IP Library Granted Patent US 8,797,468
Granted Patent B2
US 8,797,468 · App. 12/733,966 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Liquid crystal shutter glasses

Inventors: Goroh Saitoh (Tokyo, JP); Masao Imai (Tokyo, JP); Fujio Okumura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,797,468
App. No.
12/733,966
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal shutter glasses comprises a liquid crystal shutter placed within the view angle of the observer of a display apparatus wherein the liquid crystal shutter has an effective shutter region in which the transmission or shielding of incident light is controllable and a light attenuation region positioned outside the effective shutter region for attenuating incident light.

Claims (25)

1. Liquid crystal shutter glasses, comprising:

a liquid crystal shutter placed within a view angle of an observer of a display apparatus,

wherein said liquid crystal shutter comprises:

an effective shutter region in which a transmission or shielding of incident light is controllable;

a light attenuation region for diminishing and transmitting incident light that is positioned outside the effective shutter region for attenuating incident light; and

a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer and first and second transparent electrodes holding the liquid crystal layer in-between, and first and second polarization layers holding the liquid crystal cell in-between, and

wherein one of said first and second transparent electrodes is smaller than another one of said first and second transparent electrodes and defines said effective shutter region.

2. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter comprises first and second polarization layers holding the liquid crystal cell in-between, said first polarization layer defines said effective shutter region, and said second polarization layer is larger than said first polarization layer and defines said light attenuation region.

3. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of said first and second polarization layers covers a sealing member for said liquid crystal cell.

4. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 2 , further comprising a spectacle lens that is formed as a separate piece from said liquid crystal shutter.

5. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , further comprising a spectacle lens that is formed as a separate piece from said liquid crystal shutter.

6. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 2 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is supported by a spectral lens frame.

7. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 2 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is attached to a frame and is rotatable between a use position at which said liquid crystal shutter is placed within the view angle of the observer and a nonuse position at which said liquid crystal shutter is placed outside the view angle of the observer.

8. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 2 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is supported by a foldable frame.

9. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , further comprising a spectacle lens that is formed as a separate piece from said liquid crystal shutter, and said liquid crystal shutter is arranged in an outward side of said spectacle lens.

10. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 9 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is supported by a spectral lens frame.

11. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 9 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is attached to a frame and is rotatable between a use position at which said liquid crystal shutter is placed within the view angle of the observer and a nonuse position at which said liquid crystal shutter is placed outside the view angle of the observer.

12. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 9 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is supported by a foldable frame.

13. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is supported by a spectral lens frame.

14. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is attached to a frame and is rotatable between a use position at which said liquid crystal shutter is placed within the view angle of the observer and a nonuse position at which said liquid crystal shutter is placed outside the view angle of the observer.

15. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is supported by a foldable frame comprising a bend and a hinge.

16. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing member for said liquid crystal cell and a substrate constituting said liquid crystal cell have nearly equal refractive indices.

17. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , wherein said liquid crystal shutter is supported by a foldable frame.

18. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 1 , wherein the light attenuation region is positioned above the effective shutter region.

19. The liquid crystal shutter glasses according to claim 18 , wherein the light attenuation region is not controllable of the transmission or shielding of incident light.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2010
From: SAITOH, GOROH; IMAI, MASAO; OKUMURA, FUJIO
To: NEC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-261155 · Apr 10, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100201897A1 · Aug 12, 2010