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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2024
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventor:

Sean P. Rodrigues, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133618 (2021.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); G02F 1/133512 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133543 (2021.01); G02F 1/133723 (2013.01); G02F 1/134336 (2013.01); G02F 1/13756 (2021.01); B60K 2360/1523 (2024.01); B60K 2360/785 (2024.01);
Abstract

Various arrangements described herein relate to a display that uses ambient light to generate images. In one embodiment, a display is disclosed. The display includes an inside transparent layer disposed parallel to and spaced apart from an outside transparent layer. The display includes a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between the inside transparent layer and the outside transparent layer. The display includes ground electrodes disposed between the LC layer and the outside transparent layer. The display includes pixel electrodes disposed between the inside transparent layer and the LC layer. The display includes light filters arranged relative to the pixel electrodes and the ground electrodes to form pixels with separate colors of each pixel being formed from individual ones of the light filters.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Rodrigues, Sean. (2026). Ambient reflective display with color filters (U.S. Patent No. 12650624). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12650624

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