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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Akira Kosaka, Yao, JP;
Tomoo Izumi, Toyonaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Fukuda, Chofu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., Hachioji-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A shape-variable optical element, which includes: a shape-variable section made up of an organic material that can be expanded and contracted by an electric field, in a direction of the electric field; and a pair of electrode layers to sandwich the shape-variable section, wherein amounts of expansion and contraction of the shape-variable section, which are generated by the electric field when a voltage is applied to the pair of electrode layers, have a distribution pattern in a surface perpendicular to the electric field.