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Light control device and light control sheet for changing haze and clarity

US12044919B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2022
Grant dateJul 23, 2024
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/13345
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light control sheet includes a first characteristic and a second characteristic selectively exhibited. In the first characteristic, an absolute value of a change in clarity per unit voltage is greater than an absolute value of a change in haze per unit voltage. In the second characteristic, an absolute value of a change in haze per unit voltage is equal to or greater than an absolute value of a change in clarity per unit voltage. Haze is calculated in accordance with JIS K 7136:2000. Clarity is calculated by 100×(LC−LR)/(LC+LR). LC is an intensity of straight light travelling straight along a travelling direction of parallel light that has entered the light control sheet, and LR is an intensity of narrow-angle scattered light having an angle within ±2.5° relative to the travelling direction of the parallel light.

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