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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald D Boswell, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350333 ; 365108 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for increasing the contrast ratio of the output image from a cholestericnematic (storage mode) light valve. The increase in contrast ratio is achieved by applying a low amplitude voltage across the cell at an erasing frequency thereby causing increased scattering of light in the stored image areas and decreased scattering in the clear area.