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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1995
Junko Shingaki, Atsugi, JP;
Shuzo Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Katsumi Kurematsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Mitsutake, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal device comprises: a) a liquid crystal cell including a plurality of pixels aligned on a plurality of lines and rows, each of the pixels composed of a pair of electrodes and liquid crystals provided between the pair of electrodes; and b) an optical unit including high-refractive portions positioned corresponding to the pixels, and low-refractive portions positioned next to the high-refractive portions on a plane, the high-refractive portions and low-refractive portions having the refractive indexes the ratio between which satisfies the condition for total reflection of incident light.