摘要:
A display device for effecting a display of a colored image against a colorless background which has a mixture of a liquid crystal having, disposed between a pair of glass substrates, a positive dielectric anisotropy to serve as a host material and a dichroic dye to serve as a guest material, each of which substrates having a transparent electrode of a required pattern adherently formed on its inner surface, characterized in that at least a portion of said pattern of the transparent electrode on each substrate is subjected to a treatment for causing orientation of the molecules of the liquid crystal in a direction parallel to the plane of the substrate when no voltage is applied, and the remaining portions of said pattern and the inner surface of said substrate to be in contact with the liquid crystal are subjected to a treatment for causing orientation of the molecules of the liquid crystal in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate when no voltage is applied.
摘要:
A positive-type display device improved in response time and in uniformity of display images is provided. This display device has a cell structure containing a mixture consisting of at least one of nematic liquid crystals having a nematic dielectric anisotropy and at least one of pleochroic dyes in a closed thin space formed by two substrates which are parallel to each other and a spacer which is provided between ends of said two substrates. Each of said two substrates has an electrode film adherently attached to its surface within said closed space, and an alignment film is formed on at least one of said electrode films. The surfaces of said films which are brought into contact with said mixture are subjected to a treatment for orientation of the molecules of said liquid crystals and said dyes in a direction substantially normal to the plane of the substrate when a voltage is not applied. Said positive-type display device is characterized in that the longitudinal axes of the molecules in said mixture contained in said space are inclined at an angle of 3.degree. to 30.degree. relative to the normal to said substrate in their quiescent state at no voltage.
摘要:
A guest-host type liquid crystal display device not requiring the use of external polarizers, comprises: two guest-host type liquid crystal cells which are superimposed one upon the other and which are constructed in a manner that the liquid crystal molecules contained in the respective cells and located close to the boundary between the two cells are aligned in a direction parallel to the plane of the boundary, but that the direction of alignment of the molecules in one cell is perpendicular to that in the other cell when a voltage is applied, or alternatively when no voltage is applied. In case the perpendicular state is realized when a voltage is applied, the molecules are caused to be rearranged in a direction normal to the substrate by the removal of the applied voltage, whereas in case said state is realized when no voltage is applied, such rearrangement can be achieved by the application of a voltage. The liquid crystal material to be used in the cells is selected from nematic liquid crystal material having a positive dielectric anisotropy and a material having a negative dielectric anisotropy. The device may contain at least one additional cell which is superimposed upon the two cells.
摘要:
Surface light source device includes: point light sources (13); light guide plate (1) having (i) two end parts in length direction, one of which serves as incident surface (2), and (ii) two end parts in thickness direction which serve as exit surface (7) and back surface (8), light guide plate (1) directing light, emitted from point light sources (13), incident on incident surface (2), so as to cause light to exit from substantially entire area of exit surface (7); and reflector (14) which reflects, toward incident surface (2), part of light which is emitted from point light sources (13) and is then reflected from incident surface (2). Incident surface (2) has elliptic arc (10) which is concave part having surface shape along elliptic arc identical to elliptic arc which is part of ellipse (31) having two focal points corresponding to point light sources (13) and reflector (14). Point light sources (13) and reflector (14) are provided on ellipse focal point lines (11 and 12) obtained by moving two focal points in width direction of light guide plate (1).
摘要:
According to a conventional backlight device for use in a thin full-color display device in which pixels are subjected to a color separation by colored lights, a large chromatic aberration occurs, thereby causing a deterioration in image quality. A thin backlight system in accordance with the present invention includes: a light emitting section (1) for emitting lights that have different dominant wavelengths; and a plurality of light transmitting parts (4) arranged in a predetermined manner, the thin backlight system deflecting the lights and then converging the lights on the plurality of light transmitting parts (4), said thin backlight system, further including: an imaging optical system (3) provided so as to face surfaces, of the plurality of light transmitting parts (4), on which the lights are to be converged, the imaging optical system (3) (i) having a plurality of identical lenses arranged in a vertical and/or a horizontal direction at a pitch found by multiplying a pitch at which the plurality of light transmitting parts (4) are arranged in a vertical and/or a horizontal direction by the number of types of the different dominant wavelengths and (ii) being configured so as to converge the lights from the light emitting section (1) on light transmitting parts (4) to which the different dominant wavelengths of the lights correspond; and an irradiating optical system (2) provided so as to face (a) the light emitting section (1) and (b) a surface, of the imaging optical system (3), through which the lights enter the imaging optical system (3), the irradiating optical system (2) being configured such that (I) the lights from the light emitting section (1), which lights have the different dominant wavelengths, are deflected by the irradiating optical system (2) by at least being reflected by the irradiating optical system (2) so as to be separate from each other, (II) the lights thus deflected leave the irradiating optical system (2) so as to travel in substantially parallel to a normal to each of the plurality of light transmitting parts (4) and (III) the lights enter the plurality of identical lenses of the imaging optical system (3) through a surface, of the imaging optical system (3), which is opposite to the plurality of light transmitting parts (4).
