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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Gordon F. Taylor, Bolton, MA (US);
Bernard O. Geaghan, Salem, NH (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G02B 6/0011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04109 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-display system that uses back lights and light guides of an electronically addressable display to provide position-unique signals that both uniquely identify positions on a given display, but also uniquely identify displays within a multi-display system.