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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Philippe Kaplan, Le Rouret, FR;
Georges-Henri Moll, Villeneuve-Loubet, FR;
Xavier A. Nodet, Antibes, FR;
Olivier Oudot, Vallauris, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product, and system for a uni-directional and multi-directional interchangeable screen. The system includes a screen and an opaque micro-tube connected at one end to the screen. A bottom backlight is connected to the other end of the opaque micro-tube and a top backlight is connected to the screen. The system is controlled by an automated screen selection program, which activates the bottom backlight and deactivates the top backlight for uni-directional screen view. Automated screen selection program activates top backlight for multi-directional screen view.