1. A liquid crystal display substrate including a plurality of pixels having a transmitting portion and a reflecting portion, comprising:
an insulating substrate; an insulating film formed on the insulating substrate in at least the transmitting portion; a reflecting metal film on the insulating film in the reflecting portion; and a color filter formed on the insulating film in the transmitting portion and the insulating film in the reflecting portion, wherein the insulating film in at least the reflecting portion has a corrugated surface formed by concave portions and convex portions;
wherein the insulating film has a non-corrugated upper surface in the transmitting portion in a region where a transparent pixel electrode is present, and a height of the non-corrugated upper surface of the insulating film in the transmitting portion is lower than a height of convex portions of the insulating film in the reflecting portion; and
wherein the height of the insulating film in the transmitting portion is equal to or higher than a height of the concave portion of the insulating film.
2. A liquid crystal display substrate having a plurality of pixels having a transmitting portion and a reflecting portion, comprising:
an insulating substrate; an insulating film formed on the insulating substrate in the transmitting portion; a reflecting metal film directly on and contacting the insulating film in a substantial portion of the reflecting portion; and a color filter formed on the insulating film in the transmitting portion and the insulating film in the reflecting portion, wherein the insulating film in a substantial portion of the reflecting portion has a corrugated upper surface formed by concave portions and convex portions, and
wherein the insulating film has a non-corrugated upper surface in the transmitting portion in a region where a transparent pixel electrode is present, and a height of the non-corrugated upper surface of the insulating film in the transmitting portion is lower than a height of convex portions of the insulating film in the reflecting portion, and wherein respective thicknesses of the insulating film in the transmitting portion and the reflection portion are similar.
3. The liquid crystal display substrate of claim 1, wherein the reflecting film is located directly on and contacting the corrugated surface of the insulating film.
4. The liquid crystal display substrate according to claim 1, wherein the corrugated surface has 90% or higher of total presence probability of tilt angle distribution of 0\xb0 to 20\xb0 and a maximum value of the tilt angle distribution is in a range of 2\xb0 to 10\xb0.
5. The liquid crystal display substrate according to claim 1, wherein the height of the insulating film in the transmitting portion is equal to or lower than a height of the concave portion of the insulating film.
6. The liquid crystal display substrate according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is a plastic substrate.
7. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: the liquid crystal display substrate of claim 1; a counter substrate facing the liquid crystal display substrate and having a common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the liquid crystal display substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the transmitting portion provides display in a transmissive mode by using light entering from a side of the liquid crystal display substrate, and the reflecting portion provides display in a reflective mode by using light entering from a side of the counter substrate.
8. A method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display substrate of claim 1, comprising the steps of:
forming a photosensitive resin film on the insulating substrate;
conducting halftone exposure to the photosensitive resin film by using an exposure system and a photomask; and
forming the insulating film by heating the exposed photosensitive resin film.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein a pattern corresponding to the transmitting portion in the photomask has a width or a diameter that is equal to or lower than resolution of the exposure system.
10. The method according to claim 8, wherein a pattern corresponding to the transmitting portion in the photomask has a width or a diameter in a range of 2 \u03bcm to 4 \u03bcm.
11. A liquid crystal display substrate including a plurality of pixels having a transmitting portion and a reflecting portion, comprising:
an insulating substrate; an insulating film formed on the insulating substrate in at least the transmitting portion; a reflecting metal film on the insulating film in the reflecting portion; and a color filter formed on the insulating film in the transmitting portion and the insulating film in the reflecting portion, wherein the insulating film in at least the reflecting portion has a corrugated surface formed by concave portions and convex portions;
wherein the insulating film has a non-corrugated upper surface in the transmitting portion in a region where a transparent pixel electrode is present, and a height of the non-corrugated upper surface of the insulating film in the transmitting portion is lower than a height of convex portions of the insulating film in the reflecting portion; and
a transparent dielectric layer on the color filter formed in the reflecting portion in order to adjust a thickness of a liquid crystal layer in the reflecting portion to approximately a half of a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmitting portion.
12. The liquid crystal display substrate according to claim 11, wherein the substrate is a plastic substrate.
13. A liquid crystal display device, comprising the liquid crystal display substrate of claim 11; a counter substrate facing the liquid crystal display substrate and having a common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the liquid crystal display substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the transmitting portion provides display in a transmissive mode by using light entering from a side of the liquid crystal display substrate, and the reflecting portion provides display in a reflective mode by using light entering from a side of the counter substrate.
