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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Satoshi Niiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshige Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Naoko Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light control device according to the present invention comprises a plurality of optical elements between two transparent plates in each of which a pair of transparent substrates having taper-shaped side faces with transparent electrodes are located so as to face each other, and a light control layer capable of changing the light transmitting state by electrically controlling the pair of transparent electrodes is disposed between the pair of transparent electrodes, and further, a transparent solid layer is filled in a space formed in the gap between the two transparent plates.