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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Okada, Niihama, JP;
Eiichiro Hikosaka, Nagoya, JP;
Toshifumi Hino, Saijo, JP;
Akifumi Aono, Nagoya, JP;
Akihiro Muramatsu, Marugame, JP;
MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The lens comprises: a first transparent substrate that includes a diffraction region in which a plurality of convex strips and groove sections are formed in alternation in concentric circles; a second transparent substrate that faces the first transparent substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed in a space present between the diffraction region and the second transparent substrate; and a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode that impress a voltage on the liquid crystal layer. The diffraction region comprises a first diffraction region and a second diffraction region that is disposed in at least part of a portion different from the first diffraction region. The space comprises: groove-shaped spaces present between the groove sections and the second transparent substrate; and a communicating space disposed between at least part of the convex shapes of the second diffraction region and the second transparent substrate, and communicating between neighboring groove-shaped spaces.