公开(公告)号：US20240192417A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18431331

申请日：2024-02-02

Applicant: Japan Display Inc. ,  OSAKA UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Koichi IGETA ,  Yasushi TOMIOKA ,  Shinichiro OKA ,  Junji KOBASHI ,  Hiroyuki YOSHIDA

IPC: G02B5/30

CPC classification number: G02B5/3016

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes an optical waveguide including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, an alignment film disposed on the second main surface, a liquid crystal layer which overlaps the alignment film, which includes cholesteric liquid crystals, and which reflects at least part of light incident through the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide, and a transparent first cover member opposed to the liquid crystal layer with a first low-refractive-index layer interposed between the first cover member and the liquid crystal layer, the first low-refractive-index layer having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the liquid crystal layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240176074A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18430928

申请日：2024-02-02

Applicant: Japan Display Inc. ,  OSAKA UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Koichi IGETA ,  Shinichiro OKA ,  Yasushi TOMIOKA ,  Junji KOBASHI ,  Hiroyuki YOSHIDA

IPC: G02B6/27

CPC classification number: G02B6/2726

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes an optical waveguide including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, an alignment film disposed on the second main surface, a liquid crystal layer which overlaps the alignment film, which includes cholesteric liquid crystals, and which reflects at least part of light incident through the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide, and a transparent first protective layer which overlaps the liquid crystal layer, and which is formed of a water-soluble polymer or a fluorine-based resin.

公开(公告)号：US20240047890A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18477602

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Shinichiro OKA ,  Mitsutaka OKITA ,  Daiichi SUZUKI ,  Shigesumi ARAKI ,  Yoshiaki AMANO ,  Hiromi MATSUNO

IPC: H01Q15/14 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q3/36

CPC classification number: H01Q15/148 ,  H01Q21/065 ,  H01Q3/36

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an intelligent reflecting surface includes a plurality of patch areas including a plurality of square patch electrodes, an electrode shape formed by the patch electrode, a first connection electrode, a second connection electrode, a third connection electrode, and a fourth connection electrode included in each of the plurality of patch areas has rotational symmetry having a point inside each of the plurality of patch areas as a center of rotation, and a first patch area, a second patch, a third patch area, and a fourth patch area have an intersection of the first patch area, the second patch area, the third patch area, and the fourth patch area as a whole as a center of rotation.

公开(公告)号：US20240045273A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18363134

申请日：2023-08-01

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Yasushi TOMIOKA ,  Shinichiro OKA ,  Koichi IGETA ,  Junji KOBASHI ,  Ayaka HIGUCHI

IPC: G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1347 ,  H01L31/054

CPC classification number: G02F1/133788 ,  G02F1/133726 ,  G02F1/13478 ,  H01L31/054

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes a substrate, a first alignment control layer disposed on the substrate and comprising projections arranged at a predetermined pitch, and a first liquid crystal layer disposed on the first alignment control layer. The first liquid crystal layer comprises liquid crystal molecules which are aligned such that major axes of the liquid crystal molecules extend along the projections, respectively, and cured in a state where alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules are fixed. The first alignment control layer is formed of a crosslinkable liquid crystal polymer.

公开(公告)号：US20240036430A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18362091

申请日：2023-07-31

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Hiroumi KINJO ,  Koichi IGETA ,  Shinichiro OKA

IPC: G02F1/137 ,  G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC classification number: G02F1/13718 ,  G02F1/133761 ,  G02F1/133788 ,  G02F1/133757 ,  G02F1/133365 ,  G02F1/133536

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal element, includes forming an alignment layer on a support, forming a cholesteric liquid crystal layer containing a plasticizer and having elasticity on the alignment layer, adhering a flexible substrate to the cholesteric liquid crystal layer via a first adhesive layer, peeling the cholesteric liquid crystal layer adhered to the flexible substrate, off from the support and the alignment layer, adhering the cholesteric liquid crystal layer to a rigid substrate via a second adhesive layer and removing the flexible substrate and the first adhesive layer.

公开(公告)号：US20230408743A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18331389

申请日：2023-06-08

Applicant: Japan Display Inc. ,  OSAKA UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Ayaka HIGUCHI ,  Koichi IGETA ,  Shinichiro OKA ,  Yasushi TOMIOKA ,  Hiroyuki YOSHIDA

IPC: G02B5/30

CPC classification number: G02B5/3016

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes a first liquid crystal layer including a first cholesteric liquid crystal and a second liquid crystal layer including a second cholesteric liquid crystal, a helical pitch of each of the first cholesteric liquid crystal and the second cholesteric liquid crystal changing continuously. The first cholesteric liquid crystal including a first portion having a first helical pitch and a second portion having a second helical pitch different from the first helical pitch. The second cholesteric liquid crystal including a third portion having a third helical pitch and a fourth portion having a fourth helical pitch different from the third helical pitch.

公开(公告)号：US20230261129A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18304968

申请日：2023-04-21

Applicant: Japan Display Inc. ,  OSAKA UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Shinichiro OKA ,  Yasushi TOMIOKA ,  Junji KOBASHI ,  Hiroyuki YOSHIDA

IPC: H01L31/054 ,  G02B1/14 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B6/42

CPC classification number: H01L31/0547 ,  G02B1/14 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/4214

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a photovoltaic cell device includes an optical waveguide including a first main surface, a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, and a side surface, an optical element opposed to the second main surface, containing cholesteric liquid crystal, and reflecting at least a part of incident light via the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide, a photovoltaic cell opposed to the side surface, and a protective film, and the protective film is provided to be in contact with the first main surface.

公开(公告)号：US20220128847A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17570553

申请日：2022-01-07

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Masumi NISHIMURA ,  Shinichiro OKA

IPC: G02F1/1339 ,  H01L51/52 ,  G02F1/1333

Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate including a first region including a display region, a second region including a curved region, and a third region including a terminal region; an electro-optical element located in the display region; and a resin layer continuously extending from the first region to the third region.

公开(公告)号：US20220065722A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17462519

申请日：2021-08-31

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Takumi SANO ,  Shinichiro OKA

IPC: G01L9/08 ,  H01L41/047 ,  H01L41/113 ,  H01L41/193

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pressure sensor includes an insulating base material, an switching element disposed on the insulating base material, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the insulating base material and the switching element and an underlying layer located between the piezoelectric layer and the insulating base material, and the modulus of elasticity of the underlying layer is greater than the modulus of elasticity of the piezoelectric layer.

公开(公告)号：US20210080770A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17007312

申请日：2020-08-31

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Lu JIN ,  Shinichiro OKA ,  Yosuke HYODO

IPC: G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1337

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to suppress a displacement between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate in lateral direction in the liquid crystal display device. An example of the concrete structure is: a liquid crystal display device comprising: a TFT substrate, in which pixel electrodes are formed, a counter electrode, in which a black matrix is formed, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being adhered by a sealing material, a liquid crystal being sealed inside from the sealing material, wherein a spacer is formed on either one of the TFT substrate or the counter substrate, a polymer pole is formed around the spacer and in contact with the spacer, a space between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate is maintained by the spacer.