Patent ID: 6999147

Claim:
A reflector structure, comprising: a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer including, within a plane, a plurality of pitch areas having liquid crystal molecules arranged at different helical pitches, the plurality of pitch areas reflecting colored lights having wavelengths that differ according to the helical pitches of the pitch areas, respectively, the plurality of pitch areas including at a first dot: a first color reflection pitch area that reflects at least one color of light; and a second color reflection pitch area that reflects at least another color of light, the one color and the other color being different colors of light; and at a second dot: a third color reflection pitch area that reflects at least one or the other color of light, a color filter layer including color filter sections for each selectively transmitting a different one of colors, each color filter section defining a dot, and wherein the color filter sections of the color filter layer each having a stripe shape as viewed in plan, the color reflection pitch areas each having a stripe shape and each intersecting the color filter sections as viewed in plan.