According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer, light-emitting elements disposed in a first direction, a third transparent substrate including a main surface and a side surface opposed to the light-emitting elements, and a transparent layer disposed on the main surface and having a lower refractive index than the third transparent substrate. The third transparent substrate is bonded to the first transparent substrate or the second transparent substrate with the transparent layer sandwiched in between. The transparent layer includes strip portions disposed in the first direction and extended along a second direction.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate having a first side surface and a second side surface, and a liquid crystal layer including a stripe-shaped polymer and liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal layer has a first region and a second region. When no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, a first intersection angle of a first director of a first liquid crystal molecule and a first extension axis of the polymer included in the first region is different from a second intersection angle of a second director of a second liquid crystal molecule and a second extension axis of the polymer included in the second region.

A material for liquid-crystal devices which have a low operating voltage in a normal mode or a reverse mode and high-contrast properties. The material for liquid-crystal devices is characterized by containing at least one polymerizable compound and at least one compound selected from among compounds represented by general formulae (K1) and (K2) and by comprising a liquid-crystal material.

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A light control sheet including a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, a first light control layer positioned between the first and second transparent electrodes, and having light transmission property which is variable by a change in a voltage across the first and second transparent electrodes, and a voltage control unit which applies an AC voltage across the first and second transparent electrodes, and changes a frequency of the AC voltage applied.

A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes: an optical waveguide; a first buffer layer at a side of the optical waveguide, the first buffer layer including a first buffer pattern and a plurality of openings defined by the first buffer pattern; and a second buffer layer at a side of the optical waveguide provided with the first buffer layer and at least covering the plurality of openings, a refractive index of the first buffer pattern is less than a refractive index of the optical waveguide, and a refractive index of the second buffer layer is greater than the refractive index of the optical waveguide. A display panel and a display device are further provided.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer, light-emitting elements disposed in a first direction, a third transparent substrate including a main surface and a side surface opposed to the light-emitting elements, and a transparent layer disposed on the main surface and having a lower refractive index than the third transparent substrate. The third transparent substrate is bonded to the first transparent substrate or the second transparent substrate with the transparent layer sandwiched in between. The transparent layer includes strip portions disposed in the first direction and extended along a second direction.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first transparent substrate, a wiring portion, and a pixel electrode, a second substrate including a second transparent substrate, a common electrode opposed to the pixel electrode, a light-shielding layer overlapping the wiring portion between the second transparent substrate and the common electrode, and a transparent layer disposed between the second transparent substrate and the light-shielding layer, a liquid crystal layer including a stripe-shaped polymer and liquid crystal molecules, and light-emitting elements. A refractive index of the transparent layer is less than a refractive index of the second transparent substrate.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate including a first main surface, a second transparent substrate including a first end portion, a liquid crystal layer containing strip-shaped polymers and liquid crystal molecules, a third transparent substrate including a second end portion and a second main surface, a first light-emitting element and a first light guide. The first light guide includes a first surface and a second surface. A height from the first main surface to the second surface is less than a height from the first main surface to the second main surface.

A display device includes: an array substrate including a plurality of first light-transmitting electrodes each disposed in a corresponding one of pixels; a counter substrate including positions overlapping the first light-transmitting electrodes and provided with a second light-transmitting electrode; a liquid crystal layer including polymer-dispersed liquid crystals filled between the array substrate and the counter substrate; and at least one light source configured to emit light toward a side surface of the counter substrate. The array substrate includes, in each of the pixels, a third light-transmitting electrode that at least partially overlaps the first light-transmitting electrode in the plan view with an insulating layer interposed therebetween. An area of the third light-transmitting electrode in the pixel in a display region closer to the light source is larger than an area of the third light-transmitting electrode in the pixel in a display region farther from the light source.

According to one embodiment, a display system includes a transparent screen that is capable of switching a light scattering degree, a projector, and a controller that controls interlocking driving of the projector and the screen. The controller drives the screen and controls a light scattering degree of at least part of an area, of the screen, in which the image is projected during a period in which the projector is driven and an image is projected on the screen.