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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Tadao Katsuragawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Tadao Katsuragawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/30 (2006.01); E04C 2/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light control window that includes at least a transparent window substrate and an optical element. The optical element includes at least an optical element main body configured to change the light transmittance through the window upon application of a magnetic field. The optical element main body includes at least a micro-magnetic head array configured to apply the magnetic field to the optical element main body.