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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Eiji Satoh, Osaka, JP;
Takuma Tomotoshi, Osaka, JP;
Tomoko Teranishi, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Nakahara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G02F 1/19 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/137 (2006.01); G02F 1/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13306 (2013.01); G02B 26/0841 (2013.01); G02F 1/137 (2013.01); G02F 1/167 (2013.01); G02F 1/19 (2013.01); G02F 1/13725 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a display panel that exhibits increased light use efficiency and decreased occurrence of display anomalies. The display panel includes substrates; a light modulating layer that contains shape-anisotropic members that rotate according to the direction of an electric field and that controls the transmittance of incident light by changing the area projected onto the substrates by the shape-anisotropic members; and supporting members that support the shape-anisotropic members and are rotatably connected thereto.