A display module and a display device are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The display module includes a display panel, the display panel includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, at least one of the first surface and the second surface is a display surface, and the display module further includes an optical modulation structure arranged on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the display panel. The optical modulation structure includes: a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate arranged opposite to each other, a charged particle arranged between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, and a first transparent electrode structure arranged between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and configured to form an electric field for driving the charged particle to move.

A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate; a first light shielding layer that is provided on the first substrate; a first insulating layer provided on the first light shielding layer; a gate electrode that is provided on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer provided on the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer that is provided on the second insulating layer, and is provided for each pixel; a source electrode and a drain electrode that partially overlap with the semiconductor layer; a pixel electrode that is provided on the second insulating layer; a third insulating layer provided on the semiconductor layer and the pixel electrode; and a common electrode that is provided on the third insulating layer, and includes a slit.

An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; a first electrode located on the base substrate and including a pad portion, the pad portion including a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being closer to the base substrate than the first surface; a first insulation layer located on the first electrode and including a first via hole; a second insulation layer located on the first insulation layer and including a second via hole; and a second electrode located on the second insulation layer; the second electrode is electrically connected with the first electrode at the pad portion through the first via hole and the second via hole, and an orthographic projection of the pad portion on the base substrate falls within an orthographic projection of the second via hole on the base substrate.

A method for electrically controlling at least one functional element having electrically controllable optical properties, wherein the optical properties are controlled by a control unit, wherein the control unit is connected to at least two transparent flat electrodes of the functional element, and an electrical voltage is applied between the flat electrodes by the control unit, wherein the electrical voltage has a periodic signal profile with a first, variably adjustable frequency and the glazing unit is surrounded by light beams of a second frequency, and wherein the light beams are sensed by a sensor unit and the first frequency is changed as a function of the second frequency, wherein the first frequency is synchronized with the second frequency.

Architecture and designs of modulating both amplitude and phase at the same time in spatial light modulation are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, light propagation is controlled in two different directions (e.g., 0 and 45 degrees) to perform both amplitude modulation and phase modulation at the same time in liquid crystals. In one embodiment, a mask is used to form a pattern, where the pattern includes an array of alignment cells or embossed microstructures, a first group of the cells are aligned in the first direction and a second group of the cells are aligned in the second direction. Depending on applications, two cells from the first group and the second group may correspond to a single pixel or two neighboring pixels, resulting in amplitude modulation and phase modulation within the pixel or within an array of pixels.

A display panel includes a common electrode formed in an upper layer above a data line, a first insulating layer covering the common electrode, a touch sensor line formed in an upper layer of the first insulating layer and in a first opening provided in the first insulating layer, and connected to the common electrode via the first opening, a second insulating layer covering the touch sensor line, and a pixel electrode formed in an upper layer of the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer is formed with a second opening between the common electrode and the pixel electrode. The second insulating layer is disposed in an interior of the second opening and formed with a recessed portion recessed downward into a portion above the second opening. At least a portion of the pixel electrode is disposed in the recessed portion of the second insulating layer.

A display device includes a display panel, and an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel which is formed in an overlapping manner with the display panel. A plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes intersecting with the X electrodes. A first signal line supplies signals to the X electrodes, a second signal line supplies signals to the Y electrodes, and the first signal line and the second signal line are formed on a flexible printed circuit board. A dummy electrode is formed adjacent to an electrode portion of each X electrode and electrode portion of each Y electrode, the dummy electrode does not overlap the X electrode and the Y electrode, and the dummy electrode does not electrically connect with the first and second signal lines.

Displays and eyewear devices incorporating displays are disclosed. One display includes a light source, a first display region, and a second display region. The first display region includes a first contiguous array of pixels. The first contiguous array of pixels includes a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels interspersed with the first group of pixels. The first group of pixels is adapted to emit light from the light source in only a first wavelength band and the second group of pixels is adapted to emit light from the light source in only a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band. The second display region consists essentially of a second contiguous array of pixels. The second contiguous array of pixels is adapted to emit light from the light source in a predetermined wavelength band.

A liquid crystal display device according to FFS technology is provided, which sufficiently provides a common electrode with common electric potential and improves an aperture ratio of pixels. A pixel electrode is formed of a first layer transparent electrode. A common electrode made of a second layer transparent electrode is formed above the pixel electrode interposing an insulation film between them. The common electrode in an upper layer is provided with a plurality of slits. The common electrode extends over all the pixels in a display region. An end of the common electrode is disposed on a periphery of the display region and connected with a peripheral common electric potential line that provides a common electric potential Vcom. There is provided neither an auxiliary common electrode line nor a pad electrode, both of which are provided in a liquid crystal display device according to a conventional art.

An object includes an electro-optic display device provided with an optically active element, the optical properties thereof can be modified by applying an electric voltage or current between at least one electrode and one corresponding auxiliary electrode, between which the optically active element is disposed. The object further includes a middle part which delimits an opening closed by a crystal including a bottom surface beneath which the electro-optic display device is arranged. The crystal is provided with an opaque frame which is made remotely from the edges of the opening and which covers the contour of the electro-optic display device so as to conceal electrical connection elements. The electro-optic display device defines an active display area which is confined by the opaque frame, such that, when the electro-optic display device is activated and displaying information, a transparent area remains between the opaque frame and the edges of the opening.