A display apparatus including a backlight module, first and second electrically-controlled elements, electrically-controlled first and second polarizers, a half-wave plate, and a display panel is provided. An included angle between first and second alignment directions of first and second alignment layers of the first electrically-controlled element is between 75 degrees and 105 degrees. An included angle between third and fourth alignment directions of third and fourth alignment layers of the second electrically-controlled element is between 165 degrees and 195 degrees. The half-wave plate is disposed between the second polarizer and the second electrically-controlled element. The display panel is disposed on the second electrically-controlled element. An included angle between an extending direction of prism structures of each of two optical brightness enhancement films of the backlight module and a viewing angle control direction of the display apparatus is less than 45 degrees. A method of driving the display apparatus is provided.

Provided is a display device including an array substrate, a pixel, a dimming element, and a counter substrate. The pixel is located over the array substrate and includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer over the first electrode and the second electrode. The dimming element is located over the array substrate and includes a third electrode, the liquid crystal layer over the third electrode, and a fourth electrode over the liquid crystal layer. The counter substrate is located over the fourth electrode.

A phase delay device, its preparation method and a display equipment are provided. The phase delay device includes linear polarization layer, alignment layer and liquid crystal layer. The linear polarization layer is configured to convert received light into a linear polarization light; the alignment layer is configured to align liquid crystals of a first subpart of the liquid crystal layer based on a preset alignment angle; the liquid crystal layer is located at a side of the alignment layer away from the linear polarization layer, and includes a first subpart adjacent to the alignment layer, a second subpart having a spiral structure with a preset spiral angle and a third subpart; a liquid crystal alignment angle of the third subpart is determined based on the preset alignment angle and the preset spiral angle; birefringence of the liquid crystal layer does not decrease with an increase of visible light wavelength.

A light attenuation apparatus for adjusting the intensity of light transmitted through the apparatus, comprises: a light detector array for measuring light intensity incident on the light attenuation apparatus; and LCD filter panel, comprising: a first polarizer having a polarizing orientation; a second polarizer; a first substrate with a plurality of electrodes, a second substrate having a plurality of electrodes perpendicular to the first substrate. The first and second substrates disposed between the polarizers. An LCD filter grid has nematic liquid crystals inside the grid to form a plurality of pixels. Each pixel comprises a filter and the LCD filter grid is disposed between the substrates with a plurality of electrodes. A voltage driver controls the voltage level applied to the electrodes based on the intensity of the measured light wherein the voltage determines the amount of light transmitted through the apparatus. Each pixel is independently addressed by the voltage driver.

Disclosed is a panel reversing apparatus which reverses a panel, the panel reversing apparatus including: a panel support unit which supports the panel; and a rotating unit which rotates the panel support unit so as to reverse a direction, in which one surface of the panel supported by the panel support unit faces, and a direction, in which the other surface of the panel faces, in which the panel support unit includes a single surface contact unit which is in contact with only one surface between the one surface and the other surface of the panel.

A polarizer, a liquid crystal display module, and a simulation method for liquid crystal display compensation are disclosed. A compensation film includes three layers of uniaxial compensation films. Each of the three uniaxial compensation films has a slow axis which is configured at a same slow axis angle and is perpendicular to an absorption axis of a polarizing film, and each of the three uniaxial compensation films has only an in-plane phase difference or an out-of-plane phase difference. In this manner, it only needs to adjust thickness of each layer of the compensation film when simulating a design of the compensation film or preparing the polarizer, so that an in-plane phase difference and an out-of-plane phase difference of the compensation film can be separately set at will.

The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a second substrate and a polarizer which are stacked sequentially; a light reflection layer and a plurality of organic light-emitting units being provided on the first substrate, wherein the plurality of organic light-emitting units are located at a side of the light reflection layer close to the liquid crystal layer; the second substrate is configured to control deflections of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer, and the second substrate comprises a plurality of sub-pixel regions. The display panel provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure achieves a transmission-type displaying in a case that the display signal is input to the first substrate, and achieves a reflection-type displaying in a case that the display signal is input to the second substrate.

A display unit of the present invention includes a display section (10) that outputs a first linearly-polarized light as image light, and a display switching section (20) that performs switching between an image display mode and an external light reflection mode. The display section (10) includes a first absorption-type polarization member (11) that allows the first linearly-polarized light to pass through and absorbs second linearly-polarized light. The display switching section (20) includes a reflection-type polarization member (21), a switchable transmission polarization axis member (22), and a second absorption-type polarization member (23). The reflection-type polarization member (21) allows the first linearly-polarized light to pass through and reflects the second linearly-polarized light. The switchable transmission polarization axis member (22) performs switching between a first mode in which the first linearly-polarized light is converted into the second linearly-polarized light and a second mode in which the first linearly-polarized light is not converted into the second linearly-polarized light. The second absorption-type polarization member (23) allows the first linearly-polarized light to pass through and absorbs the second linearly-polarized light. The second absorption-type polarization member (23) has a hue b* value that is equal to or smaller than a hue b* value of the first absorption-type polarization member (11).

A display area formed in an overlapping area of a TFT substrate and a counter substrate, a terminal area formed on the TFT substrate in which the counter substrate does not overlap, and a side of the counter substrate adjacent to the terminal area extending in a first direction, in which a basic potential terminal to be connected to a basic potential, and terminal wirings are formed in the terminal area, an IC driver is installed on the terminal area, an upper polarizing plate having a transparent conductive adhesive is adhered to the counter substrate, the upper polarizing plate extends in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and covers a part of the terminal area, the basic potential terminal is electrically connected with the transparent conductive adhesive of the upper polarizing plate via a conductive element, and the upper polarizing plate covers the driver IC.

Provided is a liquid crystal display device and a polarizing plate capable of improving the contrast ratio in the front direction. The polarizing plate includes a pair of polarizers including a first polarizer and a second polarizer whose transmission axes are parallel to each other; a retarder between the paired polarizers; and a diffusion layer in at least one of a region between the paired polarizers or a region on a side without the retarder of the first polarizer.