| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical deflecting element which switches an optical path by changing a liquid crystal director direction to a desired direction, and an image display device. SOLUTION: The optical deflecting element and an optical deflecting method are provided for switching the optical path by aligning liquid crystal molecules nearly vertically between a pair of substrates (2A, 2B), producing an electric field almost in parallel to a liquid crystal layer 8, and changing the liquid crystal director direction to a desired direction. Ends of a transparent electrode line group 3A and a portion of an electrode connection part 3B are covered with a coating member 22 to prevent a transparent electrode line from being broken owing to discharge in a narrow space formed between optical deflecting elements or with a holder holding an optical deflecting element. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
