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Title: Light redirective display panel and a method of making a light redirective display panel

Abstract

An optical display panel which provides improved light intensity at a viewing angle by redirecting light emitting from the viewing screen, and a method of making a light redirective display panel, are disclosed. The panel includes an inlet face at one end for receiving light, and an outlet screen at an opposite end for displaying the light. The inlet face is defined at one end of a transparent body, which body may be formed by a plurality of waveguides, and the outlet screen is defined at an opposite end of the body. The screen includes light redirective elements at the outlet screen for re-directing light emitting from the outlet screen. The method includes stacking a plurality of glass sheets, with a layer of adhesive or epoxy between each sheet, curing the adhesive to form a stack, placing the stack against a saw and cutting the stack at two opposite ends to form a wedge-shaped panel having an inlet face and an outlet face, and forming at the outlet face a plurality of light redirective elements which direct light incident on the outlet face into a controlled light cone.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. Manorville, NY
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
874441
Patent Number(s):
6389206
Assignee:
Brookhaven Science Associates (Upton, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
light; redirective; display; panel; method; optical; provides; improved; intensity; viewing; angle; redirecting; emitting; screen; disclosed; inlet; receiving; outlet; opposite; displaying; defined; transparent; formed; plurality; waveguides; elements; re-directing; stacking; glass; sheets; layer; adhesive; epoxy; sheet; curing; form; stack; placing; cutting; wedge-shaped; forming; direct; incident; controlled; cone; light intensity; optical display; viewing screen; directing light; display panel; /385/

Citation Formats

Veligdan, James T. Light redirective display panel and a method of making a light redirective display panel. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Veligdan, James T. Light redirective display panel and a method of making a light redirective display panel. United States.
Veligdan, James T. Tue . "Light redirective display panel and a method of making a light redirective display panel". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874441.
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title = {Light redirective display panel and a method of making a light redirective display panel},
author = {Veligdan, James T},
abstractNote = {An optical display panel which provides improved light intensity at a viewing angle by redirecting light emitting from the viewing screen, and a method of making a light redirective display panel, are disclosed. The panel includes an inlet face at one end for receiving light, and an outlet screen at an opposite end for displaying the light. The inlet face is defined at one end of a transparent body, which body may be formed by a plurality of waveguides, and the outlet screen is defined at an opposite end of the body. The screen includes light redirective elements at the outlet screen for re-directing light emitting from the outlet screen. The method includes stacking a plurality of glass sheets, with a layer of adhesive or epoxy between each sheet, curing the adhesive to form a stack, placing the stack against a saw and cutting the stack at two opposite ends to form a wedge-shaped panel having an inlet face and an outlet face, and forming at the outlet face a plurality of light redirective elements which direct light incident on the outlet face into a controlled light cone.},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002},
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