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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Tomoo Izumi, Toyonaka, JP;
Akira Kosaka, Yao, JP;
Mitsuhiro Fukuda, Chofu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., Hachioji-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a display element including a layered body. The layered body includes a layered portion comprising a plurality of transparent thin films with different refractive indexes, and a plurality of electrodes which are adapted to apply an electric field to each of the plurality of transparent thin films. Each of the plurality of transparent thin films comprises a material whose thickness changes according to the electric field.