A transparent display apparatus includes a liquid crystal cell and a Sight source opposite to a side surface of the ceil. The cell Includes a first substrate, first electrodes on the first substrate, a second substrate, a second electrode on the first or second substrata, a liquid crystal layer between the two substrates, signal lines on the first substrate, and a light-shielding pattern on the second substrate. The layer is configured to totally reflect or scatter light from the light source incident to a region, opposite to a first electrode, due to action of an electric field provided by the first and second electrodes. At least one signal line has a bottom surface and a light-reflecting side surface facing the light source, and a slope angle therebetween is acute. The pattern is located in a reflection path after a portion of the light irradiates the light-reflecting side surface.

A liquid crystal display is configured such that a composite layer thereof is transparent to incident light in one voltage condition (e.g., in the absence of an applied voltage) and scatters incident light out of the display in another voltage condition (e.g., when a voltage is applied). The liquid crystal display does not need polarizers or color filters.

A display provides increased contrast and resolution via first LCD panel energized to generate an image and a second LCD panel configured to increase contrast of the image. The second panel is an LCD panel without color filters and is configured to increase contrast by decreasing black levels of dark portions of images using polarization rotation and filtration. The second LCD panel may have higher resolution than the first LCD panel. A half wave plate and/or film is placed in between the first and the second panel. The panels may be directly illuminated or edge lit, and may be globally or locally dimmed lights that may also include individual control of color intensities for each image or frame displayed.

Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of switching between a transparent state and a scattering state, reducing or preventing a decrease in transmittance in the transparent state, and reducing or preventing a decrease in luminance in the panel central portion in the scattering state. The liquid crystal display device includes, sequentially from its viewing surface side toward its back surface side: a first liquid crystal panel; a light source; and a second liquid crystal panel, the first liquid crystal panel including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal containing a polymer network and liquid crystal components, the light source being configured to irradiate a back surface side main surface of the first liquid crystal panel with light from an oblique direction.

The liquid crystal display device includes an edge backlight including a transparent light guide plate and light-emitting elements of multiple colors that are disposed such that the light-emitting elements of multiple colors are adjacent to each other, a dimming liquid crystal layer that is disposed such that the dimming liquid crystal layer overlaps at least an end portion of the transparent light guide plate that faces the light-emitting elements of multiple colors in a plan view and that has a degree of haze that increases or decreases by applying a voltage, and a transmissive liquid crystal display panel that includes pixels. With the backlight on, the dimming liquid crystal layer is in a diffusion state, and the liquid crystal display panel performs the color display. With the backlight off, the dimming liquid crystal layer is in a transmission state, and the liquid crystal display panel performs the transparent display.

A display device includes: a plurality of backlight modules, where each backlight module includes a plurality of light sources capable of emitting light in at least three different colors; a color-filter-less liquid crystal display module including a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array form and a plurality of scanning lines coupled to the pixel units; where the plurality of backlight modules are arranged in parallel with the liquid crystal display module; where an orthogonal projection of each backlight module onto a plane where the liquid crystal display module is located corresponds to at least two rows of pixel units, where the pixel units in one row are along an length extension direction of each scanning line; and a driving circuit coupled to each backlight module and configured to apply a backlight driving signal to each backlight module.

To increase the spatial resolution of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, instead of emitting colors of an image (e.g., the three primary colors) in a single frame, the colors of an image are emitted sequentially. For example, if the colors of the image are red, blue, and green, the colors are emitted sequentially at a rate three times the desired frame rate of the display. The colors are emitted from a backlight unit (BLU) that produces pulses of colored light successively. By emitting colors sequentially, the number of subpixels in a pixel can be decreased or eliminated. Thus, among other advantages, the size of each pixel can decrease and the spatial resolution of the display device (e.g., pixels per inch) can increase.

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 liquid crystal display device includes an edge backlight including a transparent light guide plate and light-emitting elements of multiple colors that are disposed such that the light-emitting elements of multiple colors are adjacent to each other, a dimming liquid crystal layer that is disposed such that the dimming liquid crystal layer overlaps at least an end portion of the transparent light guide plate that faces the light-emitting elements of multiple colors in a plan view and that has a degree of haze that increases or decreases by applying a voltage, and a transmissive liquid crystal display panel that includes pixels. With the backlight on, the dimming liquid crystal layer is in a diffusion state, and the liquid crystal display panel performs the color display. With the backlight off, the dimming liquid crystal layer is in a transmission state, and the liquid crystal display panel performs the transparent display.

A transparent display panel has a plurality of sub-pixel regions, which are divided into at least two display unit groups. The transparent display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate assembled with each other, and a light exit control layer disposed therebetween. The first substrate includes a first base and a dimming component disposed on a side of the first base. The dimming component includes a plurality of dimming lenses. Each dimming lens is configured to transmit exit light of one sub-pixel region to human eyes and focus the exit light on a corresponding focal plane. The plurality of dimming lenses are configured to focus exit light of the at least two display unit groups on different focal planes. The focal planes are located at a side of the transparent display panel away from the human eyes.