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Light control device

US11640078B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2022
Grant dateMay 2, 2023
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1337
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A driver circuit applies a voltage such that clarity of a light control sheet is 83% or less to bring the light control sheet into a first state, and applies a voltage such that haze of the light control sheet according to JIS K 7136 is 15% or less to bring the light control sheet into a second state. The clarity is calculated from the following Formula (1): 100×(LC−LR)/(LC+LR) . . . (1) where LC is an intensity of straight light traveling straight along a traveling direction of parallel light entering the light control sheet, and LR is an intensity of narrow-angle scattered light having an angle within ±2.5° relative to the traveling direction of the parallel light, in light that has passed through the light control sheet.

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