Parallax compensating color filter and black mask for display apparatus
First Claim
1. A color display device including a surface disposed toward a source of light, comprising:
- a first substrate;
a second substrate facing the first substrate with a gap therebetween;
an optically active material disposed in the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a color filter layer formed on the first substrate separated from the optically active material and comprising a plurality of color filters, said color filter layer being located between said surface disposed toward said source of light and said optically active layer;
a black matrix aligned with boundaries between the color filters and comprising a first black matrix layer formed on the first substrate and a second black matrix layer formed on the first substrate and separated from the first black matrix layer with a gap therebetween.
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Abstract
A color display device comprising at least two substrates spaced from each other, the substrates each having an internal and an external surface, the internal surfaces of the two substrates facing each other, at least one of the substrates being transparent; electrodes positioned to establish a field in the space between the two substrates; an optically active material occupying at least a portion of the space between the two substrates and having optical properties influenced by the field; a color filter layer comprising color filter elements that alter the color of light traveling through the color filter layer, the color filter elements being positioned outside of the space between the two substrates; and a three-dimensional black mask comprising mask elements aligned with the boundaries between adjoining color filter elements. The three-dimensional black mask structure allows the color filter to be placed on the exterior of the display while still maintaining good color performance under off-axis viewing conditions.
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33 Claims
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1. A color display device including a surface disposed toward a source of light, comprising:
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a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate with a gap therebetween; an optically active material disposed in the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; a color filter layer formed on the first substrate separated from the optically active material and comprising a plurality of color filters, said color filter layer being located between said surface disposed toward said source of light and said optically active layer; a black matrix aligned with boundaries between the color filters and comprising a first black matrix layer formed on the first substrate and a second black matrix layer formed on the first substrate and separated from the first black matrix layer with a gap therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A display device including a surface disposed toward a source of light, comprising:
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a first panel positioned directly adjacent said light disposed surface and comprising a first substrate and a color filter layer; a second panel comprising a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer separated from said color filter layer and formed between the first panel and the second panel; and a black matrix aligned with boundaries between the color filters and comprising first and second black matrix layers formed at the first panel and separated from each other with a gap there between. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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