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Tiled, flat-panel display having invisible seams

  • US 5,661,531 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1996
  • Issued: 08/26/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tiled, substantially flat, panel display composed of a plurality of joined, smaller tiles, having the characteristic of visually imperceptible seams between tiles disposed in an interior portion thereof, such that said panel display can be viewed as though it were a single, monolithic display, comprising:

  • a) means defining an image source plane having spaced-apart, pixel-active areas, with each of said pixel-active areas being disposed along said image source plane at a given pitch distance;

    b) a plurality of adjacently disposed tiles, each having a predetermined thickness, disposed in a plane adjacent said image source plane;

    c) means defining seams disposed between adjacent tiles;

    d) masking means in conjunction with light collimating means, said masking means being proximate said seams for blocking direct and selectively scattered light from said seams towards a viewer of said display, thereby rendering said seams substantially visually imperceptible to said viewer, notwithstanding any angle at which said display is viewed thereby; and

    e) means defining a viewing plane adjacent said masking means for transmitting light from said image source plane to said viewer, with substantially no light from said seams.

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