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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Emma Jayne Walton, Oxford, GB;
Adrian Marc Simon Jacobs, Reading, GB;
Heather Ann Stevenson, Oxford, GB;
Paul A. Gass, Oxford, GB;
Emma Jayne Walton, Oxford, GB;
Adrian Marc Simon Jacobs, Reading, GB;
Heather Ann Stevenson, Oxford, GB;
Paul A. Gass, Oxford, GB;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A display is switchable between a first display mode with a first viewing angle range, a second display mode having a second viewing angle range smaller than the first viewing angle range and a multiple view directional display mode. The display includes an image display layer and a control element that is switchable between a first state in which it cooperates with the image display layer to provide the first display mode, a second state in which it cooperates with the image display layer to provide the second display mode, and a third state in which it cooperates with the image display layer to provide the multiple view directional display mode.