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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Kenji Sakurai, Kyotanabe, JP;
Daido Uchida, Hirakata, JP;
Shigeru Aoyama, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G03B 21/60 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens array capable of effectively converging light entering from a light source and constituting a liquid crystal device of a high contrast includes liquid crystal of a twisted nematic type sandwiched between a TFT substrate and a counter substrate. A micro lens array is formed in the counter substrate. Lenses constituting the micro lens array respectively have a shape of a rotational aspheric surface, and an optical center axis F thereof is tilted in a bright vision direction of the liquid crystal.