A display apparatus includes a backlight, a first polarizer, a light controlling panel, a second polarizer, a display panel, and a third polarizer sequentially arranged along a direction. A transmission axis of the first polarizer and a transmission axis of the second polarizer are substantially parallel, and the transmission axis of the second polarizer and a transmission axis of the third polarizer are substantially perpendicular. A set of the first polarizer, the light controlling panel, and the second polarizer has a transmittance, and the transmittance has a maximum value when the light controlling panel is not enabled.

Each pixel has a reflection region to produce a display in reflection mode. The first substrate includes: a pixel electrode for each pixel; and a first vertical alignment film. The second substrate includes: an opposite electrode opposite the pixel electrodes; and a second vertical alignment film. Of the first and second vertical alignment films, only the second vertical alignment film exerts an alignment-regulating force that determines a pretilt angle. Each pixel electrode includes a plurality of subpixel electrodes. The opposite electrode has an opening in an area corresponding to one of four corners of at least one of the plurality of subpixel electrodes. Liquid crystal molecules in a thickness-wise middle portion of the liquid crystal layer on the subpixel electrode are oriented toward the opening.

A transmittance-variable device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the transmittance-variable device includes a retardation film, a liquid crystal alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer configured to implement a twist orientation mode, wherein the retardation film, the liquid crystal alignment film and the liquid crystal layer are sequentially arranged, wherein a twist angle (T) is in a range of 50 degrees to 180 degrees, and wherein the smallest angle A between a slow axis of the retardation film and an alignment direction of the liquid crystal alignment film satisfies Equation 1 when a product (Δnd) of a refractive index anisotropy (Δn) and a thickness (d) is 0.7 μm or less, and satisfies Equation 2 when the product (Δnd) is more than 0.7 μm. The transmittance-variable device can be applied to various applications without causing problems such as a crosstalk phenomenon, a rainbow phenomenon or a mirroring phenomenon.

An array substrate includes a display region and a wiring region. The wiring region includes a plurality of sets of signal line leads and a plurality of wiring regions, and a same set of signal line leads extends to a same bonding region disposed in the wiring region. The wiring region further includes at least one auxiliary wiring structure. Each auxiliary wiring structure is disposed between adjacent two sets of signal line leads and includes a peripheral closed wiring loop. Each peripheral closed wiring loop includes a plurality of corner portion, and a shape of at least one corner portion proximate to the display region is a curve.

A display device and a manufacturing method of the display device are provided. The display device includes a base substrate and a plurality of spacers on the base substrate; each of the plurality of spacers has an end facing away from the base substrate, and the end is provided with a sloping surface; and included angels between the sloping surfaces of the plurality of spacers and the base substrate are all acute angles or are all obtuse angles.

There is provided a holographic projector comprising a reflective liquid crystal display device. The reflective liquid crystal display device comprises a light-modulating layer between a first substrate and a second substrate substantially parallel to the first substrate. The light-modulating layer comprises planar-aligned nematic liquid crystals having positive dielectric anisotropy. The first substrate is substantially transparent and comprises a first alignment layer arranged to impart a first pre-tilt angle θ.sub.l on liquid crystals proximate the first substrate, wherein θ.sub.1>5°. The second substrate is substantially reflective and comprises a second alignment layer arranged to impart a second pre-tilt angle Θ.sub.2 on liquid crystals proximate the second substrate, wherein θ.sub.2>5°. The reflective liquid crystal display device further comprises a plurality of pixels defined on the light-modulating layer having a pixel repeat distance x, wherein x≤10 μm. The distance d between inside faces of the first substrate and second substrate satisfies 0.5 μm≤d≤3 μm, and the birefringence of the liquid crystal Δη≥0.20. The holographic projector further comprises a display driver arranged to drive the reflective liquid crystal display device to display a hologram by independently-driving each pixel at a respective modulation level selected from a plurality of modulation levels having a phase modulation value.

A display panel, a display method thereof, and a display device are provided, which are related to the field of display technology and a reflective e-book with high refresh rate is provided. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other; a liquid crystal (LC) layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate; a polarizer disposed at a side of the LC layer far away from the second substrate; and an alignment layer disposed at both sides of the LC layer, wherein the second substrate is provided with a reflective layer, the reflective layer is configured to allow incident light transmitting through the first substrate to be reflected at a predetermined color on the reflective layer.

A method is disclosed for authenticating a product. The method comprises: receiving a verification code associated with the product; applying an electric field to a liquid crystal device (100) located in or on the product, the liquid crystal device (100) comprising: a first substrate (105); a second substrate (110) spaced apart from the first substrate (105); a liquid crystal composition (115) located between the first substrate (105) and the second substrate (110); wherein the liquid crystal composition (115) comprises one or more regions (120) of polymerised liquid crystal composition; and a first electrode (125) and a second electrode (130) configured to apply the electric field; comparing a display output by the liquid crystal device (100) in response to the application of the electric field to the verification code associated with the product; wherein, if the display output by the liquid crystal device (100) matches the verification code associated with the product, the product is authenticated.

An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a first data line and a second data line which extend substantially along a first direction and are adjacent to each other, a first gate line and a second gate line that extend substantially along a second direction intersected with the first direction and are adjacent to each other, and at least two sub-pixels which are sequentially arranged in parallel along the first direction; the first gate line and the second gate line are disposed at two sides of the at least two sub-pixels in the first direction, respectively.

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.