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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:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2004
Applicant:
Adiel Abileah, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Adiel Abileah, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Planar Systems, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A backlighting structure for use with a display comprises a light source, an illumination area, a permanently reflecting material, and a selectively reflecting material. The illumination area is bounded by a back side, a front plane on a front side, and lateral sides. The permanently reflecting material lies along a first subset of the back side, and the selectively reflecting material lies on a second subset of the back side. The selectively transparent material can controllably change between a reflecting state and a non-reflecting (e.g., transmitting) state.