Disclosed are a method for forming a pattern for liquid crystal orientation of a zenithal bi-stable liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal orientation substrate including the pattern formed thereby, and a mask substrate used for forming the pattern. The method includes: (a) depositing a silicon-based compound on a silicon substrate, (b) forming a guide pattern on an upper portion of the deposited silicon-based compound layer by using an imprint lithography, (c) discontinuously exposing the silicon substrate by transferring a pattern from the guide pattern onto the silicon-based compound layer by dry etching, (d) forming a pattern in an asymmetrical form on the silicon substrate by wet etching, (e) removing the part of the remaining silicon-based compound layer, and then hydrophobically treating a pattern surface of the silicon substrate; and (f) transferring a pattern in an asymmetrical form onto a glass substrate by disposing the surface-treated silicon substrate to face the glass substrate, and supplying a dielectric therebetween.

The present invention provides a display device which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a third substrate, and a fourth substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are arranged opposite to each other. The third substrate and the fourth substrate are arranged opposite to each other. A liquid crystal layer is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. A bistable polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer is located between the third substrate and the fourth substrate. A band-pass filter is located between the liquid crystal layer and the bistable polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer. A backlight module is located on one side of the fourth substrate away from the third substrate.

A display device and a control method thereof are provided, which relate to the field of display technologies and can realize switching between viewing modes for the display device. The display device includes a peep-proof display module including a display panel and a peep-proof structure, and further includes a bistable liquid crystal cell having two stable states of a transmissive state and a scattering state. The bistable liquid crystal cell is disposed at the light exit side of the peep-proof structure.

The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel is provided with a plurality of sub-pixels, the display panel including: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, and multistable liquid crystals between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein, each of the sub-pixels is provided with a first electrode and a second electrode to generate an electric field for the multistable liquid crystals, and the multistable liquid crystals have different optical properties under different electric fields and after an electric field disappears, the multistable liquid crystals can maintain the same optical properties as the electric field exists. The present disclosure also provides a display device, including: the above mentioned display panel.

The present invention provides a display device which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a third substrate, and a fourth substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are arranged opposite to each other. The third substrate and the fourth substrate are arranged opposite to each other. A liquid crystal layer is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. A bistable polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer is located between the third substrate and the fourth substrate. A band-pass filter is located between the liquid crystal layer and the bistable polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer. A backlight module is located on one side of the fourth substrate away from the third substrate.

A liquid crystal device (LCD) includes from the viewing side: a first electrode layer; a viewing side first liquid crystal (LC) alignment layer; an LC layer; a non-viewing side second LC alignment layer; and a second electrode layer; wherein one of the electrode layers is a common electrode layer and the other of the electrode layers is a segmented electrode layer, and at least one of the first and second LC alignment layers is a bistable alignment layer that is switchable between a first alignment state and a second alignment state. The LCD is operated by applying a first voltage pulse to the segmented electrode layer and applying a second voltage pulse to the common electrode layer (Vcom pulse), the first and second voltage pulses combining to form a resultant voltage pulse. The bistable alignment layer switches from the first alignment state to the second alignment state when a magnitude of the resultant voltage pulse exceeds a switching voltage threshold.

A variable area flowmeter having a float and having a display unit, the display unit includes a pointer element, the pointer element is connected directly or indirectly to the float such that the pointer element is mechanically deflected by the float during the measuring process. The variable area flowmeter that operates particularly reliably and is flexibly applicable at the same time is achieved in that the display unit comprises at least one bi-stable display which only requires an energy supply in order to modify the displayed representation and/or to restore the representation.

A liquid crystal device (LCD) includes from the viewing side: a first electrode layer; a viewing side first liquid crystal (LC) alignment layer; an LC layer; a non-viewing side second LC alignment layer; and a second electrode layer; wherein one of the electrode layers is a common electrode layer and the other of the electrode layers is a segmented electrode layer, and at least one of the first and second LC alignment layers is a bistable alignment layer that is switchable between a first alignment state and a second alignment state. The LCD is operated by applying a first voltage pulse to the segmented electrode layer and applying a second voltage pulse to the common electrode layer (Vcom pulse), the first and second voltage pulses combining to form a resultant voltage pulse. The bistable alignment layer switches from the first alignment state to the second alignment state when a magnitude of the resultant voltage pulse exceeds a switching voltage threshold.

Disclosed are a method for forming a pattern for liquid crystal orientation of a zenithal bi-stable liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal orientation substrate including the pattern formed thereby, and a mask substrate used for forming the pattern. The method includes: (a) depositing a silicon-based compound on a silicon substrate, (b) forming a guide pattern on an upper portion of the deposited silicon-based compound layer by using an imprint lithography, (c) discontinuously exposing the silicon substrate by transferring a pattern from the guide pattern onto the silicon-based compound layer by dry etching, (d) forming a pattern in an asymmetrical form on the silicon substrate by wet etching, (e) removing the part of the remaining silicon-based compound layer, and then hydrophobically treating a pattern surface of the silicon substrate; and (f) transferring a pattern in an asymmetrical form onto a glass substrate by disposing the surface-treated silicon substrate to face the glass substrate, and supplying a dielectric therebetween.

A liquid crystal display panel (100) comprises a first polarizer (110) and a second polarizer (170), a first liquid crystal layer (130) disposed between the first polarizer (110) and the second polarizer (170), and an optical compensation layer (140) disposed between the first liquid crystal layer (130) and one of the first polarizer (110) and the second polarizer (170). A transmission axis of the first polarizer (110) is perpendicular to a transmission axis of the second polarizer (170). The first liquid crystal layer (130) includes first liquid crystal molecules (130). An included angle () between an orthographic projection of an optical axis of a first liquid crystal molecule (130) on the first polarizer (110), which is perpendicular to an orthographic projection of an optical axis of the optical compensation layer (140) on the first polarizer (110), and the transmission axis of the first polarizer (110) is an acute angle.