Provided is a composition with which a film that allows transmission of infrared light in a state where noise generated from visible light is small can be formed. In addition, provided are a film, a laminate, an infrared transmitting filter, a solid image pickup element, and an infrared sensor. This composition includes: a coloring material that allows transmission of infrared light and shields visible light; an infrared absorber; and a curable compound, in which the infrared absorber includes a material that shields light in a wavelength range of longer than 1000 nm and 1200 nm or shorter. In the composition, a ratio A/B of a minimum value A of an absorbance of the composition in a wavelength range of 400 to 1100 nm to a maximum value B of an absorbance of the composition in a wavelength range of 1400 to 1500 nm is 4.5 or higher.

A film, in which a phase transition material is not applied on an entire surface thereof and a pattern form is provided so that the aesthetically superior film of which a color is not cloudy but bright may be obtained and which has a high visible light transmittance as well as superior thermochromic properties, and a smart window including the same.

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area, an incident light control area, and an emitted light control area. The camera includes a light-entering surface and a light source. The liquid crystal panel is configured to selectively transmit visible light emitted from the light source in the emitted light control area and to selectively transmit visible light from outside in order to cause visible light to enter the camera from the outside in the incident light control area.

An optical modulator includes a rib; and a slab interconnected to both sides of the rib; wherein the rib is dimensioned relative to the slab to support guiding of a Transverse Magnetic (TM) mode with a main lobe that propagates orthogonal to the slab and with the main lobe substantially excluded from the slab. The rib guides wavelengths in an infrared range in the TM mode. A height of the rib, relative to the slab, is about half of a width of the rib, between the slab.

A bezel member, a control method thereof, and a bezel device are disclosed. The bezel member includes a bezel mechanism including a fixed part and a retractable part connected to the fixed part, a detecting mechanism configured to perform neighboring object presence detection for an end portion of the retractable part and generate a detection signal based on a detection result of the neighboring object presence detection, and a control mechanism configured to control the extension and retraction of the retractable part according to the detection signal.

A full-screen optical component, applied to an electronic device comprising a display screen, comprising a backlight module, an active light sensor including a sensor and a light emitter, and a dimmer. The display screen and the active light sensor are located on two opposite sides of the backlight module. The backlight module includes a first prism film and a second prism film stacked on the first prism film. The first prism film includes several first prisms. The second prism film includes several second prisms. The first prism includes a first in-light surface, and the second prism includes a second in-light surface. A display surface of the display screen, the first in-light surface, and the second in-light surface are disposed in parallel. The dimmer is configured to direct light emitted by the light emitter to the first in-light surface at an incident angle that is inclined relative to a vertical direction.

It relates to a thermo-responsive dual band electrochromic device, which is capable of selectively controlling the amount of sunlight radiation transmitted in the visible and in the near-infrared regions by operating under four distinct optical regimes, namely: fully transparent, visible blocking, near-infrared blocking, and fully blocking. The device can be regulated either by an electric stimulus, namely by controlling the sign and the intensity of the applied bias voltage, or by a thermal stimulus. In the latter the attenuation of incoming thermal radiation results increased as temperature increases. The thermo-responsive dual band electrochromic device comprises a first electrode consisting of a first transparent conductive substrate topped by a first electro-optically active layer and a second electrode consisting of a second transparent conductive substrate topped by a second electro-optically active layer separated by a temperature-dependent ion conductive layer consisting of a thermo-responsive polymer gel, an ion conductor and a plasticizer.

A display unit including a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of optical layers and an imaging device. The imaging device is aligned to a portion of the display unit, the portion configured to transmit more than 10% of light rays to the imaging device. A method of assembling the same is also provided.

A window assembly includes an electro-optic element which has a first substantially transparent substrate defining first and second surfaces. The second surface includes a first electrically conductive layer. A second substantially transparent substrate defines third and fourth surfaces. The third surface includes a second electrically conductive layer. A primary seal is disposed between the first and second substrates. The seal and the first and second substrates define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic medium is disposed in the cavity. The electro-optic medium is switchable such that the electro-optic element is operable between substantially clear and darkened states. An absorptive layer is positioned on the fourth surface of the electro-optic element and a reflective layer is positioned on the absorptive layer.

An electrokinetic device is configured as a dynamic lens cover and/or filter for an imaging assembly, e.g., of a mobile device, to selectively allow electromagnetic radiation to pass through a lens of the imaging assembly when the dynamic lens cover is in a first operating state or to prevent electromagnetic radiation from reaching the lens of the imaging assembly when the dynamic lens cover is in a second operating state. The electrokinetic device includes transparent first and second substrates, and a compaction trench surrounding the lens of the imaging assembly. The compaction trench stores pigment when the dynamic lens cover is in the first operating state. In the second operating state pigment is dispersed within a carrier fluid between the first and second substrates.