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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2023
Reald Spark, Llc, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael G. Robinson, Boulder, CO (US);
Jonathan Harrold, Leamington Spa, GB;
Graham J. Woodgate, Henley-on-Thames, GB;
Robert A Ramsey, Boulder, CO (US);
RealD 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 a polar control retarder between the additional polariser and the display polariser. The polar control retarder includes 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 a twist. The out-of-plane orientation of the twisted layer of liquid crystal material is modified across at least one region of the display device to provide a pupillated transmission function, achieving increased luminance uniformity to a display user and increased uniformity of security factor to an off-axis snooper, or reduced distraction across the display to the driver in an automotive application.