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公开(公告)号:US20240117251A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-11
申请号:US17892558
申请日:2022-08-22
Applicant: Orbotech Ltd.
Inventor: Jason S. Reid , Karla Gutierrez Cuevas , Nungavaram S. Viswanathan
IPC: C09K19/54 , C03C17/00 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/137
CPC classification number: C09K19/544 , C03C17/007 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/137 , G02F1/133302
Abstract: An electro-optic modulator is disclosed. The electro-optic modulator includes a modulator material film layer. The modulator material film layer includes a polymer matrix. Liquid crystals and getter molecules are dispersed within the polymer matrix. The liquid crystals are configured to modulate light transmissivity through the electro-optic modulator. The getter molecules capture or coordinate with cationic impurities present within the polymer matrix. By gettering the cationic impurities, switching of the device at modulated low frequencies are improved as well as a reduction on the switching voltage of the device. Three classes of getter molecules have been so far demonstrated to work: inorganic ion traps (dihydrogen ammonium phosphate), organic cation traps (EDTA), and organic ion extractors (nicotinic acid). An amount for the getter molecules may be 0.01 to 1.0 percent by weight of the polymer matrix.
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公开(公告)号:US11953787B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-09
申请号:US17282852
申请日:2019-10-06
Applicant: Ibrahim Abdulhalim , Hisham Abdulhalim
Inventor: Ibrahim Abdulhalim , Hisham Abdulhalim
IPC: G02F1/13357 , G02B5/20 , G02B27/30 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1337 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/137 , H04N5/33 , H04N23/10
CPC classification number: G02F1/133617 , G02B5/208 , G02B27/30 , G02F1/133502 , G02F1/1337 , G02F1/13439 , G02F1/137 , H04N5/33 , H04N23/10 , G02F2203/13
Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical imaging device capable of responding to a writing long-wave radiation (w) emitted by any object or scene. Said device is configured to operate in reflection mode or in transmission mode and comprises a reading light unit (2), writing light unit (4), resonant optically-addressed spatial light modulator (ROASLM) (3) with an optically-responsive resonant structure (ORRS) (100) and a detector (40), wherein said (ORRS) (100) comprises: a photosensitive layer (101) deposited on a transparent substrate for absorbing the writing radiation (w) in a form of the long-wave image of the object or scene (1) and transforming said image into the stimulating signal across the ORRS (100), optical layers (102) for inducing resonance effect to the stimulating signal formed in the ORRS (100), optional alignment layers (103) for aligning liquid crystal molecules, and the conversion layer (104) for converting the resonant long-wave image of the object or scene (1) into a visible-range image.
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公开(公告)号:US20240094579A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-21
申请号:US18492603
申请日:2023-10-23
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Fumitake MITOBE , Katsumi SASATA , Yukito SAITOH , Akiko WATANO
IPC: G02F1/1335 , G02F1/137
CPC classification number: G02F1/133524 , G02F1/133504 , G02F1/13718 , G02B27/0172
Abstract: A light guide element includes: a light guide plate; and a diffraction element that is disposed on a main surface of the light guide plate, in which the diffraction element includes a liquid crystal layer that is formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound and has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, a refractive index of the light guide plate is 1.70 or higher, and in a case where the refractive index of the light guide plate is represented by nd and a refractive index of the liquid crystal layer is represented by nk, nk−nd≥0 is satisfied.
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公开(公告)号:US11934065B1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US18331188
申请日:2023-06-08
Applicant: AUO Corporation
Inventor: Wan Heng Chang , Min-Hsuan Chiu , Syuan-Ying Lin , Wei-Ming Cheng
IPC: G02F1/13357 , G02F1/133 , G02F1/137
CPC classification number: G02F1/133603 , G02F1/13306 , G02F1/133605 , G02F1/13718
Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first light emitting element, a second light emitting element, and an optical film sheet. The first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are disposed on the substrate. The first light emitting element emits a first light, and the first light has a first wavelength range. The second light emitting element emits a second light, and the second light has a second wavelength range. The optical film sheet is disposed above the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element. The optical film sheet includes a first zone and a second zone. The first zone includes a first cholesteric liquid crystal, and the first cholesteric liquid crystal reflects light in at least the first wavelength range. The second zone includes a second cholesteric liquid crystal, and the second cholesteric liquid crystal reflects light in at least the second wavelength range.
