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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew J. Ouderkirk, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael J. Sykora, New Richmond, WI (US);
Robert R. Kieschke, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kenneth L. Smith, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Olester Benson, Jr., Woodbury, MN (US);
Gary E. Gaides, Woodbury, MN (US);
Tao Liu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas J. Blong, Woodbury, MN (US);
Gary T. Boyd, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A light control film includes a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel first light absorbing regions arranged along a first direction, each first light absorbing region having a width and a height, the plurality of first light absorbing regions including nonoverlapping first and second sub-pluralities of the plurality of first light absorbing regions, the first sub-plurality of the plurality of first light absorbing regions having a first viewing angle, the second sub-plurality of the plurality of first light absorbing regions having a different second viewing angle.