A system such as a vehicle, building, or electronic device system may have a support structure with one or more windows. The support structure and window may separate an interior region within the system from a surrounding exterior region. Control circuitry may receive input such as user input and may adjust an adjustable layer in the window based on the input. The adjustable layer may have a polymer matrix layer with embedded cells. The cells may include intermixed guest-host liquid crystal cells and liquid crystal cells. The guest-host liquid crystal cells and liquid crystal cells may have different liquid crystal materials and/or different sizes that allow the guest-host liquid crystal cells and liquid crystal cells to electrically switch states at different respective threshold voltages. Based on the user input or other input the control circuitry can adjust a drive signal across the adjustable layer to change light transmittance and haze.

A backplane, a dimming method thereof, and a display device having same are disclosed. The display device includes the backplane which has a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, an electrolyte layer, and a driving electrode which is connected to the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively. When the driving electrode is controlled to apply different voltages between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrolyte layer shows different translucent states.

A vision-based aircraft cabin light monitoring/control system is used to maintain the light intensity level within the aircraft cabin at a desired level. The system uses video cameras to continuously monitor the ambient light entering the passenger cabin windows, analyzes the video stream/feed to identify the light intensity level within the cabin, identifies the window whose state should be controlled, and generates commands to control the window through central cabin controllers. The system further compensates for light sources internal to the cabin and monitors the phase of flight to ensure compliance to specific light conditions within the aircraft cabin.

A display device is provided with an input unit for inputting a detection signal from a detection unit capable of detecting the brightness of ambient light around a dimming member. The display device is also provided with a control unit which, on the basis of the detection signal input by the input unit, controls at least one of the optical transmittance of the dimming member and the operation of a projector to adjust an image projected onto the dimming member to a display state corresponding to the brightness of the ambient light.

There is provided a vehicular illumination presentation system including: a first control system configured to control a vehicle interior illumination; a second control system configured to control a dimming unit located in a predetermined portion in a region surrounding a vehicle passenger compartment, the dimming unit being capable of adjusting a light transmittance and a coordination control unit configured to coordinate an operation of the first control system and an operation of the second control system with each other. According to the vehicular illumination presentation system of the present disclosure it is possible to form a comfortable private space and perform effective presentation without a need for an occupant to perform any special manual operation.

Display panel and display device are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and a blocking metal wire. The pixel includes a display unit and a control unit driving the display unit. The display unit at least includes a heating element and a phase change material layer. The heating element includes a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal. The control unit includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The control unit includes at least one diode, which includes a diode semiconductor layer including a first electrode contact region, a second electrode contact region and a connecting region. The blocking metal wire covers the connecting region and is insulated from the connecting region. The blocking metal wire is electrically connected to each of the first signal terminal and the first signal source or to each of the second connecting terminal and the second signal source.

Provided are a switchable viewing angle display module and a vehicle. The display module comprises a viewing angle switching panel, a liquid crystal display panel, and a driver circuit. The viewing angle switching panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a dye liquid crystal layer, and a drive electrode layer. The drive electrode layer is disposed on a side of the first substrate and/or the second substrate facing the dye liquid crystal layer. The drive electrode layer includes a plurality of drive electrodes arranged sequentially along a first direction, and an interval of a preset length is set between two adjacent ones of the plurality of drive electrodes. The driver circuit is electrically connected to the plurality of drive electrodes, respectively and configured to provide sequentially increasing drive voltages to the plurality of drive electrodes arranged sequentially along the first direction.

A device may include a high-side electrode layer comprising a plurality of discrete electrodes. A device may include a low-side electrode layer. A device may include an electro-optic (EO) layer comprising a solid EO active material at least partially interposed between the high-side electrode layer and the low-side electrode layer, thereby forming a plurality of active cells of the EO layer. A device may include a controller, comprising: a steering request circuit structured to interpret a steering request value, a steering configuration circuit structured to determine a plurality of EO command values in response to the steering request value; and a steering implementation circuit structured to provide a plurality of voltage commands in response to the plurality of EO command values.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which problems such as an increase of power consumption and increase of a load of when light is emitted are reduced by using a method for realizing pseudo impulsive driving by inserting an dark image, and a driving method thereof. A display device which displays a gray scale by dividing one frame period into a plurality of subframe periods, where one frame period is divided into at least a first subframe period and a second subframe period; and when luminance in the first subframe period to display the maximum gray scale is Lmax1 and luminance in the second subframe period to display the maximum gray scale is Lmax2, (½) Lmax2<Lmax1<( 9/10) Lmax2 is satisfied in the one frame period, is provided.

A unit may output a content and may communicate with a user's mobile phone, tablet, personal activity tracker, wearable computer, and/or health monitor. For example, the unit may include a housing, a reflective mirror, a processor, an electronic display, a speaker, and a network interface. For example, the unit may be capable of monitoring a health factor (e.g., a heart rate) during various activities.