IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,244,748
Granted Patent B2
US 12,244,748 · App. 17/874,355 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Electronic device

Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Akio Takimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H04M1/0264G02F1/133512H04M1/0266H04N23/55G02F1/13338G02F1/134309H04N23/57
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Patent No.
US 12,244,748
App. No.
17/874,355
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a light shutter panel including an incident light control area, an optical member including a lens and facing the incident light control area, and an imaging device configured to convert light which passed through the incident light control area of the light shutter panel and the optical member to image data. The incident light control area includes a first annular light-shielding area, a circular incident light control area surrounded by the first annular light-shielding area, and a plurality of annular incident light control areas located between the first annular light-shielding area and the circular incident light control area and having a multiple shape.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a light shutter panel including an incident light control area;

an optical member including a lens and facing the incident light control area; and

an imaging device configured to convert light which passed through the incident light control area of the light shutter panel and the optical member to image data,

the incident light control area comprising:

a first annular light-shielding area;

a circular incident light control area surrounded by the first annular light-shielding area; and

a plurality of annular incident light control areas located between the first annular light-shielding area and the circular incident light control area and having a multiple shape,

wherein

the light shutter panel being a liquid crystal panel, and further including a display area,

an outer periphery of the incident light control area being in contact with the display area,

the light shutter panel comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and located in the display area and the incident light control area,

the first substrate comprising first and second electrodes located in each of the circular incident light control area and the annular incident light control areas, and

the liquid crystal layer being provided in the circular incident light control area and the annular incident light control areas in a one-to-one relationship, and including a plurality of control liquid crystal layers which are driven independently from each other.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the circular incident light control area and the annular incident light control areas are located in a shape of a concentric multiple circle.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the light shutter panel forms a plurality of types of light transmissive patterns in a time-divisional manner in the circular incident light control area and the annular incident light control areas, and modulates intensity of light from outside in each of the light transmissive patterns.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein

a combination of transmissive areas and non-transmissive areas in the circular incident light control area and the annular incident light control areas differs depending on a type of the light transmissive pattern, and

the modulations of the intensity of the light by the plurality of types of light transmissive patterns differ from each other.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the first electrode and the second electrode are physically independent for each of the circular incident light control area and the annular incident light control areas, and are driven so as to be electrically independent for each of the circular incident light control area and the annular incident light control areas.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the light shutter panel sets the circular incident light control area so as to be in a transmissive state and sets all of the annular incident light control areas so as to be in a non-transmissive state.

7. A electronic device comprising:

a light shutter panel including an incident light control area;

an optical member including a lens and facing the incident light control area; and

an imaging device configured to convert light which passed through the incident light control area of the light shutter panel and the optical member to image data,

the incident light control area comprising:

a first annular light-shielding area;

a circular incident light control area surrounded by the first annular light-shielding area; and

a plurality of annular incident light control areas located between the first annular light-shielding area and the circular incident light control area and having a multiple shape, and

the incident light control area further comprising a plurality of second annular light-shielding areas located between the circular incident light control area and the annular incident light control area on an innermost peripheral side and between a pair of annular incident light control areas adjacent to each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2022
From: AOKI, YOSHIRO; KIMURA, HIROYUKI; TAKIMOTO, AKIO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-011988 · Jan 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020044571 · Nov 30, 2020
Related Publication 20220368785A1 · Nov 17, 2022
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