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JP2001142047A5
JP2001142047A5 JP1999322185A JP32218599A JP2001142047A5 JP 2001142047 A5 JP2001142047 A5 JP 2001142047A5 JP 1999322185 A JP1999322185 A JP 1999322185A JP 32218599 A JP32218599 A JP 32218599A JP 2001142047 A5 JP2001142047 A5 JP 2001142047A5
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【特許請求の範囲】
【請求項1】 液晶素子と、この液晶素子に入射する光の透過率を現透過率から目標透過率へ、少なくとも2段階に制御された駆動パルスによって変化させるパルス制御部とを具備する調光装置。
【請求項2】 前記駆動パルスのパルス電圧が少なくとも2段階に制御される、請求項1に記載した調光装置。
【請求項3】 前記駆動パルスのパルス幅が少なくとも2段階に制御される、請求項1に記載した調光装置。
【請求項4】 前記駆動パルスが、駆動回路部のクロックと同期して取り出される、請求項1に記載した調光装置。
【請求項5】 出射光の輝度情報が制御回路部にフィードバックされ、この制御回路部からの制御信号により、前記駆動回路部のクロックと同期して、前記駆動パルスが得られるようにした、請求項4に記載した調光装置。
【請求項6】 前記液晶素子はゲスト−ホスト型液晶素子である、請求項1に記載した調光装置。
【請求項7】 前記液晶素子のホスト材料は、誘電率異方性が負又は正のネガ型又はポジ型液晶である、請求項6に記載した調光装置。
【請求項8】 前記液晶素子のゲスト材料は、光吸収異方性が正又は負のポジ型又はネガ型の二色性染料分子からなる、請求項6に記載した調光装置。
【請求項9】 前記液晶素子に入射する光の光路中に偏光板が配されている、請求項1に記載した調光装置。
【請求項10】 前記偏光板が前記光路に対して出し入れ可能に配される、請求項9に記載した調光装置。
【請求項11】 前記偏光板は、機械式アイリスの可動部に配置されることにより前記光路に対して出し入れ可能とされる、請求項10に記載した調光装置。
【請求項12】 前記液晶素子の駆動電極が少なくとも有効光透過部の全域に亘って形成されている、請求項1に記載した調光装置。
【請求項13】 液晶素子と、この液晶素子に入射する光の透過率を現透過率から目標透過率へ、少なくとも2段階に制御された駆動パルスによって変化させるパルス制御部とを具備する調光装置が撮像系の光路中に配されている撮像装置。
【請求項14】 前記調光装置が、請求項2〜12のいずれか1項に記載した調光装置である、請求項13に記載した撮像装置。
【請求項15】 前記駆動回路部が、前記調光装置の光出射側に配された撮像素子の駆動回路部であり、前記撮像素子の出力信号が輝度情報として制御回路部にフィードバックされ、この制御回路部からの制御信号により、前記駆動回路部のクロックと同期して、前記駆動パルスが得られるようにした、請求項13に記載した撮像装置。
【請求項16】 液晶素子を駆動するに際し、前記液晶素子に入射する光の透過率を現透過率から目標透過率へ、少なくとも2段階に制御された駆動パルスによって変化させる、調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項17】 前記駆動パルスのパルス電圧を少なくとも2段階に制御する、請求項16に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項18】 前記駆動パルスのパルス幅を少なくとも2段階に制御する、請求項16に記載した調光素子の駆動方法。
【請求項19】 前記駆動パルスを、駆動回路部のクロックと同期して取り出す、請求項16に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項20】 出射光の輝度情報を制御回路部にフィードバックし、この制御回路部からの制御信号により、前記駆動回路部のクロックと同期して、前記駆動パルスを得る、請求項19に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項21】 前記液晶素子としてゲスト−ホスト型液晶素子を用いる、請求項16に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項22】 前記液晶素子のホスト材料として、誘電率異方性が負又は正のネガ型又はポジ型液晶を用いる、請求項21に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項23】 前記液晶素子のゲスト材料として、光吸収異方性が正又は負のポジ型又はネガ型の二色性染料分子を用いる、請求項21に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項24】 前記液晶素子に入射する光の光路中に偏光板を配する、請求項16に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項25】 前記偏光板を前記光路に対して出し入れ可能に配する、請求項24に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項26】 前記偏光板を、機械式アイリスの可動部に配置することにより前記光路に対して出し入れ可能とする、請求項25に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項27】 液晶素子の駆動電極を少なくとも有効光透過部の全域に亘って形成した前記調光装置を用いる、請求項16に記載した調光装置の駆動方法。
【請求項28】 液晶素子を撮像系の光路中に配した撮像装置を駆動するに際し、前記液晶素子に入射する光の透過率の現透過率を目標透過率へ、少なくとも2段階に制御された駆動パルスによって変化させる、撮像装置の駆動方法。
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1. Dimming including a liquid crystal element and a pulse control unit that changes the transmittance of light incident on the liquid crystal element from the current transmittance to the target transmittance by a drive pulse controlled in at least two steps. apparatus.
2. The dimming device according to claim 1, wherein the pulse voltage of the drive pulse is controlled in at least two stages.
3. The dimming device according to claim 1, wherein the pulse width of the drive pulse is controlled in at least two stages.
4. The dimming device according to claim 1, wherein the drive pulse is taken out in synchronization with the clock of the drive circuit unit.
5. The claim that the brightness information of the emitted light is fed back to the control circuit unit, and the drive pulse is obtained in synchronization with the clock of the drive circuit unit by the control signal from the control circuit unit. Item 4. The dimming device according to Item 4.
6. The dimming device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal element is a guest-host type liquid crystal element.
7. The dimming device according to claim 6, wherein the host material of the liquid crystal element is a negative or positive liquid crystal having a negative or positive dielectric anisotropy.
8. The dimming device according to claim 6, wherein the guest material of the liquid crystal element is composed of a dichroic dye molecule having a positive or negative light absorption anisotropy.
9. The dimming device according to claim 1, wherein a polarizing plate is arranged in an optical path of light incident on the liquid crystal element.
10. The dimming device according to claim 9, wherein the polarizing plate is arranged so as to be able to move in and out of the optical path.
11. The dimming device according to claim 10, wherein the polarizing plate is arranged in a movable portion of a mechanical iris so that it can be taken in and out of the optical path.
12. The dimming device according to claim 1, wherein the driving electrode of the liquid crystal element is formed over at least the entire area of the effective light transmitting portion.
13. Dimming including a liquid crystal element and a pulse control unit that changes the transmittance of light incident on the liquid crystal element from the current transmittance to the target transmittance by a drive pulse controlled in at least two steps. An imaging device in which the device is arranged in the optical path of the imaging system.
14. The imaging device according to claim 13, wherein the dimming device is the dimming device according to any one of claims 2 to 12.
15. The driving circuit unit, a driver circuit portion of the image pickup element arranged on the light emitting side of the light control device, the output signal of the image pickup device is fed back to the control circuit unit as the luminance information, the The image pickup apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the drive pulse is obtained in synchronization with the clock of the drive circuit unit by a control signal from the control circuit unit.
16. When driving a liquid crystal element, driving a dimming device that changes the transmittance of light incident on the liquid crystal element from the current transmittance to the target transmittance by a drive pulse controlled in at least two steps. Method.
17. The method for driving a dimmer according to claim 16 , wherein the pulse voltage of the drive pulse is controlled in at least two stages.
18. controls the pulse width of the drive pulses in at least two stages, the driving method of the light control device according to claim 16.
The method according to claim 19, wherein the driving pulse, is taken out in synchronism with the clock of the drive circuit section, the driving method of the light control device according to claim 16.
20. The 19th aspect of the present invention, wherein the brightness information of the emitted light is fed back to the control circuit unit, and the drive pulse is obtained in synchronization with the clock of the drive circuit unit by the control signal from the control circuit unit. How to drive the dimmer.
21. The method for driving a dimming device according to claim 16 , wherein a guest-host type liquid crystal element is used as the liquid crystal element.
As 22. host material of said liquid crystal element, dielectric anisotropy is used a negative or positive negative or positive type liquid crystal, a driving method of the light control device according to claim 21.
23. The method for driving a dimming device according to claim 21 , wherein a dichroic dye molecule having a positive or negative light absorption anisotropy is used as the guest material of the liquid crystal element.
24. The to distribution the polarizing plate in the optical path of the light incident on the liquid crystal element, the driving method of the light control device according to claim 16.
25. The method for driving a dimming device according to claim 24 , wherein the polarizing plate is arranged so that it can be taken in and out of the optical path.
The method according to claim 26, wherein the polarizing plate, to allow loading and unloading to the optical path by arranging the movable portion of a mechanical iris, the driving method of the light control device according to claim 25.
27. use of the light control device formed over the entire area of at least the effective light transmission portion the drive electrodes of the liquid crystal element, the driving method of the light control device according to claim 16.
28. When driving an image pickup device in which a liquid crystal element is arranged in an optical path of an imaging system, the current transmittance of the light incident on the liquid crystal element is controlled to a target transmittance in at least two steps. A driving method of an imaging device that is changed by a driving pulse.

