Light sensitive display
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10. A light sensitive display comprising:
- (a) a light valve including a front polarizing element, a rear polarizing element, and light rotating material located between said first polarizing element and said rear polarizing element; and
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located between said rear polarizing element and said light rotating material.
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Abstract
A light sensitive display.
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10. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) a light valve including a front polarizing element, a rear polarizing element, and light rotating material located between said first polarizing element and said rear polarizing element; and
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located between said rear polarizing element and said light rotating material. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) a light valve including a front electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, and light rotating material located between said first electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(b) said front and rear electrode layer defining a plurality of pixels within said light rotating material; and
(c) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said light sensitive display located at least partially between said pixels. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) a light valve including a front polarizing element, a rear polarizing element, and light rotating material located between said first polarizing element and said rear polarizing element; and
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located between said front polarizing element and said light rotating material. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) a front polarizing element located toward the front of said liquid crystal device relative to said front electrode layer;
(e) a rear polarizing element located toward the rear of said liquid crystal device relative to said rear electrode layer;
(f) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon; and
(g) a plurality of light sensitive elements located at least partially between said pixel electrodes, with respect to a perpendicular direction to the front of said device, and between said liquid crystal material and said rear polarizing element.
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27. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display, wherein said light sensitive elements are transistors. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a processor that receives information from said light sensitive elements and determines regions of said display where ambient light is inhibited from reaching said light sensitive elements and regions of said display where light in excess of said ambient light reaches said light sensitive elements. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a processor that receives information from said light sensitive elements and determines regions of said display where light in excess of said ambient light reaches said light sensitive elements. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer; and
(d) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display wherein each of said light sensitive elements includes a first transistor that senses ambient light, a second transistor that is inhibited from sensing ambient light with respect to said first transistor. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light; and
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display wherein each of said light sensitive elements includes a first transistor that senses ambient light, and a second transistor that is inhibited from sensing ambient light with respect to said first transistor. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) a backlight within said display;
(c) at least one light sensitive element located within said display; and
(d) modifying the intensity of said backlight based upon said light sensitive element.
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46. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a processor that receives information from said light sensitive elements and determines at least one of;
(i) regions of said display where ambient light is inhibited from reaching said light sensitive elements, and (ii) regions of said display where light in excess of said ambient light reaches said light sensitive elements;
(d) a plurality of pixel electrodes within said display wherein data provided to said pixel electrodes is modified in a manner in a manner consistent with the size of said pixel electrodes within said display. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display wherein each of said light sensitive elements corresponds with a selected one of said pixel electrodes; and
(e) a plurality of elongate conductors each of which is electrically interconnected with a respective one of said light sensitive elements wherein said elongate conductors are arranged in a manner consistent with the pattern of said pixel electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display wherein each of said light sensitive elements corresponds with a selected one of said pixel electrodes;
(e) a plurality of elongate conductors each of which is electrically interconnected with a respective one of said light sensitive elements; and
(f) said plurality of elongate conductors each of which is also electrically interconnected with at least a respective one of said pixel electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display wherein each of said light sensitive elements corresponds with a selected one of said pixel electrodes; and
(e) wherein data is provided to a respective pair of light sensitive elements and pixel electrodes during a scan time of a scanning electrode. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73)
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74. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light during a frame;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a processor that receives information from said light sensitive elements for said frame and determines at least one of;
(i) regions of said display where ambient light is inhibited from reaching said light sensitive elements;
(ii) regions of said display where light in excess of said ambient light reaches said light sensitive elements;
(d) wherein said determination is further based upon data from a previous frame. - View Dependent Claims (75)
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76. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light during a current frame;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a processor that receives information from said light sensitive elements for said current frame and determines a location where said display has been touched;
(d) wherein said determination is further based upon data from a previous frame. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78)
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79. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a processor that receives information from said light sensitive elements and determines a location where said display has been touched;
(d) wherein said determination is further based upon data provided to said light sensitive elements prior to said receiving said information from said light sensitive elements. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81)
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82. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) at least one light sensitive element located within said display; and
(d) modifying the intensity of a portable external light source directed at said display based upon said at least one light sensitive element. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) at least one light sensitive element located within said display; and
(d) modifying the intensity of a portable external light source directed at said display based upon ambient lighting conditions. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92)
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93. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) at least one light sensitive element located within said display; and
(d) modifying the intensity of an external light source directed at said display based upon the addressing of said display. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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103. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) a light guide together with an associated light source located in front of said front electrode layer to provide light thereto;
(f) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display; and
(g) wherein the total internal reflections of said light guide is disrupted by contacting said display with a pointing device, where the pointing device has an index of refraction within 0.5 of the index of refraction of said light guide. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107)
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108. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) a light guide together with an associated light source located in front of said front electrode layer to provide light thereto;
(f) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display; and
(g) a processor determining the location of touching of said display by sensing a light inhibited region by said light sensitive elements wherein light has been inhibited from reaching said light sensitive elements with an interior region to said inhibited region having greater illumination.
