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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Fetze Pijlman, Eindhoven, NL;

Jan Van Der Horst, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Fetze Pijlman, Eindhoven, NL;

Jan Van Der Horst, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02B 27/22 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01); G02B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/2214 (2013.01); G02F 1/13471 (2013.01); G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); G02F 1/29 (2013.01); G02B 3/12 (2013.01); H04N 13/0404 (2013.01); H04N 13/0452 (2013.01); H04N 13/0454 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-view display is switchable between single view and multi-view modes, and uses lenticular arrangement over a display panel which includes birefringent electro-optic material adjacent to a non-switchable optically transparent layer. The non-switchable optically transparent layer has a refractive index substantially equal to the extra ordinary refractive index of the birefringent electro-optic material. In the single view mode, the birefringent electro-optic material defines a non-switched state, and the polarization of the light from the display panel and incident on the lenticular arrangement is linear and aligned with the optical axis of the birefringent electro-optic material at the surface where the display output light is received. In the multi-view mode, the birefringent electro-optic material defines a switched state in which the optical axis is aligned perpendicularly to the display output surface.


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