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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Kasano, Osaka, JP;
Kouki Ichihashi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal prism element includes a pair of opposing substrates, a plurality of triangular prisms which have a ridge line extending in a Y axis direction and are arranged between the opposing substrates so as to be aligned along an X axis direction, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the opposing substrates. Each triangular prism has an inclined surface located on a center side of the opposing substrate in the X axis direction, an inclined surface located on a lateral side of the opposing substrate in the X axis direction, and a bottom surface. Both of the two inclined surfaces of a triangular prism provided at least in a portion of a region on the opposing substrate are formed so as to not be perpendicular to the opposing substrate.