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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Reald Spark, Llc, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael G. Robinson, Boulder, CO (US);
Graham J Woodgate, Henley-on-Thames, GB;
ReaID Spark, LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A display device comprising a spatial light modulator having a display polariser arranged on one side of the spatial light modulator is provided with an additional polariser arranged on the same side as the display polariser and polar control retarders between the additional polariser and the display polariser. The polar control retarders include a liquid crystal retarder having two surface alignment layers disposed adjacent to a layer of liquid crystal material on opposite sides. The surface alignment layers provide alignment in the adjacent liquid crystal material with an in-plane component, wherein the angle of said in-plane component changes monotonically along a predetermined axis across the display device, providing reduction of luminance in directions that are offset from a viewing axis, increasing uniformity in the reduction of luminance in directions that are offset from a viewing axis.