Camera module

Abstract

A camera module includes a liquid crystal panel that has an incident light control area, a lens, an imaging device that acquires information of light transmitted through the incident light control area and the lens, and a control circuit. The liquid crystal panel includes a first guest-host liquid crystal cell that has a black state and a transparent state, a second guest-host liquid crystal cell that has a black state and a transparent state, and a liquid crystal device that is provided between the first guest-host liquid crystal cell and the second guest-host liquid crystal cell and has the incident light control area. The control circuit sets the first guest-host liquid crystal cell and the second guest-host liquid crystal cell to the black state to use the first guest-host liquid crystal cell and the second guest-host liquid crystal cell as polarizing plates.

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