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Apparatus for use in offices etc.

US5592189A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateJan 7, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1334
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for use in offices includes a planar liquid crystal shutter disposed at least a portion of a surface of a housing of the apparatus, the shutter being set to a transparent state or a non-transparent state depending on an input signal supplied thereto, and a controller for applying to the shutter a control signal to control the transparent or non-transparent state thereof.

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