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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:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Painted Post, NY (US);

Jacques Gollier, Redmond, WA (US);

Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, Elmira, NY (US);

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 13/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133606 (2013.01); G02B 3/0031 (2013.01); G02B 3/0068 (2013.01); G02F 1/133504 (2013.01); G02F 1/133512 (2013.01); G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); G02F 1/133611 (2013.01); G02B 6/0053 (2013.01); G02B 6/0055 (2013.01); G02F 1/133502 (2013.01); G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 1/133605 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133507 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133562 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133607 (2013.01); H01L 51/5275 (2013.01);
Abstract

A direct view display device includes a light unit, a collimating unit, an image display unit, and a contrast enhancement unit. The contrast enhancement unit includes opposing first and second major surfaces. The first major surface includes an array of optical elements. The second major surface includes a light absorbing layer and an array of apertures in the light absorbing layer and corresponding to the array of optical elements. The optical elements are disposed between the light unit and the light absorbing layer. The collimating unit is disposed between the light unit and the contrast enhancement unit. The image display unit is disposed between the collimating unit and the contrast enhancement unit. The contrast enhancement unit and the image display unit are arranged such that each optical element of the contrast enhancement unit is aligned with at least one corresponding pixel of the image display unit.


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