Patent
1980-03-17
1982-08-17
Lee, John D.
350276SL, 350334, 350345, G02B 516
Patent
active
043446680
ABSTRACT:
In an electro-optical display device, a fiber optic faceplate which transmits light only through a well-defined solid angle, is optically coupled to an electro-optical display panel having a specularly reflecting surface. The display panel can be either an active device, such as laser diodes, or passive such as a dynamic scattering liquid crystal device. The axes of the optical fibers comprising the faceplate are slanted to the display surface at an angle such that the light which enters the front surface of the faceplate and is specularly reflected from the display surface is trapped within the faceplate. However, light emitted or scattered from on-state display elements is transmitted through the faceplate to the viewer.
A high contrast display results because off-state display elements on the display surface appear dark under even intense ambient illumination whereas the on-state elements appear bright.
The faceplate has two major opposing surfaces which are aligned to one another at a predetermined angle in order to control the size and direction of the display field of view.
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Gunther John E.
Hoffman William C.
Lichty William R.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Lee John D.
MacAllister William H.
Rosenberg Gerald B.
Szabo Joseph E.
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