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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Toshio Miyazawa, Chiba, JP;
Terunori Saitou, Mobara, JP;
Tatsuya Sugita, Takahagi, JP;
Miyuki Sugita, Takahagi, JP;
Shinichiro Oka, Hitachi, JP;
Toshio Miyazawa, Chiba, JP;
Terunori Saitou, Mobara, JP;
Tatsuya Sugita, Takahagi, JP;
Shinichiro Oka, Hitachi, JP;
JAPAN DISPLAY INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image display device includes: a display panel having a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix; and a liquid crystal lens disposed on the side of a display surface of the display panel, wherein the pixels of the display panel are divided into a plurality of pixel groups each including two or more pixels, the liquid crystal lens forms, by application of an electric field, a lens array having a plurality of lens portions each corresponding to each of the pixel groups, the lens portion is configured to have a first area having a constant refractive index and a second area having a distribution of refractive index, the second area is disposed at a side portion of the lens portion, and the first area is disposed closer to the center than the second area.