IP Library Granted Patent US 11,914,258
Granted Patent B2
US 11,914,258 · App. 18/148,072 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Electronic apparatus incorporating a liquid crystal element

Inventors: Akio Takimoto (Tokyo, JP); Toshiki Kaneko (Tokyo, JP); Takuo Kaitoh (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiro Nishiyama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kimura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G02F1/137G02B6/0055G02F1/133528G09G3/36H04N23/57G09G2360/145
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Patent No.
US 11,914,258
App. No.
18/148,072
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a liquid crystal panel, and a controller controlling the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a first region and a second region. The controller controls a first opening mode of transmitting light through the first region and the second region, and a second opening mode of making a quantity of light transmitted through the first region smaller than a quantity of light transmitted through the second region.

Claims (11)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a camera;

a liquid crystal element including a first region and a second region that are overlaid on the camera;

a memory storing a program for controlling opening of the liquid crystal element;

a driver driving the liquid crystal element; and

a controller controlling the memory and the driver,

wherein

the program includes a first opening mode of transmitting light through the first region and the second region, and a second opening mode of making a quantity of the light transmitted through the first region smaller than a quantity of the light transmitted through the second region,

the program causes an annular first pattern to be displayed in a third region surrounding the first region outside the camera, in the first opening mode,

the program causes an annular second pattern to be displayed in the third region, in the second opening mode, and

a first area of an opening pattern displayed inside the second pattern is smaller than a second area of an opening pattern displayed inside the first pattern.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2022
From: TAKIMOTO, AKIO; KANEKO, TOSHIKI; KAITOH, TAKUO; NISHIYAMA, KAZUHIRO; KIMURA, HIROYUKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 062237/0020 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-123159 · Jun 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17126475 · Dec 18, 2020
Continuation PCTJP2019020783 · May 24, 2019
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