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109. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display; and
(f) a processor determining the location of touching of said display by sensing a light inhibited region by said light sensitive elements wherein light has been inhibited from reaching said light sensitive elements with an interior region to said inhibited region having greater illumination.
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110. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a processor that receives information from said light sensitive elements and determines regions of said display where ambient light is inhibited from reaching said light sensitive elements, wherein data from said light sensitive elements is temporally analyzed. - View Dependent Claims (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118)
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119. A light sensitive display comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a sampling circuit that reads data from said plurality of light sensitive elements at a rate corresponding with the refresh rate of the corresponding portion of said display, wherein the display includes at least two different refresh rates.
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120. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(f) a light guide together with an associated light source located in front of said front electrode layer to provide light thereto, wherein said light has a color spectrum less than ambient light; and
(g) a color filter positioned between said light guide and at least one of said light sensitive elements, wherein said color reduces the transmission of said ambient light to an extent greater than said light from said light source. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131)
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128-1. The device of claim 120 wherein said color filter has a transmission of said light from said light source greater than 50%.
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132. A light sensitive display system comprising:
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(a) said display selectively causing pixels to provide light during subsequent frames;
(b) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(c) a first amount of additional light provided to said light sensitive elements during at least one of said subsequent frames;
(d) a second amount of said additional light selectively provided to said light sensitive elements during at least one other of said subsequent frames, wherein said first and second additional light are different; and
(e) said display system determining the location of said additional light on said display based upon sensing a portion of said first and second additional light. - View Dependent Claims (133, 134)
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135. A method of sensing with a display comprising:
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(a) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display;
(b) modifying an amount of additional light provided to said light sensitive elements during multiple frames; and
(c) system determining the location of said additional light on said display based upon sensing said additional light. - View Dependent Claims (136, 137, 138, 139)
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140. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein a first plurality of said pixel electrodes is associated with blue, a second plurality of said pixel electrodes is associated green, and a third plurality of said pixel electrodes is associated with red;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) a plurality of light sensitive elements located within said display wherein each of said light sensitive elements corresponds with a selected one of said pixel electrodes, wherein at least one of;
(i) a greater number of said light sensitive elements are associated with said blue pixel electrodes, than said green pixel electrodes;
(ii) a greater number of said light sensitive elements are associated with said blue pixel electrodes, than said red pixel electrodes;
(iii) a greater number of said light sensitive elements are associated with said blue pixel electrodes, than non-blue said pixel electrodes.
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141. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) a plurality of light sensitive elements located together with said rear electrode layer; and
(f) a light blocking layer forwardly disposed from said front electrode layer that inhibits ambient light from striking a plurality of said light sensitive elements while defining openings therein to permit ambient light to strike a plurality of other said light sensitive elements.
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142. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon; and
(e) a plurality of light sensitive elements located together with said rear electrode layer. (f) a light blocking layer forwardly disposed from said front electrode layer that defines openings therein to permit ambient light to strike a plurality of said light sensitive elements, wherein said openings are smaller in at least one dimension than at least one dimension of the channel of said light sensitive element.
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143. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) a plurality of light sensitive elements located together with said rear electrode layer;
(f) a substantially non-filtered optical path from said plurality of said light sensitive elements to a viewer of said display.
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144. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon; and
(e) a plurality of light sensitive elements located together with said rear electrode layer. (f) a light blocking layer forwardly disposed from said front electrode layer that defines openings therein to permit ambient light to strike a plurality of said light sensitive elements, wherein said openings include a portion of said light blocking layer.
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145. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon; and
(e) a plurality of light sensitive elements located together with said rear electrode layer. (f) a light blocking layer forwardly disposed from said front electrode layer that defines a non-continuous opening therein to permit ambient light to strike a respective said light sensitive element.
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146. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) a plurality of light sensitive elements located together with said rear electrode layer; and
(f) a pen that provides a signal to said light sensitive elements indicative of the pressure exerted against said device.
