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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:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Mark Larry, Macomb Township, MI (US);

Erick Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);

Biaohe Guo, Southgate, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/157 (2006.01); G02F 1/163 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60J 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/163 (2013.01); B60J 3/04 (2013.01); B60R 11/0235 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0043 (2013.01); G02F 2203/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Display technologies are provided for configuring the direction of content presentation using a single display assembly. In some embodiments, the display assembly includes a transparent display unit intercalated between a first switchable layer and a second switchable layer. Each one of the first switchable layer and the second switchable layer is formed to reversibly transition between a transparent state and an opaque state in response to an applied electric field. The transparent display unit, the first switchable layer, and the second switchable layer can be operated individually to configure a particular direction of presenting digital content. In other embodiments, the display assembly includes a switchable layer intercalated between a first transparent display unit and a second transparent display unit. The switchable layer, the first transparent display unit, and the second transparent display unit can be operated individually to configure a particular direction of presenting digital content.


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