# US 9,436,016 B2 · Liquid crystal shutter eyeglass > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,016 B2 - Document ID: US9436016B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/378,884 - Filed: 2010-04-28 - Published: 2012-04-19 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2009-06-19 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: Goroh Saitoh; Masao Imai - Inventors: Goroh Saitoh; Masao Imai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436016B2 ## CPC - G02B 30/24: involving temporal multiplexing, e.g. using sequentially activated left and right shutters - G02F 1/134309: {characterised by their geometrical arrangement} - H04N 13/341: using temporal multiplexing - H04N 2213/008: Aspects relating to glasses for viewing stereoscopic images - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A liquid crystal shutter eyeglass that can solve the problem in which the provision of excellent images cannot be kept if the situation of the viewer varies is provided. A liquid crystal shutter (2) has a light transmitting and shading region in which a state can change between a light transmitting state in which light is caused to transmit and a light shading state in which light is caused to be shaded. A driving section (51) changes the state between the light transmitting state and the light shading state of a driving region that is at least part of the light transmitting and shading region. A controlling means (52) adjusts at least one of a size and a position of the driving region of which the driving section (51) changes the state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid crystal shutter eyeglass, comprising: a liquid crystal shutter comprising a light transmitting and shading region in which a change can occur in the state of the liquid crystal shutter between a light transmitting state in which light is caused to be transmitted and a light shading state in which light is caused to be shaded; a driving section configured to change the state between said light transmitting state and said light shading state of a driving region that is at least part of said light transmitting and shading region; and a controlling section configured to adjust a size of said driving region; a receiver configured to receive a synchronization signal that represents a timing at which the state between said light transmitting state and said light shading state changes; and an accepting section configured to receive position information that represents relative positions of said liquid crystal shutter eyeglass and of a predetermined display device; wherein, said driving section is further configured to change the state between said light transmitting state and said light shading state based on the synchronization signal that said receiver has received, and said controlling section is further configured to decrease both a length and a width of the driving region in proportion to the distance between said liquid crystal shutter and said display device based on the position information which is received by said accepting section. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 1, wherein said liquid crystal shutter comprises: a pair of transparent substrates; a pair of electrodes respectively formed on the transparent substrates; a liquid crystal layer injected between said electrodes; and a pair of polarizing layers that sandwich said transparent substrates, wherein at least one of said pair of electrodes is a segmented electrode that is divided into a plurality of separate electrodes, wherein said driving section is further configured to apply a voltage to said separate electrodes so as to change the state between said light transmitting state and said light shading state of said driving region, and wherein said controlling section is further configured to select a separate electrode to which said driving section applies the voltage so as to adjust at least one of the size and the position of said driving region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 2, wherein said segmented electrode comprises as said separate electrodes a center electrode and an outer peripheral electrode that surrounds said center electrode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 3, wherein said center electrode is formed in an elliptical shape whose longer axis direction is parallel to a left and right direction of said liquid crystal shutter eyeglass. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 3, wherein said center electrode is formed in a rectangular shape whose longitudinal direction is parallel to a left and right direction of said liquid crystal shutter eyeglass. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 3, wherein said two liquid crystal shutters are arranged in the left and right direction of said liquid crystal shutter eyeglass, and wherein a center point of the center electrode of each of said liquid crystal shutters lies between a center line of one of the liquid crystal shutters arranged in said left and right direction and the other liquid crystal shutter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 3, wherein each of the electrodes of said pair of electrodes are said segmented electrodes and each of the electrodes has as said separate electrodes a plurality of line electrodes, and wherein the line electrodes of one of said pair of electrodes are respectively intersected with the line electrodes of the other of said electrodes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 3, wherein said separate electrodes are arranged in a lattice shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: detecting means configured to detect a line of sight of a viewer, wherein said controlling means is further configured to adjust at least one of the size and the position of said driving region based on the line of sight detected by said detecting means. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal shutter eyeglass as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a detecting section configured to detect a line of sight of a viewer, wherein said two liquid crystal shutters are arranged in the left and right direction of said liquid crystal shutter eyeglass, each liquid crystal shutter comprising said light transmitting and shading region, and said controlling section is further configured to decreases the driving region as the direction of the line of sight is moved away from the center direction of said liquid crystal shutter eyeglass based on the position information, which is received by said accepting section, and based on the line of sight which is detected by said detecting section.