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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to provide direct backlighting to a display device by generating a first image at a first viewing angle during a first time period by energizing an LED zone to a first luminance, controlling a first LCD zone to be at a first transparency and controlling a second LCD zone to be non-transparent. A second image can be generated at a second viewing angle during a second time period by energizing the LED zone to a second luminance, controlling the first LCD zone to be non-transparent and controlling the second LCD zone to a second transparency. The first luminance can be transmitted through the first LCD zone disposed over the LED zone and directed at the first viewing angle by a parallax barrier when the first LCD zone is at the first transparency and the second luminance can be transmitted through the second LCD zone disposed over the LED zone and directed at a second viewing angle by the parallax barrier when the second LCD zone is at the second transparency.