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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2005
Koichi Miyachi, Soraku-gun, JP;
Seiji Shibahara, Tenri, JP;
Iichiro Inoue, Tenri, JP;
Shoichi Ishihara, Katano, JP;
Akihito Jinda, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Kiyoshi Ogishima, Soraku-gun, JP;
Koichi Miyachi, Soraku-gun, JP;
Seiji Shibahara, Tenri, JP;
Iichiro Inoue, Tenri, JP;
Shoichi Ishihara, Katano, JP;
Akihito Jinda, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Kiyoshi Ogishima, Soraku-gun, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A display element according to the present invention is provided with a pair of substrates, at least one of which is transparent; a medium between the substrates, wherein optical anisotropy magnitude of the medium is changeable by and according to an electric field applied thereon; at least one pair of electrodes for applying, on the medium, the electric field substantially parallel to the substrates; and a shielding electrode overlapping at least a display portion of at least one of the substrates, and used for shielding the display element from static electricity.