There is provided a display device. The display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. One of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a base substrate and a light blocking pattern disposed on a surface that faces the other surface of both surfaces of the base substrate, the light blocking pattern exposing a part of the base substrate. The light blocking pattern includes a semi-transmission reflective layer a disposed on the base substrate, a phase matching layer disposed on the semi-transmission reflective layer, and a reflective metal layer disposed on the phase matching layer. The phase matching layer and the reflective metal layer include materials having substantially the same etching rate.

A light emitting device includes: a mounting board; a plurality of light sources positioned on the mounting board; a light diffusion plate; a half mirror positioned between the light diffusion plate and the plurality of light sources; and a plurality of diffuse reflectors positioned between the mounting board and the light diffusion plate, and above at least part of each emission face of the plurality of light sources. The diffuse reflectors comprise a resin, and particles dispersed in the resin. Each of the diffuse reflectors is positioned in an area that, in the top view, is larger than and includes the emission face of each light source. A density of the particles in said area, in the top view, is higher in a first portion located immediately above the emission face of each light source than in a second portion located around a periphery of the first portion.

Disclosed herein are techniques for displaying images on multiple image planes in a near-eye display system. A switchable optical device includes a first polarizer configurable to polarize incident light into light of a first circular polarization state, and a second polarizer configurable to transmit light of a second circular polarization state and reflect light of the first circular polarization state into light of the first circular polarization state. The switchable optical device also includes a partial reflector positioned between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. The partial reflector is configured to transmit light from the first polarizer and reflect light from the second polarizer, where the reflected light and the light from the second polarizer have different polarization states. At least one of the first polarizer or the second polarizer includes a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) circular polarizer that is switchable by a voltage signal.

Disclosed is a display device that includes a display area having an appearance of a specific color in a non-driving state or displaying a specific screen by using PDLC to improve esthetic appearance as in a home appliance. The display device comprises a reflective dispersed layer arranged on a display panel, wherein the reflective dispersed layer includes a PDLC layer between a first substrate and a second substrate, and a transflective layer arranged between the PDLC layer and the second substrate to transmit light externally emitted from the display panel and reflect externally incident light.

The switching device of the present invention includes a switching liquid crystal cell switchable between a switching mode of converting a vibration direction of incident polarized light and a non-switching mode of not converting the vibration direction of the incident polarized light; an anisotropic light scattering layer configured to scatter incident light at a specific azimuth; and a polarized light reflective layer, wherein in the anisotropic light scattering layer, a haze is 50% or higher and a full width at half maximum of luminance at a first azimuth is greater than a full width at half maximum of the luminance at a second azimuth and less than ten times the full width at half maximum of the luminance at the second azimuth, the first azimuth being the specific azimuth where the scattered light has maximum intensity, the second azimuth being an azimuth where the scattered light has minimum intensity.

A light emitting device includes: a mounting board; a plurality of light sources positioned on the mounting board; a light diffusion plate; a half mirror positioned between the light diffusion plate and the plurality of light sources; and a plurality of diffuse reflectors positioned between the mounting board and the light diffusion plate, and above at least part of each emission face of the plurality of light sources.

The display device of the present invention includes, in the following order toward a viewer: a display panel; a semi-transparent mirror; a Pancharatnam-Berry lens configured to cause one-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon that is left-handed circularly polarized light or right-handed circularly polarized light to converge while causing opposite-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon to diverge; and a circularly polarized light-selective reflector.

Provided are a color change module using a reflective display, and an independent type color change control apparatus providing an electrical signal for changing a color of the color change module. The color change module can include a module base, the reflective display, a first external electrode and a second external electrode. The module base has a shape corresponding to an object for attachment. The reflective display is provided on an upper surface of the module base, and displays information in a manner wherein light coming from outside is reflected. The first external electrode and the second external electrode are provided to be connected to the reflective display and to be exposed to outside for receiving the information to be displayed on the reflective display from the independent type color change control apparatus.

A light emitting device includes: a mounting board; a light source positioned on the mounting board; a light diffusion plate; a diffuse reflector positioned between the mounting board and the light diffusion plate, and above at least part of an emission face of the light source; and a wavelength conversion layer positioned on or above the diffuse reflector.

Disclosed herein are techniques for displaying images on multiple image planes in a near-eye display system. A switchable optical device includes a first polarizer configurable to polarize incident light into light of a first circular polarization state, and a second polarizer configurable to transmit light of a second circular polarization state and reflect light of the first circular polarization state into light of the first circular polarization state. The switchable optical device also includes a partial reflector positioned between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. The partial reflector is configured to transmit light from the first polarizer and reflect light from the second polarizer, where the reflected light and the light from the second polarizer have different polarization states. At least one of the first polarizer or the second polarizer includes a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) circular polarizer that is switchable by a voltage signal.