A system such as a vehicle, an appliance, or a mobile phone can include an assembly featuring a decorative layer and a transparent display module. The decorative layer can include ink applied to a substrate. The transparent display module can be mounted to the decorative layer and include an array of pixels disposed behind an outer cover glass. The assembly can be configured such that when the display module is in a first mode, the decorative layer is visible from the cover glass and through the pixel array.

A display device apparatus provides an increased color reproduction rate and/or contrast ratio. The display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. A reflective layer is disposed on the first substrate, a polarizing layer is disposed on one surface of the second substrate, and a metasurface pattern layer is disposed on the second substrate. The metasurface pattern layer includes a third substrate and a first metasurface pattern disposed on the third substrate.

A display device is provided. The display device includes a first conductor; a first insulating layer covering the first conductor; and a first semiconductor layer and a second conductor, both disposed on the first insulating layer, wherein the first conductor includes a gate line, a gate electrode connected to the gate line, and a storage line separated from the gate line, wherein the first semiconductor layer includes a channel region overlapping the gate electrode and a first antireflective pattern overlapping the storage line, and wherein the second conductor includes a data line, a source electrode at least partially disposed on the channel region and connected to the data line, and a drain electrode at least partially disposed on the channel region and separated from the source electrode.

A display panel, a method for preparing a display panel and a method for adjusting an intensity of ambient light reflected on a display panel are provided in embodiments of the disclosure. The display panel includes: a base substrate; a plurality of sub-pixel units (20) on the base substrate comprising a plurality of light emitting portions respectively; an electrochromic assembly on a light-emergent side of the plurality of light emitting portions; and a light intensity detector configured to detect an incident intensity of ambient light, and the electrochromic assembly comprises a plurality of electrochromic portions covering the plurality of light emitting portions, respectively; and transmittance of the plurality of electrochromic portions for ambient light varies with a change in the incident intensity of ambient light.

Light-control panels including layered optical components are described in this application. An example of a light-control panel includes first and second glazing layers, first and second transitional layers extending between the first and second glazing layers that guide light emitted from a light source, and a third glazing layer extending between the first and second transitional layers through which light emitted from the light source is guided. The light-control panel also includes a light extraction layer extending between the third glazing layer and one of the first and second transitional layers that distributes light emitted from the light source. The first and second transitional layers have refractive indices that gradually decrease from a first value at surfaces proximate to the first and second glazing layers to a second value at surfaces proximate to the third glazing layer in the stack-up of the light-control panel.

A display panel is provided and includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light shielding layer, a scattering pattern, a sealant, and a display medium layer. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The light shielding layer is disposed on a top surface of the first substrate away from the second substrate. The scattering pattern is disposed underneath the light shielding layer. The sealant is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and shielded by the light shielding layer. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounded by the sealant.

Assemblies for enhancing the optical quality of electronic images displayed at an electronic display layer are provided. An optical component is located adjacent to the electronic display layer within a housing for the electronic display layer and the optical component. At least one shock-absorbing subassembly is attached to a location along the housing and to said optical component.

Provided is an antireflective member capable of improving scratch resistance. An antireflective member having a low refractive index layer on an optically transmissive substrate, the low refractive index layer containing a binder resin and hollow particles, wherein the antireflective member satisfies the following condition 1. <condition 1> In a region of 5 μm×5 μm on a surface of the antireflective member on a side having the low refractive index layer with respect to the optically transmissive substrate, spatial frequency analysis of elevation is performed to calculate power spectrum intensity of elevation for each wavelength; when a sum of power spectrum intensity of elevation for each wavelength is calculated and the sum is normalized to 1, the power spectrum intensity P1 of elevation at a wavelength of 1.25 μm is 0.015 or more.

A novel spatial light modulator (SLM) includes a cover glass, and modulation layer, and a plurality of pixel mirrors, and separates unwanted, reflected light from desired, modulated light. In one embodiment, a geometrical relationship exists between the cover glass and the pixel mirrors, such that light that reflects from the cover glass is separated from light that reflects from the pixel mirrors and is transmitted from the SLM. In one example, one of the cover glass or the pixel mirrors is angled with respect to the modulation layer. In another example embodiment, the cover glass has a particular thickness, which introduces destructive interference between light that reflects from the top and bottom surfaces of the cover glass. In another embodiment antireflective coatings are disposed between optical interfaces of the SLM. In another embodiment, light from the SLM is directed through an optical filter to remove unwanted light.

A spatial light modulator cell and arrays of spatial light modulator cells are disclosed. The spatial light modulator cells can comprise a phase change material (PCM) having a first side and a second side; an optical reflector configured to reflect an optical beam passing from the first side to the second side; and a PCM heater thermal conductively coupled to the PCM, wherein thermal modulation of the PCM modulates a phase of the PCM which varies light transmission through the PCM. Methods of making spatial light modulator cells and arrays are also disclosed.