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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Shawn Piper, Houston, TX (US);

Michael W. Hu, Houston, TX (US);

Brian Spate, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G04G 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/002 (2013.01); G02B 6/0028 (2013.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G04G 9/00 (2013.01); G04G 9/0005 (2013.01); G04G 9/0035 (2013.01); G02F 1/133606 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133618 (2013.01); G02F 2201/56 (2013.01); G02F 2203/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus include a housing having a top opening, and a sidewall and a bottom surface defining a cavity. The apparatus includes a display assembly. The display assembly includes an electronic transmissive display layer within the cavity to display an image viewable from the top opening of the housing. The display assembly includes a light collector within the cavity and having an optical opening at the top opening of the housing to collect ambient light. The display assembly includes a light guide layer within the cavity to guide the collected ambient light towards and through the display layer. The apparatus includes a processing device within the cavity to generate data to display using the display layer.


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