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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel J. Coster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniele DE Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US);
Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shin Nishibori, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas B. Satzger, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Calvin Q. Seid, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher J. Stringer, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Eugene Antony Whang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rico Zörkendörfer, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Morgenstern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul C. L. Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel J. Coster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniele de Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US);
Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shin Nishibori, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas B. Satzger, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Calvin Q. Seid, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher J. Stringer, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Eugene Antony Whang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rico Zörkendörfer, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Morgenstern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul C. L. Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. Substantially invisible, tapered, light-transmissive holes are penetrated in a light-transmissive pattern through at least a portion of the light resistant material using a laser beam having a focal width less than the smallest diameter of the tapered holes.