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An optical device includes a first polarizer which has an absorption axis in a thickness direction; a second polarizer which has an absorption axis in a thickness direction; and a functional layer which is disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer and is capable of switching between a state in which an in-plane retardation is 0 and a state in which an in-plane retardation is greater than 0. A display device includes a display element; and the optical device.

A liquid crystal display device has a gradation display function of at least an n-number of gray levels and has a viewing angle characteristic of Mi / Mj≦1.3 in a case where a display luminance range in a normal direction to a display surface in a gradation range of predetermined gray levels i to j is Li to Lj and a display luminance range in an oblique viewing-angle direction of 30° or more is Mi to Mj (where n, i and j are real numbers, and n≧i>j≧0). The liquid crystal display device has a display mode in which a display image is displayed with a display luminance range of the display image being limited to Li to Lj.

A liquid crystal display device includes a display panel and a viewing angle control panel. The viewing angle control panel includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes for applying an electric field to the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is composed from hybrid-aligned liquid crystal molecules. The viewing angle of the display panel is controlled by changing an alignment state of the hybrid-aligned liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer by voltage applied by the electrodes.

Disclosed herein are a microlens array sheet using micro machining and a method for manufacturing the same. The microlens array sheet comprises a microlens array having a convex and concave surface including curved portions and boundary grooves formed between respective neighboring microlenses via laser micro machining, and a void filler layer stacked on the microlens array. The microlens array sheet can be manufactured with a reduced number of process steps using laser micro machining, whereby improved productivity as compared to a conventional sequential semiconductor process can be accomplished. Using the laser micro machining, also, enables the manufacture of a desired three-dimensional micro shape. Therefore, the microlens array sheet is applicable as an optical sheet of a display system requiring a delicate surface shape.

A liquid crystal device includes a pair of polarizing plates having a transmission axis; a display panel being disposed between the pair of polarizing plates and having a function of displaying an image; and a viewing angle control panel having a liquid crystal layer that is disposed at a position adjacent to one of the pair of polarizing plates between the pair of polarizing plates with liquid crystal molecules aligned in a predetermined direction and controlling a viewing angle of a display on the display panel, wherein the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules of the viewing angle control panel is substantially parallel or perpendicular to a transmission axis of the one polarizing plate.

A uniaxially stretched multi-layer laminate film includes 251 or more layers in which a first layer and a second layer are alternately laminated, wherein the first layer is composed of a polyester containing a 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid component; the second layer is composed of a thermoplastic resin having an average refractive index of 1.60 or more and not more than 1.65 and having negative optical anisotropy or isotropy; an S polarization component has an average reflectance of 90% or more relative to the incident polarized light at an angle of incidence of 0 degree and 50 degrees, respectively; and a P polarization component has an average reflectance of not more than 15% relative to the incident polarized light at an angle of incidence of 0 degree and an average reflectance of 20% or more relative to the incident polarized light at an angle of incidence of 50 degrees.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a first polarizer, a second polarizer and a liquid crystal cell provided between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, wherein the liquid crystal display panel further comprises a view angle control layer provided between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, the refractivity of the view angle control layer in a horizontal direction can vary with an electric field in the horizontal direction applied to the view angle control layer.

A liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of parallel gate lines disposed on the insulating substrate, and a plurality of data lines disposed on the insulating substrate. The data lines insulatingly intercross the gate lines. An intersection between two of the plurality of gate lines and a corresponding two of the plurality of data lines defines a pixel region. Each pixel region includes a first thin film transistor (TFT), a first pixel electrode, and a second pixel electrode. The first TFT includes a first gate electrode connected with the gate line, a first source electrode connected with the first pixel electrode, and a first drain electrode connected with the first pixel electrode. A voltage of the first pixel electrode is different from a voltage of the second pixel electrode.

A system and method for sensing the position of an ingot within a segmented mold of a vacuum metallurgical system. An inductive sensory system measures the variations in current between a power source and load of an induction heating coil. The system and method is particularly suitable for determining the position of an ingot within a melting system mold where the mold has a relatively reduced or small cross-sectional area.

