Optical: systems and elements – Holographic system or element – Using a hologram as an optical element
Patent
1994-03-07
1996-01-30
Sikes, William L.
Optical: systems and elements
Holographic system or element
Using a hologram as an optical element
359 83, G02F 11335
Patent
active
054884969
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus to display images with partitionable regions allowing visible, invisible, and narrow field of view of displayed information includes a polarizing means to form a plane polarized light background from incident light, a liquid crystal panel capable of forming cross-polarized images against a plane polarized background, and a proximal movable polarizing means to distinguish images on liquid crystal panel from its plane polarized background. Linear translation of the movable polarizer partitions the liquid crystal panel into regions that are visible where there is optical alignment of the liquid crystal panel, background polarizer, and movable cross-polarizer. An optional remote polarizer complements the movable polarizer and provides a narrow viewing angle of images not visible on the liquid crystal panel. By creating a user defined visible, invisible, and narrow field of view of displayed information on an LCD assembly, electronic devices incorporating such a display can be made to provide computing privacy, accessibility to the device, strategic information separation, and information separation to multiple users.
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Dudek James A.
Sikes William L.
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