A timepiece is provided with a liquid crystal display panel (10) capable of displaying at least either of time information and calendar information, and comprising a liquid crystal cell having a liquid crystal layer sealed in between a pair of transparent substrates, having an electrode on each of the inner surfaces thereof, facing each other, an absorption-type polarizing film disposed on the visible side of the liquid crystal cell, for absorbing the light linearly polarized in the direction orthogonal to the transmission axis thereof, a reflection-type polarizing film disposed on the side of the liquid crystal cell opposite from the visible side thereof for reflecting the light linearly polarized in the direction orthogonal to the transmission axis thereof, and a color filter disposed on the visible side of the absorption-type polarizing film, or between the absorption-type polarizing film and the reflection-type polarizing film.
The assembly includes a first display device (22) in front of which is arranged a second active liquid crystal display device including, starting from the exterior, a front polarizer (11) selective of a first color "V", a liquid crystal display cell (26) which is switchable ON/OFF, an intermediate polarizer (13) selective of a second color "R", an ON/OFF switchable optical liquid crystal valve (28) and a rear polarizer (15), which is reflective when the first display device (22) has a dark background and absorbent when it has a light background. A control unit (23) allows two switching states to be selected allowing the color of the information displayed, or that of the background on which said information is displayed to be reversed. Application to the display of information in a timepiece.
An electronic device provided with a multilayer display panel (60), in which during information display by any display panel layer (1 or 2) of the multilayer display panel (60), display driving means (40) maintains all the display segments of the other display panel layer (1 or 2) to be off, allowing simple display control.
Oriented materials and methods for their formation are disclosed. The oriented material is formed by depositing an oriented component from an oriented liquid crystal medium. Oriented materials having multiple layers and methods for their formation are also disclosed.
Oriented materials and methods for their formation are disclosed. The oriented material is formed by depositing an oriented component from an oriented liquid crystal medium. Oriented materials having multiple layers and methods for their formation are also disclosed.
The invention provides a liquid-crystal display device of transflective type having a reflection mode and a transmission mode, with excellent visibility, in which the brightness of a display in the transmission mode is enhanced, and an electronic apparatus that includes this liquid-crystal display device. A liquid-crystal display device of transflective type includes liquid crystals held between an upper substrate and a lower substrate that are opposed to each other. A polarizer and a polarization layer are respectively disposed over and under the liquid crystals. An illumination device is arranged on the outer surface side of the lower substrate. A display is presented through the changeover between a transmission mode and a reflection mode. The liquid-crystal display device includes a transflective film and the polarization layer formed on the transflective film which are disposed on the inner surface side of the lower substrate. The invention also includes an electronic apparatus including the liquid-crystal display device.
