Abstract:
A liquid crystal lens includes a first substrate, a second substrate which faces the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a lens polarizer which is disposed on the outside of the second substrate. The lens polarizer includes a first polarization region having a first polarization direction and a second polarization region having a second polarization direction which is different from the first polarization direction.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal lens panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate and a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first base substrate. The second substrate includes a second base substrate disposed to face the first base substrate, the second substrate further including a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the second base substrate. Each of the first base substrate and the second base substrate are rectilinearly shaped to comprise corresponding first sides and second sides, the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are inclined with respect to the corresponding first sides or second sides, and the plurality of first electrodes comprise a first inclination angle different from a second inclination angle associated with the plurality of second electrodes.
Abstract:
A display device includes a display panel, a first polarizer, a liquid crystal lens, a first quarter-wave plate, and a second quarter-wave plate. The display panel displays an image. The first polarizer disposed on the display panel reflects a first light having a polarization direction parallel to a reflection axis of the first polarizer. The liquid crystal lens includes liquid crystal molecules and changes a phase of the first light or a second light according to a driving signal applied to the liquid crystal lens. The second and first lights travel in opposite directions with respect to each other. The first quarter-wave plate is disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal lens. The second quarter-wave plate is disposed between the liquid crystal lens and a second polarizer. The display device operates in a mirror mode, a three-dimensional mode, and a two-dimensional mode according to the driving signal.
Abstract:
A method for driving an optical modulation device is provided. The optical modulation device includes first and second portions. Each of the first and second portions includes a first plate, a second plate opposite to the first plate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second plates. The method includes forming a forward phase gradient in the first portion by applying a first driving signal to first and second electrodes in the first plate of the first portion and a third electrode in the second plate of the first portion. The method further includes forming a reverse phase gradient in the second portion by applying a second driving signal differing from the first driving signal to fourth and fifth electrodes in the first plate of the second portion and a sixth electrode in the second plate of the second portion.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image and a switching panel operated in a two-dimensional mode or three-dimensional mode such that the image is perceived as a two-dimensional mode or three-dimensional image on the display panel. The switching panel includes a plurality of unit devices. Each of the unit devices includes a first zone disposed at one side of a center axis of the unit device and a second zone disposed at the other side of the center axis. Each of the first zone and the second zone includes a plurality of electrodes, respectively. The plurality of electrodes do not overlap the center axis.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal lens module includes: a first substrate that includes a plurality of lens electrodes and a plurality of bus lines; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The plurality of bus lines include at least two bus lines having different widths, and the plurality of lens electrodes include first electrodes and second electrodes that are electrically insulated from each other A widest bus line of the at least two bus lines is connected to a widest lens electrode of the plurality of lens electrodes.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an image display device using a diffractive lens. An image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel displaying an image, and a diffractive lens for the image of the display panel to be recognized as a two-dimensional (2D) image or a three-dimensional (3D) image, wherein the diffractive lens modifies a path of light by using an optical principle of a Fresnel zone plate.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an optical path converting element. The optical path converting element includes a first layer, a second layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The first layer includes at least one first-layer electrode. The second layer includes at least one second-layer electrode. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first layer and the second layer. Liquid crystal of the liquid crystal layer has a first state or a second state in accordance with a voltage applied to the first-layer and second layer electrodes. The liquid crystal of the liquid crystal layer is vertically aligned in the first state. The liquid crystal of the liquid crystal layer is horizontally aligned in the second state. The liquid crystal of the liquid crystal layer is spirally aligned in a first direction in the second state. The liquid crystal of the liquid crystal layer has chirality.
Abstract:
Provided are an optical modulation device and a driving method thereof. The optical modulation device includes an active area and a peripheral area disposed around the active area. A plurality of lower electrodes is disposed in the active area. The plurality of lower electrodes extends in a first direction. The plurality of lower electrodes includes a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode. A driver is configured to apply a driving signal to the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode. The driver includes a first channel connected with an upper end of the first lower electrode, a second channel connected with a lower end of the first lower electrode, a third channel connected with an upper end of the second lower electrode, and a fourth channel connected with a lower end of the second lower electrode.
Abstract:
An image display device includes a display panel and a liquid crystal lens. The liquid crystal lens includes first and second zones equally distant from a center of the liquid crystal lens. The first zone, positioned at a left of the center, includes first linear electrodes. The second zone, positioned at a right of the center, includes second linear electrodes. A number of the first linear electrodes is equal to a number of the second linear electrodes. Bus lines are electrically connected to the first and second linear electrodes. A number of the plurality of bus lines is less than a sum of the number of the first linear electrodes and the number of the second linear electrodes.