Electronic device
AssigneeInnolux Corporation
InventorsChih-Chin Kuo, Hsu-Kuan Hsu, Tzu-Chieh Lai, Mao-Shiang Lin
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Abstract
An electronic device includes: a light modulation medium layer including a liquid crystal material and a dye material; a reflective element disposed opposite to the light modulation medium layer and away from a display side of the electronic device; a reflective polarizing element disposed between the light modulation medium layer and the reflective element; and a polarizer disposed between the reflective polarizing element and the reflective element, wherein the reflective element has a reflectance of light with wavelengths ranging from 380 nm to 780 nm greater than or equal to 80%.
Claims16
An electronic device applying to rearview mirrors for vehicles, comprising:
- a light modulation medium layer comprising a liquid crystal material and a dye material;
- a reflective element disposed opposite to the light modulation medium layer and away from a display side of the electronic device;
- a reflective polarizing element disposed between the light modulation medium layer and the reflective element;
- a polarizer disposed between the reflective polarizing element and the reflective element;
- a first substrate disposed between the polarizer and the reflective element;
- a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;
- and
- a third substrate disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the reflective polarizing element and the polarizer are disposed between the first substrate and the third substrate,
- wherein a first surface of the first substrate is directly in contact with the polarizer, and a second surface of the first substrate opposite to the first surface is directly in contact with the reflective element,
- wherein the reflective element has a reflectance of light with wavelengths ranging from 380 nm to 780 nm greater than or equal to 80%,
- wherein a first angle is included between a transmission axis of the reflective polarizing element and a transmission axis of the polarizer, and the first angle ranges from 10 degrees to 80 degrees or from 100 degrees to 170 degrees,
- wherein an incident light enters from the display side of the electronic device and is reflected by the reflective element.
An electronic device applying to rearview mirrors for vehicles, comprising:
- a light modulation medium layer comprising a liquid crystal material and a dye material;
- a reflective element disposed opposite to the light modulation medium layer and away from a display side of the electronic device;
- a polarizer disposed between the light modulation medium layer and the reflective element, wherein the polarizer is directly in contact with the reflective element;
- a first substrate disposed between the polarizer and the light modulation medium layer;
- a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;
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- an electrode layer disposed between the light modulation medium layer and the first substrate,
- wherein the first substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface of the first substrate is directly in contact with the electrode layer, and the second surface of the first substrate is directly in contact with the polarizer,
- wherein the light modulation medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate,
- wherein the reflective element has a reflectance of light with wavelengths ranging from 380 nm to 780 nm greater than or equal to 80%,
- wherein when the electronic device is switched to a low reflective mode, the light modulation medium layer has a first absorption axis, and an angle included between the first absorption axis and a second absorption axis of the polarizer ranges from 80 degrees to 100 degrees,
- wherein an incident light enters from the display side of the electronic device and is reflected by the reflective element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.