Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Illumination device and display device
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Application No.: US15923049Application Date: 2018-03-16
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Publication No.: US10481465B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Takayuki Nakanishi , Tatsuya Yata , Takeo Koito
- Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku
- Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
- Current Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2017-057863 20170323
- Main IPC: G02F1/29
- IPC: G02F1/29 ; G02F1/1343 ; G02F1/1347 ; G02F1/1335

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light source unit which emits light, a modulation element includes a modulation portion which modulates incident light, and a non-modulation portion which is adjacent to the modulation portion, and a liquid crystal element located between the light source unit and the modulation element, the liquid crystal element forming a lens between the light source unit and the modulation portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180275483A1 ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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