A polarization recycling backlight and a multiview display employ a polarization-selective scattering feature configured to preferentially scatter out a first polarization component of guided light and a polarization conversion structure configured to convert a portion of a second polarization component of the guided light into the first polarization component. The polarization conversion structure includes a subwavelength grating.

The present invention provides a reflective liquid crystal display device, which includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate that are opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the upper and lower substrates, a transparent plastic layer bonded to a surface of the lower substrate that is distant from the liquid crystal layer, and a mirror-reflection layer that is attached by the transparent plastic layer to the surface of the lower substrate. The transparent plastic material of the transparent plastic layer for attaching the mirror-reflection layer contains therein transparent particles and the transparent plastic material and the transparent particles have different reflectivity so as to provide an effect of diffuse reflection. Namely, the transparent plastic layer and the mirror-reflection layer are combined together to provide a diffuse-reflection layer, so that compared to the conventional reflective liquid crystal display devices, there is no need to conduct an additional process for forming a diffuse-reflection layer, thereby simplifying the manufacturing of the diffuse-reflection layer and reducing the difficulty and cost of the manufacturing.

In example implementations, a display is provided. The display includes a collimated back light unit (BLU) comprising a light guide plate and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) layer formed over the collimated BLU, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, a liquid crystal layer formed over the TFT substrate, a color filter (CF) substrate, and a controller. The PDLC layer is to provide selective privacy areas on the display. The TFT substrate is to control emission of light from the plurality of LEDs. The CF substrate is to control a color of the light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. The controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of LEDs and the POLO layer to activate a selected area of the PDLC layer to enable a privacy area on a corresponding area that is selected on the display.

An optical device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that have translucency and are disposed facing each other, and an optical adjustment layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The optical adjustment layer includes a first phase that includes an electrolyte including a metal having a visible light reflecting property, and a second phase that is dispersed in the first phase, and includes a variable refractive index material having a refractive index that is variable in a visible light range.

A display device includes a plurality of pixels; a first substrate including a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel of the plurality of pixels, a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a color adjusting pattern, which is disposed in the pixel of the plurality of pixels, and a common electrode, which is disposed on the color adjusting patterns, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a liquid crystal and a dichroic dye, wherein the plurality of pixels include a first-color pixel, which is configured to display a first color, and a second-color pixel, which is configured to display a second color different from the first color, and the color adjusting pattern includes a first color adjusting pattern, which is disposed in the first-color pixel, and a second color adjusting pattern, which is disposed in the second-color pixel.

An optical film includes: a light-transmissive matrix having a plate shape; a plurality of first rods having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the light-transmissive matrix and disposed at a first inclination angle in the light-transmissive matrix; and a plurality of second rods having a refractive index different from the refractive index of the light-transmissive matrix and disposed at a second inclination angle in the light-transmissive matrix. The first inclination angle is different from the second inclination angle.

To provide a thin liquid crystal display device featuring excellent color reproducibility. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a liquid crystal display panel outputting different colors on a per-pixel basis; and a backlight. The backlight includes: a light source; a light guide; a reflective sheet on a back side of the light guide; and a group of optical sheets including a wavelength converter and disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the light guide. The wavelength converter has a structure where quantum dots are dispersed in a transparent medium. The wavelength converter is bonded to another optical medium by means of a diffusing adhesive. Nanoparticles for developing Rayleigh scattering are dispersed in the wavelength converter.

A peep-proof device, a display device and a method for driving the display device are provided. The peep-proof device includes at least one light beam adjustment layer. The light beam adjustment layer includes: a transparent base layer and a plurality of grooves formed in a surface of the transparent base layer; and a liquid crystal layer arranged within the plurality of grooves. A refractive index of the transparent base layer is same as a refractive index of the liquid crystal layer to ordinary light beam.

A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display area including a transparent display area and an opaque display area surrounding the transparent display area. The display panel further includes a first substrate layer, a luminous layer, a liquid crystal layer, a first driving layer, and a second driving layer. The display panel is divided into the transparent display area and the opaque display area by combining an organic light-emitting diode technology and a liquid crystal display technology, such that the transparent display area can provide a light channel for a camera and can also display an image, thereby improving a screen-to-body ratio and realizing a real full-screen display.

Curable compositions include at least one fluoropolymer, at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate, at least one difunctional (meth)acrylate, and at least one initiator. The curable composition, when cured, forms an optically-scattering layer including a matrix and phase separated microdomains. The matrix and the phase separated microdomains have different refractive indices, and the microdomains are on the order of or larger than the wavelengths of visible light.