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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yumi Matsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Namie, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanobu Osaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Koh Fujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yumi Matsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Namie, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanobu Osaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Koh Fujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical axis deflecting element is provided with a pair of transparent substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between substrate surfaces of the pair of transparent substrates and having a chiral smectic C-phase forming a homeotropic orientation, and a plurality of electrode pairs each defining one of a plurality of divided regions into which an effective region of the liquid crystal layer is divided, wherein an electric field is independently applicable to each divided region defined by a corresponding electrode pair in a direction parallel to the substrate surfaces.