Transflector
First Claim
1. A transflector comprising,a sheet of light transmitting material having an undulating surface, anda discontinuous film of light reflecting material on said surface of said sheet forming a plurality of islands which exhibit a fissured pattern running in one direction across said sheet,said film arranged to reflect substantial portions of incident light to prevent incident light from passing through said sheet and to permit light to be transmitted through said sheet from a light source behind said sheet.
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Abstract
There is provided an efficient semi-transparent reflector (transflector) which reflects direct light under normal, ambient light conditions but permits back lighting of a display, such as an LCD display, under dark ambient light conditions. Such a "transflector" is inexpensive to manufacture and provides an efficient device in which the pattern and body color of the reflector can easily be changed.
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1. A transflector comprising,
a sheet of light transmitting material having an undulating surface, and a discontinuous film of light reflecting material on said surface of said sheet forming a plurality of islands which exhibit a fissured pattern running in one direction across said sheet, said film arranged to reflect substantial portions of incident light to prevent incident light from passing through said sheet and to permit light to be transmitted through said sheet from a light source behind said sheet.
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