The object is to provide a liquid crystal display reducing degradation in image quality. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a first planar electrode, a first insulator layered over an upper surface of the first planar electrode, a planar pixel electrode layered over an upper surface of the first insulator, a second insulator layered over an upper surface of the pixel electrode, a second planar electrode that covers the pixel electrode and that is layered over an upper surface of the second insulator, and a liquid crystal layer disposed over an upper surface of the second planar electrode. The second planar electrode includes an aperture portion including a first region and a second region integrated with a first region, the first region is a region is overlapped with both the first planar electrode and the pixel electrode, the second region is overlapped with the first planar electrode and is not overlapped with the pixel electrode, and a first angle between a first side of the first region and a first virtual line dividing the aperture portion into the first region and the second region is equal to or smaller than 90 degrees.

Disclosed is a display apparatus includes: a flat display panel; and a liquid crystal lens, the liquid crystal lens being positioned in a light emergent direction of the display panel, the liquid crystal lens being used for converging light emitted by the display panel towards a center plane, and the center plane being perpendicular to the display panel and passing through a vertical center line of the display panel.

A pixel structure includes a substrate, first and second gate lines, first and second data lines, and at least one pixel unit. The first and second gate lines and the first and second data lines are over the substrate and intersect with each other. The pixel unit is disposed on the substrate. The pixel unit includes first and second active devices, a common electrode, and first and second pixel electrodes. The first and second active devices are electrically connected to the first data line, and electrically connected to the first and second gate lines respectively. The common electrode is connected to a common potential source. The first and second pixel electrodes are over the common electrode and electrically connected to the first and second active devices respectively. At least one second branch electrode of the second pixel electrode shrinks from its one side to another side.

A liquid crystal light deflector includes a first electrode layer including line electrodes, a second electrode layer including a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer that forms an electrical prism using liquid crystal molecules according to an electric field formed between the first and second electrode layers. The orientations of the liquid crystal molecules may be reset by an electric field formed between line electrodes of adjacent channels within the first electrode layer. A method of deflecting light includes controlling the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer to reset the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules prior to forming an electrical prism in the liquid crystal layer.

The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal lens assembly, a liquid crystal panel, and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal lens assembly includes: a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode layer having a plurality of first bar electrodes, and a second electrode layer having a plurality of second bar electrodes. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are both provided on a first side of the liquid crystal layer, and an extending direction of the first bar electrodes intersects with an extending direction of the second bar electrodes. The present disclosure can increase a utilization efficiency of light beams, and reduce a power consumption of the light source side.

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes second substrates, a light-shielding layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes pixel electrodes, a common electrode, and subpixel areas each including area in which the pixel electrode is present and a second area in which the pixel electrode is not present. Each of the subpixel areas includes first and second sides. The first area includes an axial area and branch areas. The second area includes a gap area between the adjacent branch areas. The axial area includes a projection portion projecting to the second side and in alignment with the gap area, and overlaps the light-shielding layer.

The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal lens and liquid crystal glasses. The liquid crystal lens includes a cell defined by a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and having a uniform thickness between the first substrate and the second substrate; a transparent pattern layer at an outside of the cell and having a curved top surface and a flat bottom surface in contact with the second substrate; and a second transparent electrode arranged at the curved top surface and at the outside of the cell.

A liquid crystal display module is switchable between a blocking state and a displaying state on the basis of a change, caused by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, in the orientation of liquid crystal molecules contained in the liquid crystal layer, the blocking state being a state in which transmitting light is concentrated to a blocking region on an initial optical axis, the displaying state being a state in which transmitting light is concentrated to a light-emitting region on a voltage-induced optical axis different from the initial optical axis.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display apparatus having a configuration and a structure that enable virtual images to be observed by an observer to exhibit high contrast, and enable the observer who uses the display apparatus to safely act in a real environment while reliably recognizing an external environment. A display apparatus of the present invention includes: a frame to be mounted to a head of an observer; an image display apparatus attached to the frame; and a dimming apparatus 700. The image display apparatus includes an image forming apparatus, and an optical apparatus 120 having a virtual-image forming region 701 in which virtual images are formed. The optical apparatus 120 overlaps with at least a part of the dimming apparatus 700. When the dimming apparatus 700 operates, a light blocking rate of the dimming apparatus decreases, for example, from an upper region and an outer-side region of a virtual-image-forming-region facing region 701 toward a central portion of the virtual-image-forming-region facing region.

A liquid crystal display panel is provided. The panel includes multiple scanning lines and multiple data lines on an array substrate, wherein a top of the data lines is covered with a light-shading electrode line; wherein the multiple scanning lines and the multiple data lines are intersected to define multiple pixel regions, and each pixel region is provided with a pixel electrode; and wherein the pixel electrode is provided with a notch at a corner adjacent to the light-shielding electrode line. The invention can improve the contrast of the panel, and the light leakage in the dark state will not occur at the corners of the pixel electrode.