Corning Incorporated

Michael Etienne

Daniel Aloysius Nolan

Jacques Gollier

Wendell Porter Weeks

Kathleen Ann Wexell

Stephan Lvovich Logunov

William James Miller

Xin Chen

Wageesha Senaratne

Luis Alberto Zenteno

Matthew Wade Fenton

Richard Curwood Peterson

Timothy Edward Myers

Claudio Mazzali

David Eugene Baker

Vasudha Ravichandran

A light diffusing component is disclosed. The light diffusing component comprises a substrate, such as glass, having a frontside, a backside spaced apart from the frontside, and an edge configured to receive a light source. The glass sheet includes at least one scattering layer having a plurality of light scattering centers etched into at least a portion of the frontside of the glass sheet. The scattering centers have an increased density as the distance from the edge increases and the scattering centers are randomly distributed in size and smaller than about 200 &#x3bc;m. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a light diffusing component comprising masking a substrate, such as a glass sheet, and etching the substrate such that the density of the resulting scattering centers increased as the distance from the light source increases.

Light diffusing component and a method of manufacturing a light diffusing component

Methods and apparatus for providing one or more components for a display system, particularly for producing diffused light.

Methods and apparatus for providing improved display components

Methods and apparatus for providing display components

Bezel-concealing display covers and display devices are disclosed. In one example, a bezel-concealing display cover includes a bezel and a display panel includes a perimeter portion having a first surface and a second surface such that the perimeter portion is configured to be offset from the bezel of the display device by a gap G. The bezel-concealing display cover further includes a first array of prisms on at least one of the first surface or the second surface of the perimeter portion that extend from an edge of the perimeter portion to a distance L. Each prism of the first array of prisms has a prism angle &#x3b8;, and the first array of prisms is configured to shift a portion of an image proximate the bezel produced by the display panel such that the shifted portion of the image appears over the bezel to an observer.

Bezel-concealing display covers and display devices

Curved bezel-concealing display covers and display devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bezel-concealing display cover for coupling to a display device having a bezel and a display panel includes a curved perimeter portion having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the curved perimeter portion is configured to be offset from the bezel of the display device by a varying gap G. The bezel-concealing display cover further includes an array of prisms on at least one of the first surface or the second surface of the curved perimeter portion. The array of prisms extends from an edge of the curved perimeter portion to a distance L. The array of prisms and the curved perimeter portion is configured to shift a portion of an image proximate the bezel produced by the display panel such that the shifted portion of the image appears over the bezel to an observer.

Curved bezel-concealing display device covers and bezel-free display devices

A light collection and light guidance system including:

Optical trapping for fiber illumination

A detection system includes a length of optical fiber and an OTDR coupled to the optical fiber. The OTDR includes a radiation source providing pulsed radiation to the fiber, a detector detecting radiation that is backscattered through the fiber, and a processor capable of analyzing the variation of the radiation that is backscattered through the fiber. At least two polarization dependent sensing elements are positioned along the length of optical fiber.

Intrusion detecting system with polarization dependent sensing elements

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Corning, NY, United States of America

Michael Etienne