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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Takai, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporaton, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical element array includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a plurality of first walls which is provided upright on an inner surface facing the second substrate of the first substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode which are respectively provided on facing wall surfaces of the adjacent first walls, a third electrode which is provided on an inner surface facing the first substrate of the second substrate, a second wall which partially covers the inner surface of the first substrate and the first walls to partially or entirely surround at least a part of a space which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a polar liquid and a nonpolar liquid which are sealed in the space surrounded by the first substrate, the second substrate and the second wall and have different refractive indices.