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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2005
Takashi Kato, Minami-Ashigara, JP;
Yoshihiro Ito, Asaka, JP;
Nobuaki Nago, Asaka, JP;
Hitoshi Miyano, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Kato, Minami-Ashigara, JP;
Yoshihiro Ito, Asaka, JP;
Nobuaki Nago, Asaka, JP;
Hitoshi Miyano, Saitama, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical element including: a container which is light-transmissive at least in a light passage region; a light-transmissive dispersion medium enclosed in the container; a light-transmissive dispersion dispersed in the dispersion medium and having a refractive index different from the refractive index of the dispersion medium; and an electromagnetic field generator which controls the refraction of light passing through the light passage region by moving the dispersion dispersed in the dispersion medium by an electromagnetic force.