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147. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) said rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of select electrodes and a plurality of data electrodes such that one of said select electrodes in combination with a plurality of said data electrodes selectively change said electrical potential for a plurality of different portion of said liquid crystal material;
(f) a first transistor comprising;
(i) a first terminal;
(ii) a second terminal;
(iii) a third terminal;
(g) a second transistor comprising;
(i) a first terminal;
(ii) a second terminal;
(iii) a third terminal;
(h) said first terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to a conductive electrode;
(i) said second terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to said conductive electrode;
(j) said first terminal of said first transistor and said second terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to one another;
(k) said second terminal of said first transistor is a gate of said first transistor;
(l) said third terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to said first terminal of said second transistor;
(m) said second terminal of said second transistor electrically connected to one of said select electrodes;
(n) said second terminal of said second transistor is a gate of said second transistor;
(o) said third terminal of said second transistor is electrically interconnected to a readout system;
(p) said second transistor substantially inhibited from receiving ambient light thereon relative said first transistor receiving ambient light thereon; and
(q) said first transistor and said second transistor being together with said rear electrode layer. - View Dependent Claims (148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155)
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156. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) said rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of select electrodes and a plurality of data electrodes such that one of said select electrodes in combination with a plurality of said data electrodes selectively change said electrical potential for a plurality of different portion of said liquid crystal material;
(f) a first transistor comprising;
(i) a first terminal;
(ii) a second terminal;
(iii) a third terminal;
(g) a second transistor comprising;
(i) a first terminal;
(ii) a second terminal;
(iii) a third terminal;
(h) said first terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to said second terminal of said first transistor;
(i) said first terminal of said first transistor and said second terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to one of a conductive electrode and to said first terminal of said second transistor;
(j) said second terminal of said first transistor is a gate of said first transistor;
(k) said third terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to the other of said conductive electrode and said first terminal of said second transistor;
(l) said second terminal of said second transistor electrically connected to one of said select electrodes;
(m) said second terminal of said second transistor is a gate of said second transistor;
(n) said third terminal of said second transistor is electrically interconnected to a readout system;
(o) said second transistor substantially inhibited from receiving ambient light thereon relative said first transistor receiving ambient light thereon; and
(p) said first transistor and said second transistor being together with said rear electrode layer. - View Dependent Claims (157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163)
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164. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) said rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of select electrodes and a plurality of data electrodes such that one of said select electrodes in combination with a plurality of said data electrodes selectively change said electrical potential for a plurality of different portions of said liquid crystal material;
(f) a light sensitive element comprising;
(i) a first terminal;
(ii) a second terminal;
(g) a first transistor comprising;
(i) a first terminal;
(ii) a second terminal;
(iii) a third terminal;
(h) said first terminal of said light sensitive element electrically interconnected to a conductive electrode;
(i) said second terminal of said light sensitive element electrically interconnected to said first terminal of said first transistor;
(j) said second terminal of said first transistor electrically connected to one of said select electrodes;
(k) said second terminal of said first transistor is a gate of said first transistor;
(l) said third terminal of said first transistor is electrically interconnected to a readout system;
(m) said first transistor substantially inhibited from receiving ambient light thereon relative said light sensitive element receiving ambient light thereon; and
(n) said readout system determining when light sensed by said light sensitive element is less than said ambient light. - View Dependent Claims (165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171)
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172. A liquid crystal device comprising;
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(a) a front electrode layer;
(b) a rear electrode layer;
(c) a liquid crystal material located between said front electrode layer and said rear electrode layer;
(d) changing an electrical potential between said rear electrode layer and said front electrode layer to selectively modify portions of said liquid crystal material to change the polarization of the light incident thereon;
(e) said rear electrode layer comprising a plurality of select electrodes and a plurality of data electrodes such that one of said select electrodes in combination with a plurality of said data electrodes selectively change said electrical potential for a plurality of different portions of said liquid crystal material;
(f) a first transistor comprising;
(i) a first terminal;
(ii) a second terminal;
(iii) a third terminal;
(g) a first element comprising;
(i) a first terminal;
(ii) a second terminal;
(h) said first terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to a conductive electrode;
(i) said second terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to said conductive electrode;
(j) said first terminal of said first transistor and said second terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to one another;
(k) said second terminal of said first transistor is a gate of said first transistor;
(l) said third terminal of said first transistor electrically interconnected to said first terminal of said first element;
(m) said second terminal of said first element is electrically interconnected to a readout system;
(n) said first element substantially inhibited from receiving ambient light thereon relative said first transistor receiving ambient light thereon; and
(o) said readout system determining when light sensed by said light sensitive element is less than said ambient light. - View Dependent Claims (173, 174, 175, 176, 177)
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