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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Yukihiro Sano, Gifu, JP;
Keita Kaifu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Mitsuda, Gifu, JP;
Yukihiro Sano, Gifu, JP;
Keita Kaifu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Mitsuda, Gifu, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical element includes a first liquid having polarity or electrical conductivity, a second liquid that is immiscible with the first liquid, a first substrate portion, a second substrate portion, a sidewall portion connecting the first substrate portion to the second substrate portion, and an accommodating portion constituted by the first substrate portion, the second substrate portion, and the sidewall portion and sealing the first liquid and the second liquid therein. The first substrate portion includes a first electrode, the second substrate portion includes a second electrode, and the sidewall portion includes a third electrode.