摘要:
A rear projection display screen with a simplified structure that displays a high-quality image without the occurrence of stray light and moiré fringing is provided. The rear projection display screen includes a scattering film 2 that uniformly scatters light incident from an angle in a specific angular range (from −α to −β) within a specific angular region (from β to α), and has a viewing angle of 40° or more in either the vertical direction or the horizontal direction or both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. The rear projection display screen of the present invention may include a protective plate 3 disposed on the scattering film, if necessary, the protective plate 3 protecting the scattering film.
摘要:
A lighting device includes: a light guide plate; a light source; and a light modulation element disposed on a surface of or in the inside of the light guide plate, and adhered to the light guide plate. The light modulation element has a pair of transparent substrates, a first electrode provided on a surface of one of the transparent substrates, a second electrode provided on a surface of the other of the transparent substrates, and a light modulation layer, provided in a gap between the transparent substrates, exhibiting a light-scattering property or a light-transmitting property concerning light from the light source depending on intensity of an electric field. One or both of the first and second electrodes include partial electrodes. First partial electrodes of the partial electrodes are adjacent to second partial electrodes of the partial electrodes, and have irregular shapes on edges adjacent to the second partial electrodes.
摘要:
A backlight system (30) includes a light emitting section (31) and an imaging optical system. The imaging optical system includes a first microlens array (MLA1) and a second microlens array (MLA2). The lenses (1A) separates the beams of light emitted from the light emitting section (31) by RGB, and causes them to be converged at a pitch same as a pitch at which the picture elements are arrayed. The lenses (2A) are provided in one-to-one correspondence to the picture elements such that the lenses (2A) have their respective focal points at positions onto which beams of light having passed through the lenses (1A) are converged. The lenses (2A) thus deflect the beams of light which have passed through the lenses (1A) in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the display surface of the liquid crystal panel.
摘要:
A thin backlight system includes: a light emitting section emitting lights that have different dominant wavelengths; and a plurality of light transmitting portions, the thin backlight system deflecting the lights and then converging the lights on the plurality of light transmitting portions. The thin backlight system further includes: an imaging optical system provided to face surfaces, of the plurality of light transmitting portions, on which the lights are converged. The imaging optical system including a plurality of identical lenses arranged in a vertical and/or a horizontal direction at a pitch determined by multiplying a pitch at which the plurality of light transmitting portions are arranged in a vertical and/or a horizontal direction by the number of types of the different dominant wavelengths and being configured to converge the lights from the light emitting section on light transmitting portions to which the different dominant wavelengths of the lights correspond.
摘要:
An evaluation device of ion behavior includes: a voltage oscillator (17) for applying, to a liquid crystal cell, a voltage including a direct-current voltage component and a voltage including no direct-current voltage component; a residual DC voltage measuring section (20) for measuring, per predetermined temperature, a plurality of combinations of (a) an application time during which the voltage including a direct-current voltage component is applied and (b) a residual DC voltage occurring after the application of the voltage; a rate measuring section (21) for measuring, per temperature, an adsorption rate coefficient of ions to an interface between a liquid crystal and an alignment film, and a desorption rate coefficient of ions from the interface, by performing curve fitting according to [Math. 1]; and an energy measuring section (22) for measuring an adsorption energy of the ions to the interface and a desorption energy of the ions from the interface, respectively, by performing curve fitting according to [Math. 2] and [Math. 3]. The evaluation device contributes to find a liquid crystal material, an alignment film material, and a combination of them, each preventing screen burn-in in a wide temperature range.