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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Bruno Mueller, Duesseldorf, DE;
William E. Bird, Winksele, BE;
Bruno Mueller, Duesseldorf, DE;
William E. Bird, Winksele, BE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of displaying an image on a display device having first and second sides, said image including an light restricting silhouette pattern having a plurality of first transparent or translucent areas, and at least one design layer having at least one color, said at least one design layer being visible from one side of said display device and substantially less visible from the other side, said image being substantially transparent or translucent as viewed from the other side, comprising the steps: Articles produced in accordance with the method are also described. Printers, raster image processing methods and systems, computer graphics systems are described for producing the article.