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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2024
Applicant:
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
JAPAN DISPLAY INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1339 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); H04N 13/211 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02F 1/133512 (2013.01); G02F 1/13398 (2021.01); G02F 1/134309 (2013.01); H04N 13/211 (2018.05);
Abstract
An imaging device having a lens, an optical sensor and an aperture placed close to the lens, the aperture is constituted by a liquid crystal aperture, which has a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer therebetween; a lower layer electrode, an interlayer insulating layer, and an upper layer electrode are formed in this order on the first substrate; the upper layer electrode having a first electrode, which is formed in an area which includes a center of the pattern area, and a second electrode disposed from the first electrode with a space, a columnar spacer is formed between the first electrode and the second substrate in a plan view.