図28(a)は、電圧を印加していない(電圧無印加)時のGHセル2の状態を示す。入射光5は、偏光板1を透過することにより直線偏光にされる。図28(a)では、この偏光方向と二色性染料分子4の分子長軸方向とが一致するので、光は、二色性染料分子4に吸収され、GHセル2の透過率が低下する。 FIG. 28A shows the state of the GH cell 2 when no voltage is applied (no voltage is applied). The incident light 5 is linearly polarized by passing through the polarizing plate 1. In FIG. 28 (a), the since the molecular long axis direction of the polarization direction and the dichroic dye molecules 4 are coincident, the light is absorbed by the dichroic dye molecules 4, the transmittance of the GH cell 2 is reduced ..

これに対し、正、負のパルス数が異なる場合(負極性パルスが正極性パルスよりもk倍大きい場合)には、k=1の時が対称駆動時の透過率であるが、kが大きくなって非対称性が増すと、図20に示すように透過率は所定の透過率よりも大きくなり、制御性を困難にしている。これは、mの値には依存せず、kに対して同様の変動を示す。 On the other hand, when the number of positive and negative pulses is different (when the negative pulse is k times larger than the positive pulse), the transmittance at the time of symmetric drive is when k = 1, but k is large. As the asymmetry increases, the transmittance becomes larger than the predetermined transmittance as shown in FIG. 20, making controllability difficult. It does not depend on the value of m and shows similar variation with respect to k.

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