A display device and privacy protecting method thereof are provided. The privacy protecting method includes: analyzing a display image on a display panel to determine at least one privacy information region in the display image; configuring at least one privacy protecting region on a privacy protecting mask according to a first area or a first position of the at least one privacy information region, so that a viewing angle of the privacy information region is limited by the privacy protecting region, and a viewing angle of other region in the display image is not limited; detecting whether the first area or the first position is changed; and correspondingly changing a second area or a second position of the at least one first privacy protecting region when the first area or the first position of the at least one privacy information region is changed.

A polarized type viewing angle control element including a biaxial compensation film and a plurality of polarizers is provided. The polarizers are disposed on opposite sides of the biaxial compensation film. A polarized type viewing angle control display module and a polarized type viewing angle control light source module are also provided.

A liquid crystal display device has a gradation display function of at least an n-number of gray levels and has a viewing angle characteristic of Mi / Mj≦1.3 in a case where a display luminance range in a normal direction to a display surface in a gradation range of predetermined gray levels i to j is Li to Lj and a display luminance range in an oblique viewing-angle direction of 30° or more is Mi to Mj (where n, i and j are real numbers, and n≧i>j≧0). The liquid crystal display device has a display mode in which a display image is displayed with a display luminance range of the display image being limited to Li to Lj.

A louver film, a planar light source device, and a liquid crystal display device enables further improvement of directivity for visibility while light use efficiency is maintained and also enable improvement of viewing angle contrast and halo. The louver film includes a plurality of lenses which are arranged at a constant pitch on an emission side of a light source; a first support disposed on a side closer to the light source than the lenses and has a thickness greater than or equal to the pitch of the lenses and a refractive index of 1.5 or greater; and a light reflecting layer disposed on a side closer to the light source than the first support and has a reflectivity of 90% or greater and openings on optical axes of the plurality of lenses, and the opening ratio of each opening is in a range of 30% to 70%.

The invention discloses an anti-peeping film, a manufacturing method thereof, a backlight module, and a display device, which relate to the field of display technology and are used to realize all-round anti-peeping of the display device. The anti-peeping film includes a substrate, the light incident surface of the substrate is provided with a reflective layer, the reflective layer is provided with at least one light-transmitting hole; the light-emitting surface of the substrate is provided with a microlens array; each of the transparent The light holes are respectively corresponding to at least one microlens in the microlens array; the microlens is used to control the exit direction of the light emitted from the light exit surface of the substrate; or, the microlens is used to control The outgoing direction of the light emitted from the light emitting surface of the substrate is deflected toward the axial direction of the microlens. The anti-peeping film, the manufacturing method thereof, the backlight module and the display device provided by the invention are used in the liquid crystal display device.

An optical device includes a first composite film; a second composite film or a polarizing film; a λ / 2 plate; and a light-emitting unit, in which the first composite film and the second composite film contains a liquid crystal compound aligned in a thickness direction and a photochromic material, optical characteristics of the photochromic material are changed by irradiation with light, a light transmittance in the thickness direction becomes smaller than a light transmittance in a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, the polarizing film has an absorption axis in the thickness direction, and the light-emitting unit emits light that changes the optical characteristics of the photochromic material.

An optical device includes a polarizing plate; a composite film which contains a liquid crystal compound aligned in a thickness direction and a photochromic material and in which optical characteristics of the photochromic material are changed by emitting light and a light transmittance in the thickness direction becomes smaller than a light transmittance in a direction orthogonal to the thickness; and a light-emitting unit which emits light changing the optical characteristics of the photochromic material of the composite film.

The present invention relates to an optical plate for lighting capable of improving the brightness of light emitted from a light source and adjusting a viewing angle to alleviate side glare phenomenon. The present invention also relates to a lighting. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a structure in which a light-diffusing member and an optical viewing angle adjusting member can independently function; an integrated optical plate for lighting, wherein the thickness of the optical plate for lighting is reduced by the lamination of a light-diffusing member, a transmission layer, and an optical viewing angle adjusting member; a lighting apparatus using thereof. In order to achieve this purpose, the technical properties of an optical plate for lighting according to the present invention have a transmission layer between a light-diffusing member and an optical viewing angle adjusting member while a light-diffusing member, a transmission layer, and an optical viewing angle adjusting member are laminated together.

