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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 19, 1998
J. Michael Lengyel, La Center, WA (US);
Litton Systems, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A daylight readable LCD which may be used to communicate information as high contrast images (static or dynamic, color or monochrome) in bright ambient lighting conditions over a wide temperature range in direct sunlight. A contrast enhancement filter assembly is disposed at the interface between a backlit display and a user. The contrast enhancement filter assembly includes a triple bandpass contrast enhancement filter that preferably passes light efficiently in each of the red, green, and blue primary wavelengths and substantially absorbs all other wavelengths. Display contrast is increased because of the absorption of incident light having wavelengths that differ from the light produced by the internal backlight source within the display. This results in the display having a blacker background and enhanced purity of the color primaries. The display element is disposed generally behind the contrast enhancement filter assembly. An air gap separation is preferably provided between the contrast enhancement filter assembly and the display element to allow a heat conducting medium to flow therebetween to control thermal loading of the display. A fluorescent backlight assembly provides at least about 5,000 fL of illumination. An air gap separation is preferably provided between the display element and the backlight to allow a heat conducting medium to flow therebetween to control thermal loading of the display. The ratio of output light to reflected incident ambient light is at least about 5:1.