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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2022
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Sean P. Rodrigues, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Danny J. Lohan, Northville, MI (US);
Ercan Mehmet Dede, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Masaaki Kawauchi, Chita County, JP;
Kojiro Tachi, Nagakute, JP;
Hiroshi Ando, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for improving the brightness of a transparent display are disclosed herein. One embodiment collects ambient light using an array of diffraction gratings disposed on an external surface of a building; filters the ambient light to produce filtered ambient light; generates primary-source light using a light-emitting-diode (LED) light source; and injects, into a transparent edge-lit liquid crystal waveguide display deployed in at least a portion of a window of the building, the primary-source light and the filtered ambient light in a color-synchronized manner. The filtered ambient light improves the brightness of the transparent edge-lit liquid crystal waveguide display.