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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Donald F. Wilkins, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G01D 11/28 (2006.01); G02B 26/02 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2013.01); G02B 26/02 (2013.01); G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); G02B 6/0078 (2013.01); G02B 27/0018 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a display device includes a light source for supplying light energy and a light modulation layer including a plurality of micropillars that each have a fixed end and a free end. An activation layer is configured to activate the micropillars to modulate light energy from the light source passing through the micropillars.