A light modulating device including: a light transmissive plate having a curved surface; a light modulating cell; and an optically transparent adhesive film which is disposed between the curved surface of the light transmissive plate and the light modulating cell and attaches one side of the light modulating cell to the curved surface of the light transmissive plate.

A light modulation device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a light modulation device includes a first polymer film substrate, a second polymer film substrate, an active liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second polymer film substrates, wherein the active liquid crystal layer is capable of switching between a vertical orientation state and a twisting orientation state upon application of a voltage, each of the first and second polymer film substrates has an in-plane retardation of 4,000 nm or more for light having a wavelength of 550 nm, a ratio of an elongation (E1) in a first direction to an elongation (E2) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of 3 or more, and wherein an angle formed by the first directions of the first and second polymer film substrates is in a range of 0 degrees to 10 degrees.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a manufacturing system. The method comprises filling a mixture of liquid crystals, a first polymeric group, a second polymeric group, and a dichroic pigment in a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged into a cell; and controlling the first polymeric group and one portion of the dichroic pigment to be polymerized to form a first alignment layer and a first polarizing layer, and the second polymeric group and another portion of the dichroic pigment to be polymerized to form a second alignment layer and a second polarizing layer. The present invention omits a coating process.

A method for obtaining a material containing mesogenic compounds forming a liquid crystal mix with a stabilized blue phase. The method includes the steps of a) inducing the liquid crystal mix, contained in a chemical composition, to form the blue phase, then b) illuminating the chemical composition with a light beam of visible wavelength in order to trigger the polymerization of monomers contained in the chemical composition, to obtain the material comprising the liquid crystal mix in the blue phase stabilized by the polymerized monomers. The chemical composition contains a mesogenic system and a chemical photo-initiator system adapted to trigger the polymerization of the monomers when illuminated by the light beam of visible wavelength, in which the mesogenic system includes the mesogenic compounds forming the liquid crystal mix, a chiral dopant adapted to induce the blue phase, and a monomer mix comprising the monomers adapted to polymerize.

An illumination system and method of use that includes a light source, a first linear polarizer, a first converter configured to convert at least a portion of the light transmitted through the first linear polarizer to light having a first handedness of circular polarization, and a second converter configured to convert light having a second handedness of circular polarization to light having a second linear polarization. A second linear polarizer is positioned to receive the light of the second linear polarization from the second converter. At least one of the first linear polarizer and the second linear polarizer are selectively switchable between (i) a first condition in which light having the first linear polarization and light having the second linear polarization is transmitted and (ii) a second condition in which light of the first linear polarization is absorbed and light of the second linear polarization is transmitted.

An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have a pixel array that produces images. A display cover layer may overlap the pixel array. The display cover layer may have a planar central area surrounded by a peripheral edge area with a curved cross-sectional profile. From an on-axis viewing angle, an image on the pixel array is fully viewable through the planar central area and the peripheral edge area. From an off-axis viewing angle, the image is partly viewable through the peripheral edge area and not through the central area. To avoid an undesired color cast in the partly viewable image seen through the peripheral edge area of the display cover layer, the display may be provided with color cast compensation structures such as a guest-host liquid crystal layer that exhibits an anisotropic colored light absorption characteristic, a diffuser layer, and/or other optical structures.

A light modulation device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a light modulation device includes a first polymer film substrate, a second polymer film substrate, an active liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second polymer film substrates, wherein the active liquid crystal layer is capable of switching between a first orientation state and a second orientation state different from the first orientation state under an applied voltage, the first and second polymer film substrates have an in-plane retardation of 4,000 nm or more for light having a wavelength of 550 nm, a ratio of an elongation (E1) in a first direction to an elongation (E2) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of 3 or more, and wherein an angle formed by the first directions of the first and second polymer film substrates is in a range of 0 degrees to 10 degrees.

An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer, a method of producing a polarizer, a laminate, and an image display device which enable achievement of both the degree of alignment and heat resistance. The polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer formed of a polarizer-forming composition which contains a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material, in which the liquid crystal compound has a smectic liquid crystallinity, and a phase transition temperature of the polarizer-forming composition from a smectic phase to an isotropic phase or a nematic phase is 120 C. or higher.

The present application relates to a light modulation device and a use thereof. The present application can provide a light modulation device having both excellent mechanical properties and optical properties by applying a polymer film that is also optically anisotropic and mechanically anisotropic to a substrate.

The present disclosure provides a display panel, display device and display method. Under a wide viewing angle display mode, a first signal is applied to a first electrode and a second electrode, and a long axis of liquid crystal molecules and a long axis of dye molecules are perpendicular to a plane of a first substrate. A relatively large included angle is formed between a polarization direction of emergent light of a first display device and the long axis of the dye molecules. A second signal is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode under a narrow viewing angle display mode, and a long axis of liquid crystal molecules and a long axis of dye molecules form an included angle of 30 to 60 degrees together with the plane of the first substrate.