Optical axis deflecting method, optical axis deflecting element, optical path deflecting unit, method of driving optical axis deflecting element, and image display apparatus
US7489383B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2300/0486
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical axis deflecting element is provided with a pair of transparent substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between substrate surfaces of the pair of transparent substrates and having a chiral smectic C-phase forming a homeotropic orientation, and a plurality of electrode pairs each defining one of a plurality of divided regions into which an effective region of the liquid crystal layer is divided, wherein an electric field is independently applicable to each divided region defined by a corresponding electrode pair in a direction parallel to the substrate surfaces.
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