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Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroshi Yoshida, Aichi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/14 (2006.01); F21V 11/16 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/14 (2013.01); F21V 11/16 (2013.01); G02B 5/3058 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display device includes board with a display region, and a light source that emits an illumination light having a polarization direction along a direction of a first absorption axis or a direction of a second absorption axis perpendicular to the first absorption axis. The display region includes a first region including a region polarization-microfabricated in the direction of the first absorption axis, a second absorption axis, and a third region that transmits the light. Only the first region and the third region are displayed on the display board by emitting the light having a polarization direction along the direction of the second absorption axis. Only the second region and the third region are displayed on the display board by the emitting the light having a polarization direction along the direction of the first absorption axis.


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