A method of driving an electronic paper display apparatus includes: providing a preprocessing signal in the first pulse signal to the first electrode in the display stage of the first image display stage, so that the first particles and the third particles are mixed, and the first particles and the third particles are closer to a display side of the display apparatus than the second particles; and providing a first sub-pulse signal in the first pulse signal to the first electrode in the display stage of the first image display stage after providing the preprocessing signal, so that the third particles are closer to the display side of the display apparatus than the first particles and the second particles and the microcup displays the third color.

The present disclosure relates to a light shutter panel and a transparent display apparatus having the same. The light shutter panel comprises: a first light shutter panel and a second light shutter panel. Each of the first and second light shutter panels includes: a lower electrode plate, an upper electrode plate, a shutter layer, transparent spacers and a black ink. The lower electrode plate and the upper electrode plate are attached as facing each other. The shutter layer is disposed between the lower electrode plate and the upper electrode plate. The shutter layer includes a maximum light transmitting portion, a minimum light blocking portion, an ink storage portion and an electric field guide. The electric field guide is disposed between the ink storage portions. The transparent spacers maintain the gap between the lower electrode plate and the upper electrode plate. The black ink is filled into the ink storage portion.

A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel disposed on a back-light unit; and a viewing angle control unit disposed between the back-light unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the viewing angle control unit includes light-blocking patterns having a light-blocking material and variable patterns disposed between a first control electrode and a second control electrode, wherein the variable patterns are extended in a direction perpendicular to the light-blocking patterns, and wherein transmittance of each variable pattern is changed according to a voltage applied to the first control electrode and the second control electrode, thereby preventing a distraction of people around a user by selectively sharing a realized image.

The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic display device comprising microcells filled with an electrophoretic fluid and a dielectric layer, which comprises a first type of magnetic filler material, a second type of nonmagnetic filler material, and a polymeric material. The first and second types of filler material physically interact with each other and they are fixed and aligned in the dielectric adhesive layer in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer exhibits anisotropic conductivity having higher conductivity in the z direction compared to the other two orthogonal directions.

A polymeric film includes a plurality of tapered microcells containing a dispersion of a first group and a second group of charged particles. The first group and second group of charged particles having opposite charge polarities. The tapered microcells include a wall and at least a portion of the wall is configured to repel the first group of charged particles. Also provided is a method of making a laminate for an electrophoretic display comprising embossing a plurality of tapered microcells through a layer of polymeric film and into a release sheet to form an embossed film; laminating the embossed film to a layer of conductive material on a protective sheet to form a laminated film; removing the release sheet from the polymeric film to form an opening to an interior of each microcell of the laminated film; filling the microcells with a dispersion fluid; and sealing the microcells.

An electronic paper display screen and a manufacturing method thereof belongs to the field of electronic display. The electronic paper display screen of the present invention eliminates the conventional adhesive layer, and the electrophoretic display layer and the pixel electrode are bonded without the adhesive layer. The electronic paper display screen of the present invention has a simplified production process, a simple display structure, a uniform and controllable thickness of the electrophoretic display layer, and improved display effects. The traditional adhesive layer is removed from the structure of the electronic paper display screen. The present invention is applicable to the electronic paper with a microcapsule or micro-cup structure, wherein the microcapsule or the micro-cup can include two, three or more kinds of electrophoretic particles having different photoelectric properties.

A light path control member according to an embodiment comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a second electrode disposed under the second substrate; and a light conversion part disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein: the light conversion part includes a plurality of partition wall portions and a plurality of receiving portions which are alternately arranged; a light conversion material comprising a dispersion and multiple light conversion particles dispersed in the dispersion is disposed in the receiving portions; and the dispersion comprises a material having a carbon number of 2 to 13.

A variable transmission electro-optic medium includes an encapsulated bistable dispersion containing a plurality of electrically charged particles and a fluid, the charged particles being movable by application of an electric field and capable of being switched between an open state and a closed state. The plurality of electrically charged particles may include a first set of charged particles and a second set of charged particles, such that a color of the first set of charged particles is the same as a color of the second set of charged particles, and the first set of charged particles has a polarity that is opposite to a polarity of the second set of charged particles.

An optical path control member according to an embodiment comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a second electrode disposed below the second substrate; and a light conversion unit disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein: the light conversion unit includes a partition wall portion, an accommodation portion, and a base portion; a light converting material including a dispersion liquid, light converting particles, and a dispersing agent is arranged in the accommodation portion; and the dispersing agent includes a nonionic dispersing agent.

An optical path control member according to an embodiment comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a second electrode disposed under the second substrate; and a photoconversion unit disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the second substrate includes at least one hole penetrating the second substrate, and an electrode connection part connected to a side surface of the second electrode is disposed inside the hole.