Photochromic mixture, formation method and application of photochromic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10961402-B2
Application number	US-201815751108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2018
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A photochromic mixture including a photochromic material and a thermosetting transparent polymer material, which are uniformly mixed and dissolved in a solvent, is provided. A formation method of a photochromic device based on the photochromic mixture and a light-transmissive head-mounted display device with the photochromic device are further provided. In the photochromic mixture, the change in the structure of the photochromic material under UV light and room light causes a significant change in its absorption spectrum so the color changes. This property is utilized for the benefits: First, the contrast of the head-mounted display device under strong light irradiation is improved. The display effect is enhanced. Second, the damage to human eye by UV light at the natural environment is reduced. Third, under the same optical requirement, the required energy consumption of self-light-emitting elements in the light-transmissive head-mounted display device is correspondingly reduced. It's more energy saving and environmental protecting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A photochromic mixture, comprising a photochromic material and a thermosetting transparent polymer material, wherein the photochromic material and the thermosetting transparent polymer material are uniformly mixed and dissolved in a solvent;
wherein the photochromic material has a structure as shown by any one of formulas 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3:

in the formula 1- 1 , an R 1 is a functional group or a polymer branched chain, and an R 2 and an R 3 are each a functional group free of H,
in the formula 1-2, an R 4 and an R 5 are each a functional group or a polymer branched chain,
in the formula 1-3, an R 6 is a functional group or a polymer branched chain.

2. The photochromic mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of the photochromic material to the thermosetting transparent polymer material in the photochromic mixture is in a range from 1:20 to 1:5.

3. The photochromic mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the photochromic material undergoes a cis-trans isomer transition reaction, a ring-opening reaction, or an annulation reaction under ultraviolet light irradiation, and wherein the photochromic material undergoes a reverse reaction of the cis-trans isomer transition reaction, a reverse reaction of the ring-opening reaction, or a reverse reaction of the annulation reaction under room light irradiation.

4. The photochromic mixture as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the photochromic material is selected from at least one of an azobenzene derivative, a spiropyran derivative, and a bithienylene-based derivative.

5. The photochromic mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the formula 1-1, the R 2 and the R 3 are each selected from any one of —F, —Cl, —Br, —I and —NO 2 .

6. The photochromic mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thermosetting transparent polymer material is selected from any one of epoxy resin, polysilazane, and polyimide, and wherein the solvent is aromatic hydrocarbon solvent.

Assignees

• Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xie Huafei

Classifications

• C09K2211/1029

  containing one nitrogen atom as the heteroatom · CPC title

• C09D179/08

  Polyimides; Polyester-imides; Polyamide-imides; Polyamide acids or similar polyimide precursors · CPC title

• C08K5/235

  Diazo and polyazo compounds · CPC title

• G02B27/0172

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• C09K2211/1007

  Non-condensed systems · CPC title