A display panel, including first and second substrates assembled into a cell, a transparent medium provided therebetween, and charged light-absorbing particles mixed in the transparent medium. The first substrate includes a first base body and a total internal reflection structure, and a refractive index of the transparent medium is smaller than each of refractive indexes of the total internal reflection structure and the light-absorbing particles. Each pixel unit of the display panel is provided with plural electrode walls therein, the plural electrode walls in each pixel unit include first and second electrode walls. In a direction parallel to the display panel, the first electrode walls and the second electrode walls are provided alternately and wall surfaces thereof are opposite to each other, and electrode walls arranged opposite to each other are provided with a part of the total internal reflection structure therebetween.

The present disclosure is in the field of an electrophoretic device for switching between a transparent and non-transparent mode, comprising a fluid and particles, electrodes for moving said particles, and comprising various further elements, as well as uses thereof, in particular as a window blind.

The present disclosure is in the field of an electrophoretic device for switching between a transparent and non-transparent mode, comprising a fluid and particles, electrodes for moving said particles, and comprising various further elements, as well as uses thereof, in particular as a window blind.

A light distribution control device includes: first upper electrodes and second upper electrodes disposed alternately in a first direction; first lower electrodes and second lower electrodes disposed alternately in a second direction that crosses the first direction; light transmissive regions disposed between an upper electrode set consisting of the first upper electrodes and the second upper electrodes and a lower electrode set consisting of the first lower electrodes and second lower electrodes; and colored electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium contained in a space between light transmissive regions. Each of the first upper electrodes extends along the space between light transmissive regions. Each of the second upper electrodes extends along a line of light transmissive regions. Each of the first lower electrodes extends along the space between light transmissive regions. Each of the second lower electrodes extends along a line of light transmissive regions.

An electrically controlled smart window, which includes two light-transmitting substrates arranged oppositely, a power supply component and an in-between light-adjusting area. Hereinto the light-adjusting area is divided into a matrix of light-adjusting units by pixel wall(s), and every units are closely arranged in a grid shape. To the power supply component, an electrode is connected with the pixel wall, and another is localized on the center of light-adjusting unit and did with the light-transmitting substrate. Both surface-charged liquid crystal polymer particles and conductive filling liquid are filled into the medium between the two light-transmitting substrates. According to the present disclosure, cholesteric liquid crystal polymer microparticles with specific reflection band and surface charges are used as basic reflectors, thereby achieving the significant advantages of being easy to manufacture, low cost, and stable performance, without causing interference to electromagnetic signals.

A display device including a pair of substrates having surfaces facing each other and electrodes formed on the surfaces, respectively, a display medium having a memory effect and formed between the pair of substrates, and a drive unit that applies a drive voltage to the display medium. The display medium includes charged particles encapsulated therein such that movement of the charged particles based on a voltage applied by the drive unit provides display, and the charged particles include first particles for displaying a first color with application of a first voltage, second particles for displaying a second color with application of a second voltage having a polarity different from a polarity of the first voltage, and third particles for displaying a third color with application of a third voltage which has the same polarity as the polarity of the first voltage and an absolute value smaller than an absolute value of the first voltage.

A display device including a pair of substrates having surfaces facing each other and electrodes formed on the surfaces, respectively, a display medium having a memory effect and formed between the pair of substrates, and a drive unit that applies a drive voltage to the display medium. The display medium includes charged particles encapsulated therein such that movement of the charged particles based on a voltage applied by the drive unit provides display, and the charged particles include first particles for displaying a first color with application of a first voltage, second particles for displaying a second color with application of a second voltage having a polarity different from a polarity of the first voltage, and third particles for displaying a third color with application of a third voltage which has the same polarity as the polarity of the first voltage and an absolute value smaller than an absolute value of the first voltage.

An electrophoretic element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; and an electrophoretic layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and has a plurality of pixels. In each pixel, the electrophoretic layer includes a dispersion medium, and a plurality of types of electrophoretic particles dispersed in the dispersion medium. The plurality of types of electrophoretic particles include first electrophoretic particles and second electrophoretic particles that are charged with the same polarity and have different threshold characteristics from each other. In each pixel, the first substrate includes at least three electrodes to which different potentials can be applied.

A pixel structure, a display panel and a driving method are provided. The pixel structure is used for a display panel and includes a first substrate and a second substrate, the pixel structure further includes a light blocking switching member that covers an opening region of the pixel structure, the light blocking switching member is configured to switch between a first state and a second state, in the first state, light is allowed to pass through the light blocking switching member so as to enter the opening region; and in the second state, the opening region of the pixel structure is shielded by the light blocking switching member.

The display device (10) comprises an array of rows and columns of pixels. The display device further comprises a plurality of commonly controlled first electrodes (FE) for supplying a common signal (DS1) to each pixel (13), a plurality of commonly controlled second electrodes (SE) for supplying a further common signal (DS2) to each pixel, and a plurality of pixel addressing electrodes (AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4) for addressing the individual pixels. At least the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are routed parallel to one another, such that crossovers between the commonly controlled electrodes are eliminated.