Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a curved optical device and a manufacturing method therefor. SOLUTION: This curved optical device includes a pair of flexible substrates flat initially and opposed each other, and a spacer and a sealed fluid material arranged between the substrates. The substrates have a uniform controlled space. The substrates are permanently curved by applying heat and pressure to a mold while maintaining the controlled space. The fluid material is a liquid crystal for imparting an enhanced optical property to the optical device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
A curved optical device includes a pair of initially flat opposed flexible substrates that may have a fluid material with spacers disbursed therein disposed between the pair of substrates and sealed. The substrates have a uniform controlled distance therebetween. The substrates are permanently curved by applying heat and pressure with a mold while maintaining the controlled distance therebetween. The fluid material maybe a liquid crystal to provide the optical device with enhanced optical properties.