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1. A display comprising:
- a single-view image display panel; and
a parallax optic disposed over a display face of the image display panel for restricting an angular spread of light output from the display face of the image display panel;
wherein the display panel is a pixelated display panel and wherein an element of the parallax optic is associated with no more than one pixel of the display panel or with no more than one line of pixels of the display panel,the elements of the parallax optic restrict the angular spread of light output from the display face of the image display panel in two orthogonal directions,the elements of the parallax optic substantially collimates light output from the display face of the image display panel in a first of the orthogonal directions, andthe elements of the parallax optic restrict the angular spread of light output from the display face of the image display panel in a second of the orthogonal directions into a first angular range centered on an angle of approximately −
30°
with respect to a normal to the display and a second angular range centered on an angle of approximately +30°
with respect to the normal.
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Abstract
A display comprises: a single-view image display panel (6); and a parallax optic (8) disposed over a display face of the image display panel for restricting the angular spread of light output from the display face of the image display panel. This enables light to be concentrated in a desired viewing angle range (66), and avoids a user (56) seeing unwanted reflections that may occur as a result of a greater viewing angle range (64) if the parallax optic (8) is not provided. The display may be used, as an example, in a motor vehicle to prevent unwanted reflections from the windscreen (62) of the vehicle.
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1. A display comprising:
- a single-view image display panel; and
a parallax optic disposed over a display face of the image display panel for restricting an angular spread of light output from the display face of the image display panel;wherein the display panel is a pixelated display panel and wherein an element of the parallax optic is associated with no more than one pixel of the display panel or with no more than one line of pixels of the display panel, the elements of the parallax optic restrict the angular spread of light output from the display face of the image display panel in two orthogonal directions, the elements of the parallax optic substantially collimates light output from the display face of the image display panel in a first of the orthogonal directions, and the elements of the parallax optic restrict the angular spread of light output from the display face of the image display panel in a second of the orthogonal directions into a first angular range centered on an angle of approximately −
30°
with respect to a normal to the display and a second angular range centered on an angle of approximately +30°
with respect to the normal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- a single-view image display panel; and
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25. A parallax optic comprising:
- an aperture array;
a microlens array for restricting an angular spread of light transmitted through the aperture array;
non-light transmissive material disposed between microlenses of the microlens array; and
a layer of material having lower refractive index than the microlens array, the layer of material being disposed directly adjacent to the microlens array,wherein light transmitted through the aperture array passes through the layer of material having the lower refractive index. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
- an aperture array;
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36. A parallax optic comprising:
- an aperture array;
a microlens array for restricting an angular spread of light transmitted through the aperture array;
non-light transmissive material disposed between microlenses of the microlens array; and
a layer of material having lower refractive index than the microlens array, the layer of material being disposed directly adjacent to the microlens array,wherein the parallax optic is adapted to restrict in two orthogonal directions the angular spread of light transmitted through the aperture array, the parallax optic is adapted to substantially collimate light in a first of the orthogonal directions, and the parallax optic is adapted to restrict the angular spread of light in a second of the orthogonal directions into a first angular range centered on an angle of approximately −
30°
with respect to a normal to the parallax optic and a second angular range centered on an angle of approximately +30°
with respect to the normal.
- an aperture array;
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