Liquid crystal display panel and driving methods therefor, and display apparatus

1. A liquid crystal display panel, comprising:

a first polarizer;

a second polarizer disposed opposite to the first polarizer, a transmission axis of the first polarizer being perpendicular to a transmission axis of the second polarizer;

a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, wherein the first liquid crystal layer includes first liquid crystal molecules, and an included angle between an orthogonal projection of an optical axis of a first liquid crystal molecule on the first polarizer and the transmission axis of the first polarizer is an acute angle; and

an optical compensation layer disposed between the first liquid crystal layer and one of the first polarizer and the second polarizer; wherein an orthogonal projection of an optical axis of the optical compensation layer on the first polarizer is perpendicular to the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the first liquid crystal molecule on the first polarizer; and

an absolute value of a difference between an in-plane retardation of the optical compensation layer and an in-plane retardation of the first liquid crystal layer is less than or equal to 30 nm.

2. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the in-plane retardation of the first liquid crystal layer is in a range of 87 nm to 263 nm, inclusive.

3. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the in-plane retardation of the optical compensation layer is equal to the in-plane retardation of the first liquid crystal layer.

4. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the optical compensation layer is a +A compensation layer.

5. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the included angle between the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the first liquid crystal molecule on the first polarizer and the transmission axis of the first polarizer is in a range of 15° to 40°, inclusive, or in a range of 50° to 75°, inclusive.

6. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 5 , wherein

the included angle between the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the first liquid crystal molecule on the first polarizer and the transmission axis of the first polarizer is in a range of a difference between 30° and 10° to a sum of 30° and 10°, inclusive, or in a range of a difference between 60° and 10° to a sum of 60° and 10°, inclusive; or

the included angle between the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the first liquid crystal molecule on the first polarizer and the transmission axis of the first polarizer is in a range of a difference between 25° and 10° to a sum of 25° and 10°, inclusive, or in a range of a difference between 65° and 10° to a sum of 65° and 10°, inclusive.

7. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a base substrate, and a color filter layer disposed between the base substrate and the first liquid crystal layer, wherein the optical compensation layer is disposed between the color filter layer and the first liquid crystal layer; or

a base substrate, and a color filter layer disposed between the base substrate and the first liquid crystal layer, wherein the optical compensation layer is disposed between the color filter layer and the first liquid crystal layer, and the optical compensation layer is a planarization layer.

8. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first alignment film and a second alignment film that are disposed oppositely, wherein

the first alignment film is disposed on a side of the first liquid crystal layer proximate to the first polarizer, and the first alignment film is in contact with the first liquid crystal layer;

the second alignment film is disposed on a side of the first liquid crystal layer proximate to the second polarizer, and the second alignment film is in contact with the first liquid crystal layer; and

an alignment direction of the first alignment film is the same as an alignment direction of the second alignment film.

9. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein,

the first liquid crystal molecules are negative liquid crystal molecules.

10. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the first polarizer and the first liquid crystal layer or between the second polarizer and the first liquid crystal layer, the second liquid crystal layer including second liquid crystal molecules; and

at least one first control electrode and at least one second control electrode, wherein the at least one first control electrode is disposed between the first polarizer and the second liquid crystal layer, the at least one second control electrode is disposed between the second polarizer and the second liquid crystal layer, and an orthogonal projection of the at least one first control electrode on the first polarizer and an orthogonal projection of a second control electrode on the first polarizer have an overlapping region.

11. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 10 , wherein

the second liquid crystal layer is a polymer dispersed bistable nematic liquid crystal layer having a first stable state and a second stable state, wherein

in a case where the second liquid crystal layer is in the first stable state, an orthogonal projection of an optical axis of a second liquid crystal molecule on the first polarizer is parallel to the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the optical compensation layer on the first polarizer; and in a case where the second liquid crystal layer is in the second steady state, the second liquid crystal layer is in a scattering state.

12. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 11 , wherein the second liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first liquid crystal layer and the second polarizer;

the liquid crystal display panel further comprises at least one third control electrode, and the at least one third control electrode and the at least one first control electrode are disposed between the first liquid crystal layer and the first polarizer; one of the at least one third control electrode and the at least one first control electrode is a pixel electrode, and another thereof is a common electrode.

13. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 10 , wherein

in a case where the liquid crystal display panel displays a non-black picture, an orthogonal projection of an optical axis of a second liquid crystal molecule on the first polarizer is parallel to the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the optical compensation layer on the first polarizer, and an in-plane retardation of the second liquid crystal layer is in a range of 120 nm to 280 nm, inclusive.

14. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 13 , wherein

the in-plane retardation of the second liquid crystal layer is in a range of a difference between 247 nm and 20 nm to a sum of 247 nm and 20 nm, inclusive.

15. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 10 , wherein

the optical compensation layer is located between the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer.

16. A display apparatus comprising the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 .

17. A driving method for a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel is the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 10 ;

the driving method for the liquid crystal display panel comprising:

driving the liquid crystal display panel to display a black picture, and applying a first vertical electric field to the second liquid crystal layer through the at least one first control electrode and the at least one second control electrode, so as to drive optical axes of the second liquid crystal molecules in the second liquid crystal layer to be perpendicular to the first polarizer;

driving the liquid crystal display panel to display a non-black picture, and withdrawing the first vertical electric field, so that orthogonal projections of the optical axes of the second liquid crystal molecules in the second liquid crystal layer on the first polarizer are parallel to the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the optical compensation layer on the first polarizer.

18. The driving method for the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 17 , wherein the second liquid crystal layer is a polymer dispersed bistable nematic liquid crystal layer;

driving the liquid crystal display panel to display the black picture, and applying the first vertical electric field to the second liquid crystal layer through the at least one first control electrode and the at least one second control electrode, so as to drive the optical axes of the second liquid crystal molecules in the second liquid crystal layer to be perpendicular to the first polarizer, includes:

driving the liquid crystal display panel to convert from displaying the non-black picture to displaying the black picture;

applying a second vertical electric field to the second liquid crystal layer through the at least one first control electrode and the at least one second control electrode, so that the second liquid crystal layer is in a second stable state; and

applying the first vertical electric field to the second liquid crystal layer through the first control electrode and the second control electrode, so that the optical axes of the second liquid crystal molecules are perpendicular to the first polarizer; and

driving the liquid crystal display panel to display the non-black picture, and withdrawing the first vertical electric field, so that the orthogonal projections of the optical axes of the second liquid crystal molecules in the second liquid crystal layer on the first polarizer are parallel to the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the optical compensation layer on the first polarizer, includes:

driving the liquid crystal display panel to convert from displaying the black picture to displaying the non-black picture; and

withdrawing the first vertical electric field, so that the second liquid crystal layer is in a first steady state;

wherein an electric field intensity of the first vertical electric field is greater than an electric field intensity of the second vertical electric field.

19. A driving method for a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel is the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 10 ;

the driving method for the liquid crystal display panel comprising:

driving a pixel in the liquid crystal display panel to display a black block, and applying a first vertical electric field to a portion of the second liquid crystal layer corresponding to the pixel through the at least one first control electrode and the at least one second control electrode, so as to drive optical axes of the second liquid crystal molecules in the portion of the second liquid crystal layer to be perpendicular to the first polarizer; and

driving the pixel in the liquid crystal display panel to display a non-black block, and withdrawing the first vertical electric field, so that orthogonal projections of the optical axes of the second liquid crystal molecules in the portion of the second liquid crystal layer corresponding to the pixel on the first polarizer are parallel to the orthogonal projection of the optical axis of the optical compensation layer on the first polarizer.