CAMERA MODULE

• Main Authors: HATSUSE KASUMI, AOKI YOSHIAKI, IKETA KOICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 07.08.2023
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; 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; ELECTROGRAPHY; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; HOLOGRAPHY; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

To provide a camera module with a liquid crystal panel having a high transmittance.SOLUTION: A camera module according to an embodiment comprises a liquid crystal panel for displaying a coded aperture pattern, an image sensor, and an optical system disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the image sensor. The liquid crystal panel has a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crustal molecules and dichroic dye molecules that follow the liquid crystal molecules to be aligned.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】 透過率の高い液晶パネルを備えるカメラモジュールを提供すること。【解決手段】 一実施形態に係るカメラモジュールは、符号化開口パターンを表示する液晶パネルと、撮像素子と、液晶パネルと撮像素子との間に配置された光学系と、を備える。液晶パネルは、液晶分子と、液晶分子に追従して配向する二色性色素分子と、を含む液晶層を有する。【選択図】 図１