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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1992
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A viewfinder suited for use in a video camera, wherein rays of light emitted at a large solid angle from a minute light emitting area of a light emitting element are converted by a condenser lens into a bundle of generally parallel rays of light having a narrow directionality before they enter a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display modulates the rays of light emerging from the condenser lens according to a video signal to effect an image display. The displayed image is magnified by a magnifying lens. The liquid crystal display is of a type wherein an optical image is formed as a function of a change in state of light scattering and may be a polymer dispersed liquid crystal display, a liquid crystal panel utilizing a dynamic scattering mode, a ferro-electric liquid crystal panel using a scattering mode or a display panel utilizing PLZT.