Sony Corporation

Shunji Kurita

Shinya Watanabe

Toshihiro Fukuda

Satofumi Koike

Shizuo Nishihara

Tetsuro Ochi

Tomoki Furuya

Shin Yoshizawa

Shouhei Maezawa

There is provided a micro lens array () in which a plurality of micro lenses () is disposed two-dimensionally on a substrate, wherein the focal distance f of the micro lens () and distance Ts from the main surface of the micro lens () to the substrate surface upon which light is incident meet the following/&#x221a;{square root over (2)}/&#x221a;{square root over (2)}where P is a pitch of the micro lenses () and (X, Y) is within an X-Y coordinate system surrounded by the following point sets The micro lens array can be used to improve the contrast of a liquid crystal display having an optical compensation element provided therein.

Liquid crystal display, and projection type display using liquid crystal display layer

There is provided a color display device comprising a first substrate provided on the light source side to accept an incident light, a second substrate joined with the first substrate via a space to emit an outgoing light, an electro-optical substance held in the space, a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix on the second substrate to modulate an incident light and emit an outgoing light, a plurality of microlenses, arranged on the incident light side of the picture elements, for condensing incident light to individual picture elements and a color filter, arranged on the incident light side of the microlenses, for coloring individual picture elements.

Color display device with light incident substrate having color filters

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shunji Kurita