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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Japan Display Inc., Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Japan Display Inc., Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/13363 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); G02F 1/1337 (2013.01); G02F 1/1347 (2013.01); G02F 1/13363 (2013.01); G02F 1/133512 (2013.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G02F 1/133553 (2013.01); G02F 2203/07 (2013.01); G02F 2203/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an optical element, including a first liquid crystal lens formed of liquid crystal molecules, a polarizer opposed to the first liquid crystal lens, a first modulating portion located between the first liquid crystal lens and the polarizer to modulate incident light and a first unmodulating portion located between the first liquid crystal lens and the polarizer and adjacent to the first modulating portion.