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Optical device and three-dimensional display device

US6714174B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 2001
Grant dateMar 30, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N13/341
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical device includes a transparent material layer having a desired curved surface configuration, a layer including a variable refractive index material having a dielectric constant anisotropy, at least two transparent electrodes arranged to sandwich the transparent material layer and the variable refractive index material, and a driving device supplying a voltage including driving frequencies f1 and f2 between the transparent electrodes. The difference &Dgr;∈ in the dielectric constant of the variable refractive index material due to the anisotropy is positive at one of the driving frequencies and negative at the other driving frequency.

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