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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koichiro Akasaka, Ina, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H04N 5/74 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); G02F 1/133512 (2013.01); H04N 5/7441 (2013.01); H04N 9/3152 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid crystal device comprising: a first lens array that is provided to be closer to a light incident side of the liquid crystal device than the light shielding portion, a second lens array that is provided between the first lens array and the light shielding portion. The second lens array includes a plurality of first lenses each of which has a surface convex toward the light shielding portion, and the second lens array includes a first slit which is provided between two first lenses adjacent to each other among the plurality of first lenses of the second lens array so as to extend toward the light shielding portion.