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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Shinichi Shikii, Nara, JP;
Katsuhiko Hayashi, Nara, JP;
Motonobu Yoshikawa, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2013.01); G02F 2001/291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light deflector capable of deflecting light in a predetermined deflection direction and modulating the angle of deflection of light includes a plurality of liquid crystal deflection elements arranged in the predetermined deflection direction. In at least one pair of adjacent liquid crystal deflection elements, the dimension of one of the liquid crystal deflection elements in the predetermined deflection direction is different from the dimension of the other liquid crystal deflection element in the predetermined deflection direction.