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Large area wide aspect ratio flat panel monitor having high resolution for high information content display

US6816145B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 1998
Grant dateNov 9, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133308
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A large area wide aspect ratio flat panel display having high resolution for high information content display. The present invention includes a liquid crystal flat panel display monitor having a wide aspect ratio. In one embodiment, the wide aspect ratio is substantially 1.6:1, having 1,600 pixels across the horizontal and 1,024 across the vertical. In this embodiment, the present invention is an SXGA-wide flat panel display monitor having high resolution for high information content display. The monitor of the present invention is particularly well suited for the display of text, graphics and other types of still and/or motion audio/visual works. The wide aspect ratio allows the display of multiple pages, side-by-side, thereby facilitating certain tasks such as desktop publishing, presentation of interactive windows, presentation of menus, chart viewing, digital photography, tactical military displays and weather and aircraft monitoring. The novel wide aspect ratio monitor also provides compensation film layers, rather than dual domain technology, for providing off axis viewing capability in both the horizontal and vertical directions. The novel wide aspect ratio monitor also prov…

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