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OwnerToshiharu Yanagida, Toru Udaka +2inventors
InventorsToshiharu Yanagida, Toru Udaka, Masaru Kawabata, Kazuhiro Tanaka
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A light control device comprises a liquid crystal cell 12, and a pulse control unit 62 or 64 wherein when a transmittance of light transmitted from said liquid crystal element is changed from an actual light transmittance to an intended light transmittance, the pulse control unit is able to insert beforehand a drive pulse for control corresponding to a minimum light transmittance or a maximum light transmittance, at least, prior to application of a drive pulse corresponding to the intended light transmittance. A method of driving the light control device is also described wherein the light control device is driven by use of the drive pulse for control, along with a pickup device wherein the light control device is arranged in a light path of a pickup system.
A light control device comprising:
A method for driving a light control device including a liquid crystal element, wherein when a transmittance of light transmitted from said liquid crystal element is changed from a current light transmittance to a desired light transmittance, a preliminary drive pulse corresponding to a minimum light transmittance or a maximum light transmittance is inserted prior to application of a drive pulse corresponding to said desired light transmittance.
An image pickup device comprising:
A light control device comprising:
A light control device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.