A liquid crystal device includes a pair of polarizing plates having a transmission axis; a display panel being disposed between the pair of polarizing plates and having a function of displaying an image; and a viewing angle control panel having a liquid crystal layer that is disposed at a position adjacent to one of the pair of polarizing plates between the pair of polarizing plates with liquid crystal molecules aligned in a predetermined direction and controlling a viewing angle of a display on the display panel, wherein the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules of the viewing angle control panel is substantially parallel or perpendicular to a transmission axis of the one polarizing plate.

The present invention provides a 2D-3D switching device of a naked eye 3D display, comprising a first substrate (1), a second substrate (2) oppositely located to the first substrate (1), a plurality of electrodes (3) located between the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (2) and on the second substrate (2), a dielectric layer (4) formed on the second substrate (1) and completely covering surfaces of the plurality of electrodes (3) and a first fluid (51) which is hydrophobic and a second fluid (52) which is hydrophilic which fill between the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (2); the first substrate (1) comprises a prism (11), and a side of the first substrate (1) having the prism (11) is opposite to the second substrate (2), and the prism (11) of the first substrate (1) comprises a plurality of curved surface zones (111) which are evenly distributed and a plurality of perimeter zones (112) located surrounding the curved surface zones (111), and each of the electrodes (3) is positioned corresponding to one curved surface zone (111). The device can commodiously achieve the switch between 2D display state and 3D display state of the naked eye 3D display.

The present invention provides an assembly for controllable viewing angle for a vehicle. The system further provides configurable independent sunlight blocking or completely unobstructed options for the occupants in the vehicle having a panoramic view windscreen.

An electrically controlled viewing angle switching device including a first electrode, a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer, multiple dye molecules, and a polarizer is provided. The second electrode is disposed opposite to the first electrode. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and has an optical axis. The dye molecules are dispersedly disposed in the liquid crystal layer. Each of the dye molecules is arranged corresponding to the optical axis of the liquid crystal layer. The polarizer is stacked on the liquid crystal layer. The axial direction of the optical axis of the liquid crystal layer is perpendicular to the axial direction of the transmission axis of the polarizer. A display device using the electrically controlled viewing angle switching device is also provided.

There is provided an optical imaging device including a flexible image sensor and an actuator that expands or contracts the flexible image sensor on a two-dimensional plane. It is possible to minimize distortion aberration and control a viewing angle and magnification.

An optical filter and a plasma display device including the same are provided. The optical filter includes a support layer, and a plurality of stripe-shaped structures arranged at predetermined intervals on one surface of the support layer and formed using a material having a different refractive index than a refractive index of the support layer. In the optical filter, incident light is reflected at an interface between the support layer and the structure due to a difference of the respective refractive indices. Since the direction of entry of external light is the same as the reflected exit direction of the external light, visibility degradation caused by interference from the external light is minimized or reduced. Since the structure is formed using a material having a high transmittance, luminance loss of light generated by the display is also minimized.

The embodiment of the invention provides a camera control method and device, a storage medium and a smart watch, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining an included angle between a dial and a watch support when the contact of the dial and the watch support in the smart watch is detected to be changed into separation; obtaining an included angle between a camera and a dial plate in the smartwatch; and if the included angle between the camera and the dial plate is not equal to the included angle between the dial plate and the watch support, controlling a first rotating shaft in the smartwatch to adjust the included angle between the camera and the dial plate according to the included angle between the dial plate and the watch support until the included angle between the camera and the dial plate is equal to the included angle between the dial plate and the watch support. According to the method of the invention, when the dial plate of the smart watch is separated from the watch support, the included angle between the camera and the dial plate can be automatically adjusted according to the change of the included angle between the dial plate and the watch support, so that the camera always shoots in the optimal view, the view angle of the camera is prevented from being limited, and the experience is more intelligent and meticulous.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a first polarizer, a second polarizer and a liquid crystal cell provided between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, wherein the liquid crystal display panel further comprises a view angle control layer provided between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, the refractivity of the view angle control layer in a horizontal direction can vary with an electric field in the horizontal direction applied to the view angle control layer.