A display device includes a viewing angle control layer including a liquid crystal layer disposed on a second electrode of an organic light-emitting element and the control electrode disposed on the liquid crystal layer, the control electrode includes a plate electrode and a plurality of tip electrodes protruding from the plate electrode toward the second electrode, wherein the plurality of tip electrodes are arranged within a light-emitting area of the organic light-emitting element, and the liquid crystal layer includes positive c-plate liquid crystal molecules aligned vertically.

A display device is provided and includes display panel including first substrate, lower electrode on first substrate, lower alignment layer with first alignment direction on lower electrode, second substrate, upper electrode on second substrate, upper alignment layer with first alignment direction on upper electrode, and liquid crystalline polymers with striped structure and liquid crystal molecules which are aligned in first alignment direction, and which are disposed between first and second substrates; light source unit disposed at side of display panel and configured to emit incident light which is not polarized; and light guided structure disposed between side of display panel and light source unit, wherein light source unit is disposed in parallel to first alignment direction and light which is emitted from display panel is polarized in first alignment direction.

The present disclosure provides a display device and an electronic equipment. The display device includes: a display module, the display module having a light emitting side; a phase retarder, the phase retarder is disposed on the light emitting side of the display module; wherein a range of a compensation value of the phase retarder is [λ/16, λ/4), (λ/4, 7λ/16], [9λ/16, 3λ/4) or (3λ/4, 15λ/λ/16], where λ is a wavelength of light emitted by the display module.

Techniques are described for operating an optical system. In some embodiments, light associated with a world object is received at the optical system. Virtual image light is projected onto an eyepiece of the optical system. A portion of a system field of view of the optical system to be at least partially dimmed is determined based on information detected by the optical system. A plurality of spatially-resolved dimming values for the portion of the system field of view may be determined based on the detected information. The detected information may include light information, gaze information, and/or image information. A dimmer of the optical system may be adjusted to reduce an intensity of light associated with the world object in the portion of the system field of view according to the plurality of dimming values.

A display device including a display area and a non-display area is provided. The display area includes a display panel, a switch unit and a first reflective film. The non-display area includes a second reflective film. The switch unit is disposed on the display panel. The first reflective film is disposed between the display panel and the switch unit. When the display device is set in a pattern mode, the display panel does not emit image light. For the pattern mode, the reflectivity in the display area is approximately equal to the reflectivity in the non-display area for ambient light.

An electroactive optical device that includes an optical substrate; a layer that includes an electroactive material capable of linearly polarizing electromagnetic radiation; at least two transparent electrodes, spaced one from the other, and each independently in contact with the layer containing the electroactive material; a source capable of applying an electric potential between the at least two electrodes; and a birefringent layer. Electromagnetic radiation transmitting through the device includes a first polarization state in the absence of an electrical potential between the at least two electrodes and the electromagnetic radiation transmitting through the device includes a second polarization state that is different from the first polarization state, in the presence of an electrical potential between the at least two electrodes. The electroactive optical device is operable to circularly polarize or elliptically polarize transmitted radiation.

An image display device which suppresses destruction of an image display panel due to static electricity carried by a phase difference film, and has excellent adhesiveness between the phase difference film and the image display panel even in a moisture-heat environment, and a circularly polarizing plate with a photosensitive adhesive. The image display device includes a circularly polarizing plate having a linear polarizer and a phase difference film, and an image display panel in this order from a viewing side, in which the phase difference film and the image display panel are bonded by a pressure-sensitive adhesive, the phase difference film has an optically anisotropic layer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing at least one kind of polymerizable liquid crystal compound having a predetermined structure, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive contains a polymer having an acid value of 1 to 30 mgKOH/g and an antistatic agent.

The present invention provides: a laminate which has a polarizer and an optically anisotropic layer and has excellent thermal durability; and an organic electroluminescent device and a liquid crystal display device, which include the laminate. The laminate according to the embodiment of the present invention is a laminate having two substrates, and a polarizing plate disposed between the two substrates, in which the polarizing plate has an optically anisotropic layer and a polarizer, the optically anisotropic layer is formed of a composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (I), the polarizer contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, and a moisture permeability of the substrate is 10.sup.−3 g/m.sup.2.Math.day or less. ##STR00001##

A transmittance-variable device is provided in the present application. The present application provides a transmittance-variable device, which can be applied to various applications without causing problems such as a crosstalk phenomenon, a rainbow phenomenon or a mirroring phenomenon, while having excellent transmittance-variable characteristics.

A touch display module includes a touch device and a polarizing element. The polarizing element includes a polarizer and a retardation film assembly. The retardation film assembly has a polarization ellipticity value (e-value), and the absolute value of the e-value is greater than 0.8. A reflection rate of the polarizing element is less than 6%, and a total reflection rate of the touch device and the polarizing element is less than 7%.