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Display element, image display system, and method of controlling display element

  • US 9,013,526 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2012
  • Issued: 04/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image display device comprising:

  • a projector adapted to emit visible light forming a picture; and

    a screen on which the picture is projected, the screen having a display element, whereinthe projector is spaced apart from the screen,the display element includes;

    a transmission/diffusion switching layer switched between a diffusion state of diffusing the visible light and a transmission state of transmitting the visible light by electrical switching, the transmission/diffusion switching layer including a first electrode and a second electrode; and

    a transmission/reflection switching layer switched between a reflection state of reflecting the visible light and a transmission state of transmitting the visible light by electrical switching, the transmission/reflection switching layer including the second electrode and a third electrode, whereinthe transmission/diffusion switching layer and the transmission/reflection switching layer overlap each other, andthe second electrode is a single common electrode of the transmission/diffusion switching layer and the transmission/reflection switching layer.

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