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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Nigel A. Clarke, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a backlight, a color filter disposed in front of the backlight along a viewing direction, wherein the color filter includes a plurality of pixels repeating at a first spacing along a first axis. The apparatus further includes a lenticular layer disposed in front of the backlight, the lenticular layer including a section of material having a first index of refraction, a first, substantially flat side, and a second side defining a lenticularly patterned cross section along the first axis, the lenticularly patterned cross section including lens elements repeating at a second spacing and directing light originating from the backlight in two or more directions.