14. A liquid crystal display substrate including a plurality of pixels having a transmitting portion and a reflecting portion, comprising:
an insulating substrate; an insulating film formed on the insulating substrate in at least the transmitting portion; a reflecting metal film on the insulating film in the reflecting portion; and a color filter formed on the insulating film in the transmitting portion and the insulating film in the reflecting portion, wherein the insulating film in at least the reflecting portion has a corrugated surface formed by concave portions and convex portions;
wherein the insulating film has a non-corrugated upper surface in the transmitting portion in a region where a transparent pixel electrode is present, and a height of the non-corrugated upper surface of the insulating film in the transmitting portion is lower than a height of convex portions of the insulating film in the reflecting portion; and
wherein the pixel electrode is provided over the reflecting film.
15. A liquid crystal display substrate including a plurality of pixels having a transmitting portion and a reflecting portion, comprising:
an insulating substrate; an insulating film formed on the insulating substrate in at least the transmitting portion; a reflecting metal film on the insulating film in the reflecting portion; and a color filter formed on the insulating film in the transmitting portion and the insulating film in the reflecting portion, wherein the insulating film in at least the reflecting portion has a corrugated surface formed by concave portions and convex portions;
wherein the insulating film has a non-corrugated upper surface in the transmitting portion in a region where a transparent pixel electrode is present, and a height of the non-corrugated upper surface of the insulating film in the transmitting portion is lower than a height of convex portions of the insulating film in the reflecting portion; and
wherein the height of the insulating film in the transmitting portion is approximately equal to an average height of the convex portions and the concave portions of the insulating film.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A 3-D viewing system comprising:
a pair of spectacles that cover both a right eye and left eye for viewing motion pictures comprising: a frame; a left lens and a right lens mounted in said frame, each of said lenses having transmission of light individually controlled for a clear state and a partially blocked state where transmission of light is partially reduced; and
a control unit connected with said left lens and right lens individually controlling the transmission of light for the clear state andor the partially blocked state of said right lens and left lens based on synchronization signals synchronized with a lateral motion of an image of an object in the motion picture;
said control unit comprising a receiving means for receiving said synchronization signals, a transforming means for transforming said synchronization signals into electric currents, and a transmitting means for transmitting said electric currents to said right lens andor left lens to reduce the transmission of light;
whereby two-dimensional motion pictures having regular image sequence may be viewed with 3-D effects.
2. The spectacles in the system of claim 1, wherein said left lens and said right lens are manufactured from at least one of a liquid crystal, electrochromic, or smartglass material.
3. The system of claim 1, where said control unit controlling the transmission of light by generating electrical currents above or below a set threshold, above which the lens is partially blocked, and below which the lens is clear.
4. A method of producing synchronization signals for a 3-D viewing system with a control unit and a pair of spectacles having a left lens and a right lens, each of said lenses having transmission of light individually controlled by said control unit for a clear state and a partially blocked state where transmission of light is partially reduced, comprising the steps of:
comparing frames in a sequence of said motion picture to recognize a lateral motion of an image of an object in said motion picture;
identifying a direction of said lateral motion; configuring a synchronization event by following rules:
when said lateral motion of said image of said objects on the screen is:
from left to right, setting a synchronization signal to direct said left lens clear and said right lens partially blocked;
from right to left, setting a synchronization signal to direct said right lens clear and said left lens partially blocked;
non-existent, setting a synchronization signal to direct said left lens and said right lens both clear;
generating a synchronization signal based on said synchronization event; and
associating said synchronization signal with said frames of said motion picture.
5. The method of claim 4, where said synchronization event further comprises:
when said lateral motion directs to both sides, setting a synchronization signal to direct said left lens and said right lens both in a clear or blocked state defaultly determined.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein said synchronization signal comprises at least one of ultrasonic sound, infrasonic sound, electro-magnet, electric current, radio frequency or light.
7. The method of claim 4, where said synchronization signal being generated as an ultrasonic sound-track mark, associated with said frames into a fully synchronized sound channel and transmitted as ultrasonic sound.
8. A method of displaying two-dimensional motion pictures having regular image sequence as 3-D motion pictures, comprising the steps of:
utilizing a 3D viewing system with a control unit responding to synchronization signals synchronized with a lateral motion of an image of an object in the motion picture, and a pair of spectacles having a left lens and a right lens, each of said lenses having transmission of light individually controlled by said control unit for a clear state and a partially blocked state where transmission of light is partially reduced;
acquiring said synchronization signals;
displaying said motion picture; and
transmitting said synchronization signals along with the showing of said motion picture.