A display device having switchable viewing angle includes a display panel including a first emission area, a second emission area, a third emission area and a fourth emission area, from which light in different wavelength bands is emitted, and a transparent photochromic layer disposed on at least one surface of the display panel, wherein each of the first emission area, the second emission area and the third emission area emits light in a wavelength band of visible light, the fourth emission area emits light in a wavelength band of ultraviolet ray, and when the fourth emission area is in an emission state, an area of the photochromic layer including the area corresponding to the fourth emission area is an opaque area, and wherein when the fourth emission area is in a non-emission state, an area of the photochromic layer including the area corresponding to the fourth emission area is a transparent region, thereby providing a display device capable of switching viewing angles.

An optical element includes a first boundary layer and a second boundary layer. A solution is disposed between the first boundary layer and the second boundary layer. The solution includes liquid crystals co-mingled with oblong photochromic dye molecules.

A transparent display panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device are disclosed, where the transparent display panel includes a light source, an optical waveguide, a first liquid crystal layer, a first group of electrode layers, and a color rendering component, wherein the optical waveguide is on a side of the first liquid crystal layer and has its first surface comes into contact with the first liquid crystal layer; the color rendering component is on another side of the first liquid crystal layer, and configured to render a color upon being excited by light emitted by the light source; the light source is on the side surface of the optical waveguide; and the first group of electrode layers is configured to provide the first liquid crystal layer with an electric field.

The present invention provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes an array substrate, a color film substrate disposed on the array substrate, and a photochromic glass layer disposed on the color film substrate. A color change region is formed when an ultraviolet laser irradiates the photochromic glass layer, and the color change region filters passing lights. The display panel further includes a plurality of scattered particles distributed on the photochromic glass layer.

Implantable corneal and intraocular implants such as a mask are provided. The mask can improve the vision of a patient, such as by being configured to increase the depth of focus of an eye of a patient. The mask can include an aperture configured to transmit along an optical axis substantially all visible incident light. The mask can further include a transition portion that surrounds at least a portion of the aperture. This portion can be configured to switch from one level of opacity to another level of opacity through the use of a controllably variable absorbance feature such as a switchable photochromic chromophore within a polymer matrix.

An optical device (100) for forming a distribution of a three-dimensional light field comprises: an array (102) of unit cells (104), a unit cell (104) being individually addressable for switching the optical property of the unit cell (104) between a first and a second condition; wherein the unit cells (104) are configured to be selectively active or inactive and wherein the array (102) comprises at least a first and a second disjoint subset (110; 112; 114; 116), and wherein the unit cells (104) in a subset (110; 112; 114; 116) are configured to be jointly switched from inactive to active, wherein the active unit cells (104) are configured to interact with an incident light beam (106) for forming the distribution of the three-dimensional light field; and wherein the optical device (100) is configured to address inactive unit cells (104) for switching the optical property of unit cells (104).

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.

A viewing angle controlling film, a backlight unit using the same, and a display device using the same are disclosed. The viewing angle controlling film comprises a first area where light transmittance is not converted; and a second area where light transmittance is converted, wherein the second area includes a light-transmittance conversion portion configured to react with light of a predetermined wavelength range to convert the light transmittance and not to react with light of a wavelength range other than the predetermined wavelength range.

This disclosure relates to a display device which includes a light transmissible layer and a second material. The light transmissible layer includes a first material, wherein the first material generates a first color transformation from a first color to a second color after being exposed under a light of the first wavelength range. The second material is either included in the light transmissible layer or has a projective area overlapped with the light transmissible layer. The second material generates a second color transformation from the second color to the first color after being exposed under a light of the first wavelength range.

A touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel includes a substrate, a touch layer positioned on the substrate, and a photochromic layer positioned on the touch layer. The photochromic layer includes a photosensitive resistor layer positioned on the touch layer and connecting to the touch layer, and a color-changing cathode layer, positioned on the photosensitive resistor layer.