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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Matthew Mead, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Paul Noll, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Lisa Mead, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Rémi Marcel Louis Casal, Lampertheim, FR;
Joel Stanfield, Kentwood, MI (US);
Steelcase, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for selectively controlling visibility of information in a work environment is provided. The system includes one or more polarized emissive screens located within the work environment. The screens have a first direction of polarization. Information displayed on the screens are visible to a person inside the work environment. The work environment includes at least one window which permits viewing of the polarized emissive screens from outside of the work environment. A polarizing filter having a second direction of polarization arranged at an angle to the first direction of polarization is positioned proximate to the window. A person outside the work environment can see inside the environment through the window, but has an altered view of the information on the displays.