Provided is a liquid crystal display in lateral-electric-field mode that improves faulty display resulting from static electricity without, in particular, degrading display quality or considerably increasing costs. A liquid crystal display in one aspect of the present invention includes the following: an array substrate and counter substrate processed into a thin plate that is less than 0.5 mm thick; a liquid crystal layer sealed between this pair of substrates; and an alignment film disposed on the counter substrate. The alignment film has a photoconductivity in which the volume resistance value of the alignment film under light irradiation changes to at least not greater than 1/10 of the volume resistance value of the alignment film under no light irradiation.

A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and a sealing member formed in a peripheral portion of at least one of the substrates. The method includes forming the sealing member, disposing the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate. In forming the sealing member, a ring-shaped portion that seals the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer that face each other to be separated from each other are formed. In the bonding of the first substrate to the second substrate, a junction portion is formed in which the first and second sealing layers are pressed and joined outside the sealing member so as to form the ring-shaped portion.

Method of forming and patterning in situ on a film component of a layer of spacer structure material to define spacer structures in at least active areas of a liquid crystal (LC) cell array. Applying counter component to the film component after dispensing sealant material onto one or more of the components in areas around each active area of the array, and after dispensing one or more drops of LC material onto one or more of the components in each active area of the array. The components are pressed together to spread the drops of LC material over the active areas so the sealant material for each LC cell interfaces with the LC material for the respective LC cell. Each deposition area has an inner perimeter, which is controllably varied across the array to compensate for variations in one or more properties of the spacer structures across the array.

The present invention provides a highly reliable camera module optical shutter capable of preventing the occurrence of a streaky transparent portion in a polymer network liquid crystal layer in a scattering state, and a method for producing the camera module optical shutter. A camera module optical shutter includes a pair of substrates bonded together with a seal and a polymer network liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates, wherein at least one of the substrates includes a transparent electrode made of an oxide conductive film and a silicon oxide layer covering the transparent electrode, and a silane coupling agent is bonded to a surface of the silicon oxide layer, the surface being in contact with the polymer network liquid crystal layer.

A method of fabricating a display panel includes providing a first substrate and a second substrate, forming an alignment material layer on one of the first substrate and the second substrate and patterning the alignment material layer to form an individual central portion, forming a hydrophobic surface extending from an edge of the individual central portion toward an edge of the one of the first substrate and the second substrate, forming a sealant material on the one of the first substrate and the second substrate, dropping a display medium material on the individual central portion, assembling the first substrate and the second substrate with the sealant material and curing the sealant material to form a sealant. A gap separates the sealant material from the individual central portion and the hydrophobic surface extends in the gap. The display medium material is restricted by the hydrophobic surface and does not contact the sealant material.

A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal sandwiched between the substrates, and a display region. A hole portion is formed in the display region. A first seal portion is formed to surround the display region. A second seal portion is formed to surround the hole portion. The first and the second seal portions seal the liquid crystal. The second seal portion has a first end portion on the liquid crystal side and a second end portion on the opposite side of the liquid crystal side. A sealing material is present in the first end portion. A sealing material is present in the second end portion. A wall-like spacer is formed between the first and the second end portions to surround the hole portion. The wall-like spacer defines the gap between the first and the second substrates.

An electronic ink display screen, wherein a spacer frame is coated on the pixel electrode by a One Drop Filling (ODF) process, the spacer frame includes a first spacer frame and a second spacer frame. The second spacer frame is located on a side of the first spacer frame. The electronic ink microcapsule array is provided inside the first spacer frame. Conductive silver paste is provided inside the second spacer frame. The upper transparent electrode is covered on the spacer frame. The conductive silver paste electrically contacts the pixel electrode and the upper transparent electrode, respectively. Peripheries of the spacer frame and the upper transparent electrode are sealed and fixed by a waterproof adhesive. The electronic ink display screen of the present invention uses the ODF production process, so there is no complicated process in the production of the traditional electronic paper film sheet.

Detecting device and method, and liquid crystal dropping apparatus and method are provided. The detecting device is configured to detect a volume of an uneven region of a color filter substrate in a display area, and includes at least one collection unit and a processing circuit. The collection unit is configured to obtain a surface image of the color filter substrate in the display area, and output the obtained surface image to the processing circuit. The processing circuit is connected to the collection unit and configured to process the surface image to obtain a volume of the uneven region of the color filter substrate in the display area. The detecting device and the corresponding method can automatically obtain the volume of the uneven region of the color filter substrate in the display area, thereby obtaining an appropriate filling amount of liquid crystal and ensuring product quality.

A column for defining the interval between a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate is formed at a crossing point between a drain line and a scanning line. At the crossing point where the column is formed, the drain line is formed to have a wider width to prevent light leakage. Further, at the crossing point where the column is formed, the scanning line is formed to have a narrower width to prevent increase of capacitance between the drain line and the scanning line. The column is formed at a crossing point corresponding to a specific color, e.g., a blue pixel B, so that a difference in transmittance and in characteristic of thin film transistors due to formation of the column is initially compensated.

The invention provides a self-oriented material, a self-oriented liquid crystal material and a manufacturing method of the liquid crystal panel. The self-oriented material provided by the invention can be used for carrying out alignment on liquid crystal molecules, and a polyimide alignment layer is not required to be arranged in the liquid crystal panel when the self-oriented material is added into the liquid crystal material. The self-oriented liquid crystal material disclosed by the invention contains the self-oriented material, the self-oriented material can be used for carrying out alignment on liquid crystal molecules, therefore a polyimide alignment layer is not required to be arranged in the liquid crystal panel. According to the manufacturing method of the liquid crystal panel, the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules is realized by utilizing the self-oriented material in the self-oriented liquid crystal material, and the polyimide alignment layer does not need to be manufactured, so that the process for manufacturing the polyimide alignment layer is saved, and the production cost is reduced.