An optical display device having a backplane substrate and a cover plate adjacent to and spaced apart from the backplane substrate is provided. The backplane substrate can include a plurality of electroluminescent elements disposed thereon and the cover plate can include a plurality of light absorbing wedge-shaped features arranged in rows thereon.

Embodiments described herein include a waveguide combiner having an edge coated with an optically absorbent composition and a method of coating the edge of the waveguide combiner with the optically absorbent composition. The optically absorbent composition includes one or more types of nanoparticles or microparticles, at least one of one or more dyes or one or more pigments, and a polymer matrix of one or more binders. The method includes producing an optically absorbent formulation. The optically absorbent formulation includes one or more types of particles, at least one of one or more dyes or one or more pigments, one or more binders, and one or more solvents. The optically absorbent formulation is applied on an edge of a waveguide combiner using an edge blackening tool. The formulation is cured with radiation to form the optically absorbent composition.

Disclosed are curved electrochromic devices comprising an electrochromic apparatus disposed between first and second curved layers of transparent material, and the first and second curved layers have exterior and inner surfaces, wherein the inner surfaces face the electrochromic apparatus. Also disclosed are processes for manufacturing the disclosed bubble visors.

Disclosed are curved electrochromic devices comprising an electrochromic apparatus disposed between first and second curved layers of transparent material, and the first and second curved layers have exterior and inner surfaces, wherein the inner surfaces face the electrochromic apparatus. Also disclosed are processes for manufacturing the disclosed bubble visors.

The invention provides a display device, which includes a display panel and at least one optical device. The display panel has a display region and a display surface. The at least one optical device is overlapped with the display panel. The optical device has a low-reflectivity sealant pattern. An angle of 45 degrees is included between the display surface of the display panel and a connecting line of a side edge of the display region and the low-reflectivity sealant pattern. An inner edge of the low-reflectivity sealant pattern and the display region are located on the same side of the connecting line. The display device of the invention has good light emitting uniformity at different viewing angles.

A display device is disclosed. An embodiment of the display device includes a display panel, a plurality of light assemblies configured to provide light to the display panel, a light absorbing layer positioned on a path of light that is provided to the display panel by the plurality of light assemblies, the light absorbing layer configured to absorb light of a predetermined wavelength range, and a light shielding layer between the light assembly and the display panel, wherein the light shielding layer is configured to simultaneously shield the light provided by the plurality of light assemblies at a first portion and allow the light provided by the plurality of light assemblies to pass at a second portion.

Certain embodiments relate to optical devices and methods of fabricating optical devices that pre-treat a sub-layer to enable selective removal of the pre-treated sub-layer and overlying layers. Other embodiments pertain to methods of fabricating an optical device that apply a sacrificial material layer.

An adhesive, a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The adhesive includes a base bonding material and a light-shielding particle, and the light-shielding particle includes a degradable coating layer and a light-shielding material wrapped by the degradable coating layer.

A liquid crystal optical device providing refractive Fresnel lens type element control over light passing through an aperture is provided. The device includes a layer of liquid crystal material contained by flat substrates having flat alignment layers; and an arrangement of electrodes configured to provide a spatially varying voltage distribution within a number of lensing zones within said liquid crystal layer. The arrangement of electrodes includes ring-shaped electrodes defining boundaries between Fresnel lensing zones. The liquid crystal optical device is structured to provide a spatial variation in the optical phase delay with an abrupt transition at a boundary between lensing zones to increase the effective aperture of the optical device.

A light-emitting device has improved impact resistance over conventional configurations. Such a light-emitting device includes a display panel layer, a housing layer, an impact absorbing layer adjacent the housing layer, a metal layer that is disposed between the impact absorbing layer and the display panel layer and that is deformable during an impact on the light-emitting device, and a compliant layer that is disposed between the metal layer and the display panel layer that enables a shape of the display panel layer to be maintained when the metal layer is deformed. Due to a compliance or low stiffness of the compliant layer, a permanent deformation of the metal layer due to an impact or device shape change is not discernibly transferred into the shape of the display panel layer, and the shape of the display panel layer is essentially maintained so that an impact or shape change does not adversely affect display performance.