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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Koji Mimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Ken Sumiyoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Mimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Ken Sumiyoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
NLT Technologies, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A beam direction control element has transparent areas and light absorption areas alternately arranged on a surface of a substrate, wherein the light absorption areas function as a louver for controlling the direction of a beam of light. The beam direction control element is manufactured by disposing an optically transparent material on a first transparent substrate to form transparent ridges which constitute the transparent areas, filling curable and photo-absorptive fluid in gaps between the transparent ridges, and then curing the fluid to form the light absorption areas.