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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1997
Brian P Dehmlow, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Science Center, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A display apparatus adapted for viewing by a person wearing linearly polarized lenses, such as sunglasses, is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display device, such as an LCD or a filtered TFEL display, which displays information by providing as an output linearly polarized light travelling toward the person viewing the display apparatus. A quarter-wave plate is positioned between the display device and the linearly polarized lenses of the sunglasses. The quarter-wave plate receives the linearly polarized light from the display device as an input and provides as an output circularly polarized light which passes through the linearly polarized lenses of the sunglasses substantially without attenuation.