A vehicle mirror includes: an image display section that displays an image with first polarized light; and a mirror section disposed on an image output side of the image display section, wherein, in order from the image display section side, the mirror section includes, for example, a first polarizer that transmits the first polarized light and reflects second polarized light, a polarization controller that controls a polarization state of light, and a second polarizer that transmits the first polarized light and absorbs the second polarized light, wherein the polarization controller includes a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode being set on a first polarizer side of the liquid crystal layer, and a second electrode being set on a second polarizer side of the liquid crystal layer, and wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed with multiple area electrodes.
Vehicle mirror
2022-10-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS / G02F DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING,... , Vorrichtungen oder Anordnungen, deren optische Arbeitsweise durch Änderung der optischen Eigenschaften des Mediums der Vorrichtungen oder Anordnungen geändert wird zum Steuern der Intensität, Farbe, Phase, Polarisation oder der Richtung von... |