Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Display and illumination unit
- Patent Title (中): 显示和照明单元
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Application No.: US13450099Application Date: 2012-04-18
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Publication No.: US09052427B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Shogo Shinkai , Kentaro Okuyama , Akira Ebisui , Harumi Sato
- Applicant: Shogo Shinkai , Kentaro Okuyama , Akira Ebisui , Harumi Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sony Corporation
- Priority: JP2011-102897 20110502
- Main IPC: G02F1/29
- IPC: G02F1/29 ; G02F1/03 ; G02F1/07 ; G02B26/00 ; G02F1/00 ; F21V8/00 ; G02F1/1334

Abstract:
A light modulation layer disposed between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate generates a plurality of first strip-like illumination light beams extending in a direction intersecting with a first end surface of the first or second transparent substrate at a first angle with use of light from a light source, when an electric field for a first mode is applied from an electrode to the light modulation layer. The light modulation layer generates a plurality of second strip-like illumination light beams extending in a direction intersecting with the first end surface at an angle different from the first angle or a direction parallel to the first end surface with use of light from the light source, when an electric field for a second mode is applied from the electrode to the light modulation layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120281273A1 DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATION UNIT Public/Granted day:2012-11-08
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