Polarizing element and image display apparatus having the polarizing element
CA 2064669 C · Owner: Mitsutake, Hideaki · Inventors: Kimura, Kazumi; Mitsutake, Hideaki
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A polarizing device has first and second half-wave plates and a separating device for separating incident light thereon into first and second linearly polarized lights whose polarized directions are orthogonal to each other. The direction of polarization of the first linearly polarized light is caused to rotate by the first half-wave plate. The direction of polarization of the second linearly polarized light is caused to rotate by the second half-wave plate. The first and second half-wave plates are disposed such that the optical axes of the first and second half-wave plates defines an angle of 45°.
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- Filed April 1, 1992 and granted July 27, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 1, 2012.
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