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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2010
Applicants:

Jeffrey Wayne Minor, Lake Orion, MI (US);

Henry Clarence Davies, Orion, MI (US);

Edward Charles Schwartz, Rochester, MI (US);

Michael James Klingensmith, Macomb, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Wayne Minor, Lake Orion, MI (US);

Henry Clarence Davies, Orion, MI (US);

Edward Charles Schwartz, Rochester, MI (US);

Michael James Klingensmith, Macomb, MI (US);

Assignee:

Oasis Advanced Engineering, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/153 (2006.01); G02B 23/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A periscope that is switchable between the normal optical view of the outside, a display view, and an overlay view in which the outside view and display view are combined. The switching element is an electronically switchable mirror with primarily reflective, primarily transparent, and intermediate states, depending on the application of electrical potentials.


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