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2H088 LIQUID CRYSTAL 1 (APPLICATIONS AND PRINCIPLES)
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G02F1/13;1/13,102;1/13,505;1/137-1/141 EA EA00
APPLICATION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL 		EA01 EA02 EA03 EA05 EA06 EA07 EA08 EA10
. Special uses as display elements . . Liquid crystal displays . . . Modular displays . . . Three-dimensional displays . . . . wherein Images for the right and left eyes are alternately arranged . . . . wherein Images for the right and left eyes are alternately switched . . . . having panels for the right and left eyes . . . Head-mounted displays (HMD)
EA12 EA13 EA14 EA15 EA16 EA17 EA18 EA19 EA20
. . . Projection type displays . . . . with single liquid crystal panel . . . . with multiple liquid crystal panels . . . . accommodating to colourising . . . . with reflective liquid crystal panels . . . . with writing type liquid crystal panels . . . . synthesised on-screen . . . . Structures for holding components or for adjusting position thereof . . . . Special methods of use
EA22 EA23 EA25 EA27
. . Uses in specific fields (*) . . . for vehicles e.g. cars or aircrafts . . . for cameras . . . for desk calculators or time-pieces
EA31 EA32 EA33 EA34 EA35 EA36 EA37 EA38 EA39 EA40
. Special uses as optical control elements . . Adjustment of the amount of light . . . Light control filters or shutters . . . . Light control windows curtains or blinds . . . . for glasses or masks . . . Antiglare mirrors . . . Spatial light amount modulators . . . . Diaphragms . . . . Exposure masks or data transfer . . . . Shutter arrays
EA42 EA44 EA45 EA46 EA47 EA48 EA49
. . Adjustable focal points . . Light modulation . . . Light deflectors . . . Optical demultiplexers . . . Control of phases or polarisation . . . Holograms or diffraction gratings . . . Wavelength or frequency filters
EA51 EA52 EA53 EA55 EA56 EA57
. Special uses as sensor elements . . Pattern measurement . . . Visualisation of electromagnetic field patterns . . Measurement of quantities . . . Electromagnetic fields . . . Temperature
EA61 EA62 EA63 EA64 EA65 EA67 EA68
. Other special uses (*) . . Information recording media e.g. memories . . Optical Image calculators . . Electric elements . . Decoration . Peripheral devices . . Temperature control devices e.g. heating or cooling
FA FA00
MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL NOT CHARACTERISED BY STRUCTURE 		FA01 FA02 FA03 FA04 FA05 FA06 FA07 FA08 FA09 FA10
. Processes of laminating a pair of substrates . . Formation of spacers . . Coating with sealants e.g. sealing or blocking of filling holes . . Means of sealing e.g. sealing or blocking of filling holes . Cutting processes . . Cutting positions or patterns . . Cutting methods . Processes for forming liquid crystal layers . . Formation of liquid crystal layers before laminating a pair of substrates . . Injection of liquid crystals after laminating a pair of substrates
FA11 FA12 FA13 FA14 FA15 FA16 FA17 FA18 FA19 FA20
. Inspections testing evaluation or correction or removal of defects . . Inspections or evaluation of Image quality . . Pixel defects or checking of operation . . Correction or removal of defects . . . Laser trimming . Alignment . Conveying holding or storing . Other secondary processes . . Modification of shapes or processes . . Processes for uniformising e.g. cell thickness or orientation
FA21 FA22 FA23 FA24 FA25 FA26 FA27 FA28 FA29 FA30
. . Washing or drying . . Processing of liquid crystal materials e.g. refinement or removal of bubbles . . Other processes of removal excluding removal of pixel defects . Mass production or continuous processes . . Recording of continuous processes or progress thereof . . Production of multiple units . . . continuously connected cells . . Processing of multiple cells e.g. simultaneous processing or batch processing . Resin substrates . Apparatuses work-tables or tools
GA GA00
STRUCTURE OR MATERIAL OF LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYER 		GA01 GA02 GA03 GA04 GA06 GA08 GA10
. Types of liquid crystal materials . . having nematic phases . . having cholesteric phases . . having smectic phases . . Polymer liquid crystals . . Mixtures of liquid crystals with different properties e.g. different phases or inverse twists . Dispersed liquid crystals
GA11 GA12 GA13 GA14 GA15 GA17 GA18 GA19
. Additives to liquid crystal layers . . Light absorbing materials or luminous materials . . . Dichroic dyes or pleochroic dyes . . . Fluorescent materials . . . Photoisomerised materials . . Chiral materials or optically rotatory materials . . Electrical materials e.g. conductive materials . . Adsorbents or moisture absorbents
HA HA00
ASSOCIATION WITH OTHER COMPONENTS 		HA01 HA02 HA03 HA04 HA05 HA06 HA07 HA08 HA09 HA10
. Substrates . Conductors or electrodes . Alignment members . Insulating films . Structures for mounting . Driving circuits or driver elements . . Power supplies . . Active elements or nonlinear elements e.g. thin film transistors (TFT) or metal insulator metal elements (MIM) . . Photoconductors . Optical elements
HA11 HA12 HA13 HA14 HA15 HA16 HA17 HA18 HA19 HA20
