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SWITCHABLE LIGHT MODULATOR HAVING REGIONS OF VARYING OPACITY
Switchable light modulators, which may be films, including chambers filled with electro-optic media, such as electrophoretic media, wherein some chambers have a different volume of electro-optic media such that when the electro-optic media is switched between an “open” and “closed” state some regions of the light modulator having chambers of greater volume undergo a greater change in optical density than areas having chambers with smaller volumes. Such switchable light modulators are useful for incorporation into windshields, glasses, windows, lenses, or visors where it is desirable that only part of the viewing area is darkened. Because the design only requires two (typically light-transmissive) electrodes, operation is simplified and costs are reduced, as compared to individually-actuable pixel electrodes.
SWITCHABLE LIGHT MODULATOR HAVING REGIONS OF VARYING OPACITY
Switchable light modulators, which may be films, including chambers filled with electro-optic media, such as electrophoretic media, wherein some chambers have a different volume of electro-optic media such that when the electro-optic media is switched between an “open” and “closed” state some regions of the light modulator having chambers of greater volume undergo a greater change in optical density than areas having chambers with smaller volumes. Such switchable light modulators are useful for incorporation into windshields, glasses, windows, lenses, or visors where it is desirable that only part of the viewing area is darkened. Because the design only requires two (typically light-transmissive) electrodes, operation is simplified and costs are reduced, as compared to individually-actuable pixel electrodes.
SWITCHABLE LIGHT MODULATOR HAVING REGIONS OF VARYING OPACITY
SCHALTBARER LICHTMODULATOR MIT BEREICHEN UNTERSCHIEDLICHER OPAZITÄT
MODULATEUR DE LUMIÈRE COMMUTABLE AYANT DES RÉGIONS D'OPACITÉ VARIABLE
O'KEEFFE DONAL MARTIN (author)
2024-01-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
G02F
DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING,...
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Vorrichtungen oder Anordnungen, deren optische Arbeitsweise durch Änderung der optischen Eigenschaften des Mediums der Vorrichtungen oder Anordnungen geändert wird zum Steuern der Intensität, Farbe, Phase, Polarisation oder der Richtung von...
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E06B
Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore
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FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
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G02B
Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte
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OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
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G03B
APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM
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Geräte oder Anordnungen zum Aufnehmen, Projizieren oder Betrachten von Fotografien
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