IP Library Patent Application 19002964
Patent Application
App. No. 19/002,964

DISPLAY DEVICE

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Patent No.
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App. No.
19/002,964
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an optical control element includes a plurality of lens forming regions along a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, each of the lens forming regions includes an annularly shaped second electrode and a circularly shaped first electrode provided on an inner side of the second electrode, a plurality of first wiring lines connected to the first electrodes each include a first stem portion extending in a zigzag shape along the second direction and a plurality of first branch portions extending from the first stem, and each of the first branch portions overlap the plurality of first electrodes, respectively.

Claims (17)

1 - 19 . (canceled)

20 . A liquid crystal device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a plurality of electrode pairs forming a honeycomb structure along a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the plurality of electrode pairs form a plurality of rows along the second direction; and

lines connecting centers of a respective pair of electrode pairs adjacent to each other, located in one row of the plurality of rows, and one electrode pair included in a row adjacent to the one row along the first direction and in contact with the respective pair of adjacent electrode pairs, form an equilateral triangle;

wherein

the first substrate comprises:

a plurality of circularly shaped first electrodes;

a plurality of second electrodes; and

a high resistance layer provided on the plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes;

the second substrate comprises a third electrode;

each of the plurality of second electrodes comprises an outer side end portion of a hexagonal shape and an inner side end portion of a circular shape; and

the plurality of second electrodes are in contact with each other;

each of the plurality of electrode pairs comprises the second electrode and the circularly shaped first electrode provided on an inner side of the second electrode; and

each pair of first electrodes adjacent to each other along the second direction are connected to each other by a connection portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073057/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2024
From: KIMURA, SHUNICHI; MATSUSHIMA, TOSHIHARU; HIROSAWA, JIN; MAEDE, YUJI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 069688/0450 →