Patent ID: 7903181

Claim:
A recording device comprising: a first voltage application unit that applies a first voltage to a display layer including a photoconductive layer, a first liquid crystal layer and a second liquid crystal layer, the photoconductive layer being a layer an impedance of which is changed by irradiated light, the first voltage being a voltage by which orientation of the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer transforms to a first orientation; a second voltage application unit that applies a second voltage after the application of the first voltage is terminated, the second voltage being a voltage by which orientation of the second liquid crystal layer transforms to a second orientation; a first irradiation unit that irradiates to the display layer first light synchronized with the application of the second voltage, the first light having a first intensity if the first light is irradiated at an area corresponding to a first tone in the first liquid crystal layer, the first light having a second intensity that is less than first intensity if the first light is irradiated at an area corresponding to a second tone in the first liquid crystal layer; a second irradiation unit that irradiates to the display layer second light after the application of the second voltage is terminated, the second light having a third intensity if the second light is irradiated at an area corresponding to the first tone in the second liquid crystal layer, the second light not being irradiated if the second light is irradiated at an area corresponding to the second tone in the second liquid crystal layer.