Abstract:
The liquid crystal display device is a liquid crystal display device having: a light guide plate for converting light from a light source into backlight for illumination; a first frame for containing the light guide plate; and a liquid crystal display panel provided over said light guide plate, wherein the liquid crystal display device further has a photosensor that is placed so as to face a sidewall of the light guide plate and detect an amount of the backlight, and the photosensor is placed so as to face the sidewall of the light guide plate through a hole or a notch created in a sidewall portion of the first frame.
Abstract:
The invention provides a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display apparatus and a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer between the two substrates. On one side of the first substrate which is opposite to the second substrate, there is a solar battery unit and a Thin Film Transistor; and the solar battery unit includes a first electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer and a second electrode layer which are sequentially disposed in stack. In the invention, the solar battery is configured between the two substrates, and therefore the size of the panel is not increased and the structure is simple.
Abstract:
One embodiment of the present invention discloses a backlight control device that provides PWM control inverters with PWM signals generated in accordance with a dimming level input through a light receiving section that receives infrared light, the inverters causing fluorescent lamps that emit visible light and infrared light to illuminate. The backlight control device includes a phase adjusting section that changes a phase difference between a first PWM signal for driving a first lamp group and a second PWM signal for driving a second lamp group according to the dimming level when the dimming level is at least in a predetermined range of all dimming levels, the first and second lamp groups each including at least one lamp. This provides a backlight control device that enables reduction of faulty operation in an infrared-based apparatus.
Abstract:
A backlight control circuit includes a driver circuit, a sensing circuit, and a control circuit. The driver circuit adjusts an illumination intensity of a backlight source. The sensing circuit senses an environmental illumination intensity. The control circuit is set between the driver circuit and the sensing circuit. The control circuit controls the driver circuit to adjust an illumination intensity of a backlight source according to the sensed environmental illumination intensity.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of changing color or transmittance of light on a surface part of an object. The surface part of the object includes a solvent and a plurality of particles dispersed in the solvent. When electric field is applied to the solvent and the plurality of particles, the transmittance of color or light on the surface part of the object is changed due to the change of the inter-particle distances or the positions of the particles, according to the magnitude, direction, application time or application frequency of electric field, wherein the magnitude, direction, application time or application frequency of electric field are changed by associating the input signal by the user of the object or the signal acquired by the object or the signal acquired by the sensing unit provided to the object.
Abstract:
This invention relates to opto-electronic systems using semiconductor lasers driven by optical phase-locked loops that control the laser's optical phase and frequency. Feedback control provides a means for precise, wideband control of optical frequency and phase, augmented further by four wave mixing stages and digitally stitched independent optical waveforms for enhanced tunability.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided which can appropriately adjust the brightness of a display apparatus in accordance with the lightness of visible light by preventing UV-light from being incident upon an optical sensor. An electronic device having, in a housing, a display apparatus (1) that includes an active matrix substrate (2) having a pixel array region (8) in which a plurality of pixels (5) are arranged and a display medium (4) provided in a gap between the active matrix substrate (2) and a counter substrate (3), includes an optical sensor (11) provided in a peripheral region (9) present in a periphery of the pixel array region (8) in the active matrix substrate (2) of a display apparatus (1), and a UV-light blocking member (70) that is provided in a portion covering the optical sensor (11) in the housing and transmits visible light and absorbs UV-light.
Abstract:
A display panel and its uses are provided. The display panel has several photo-sensors for detecting values of the visible light spectrum of the environmental light and whole light spectrum of the environmental light to obtain a value of the invisible light spectrum. The photo-sensor can be incorporated into an electro-optical device with a display panel.
Abstract:
An electrophoretic display (“EPD”) panel includes a display substrate and an electrophoretic film. The display substrate includes a display switching element electrically connected to a display gate line and a data line crossing the display gate line, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the display switching element, and a sensing switching element electrically connected to a sensing gate line and the data line to detect a light quantity. The electrophoretic film is combined with the display substrate. The electrophoretic film includes a plurality of charged particles. Thus, a bias signal of the sensing switching element is delivered through the data line applying the data signal, so that a manufacturing process of the EPD panel may be simplified.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a backlight unit 12 including a plurality of light source units U. Each light source unit U includes at least an LED 16 and a light guide plate 18. The light source units U are arranged along one direction with gaps S between the adjacent light guide plates 18. Light L1 from each LED 16 enters the corresponding light guide plate 18 and exits from a first light exit surface 36A. An optical member 15 is arranged so as to face the first light exit surface 36A. The light L1 exiting from the first light exit surface 36A enters the optical member 15. Each light guide plate 18 has a second light exit surface 36B at one of ends that face the gap S on the optical member 15 side. Light L2 exits from the second light exit surface 36B toward the optical member 15 via the gap S.