LIGHT CONTROL ELEMENT

• Main Authors: TSUTSUI HIROAKI, AKASHI KAZUSHIROU, NAKAYAMA DAISUKE, MORIYAMA MASAHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.09.2006
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; EDUCATION; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; SEALS; SIGNS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light control element which is applicable to a display element, a color filter, a microsensor, a light control member etc., capable of displaying characters, a design, an illustration, etc., and having high design properties by providing the light control element with a light control region containing stimulus-responsive high polymer gel and a non-light control region, and which can distinctively turn ON/OFF visibility in a display state and a non-display state. SOLUTION: The light control element has: the light control region where a shape retaining member retaining shapes of the stimulus-responsive high polymer gel and liquid interacting with the stimulus-responsive high polymer gel; and the non-light control region, wherein the light control region in a non-display state and the non-light control region are in the same color. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI