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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Shogo Shinkai, Miyagi, JP;
Kentaro Okuyama, Miyagi, JP;
Akira Ebisui, Miyagi, JP;
Harumi Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Shogo Shinkai, Miyagi, JP;
Kentaro Okuyama, Miyagi, JP;
Akira Ebisui, Miyagi, JP;
Harumi Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light modulation layer disposed between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate generates a plurality of first strip-like illumination light beams extending in a direction intersecting with a first end surface of the first or second transparent substrate at a first angle with use of light from a light source, when an electric field for a first mode is applied from an electrode to the light modulation layer. The light modulation layer generates a plurality of second strip-like illumination light beams extending in a direction intersecting with the first end surface at an angle different from the first angle or a direction parallel to the first end surface with use of light from the light source, when an electric field for a second mode is applied from the electrode to the light modulation layer.