IP Library Granted Patent US 9,250,437
Granted Patent B2
US 9,250,437 · App. 13/465,061 · Granted Feb 2, 2016

Display device

Inventors: Takahiko Muneyoshi (Chiba, JP); Naohisa Ando (Mobara, JP); Takahide Kuranaga (Mobara, JP); Mitsuhide Miyamoto (Chiba, JP); Kazufumi Watabe (Yotsukaido, JP)
Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.
G02B26/02G02B3/0056G09F9/372
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Patent No.
US 9,250,437
App. No.
13/465,061
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device, including: a light shielding film including a plurality of fixed apertures, each allowing passage of light; a lens arranged above the plurality of fixed apertures; a plurality of shutters, which are arranged between the light shielding film and the lens and correspond to the plurality of fixed apertures, respectively, for controlling passage and blocking of the light; and a drive portion for driving each of the plurality of shutters to move between a position above each of the plurality of fixed apertures and a position retracted from each of the plurality of fixed apertures. The plurality of fixed apertures each have an elongated shape including a long-side direction and a short-side direction. The lens has a light refractive power that is larger in the short-side direction than in the long-side direction.

Claims (11)

1. A display device, comprising:

a light shielding film including a plurality of fixed apertures, each allowing passage of light;

a lens arranged above the plurality of fixed apertures;

a plurality of shutters, which are arranged between the light shielding film and the lens and correspond to the plurality of fixed apertures, respectively, for controlling passage and blocking of the light; and

a drive portion for causing each of the plurality of shutters to move between a position for allowing the light to pass and a position for blocking the light,

wherein the plurality of fixed apertures each have an elongated shape including a long-side direction and a short-side direction,

wherein the lens has a light refractive power that is larger in the short-side direction than in the long-side direction,

wherein the lens includes an elliptical concave lens, and

wherein the curvature radius R of the elliptical concave lens in the long-side direction is larger than a curvature radius r thereof in the short-side direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the lens includes a plurality of elliptical concave lenses, each having dimensions similar to the elliptical concave lens, arranged above the plurality of fixed apertures such that each of the plurality of concave lenses corresponds to one of the plurality of fixed apertures.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fixed apertures are arranged along an axis that is parallel to a long-side direction of each of the plurality of fixed apertures, and wherein the elliptical concave lens corresponds to at least two of the plurality of fixed apertures.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2016
From: PIXTRONIX, INC.
To: SNAPTRACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 039905/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: PIXTRONIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 030913/0743 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 030522/0923 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 030524/0060 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2012
From: MUNEYOSHI, TAKAHIKO; ANDO, NAOHISA; KURANAGA, TAKAHIDE; MIYAMOTO, MITSUHIDE; WATABE, KAZUFUMI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028162/0769 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-107118 · May 12, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120287508A1 · Nov 15, 2012