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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Miyazaki, Kunitachi, JP;
Shinjiro Okada, Kamakura, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Potential non-uniformity in a surface of an electrode in an electrochromic element is improved during coloring and color erasing. The electrochromic element includes a pair of transparent electrodes and an electrochromic layer placed between the transparent electrodes. Each of the transparent electrodes includes an end portion having an electric supply portion. The electric supply portions face each other. The surface resistivity of each of the transparent electrodes increases with the increase of the distance from a corresponding one of the electric supply portions. The potential of the transparent electrodes is such that the difference between the maximum and minimum potentials in a surface of each transparent electrode is less than or equal to a predetermined value.