US Patent Issued to Japan Display on Sept. 16 for "Liquid crystal optical element and manufacturing method of the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,750, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Liquid crystal optical element and manufacturing method of the same" was invented by Ayaka Higuchi (Tokyo), Shinichiro Oka (Tokyo), Yasushi Tomioka (Tokyo) and Koichi Igeta (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes a substrate, an alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer. The alignment film includes a plurality of first areas and a second area. The liquid crystal layer includes a first alignment area overlapping with the first area and including a plurality of first liquid crystal molecules formi...