. . Wavelength selecting elements . . . Colour filters . . . Dichroic mirrors or prisms . . Light shielding or light absorbing members . . Phase plates or optical rotatory plates . . . Phase compensation plates . . . Quarter wavelength plates . . Polarisation elements . . . Colour polarising plates . . . Polarising beam splitters
HA21 HA22 HA23 HA24 HA25 HA26 HA27 HA28 HA29 HA30
. . Scattering elements or reflecting elements . . . Half mirrors . . Prisms . . Lenses . . . Lens arrays . . . . Lenticular lenses . . . Fresnel lenses . . Light sources . . . Light sources for writing (*) . . Light guides or optical fibres
JA JA00
PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL 		JA01 JA02 JA03 JA04 JA05 JA06 JA07 JA08 JA09 JA10
. Electric current effect types . . Dynamic scattering (DS ) . Field effect types . . Dielectric anisotropy types . . . Twisted nematic (TN) types . . . Guest-host (GH) types or dichroic liquid crystal types . . . . White-tailor or phase transition types . . . . Stacked types . . . Electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) types . . . . Homeotropic types e.g. deformation of aligned phases (DAP) or vertically aligned nematic (VAN)
JA11 JA12 JA13 JA14 JA15 JA16 JA17 JA18 JA19 JA20
. . . . Homogeneous types . . . . Hybrid types e.g. hybrid aligned nematic (HAN) . . . Super-twisted birefringent types e.g. super-twisted birefringence effect (SBE) or super-twisted nematic (STN) types . . . Phase change (PC) types . . Using changes by electric fields of helical pitches . . Permanent dipole types . . . Ferroelectric types . . . . Initial alignments being helical and parallel to substrate surfaces . . . . Surface stabilised ferroelectric liquid crystals (SSFLC) . . . Anti-ferroelectric types (AFLC)
JA21 JA22 JA23 JA25 JA26 JA28 JA29 JA30
. Thermal effect types . . Changes of liquid crystal phase or phase transition . . Use of temperature changes of helical pitch . Optical effect types . . Photochemical isomerisation reaction types . Other principles of operation . . Pressure or vibration effect types . . Magnetic field effect types
KA KA00
DEFINITION OF PARAMETER OR NUMERICAL VALUE 		KA01 KA02 KA03 KA04 KA05 KA06 KA07 KA08 KA09 KA10
. Dimensions e.g. length size or domain size . . Cell thickness (d) . Optical variables . . Wavelength dependency . . Refractive index (n) . . . Refractive index anisotropy (delta n) . . Retardation (delta n * d ) . Elasticity constant . Density . Molecular weight
KA11 KA12 KA13 KA14 KA15 KA16 KA17 KA18 KA19 KA20
. Twist angle . Controlled pitch (p) i.e. after the cell being filled or ratio of cell thickness to controlled pitch (d/p) . Spontaneous pitch of liquid crystal materials (q) or ratio of cell thickness to spontaneous pitch (d/q) . Pretilt angle i.e. tilt angle relative to the substrate . Cone angle or tilt angle between bistable states . C-director orientation . Angles formed between polarising axes and alignment axes or molecular axes . Angles formed by polarisating axes between polarising plates (*) . Physical temperature e.g. phase transition temperature or operating temperature . . Isotropic phase transition temperature
KA21 KA22 KA23 KA24 KA25 KA26 KA27 KA28 KA29 KA30
. . Transition temperature from one liquid crystal phase to another . . Glass phase transition temperature (Tg) . . Transition temperature from Liquid crystal phase to solid phase . Electrical or magnetic variables . . Driving frequency . . Positive dielectric anisotropy (delta epsilon >0 ) . . Negative dielectric anisotropy (delta epsilon<0 ) . . Spontaneous polarisation coefficient . Ratios or differences between parameters . Other parameters (*)
LA LA00
DEFINITION RELATING TO ALIGNMENT MEMBER 		LA01 LA02 LA03 LA04 LA05 LA06 LA07 LA08 LA09
. Random orientation treatments or nonlinear orientation treatments . Multiple orientation treatments in the same plane . . at the same location . Different orientation treatments between upper and lower substrates . . Different pretilt angles between upper and lower substrates . Same direction of orientation treatments for upper and lower substrates i.e. parallel . Reversed direction of orientation treatments between upper and lower substrates i.e. reverse parallel . Directions of upper and lower orientation being non-parallel not reverse parallel or non-perpendicular . Other restrictions relating to alignment members (*)
MA MA00
PURPOSE OR PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED 		MA01 MA02 MA03 MA04 MA05 MA06 MA07 MA09 MA10
. Improved visibility (*) . . Improved contrast . . Higher precision . . Prevention of variation in indication or equalisation of brightness . . Adjustment of colour balance . . Improved brightness clarity or tansmissivity . . Widening of viewing angle . Improved electrical response characteristics (*) . . Increased response speed
MA11 MA12 MA13 MA16 MA17 MA18 MA20
. . Improved steepness of response curves of applied voltage and thresholds . . Improved hysteresis characteristics . . Gradation display half-tone display or grayscale display . Reduced amount of materials consumed or reduced number of elements . Equalisation of cell thickness . Uniformisation of orientation or prevention of orientation defects . Other purposes or problems to be solved (*)
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