CPC G02F 1/13768 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02F 1/1337 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A liquid crystal patterning control system, comprising:
a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprising:
a liquid crystal, and
a magnet,
wherein, responsive to a switching of the magnet, molecules of the liquid crystal reorient to substantially align with a magnetic field generated by the magnet, and
wherein the magnet is switchable between a plurality of preferred magnetization directions or a plurality of magnetic domains, wherein each of the plurality of preferred magnetization directions or the plurality magnetic domains corresponds to a different state of the pixel.
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