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Displays with adjustable privacy levels

US10649248B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 2017
Grant dateMay 12, 2020
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/13725
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display may have display layers such as liquid crystal display layers having a liquid crystal layer interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer or organic light-emitting diode layers having organic light-emitting diodes formed from thin-film transistor circuitry. The display layers may be configured to form an array of pixels that display images and may include a polarizer. An angle-of-view adjustment layer may overlap the display layers. The angle-of-view adjustment layer may include one or more liquid crystal layers. A first polarizer may be interposed between first and second liquid crystal layers and the second liquid crystal layer may be overlapped by a second polarizer. The first and second polarizers may have pass axes that are aligned with a pass axis of the polarizer in the display layers. One or more liquid crystal layers in the angle-of-view adjustment layer may include dichroic dye.

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