhibits a wide absorption band that is greater than 175 nm within a visible wavelength range of 400-700 nm, has a clear state transmission equal to or above 30% and a dark state transmission equal to or below 40%. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160085002 | INFRARED REFLECTIVE FILM, AND LAMINATED GLASS EMPLOYING SAME - The present invention has the objective of providing an infrared reflective film by means of which it is possible to achieve an effective heat-shielding performance with a smaller number of layers than hitherto using a construction employing specified infrared reflective layers. Solution Means The infrared reflective film of the present invention has at least two infrared reflective layers and, of these infrared reflective layers, the center reflective wavelength of at least one infrared reflective layer is between 1200 and 1300 nm. Furthermore, the laminated glass of the present invention is formed by interposing this infrared reflective film between two sheets of intermediate film, and laminating these between two sheets of glass. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160114647 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CAP OF AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL PANEL FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is an LCD cap of an air conditioning control panel for a vehicle. A transparent dark finishing plate is provided and a coating cover is coupled to the finishing plate by insert injection molding. A display window is formed in a central portion of the coating cover so that a numeral of an LCD panel can be displayed through the display window, and an opaque coating layer is formed on a remaining portion of the coating cover other than the display window. Therefore, when the LCD panel is in operation, a character or numeral can be displayed to the outside through the display window. When the LCD panel is not in operation, the front surface of the LCD cap can be generally shown in black. Thereby, the marketability of the product can be enhanced, and the quality of the interior design of the vehicle can be improved. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160139314 | RETARDATION FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RETARDATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE WHICH USE RETARDATION FILM, AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM USING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to make it possible to effectively suppress interference fringes which occur due to the difference in refractive index between a retardation layer and a pattern alignment layer while maintaining an alignment property in a retardation film, a retardation film includes a substrate, an alignment layer containing a photo-alignment material, and a retardation layer containing a liquid crystal compound, and the alignment layer contains 3.0-8.0 parts by mass (inclusive) of epoxy monomer with respect to 100 parts by mass of photo-alignment material. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139402 | Shuttered Waveguide Light Field Display - A light field display device comprising at least one multiplexed light field display module, the multiplexed light field display module comprising a view image generator, a waveguide, and a set of shutters spatially distributed along the waveguide, the view image generator optically coupled to the waveguide, the waveguide optically coupled to each shutter, the view image generator operable to generate a set of beams of light from one of a set of view images, the waveguide configured to transmit the set of beams along its length via internal reflection, each shutter operable to be switched between a closed state and an open state, the closed state of the shutter configured to prevent the beams from escaping the waveguide, the open state of the shutter configured to allow the beams to escape the waveguide, the module operable to generate, over time, the set of beams from a different one of the set of view images, and to open, over time, a different subset of the set of shutters, thereby to allow the set of beams escaping from the subset to correspond to a different one of the set of view images. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147079 | High power handling polarization switches - Liquid crystal devices are described that maintain performance of polarization/amplitude modulation under high irradiance conditions. Configurations that isolate polarizing elements under high thermal load are discussed which allow other elements, such as glass, which may be sensitive to stress birefringence to remain near optimum thermal conditions. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154247 | BEAM PROCESSING DEVICE, BEAM ATTENUATION AND SWITCHING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160161754 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device having a liquid crystal parallax barrier panel arranged on a display panel, wherein pixels are arrayed at a pitch p | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160170118 | ACTIVE RETARDATION FILMS BASED ON POLYMER STABILIZED CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160187554 | OPTICAL FILM - The present application relates to an optical film and a use thereof. In the present application, through control of an alignment state of a liquid crystal compound in a liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer may exhibit so-called reverse-wavelength dispersion while forming a single thin layer. An optical film including the liquid crystal layer may show optical modulation in a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light emitting device (OLED), or the like, or may be used in various applications, for example, as an optical element capable of improving light utilization efficiency, an element for implementation of a stereoscopic image and quality improvement thereof, and so forth. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160187720 | COLORFUL LIQUID CRYSTAL THIN FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The disclosed technology relates to a colorful liquid crystal thin film, a method of thereof and a display device. An embodiment of the method of manufacturing a colorful liquid crystal thin film comprises: adjusting a voltage applied across a liquid crystal cell filled with blue phase liquid crystal until the liquid crystal cell shows a required color; and radiating a portion of the liquid crystal cell needed to show the required color by ultraviolet rays. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160194418 | CYCLIC OLEFIN COMPOUND HAVING PHOTOREACTIVE GROUP AND PHOTOREACTIVE POLYMER | 07-07-2016 |
