Light deflector and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10490140-B2
Application number	US-201916243197-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2019
Priority date	Jan 13, 2016
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A light deflector includes a first light deflecting member disposed on a transparent substrate and has a refractive index that varies depending on a magnitude of an electric field applied thereto. The light deflector may adjust the refractive index by applying electric fields differently according to regions of the first light deflecting member or time divisions. The light deflector may have a smaller size than a light deflector including an optical device, and may easily adjust the refractive index.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light deflector comprising:
a light source configured to emit a first light of a first wavelength and a second light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength;
a first light deflecting member comprising a first light path conversion surface configured to deflect the first light incident onto the first light path conversion surface;
a second light deflecting member comprising a second light path conversion surface configured to deflect the second light incident onto the second light path conversion surface; and
a controller configured to:
control the first light path conversion surface to deflect the first light of the first wavelength, in a same direction the first light being incident onto the first light path conversion surface; and
control the second light path conversion surface to deflect the second light of the second wavelength, in the same direction, the second light being incident onto the second light path conversion surface.

2. The light deflector of claim 1 , wherein the light source is further configured to emit the first light to the first light deflecting member, and emit the second light to the second light deflecting member.

3. The light deflector of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the first light deflecting member so that the first light is incident onto the first light path conversion surface at a first incident angle; and
control the second light deflecting member so that the second light is incident onto the second light path conversion surface at a second incident angle different from the first incident angle.

4. The light deflector of claim 3 , further comprising one or more light path conversion members configured to convert, to a same light path, the first light and the second light that are respectively emitted from the first light deflecting member and the second light deflecting member.

5. The light deflector of claim 4 , wherein each of the one or more light path conversion members comprises a dichroic mirror.

6. A light deflector comprising:
a light source configured to emit a first light of a first wavelength and a second light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength;
a first light deflecting member comprising a first light path conversion surface configured to deflect the first light and the second light that are incident onto the first light path conversion surface;
a second light deflecting member comprising a second light path conversion surface configured to deflect the first light and the second light that are deflected from first light path conversion surface and incident onto the second light path conversion surface, wherein the second light deflecting member is located on a light path through which the first light and the second light deflected from the first light deflecting member proceeds; and
a controller configured to:
adjust a first inclination of the first light path conversion surface so that the first light path conversion surface deflects the first light and the second light that are incident onto the first light path conversion surface; and
adjust a second inclination of the second light path conversion surface so that the second light path conversion surface deflects the first light and the second light that are deflected from the first light path conversion surface and incident onto the second light path conversion surface.

7. The light deflector of claim 6 , wherein the first inclination of the first light path conversion surface varies along a first axis; and
the second inclination of the second light path conversion surface varies along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Young
• Kim Yunhee
• Song Hoon

Classifications

• G09G3/2003

  Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607) · CPC title

• G02B30/27

  involving lenticular arrays · CPC title

• G09G2310/0235

  Field-sequential colour display · CPC title

• G09G3/36

  using liquid crystals · CPC title

• G09G3/3433 Primary

  using light modulating elements actuated by an electric field and being other than liquid crystal devices and electrochromic devices (using liquid crystal devices G09G3/36; using electrochromic devices G09G3/38) · CPC title