Gain reflector-liquid crystal display
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1. A display comprising:
- a display medium switchable between a first state in which incident light is at least one of scattered and absorbed and a second state in which the amount of such scattering or absorption is reduced; and
an offset gain reflector means disposed behind said display medium for reflecting light passing through said display medium such that said reflected light is angularly offset from the specular reflection from said display medium, said offset gain reflector means including an array of optical elements disposed in a continuous relation forming a sheet of optical elements, and each optical element having in at least one plane orthogonal to the sheet a curved reflecting surface with a positive slope portion and a negative slope portion wherein the length of one of said portions is greater than the other and said portion having the greater length having a curvature less than said other portion.
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Abstract
A display apparatus comprising a display medium and a gain reflector disposed behind the display medium for reflecting incident light. The display medium may comprise a liquid crystal material containing a dye that conforms to the structure of the liquid crystal material and a containment medium for inducing distorted alignment of the liquid crystal material which in response to such alignment scatters and absorbs light and which response to a prescribed input reduces the amount of such scattering and absorption.
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19 Claims
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1. A display comprising:
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a display medium switchable between a first state in which incident light is at least one of scattered and absorbed and a second state in which the amount of such scattering or absorption is reduced; and an offset gain reflector means disposed behind said display medium for reflecting light passing through said display medium such that said reflected light is angularly offset from the specular reflection from said display medium, said offset gain reflector means including an array of optical elements disposed in a continuous relation forming a sheet of optical elements, and each optical element having in at least one plane orthogonal to the sheet a curved reflecting surface with a positive slope portion and a negative slope portion wherein the length of one of said portions is greater than the other and said portion having the greater length having a curvature less than said other portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A display apparatus comprising:
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a liquid crystal means at a viewing side of the display; said liquid crystal means comprising liquid crystal material containing a dye that conforms to the structure of the liquid material and a containment medium means for inducing a distorted alignment of said liquid crystal material which in response to such alignment scatters and absorbs light and which in response to a prescribed input reduces the amount of such scattering and absorption; and an offset gain reflector means disposed behind said liquid crystal means for reflecting light passing through said liquid crystal means, such that said reflected light is directionally separated from any specular reflection, said offset gain reflector means including an array of optical elements disposed in a contiguous relation, each optical element having a concave and convex reflecting surface wherein each optical element is smoothly joined to the next without any discontinuities therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A display comprising:
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a display medium switchable between a first state in which incident light is at least one of scattered and absorbed and a second state in which the amount of such scattering or absorption is reduced; and an offset gain reflector means disposed behind said display medium for reflecting light passing through said display medium such that said reflected light is angularly offset from the specular reflection from said display medium, said offset gain reflector means including an array of optical elements disposed in a continuous relation forming a sheet of optical elements and each optical element having in a first plane orthogonal to the sheet a curved reflecting surface with a positive slope portion and a negative slope portion wherein the length of one of said portions is greater than the other and said portion having the greater length having a curvature less than said other portion, and having in a second plane orthogonal to the sheet a curved reflecting surface with positive and negative slope portions wherein the lengths and curvatures of said slope portions are substantially the same.
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