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公开(公告)号:US11932170B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US17076319
申请日:2020-10-21
Applicant: GENTEX CORPORATION
Inventor: Xiaoxu Niu , David J. Cammenga , William L. Tonar
IPC: B60R1/12 , B60R1/02 , G02F1/01 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/137
CPC classification number: B60R1/12 , B60R1/02 , G02F1/0136 , G02F1/133308 , G02F1/133536 , G02F1/134309 , G02F1/137 , B60R2001/1215
Abstract: An improved device switchable between reflective and display states comprising an optical element and a display element. The optical element comprising a liquid crystal medium disposed between first and second substrates. The optical element may further comprise a first electrode, a second electrode, an absorptive polarizer, and a reflective polarizer. The first electrode and the absorptive polarizer may be disposed in a first direction relative the liquid crystal medium. Similarly, the second electrode and the reflective polarizer may be disposed in a second direction relative the liquid crystal medium. The second direction is opposite the first direction. In some embodiments, one or more of the absorptive and reflective polarizers may be further disposed between the first and second substrates. The display may be disposed in the first direction relative the optical element. Additionally, the device may further comprise a housing. In some embodiments, the housing may not have a bezel.
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公开(公告)号:US11928990B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US17192063
申请日:2021-03-04
Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
Inventor: Yoshiro Aoki , Kentaro Okuyama
IPC: G09G3/00 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/137 , G02F1/167 , G02F1/1676 , G02F1/1685 , G03B21/62 , G09G5/38 , H04N5/57
CPC classification number: G09G3/001 , G02F1/13347 , G02F1/134336 , G02F1/137 , G02F1/167 , G02F1/1676 , G02F1/1685 , G03B21/62 , G09G5/38
Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display system includes a transparent screen that is capable of switching a light scattering degree, a projector, and a controller that controls interlocking driving of the projector and the screen. The controller drives the screen and controls a light scattering degree of at least part of an area, of the screen, in which the image is projected during a period in which the projector is driven and an image is projected on the screen.
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公开(公告)号:US20240077777A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18505144
申请日:2023-11-09
Applicant: ALPHAMICRON INCORPORATED
Inventor: Bahman Taheri , Ludmilla Sukhomlinova , Antonio Munoz , Joseph Angelo
IPC: G02F1/137 , G02F1/1347
CPC classification number: G02F1/137 , G02F1/1347
Abstract: A laser protection variable transmission optical device (“LP-VTOD”) includes first and second cells, each capable of changing from a state of higher light transmittance to a state of lower light transmittance. The first cell is characterized by a narrow band absorption having a first peak absorption wavelength and a first FWHM of 175 nm or less, and the second cell is characterized by a narrow band absorption having a second peak absorption wavelength and a second FWHM of 175 nm or less. The first peak absorption wavelength may be the same or different than the second peak absorption wavelength. The LP-VTOD is capable of switching from a clear state to a darkened state having a darkened state transmittance % TDS-P that is equal to or less than 10% for at least one of the first or second peak absorption wavelengths.
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公开(公告)号:US11921393B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17249646
申请日:2021-03-08
Applicant: The University of Chicago
Inventor: Juan Jose de Pablo , Paul Franklin Nealey , Xiao Li , Jose A. Martinez-Gonzalez , Monirosadat Sadati , Rui Zhang , Ye Zhou
IPC: G02F1/139 , C09K19/00 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/137
CPC classification number: G02F1/1393 , G02F1/137 , G02F1/1396 , C09K19/00 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/13793 , G02F2201/00
Abstract: Stable, macroscopic single-crystal chiral liquid crystal compositions are described. The compositions include a single-crystal chiral liquid crystal material on a patterned surface. The patterned surface seeds a particular crystallographic orientation at the substrate-liquid crystal interface. Also described are methods of forming the single-crystal chiral liquid crystal compositions.
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公开(公告)号:US11921384B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17881610
申请日:2022-08-05
Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
Inventor: Takeo Koito , Tae Kurokawa , Masashi Mitsui
IPC: G02F1/1347 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/13357 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/137 , G02F1/29
CPC classification number: G02F1/1347 , G02F1/133528 , G02F1/13362 , G02F1/134309 , G02F1/13756 , G02F1/29
Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light control device includes a first liquid crystal cell, a second liquid crystal cell, and a polarization conversion element disposed between the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell. One substrate of each of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell includes an insulating substrate, and first to fourth electrodes arranged on the insulating substrate and formed in a strip shape. The electric potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode, the electric potential difference between the second electrode and the third electrode, and the electric potential difference between the third electrode and the fourth electrode are different from each other.
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公开(公告)号:US11920075B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17415819
申请日:2019-12-17
Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventor: Harald Hirschmann , Andreas Pohle , Christian Hock , Martina Windhorst , Sabine Schoen
CPC classification number: C09K19/3066 , C09K19/0208 , C09K19/3003 , C09K19/54 , G02F1/13706 , C09K2019/0466 , C09K2019/3004 , C09K2019/3009 , C09K2019/3016 , C09K2019/3019 , C09K2019/3021 , C09K2019/3025
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium), to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, and to LC displays containing this medium.
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