US5416617A
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Image projection display screen employing polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer and electrochromic layer
Assignee: Thales SA
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Filing: 1992-11-20
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Granted: 1995-05-16
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Expires: 2012-11-20
Abstract
Abstract A diffusing display screen resulting from the combination of a cell comprising a polymer dispersed liquid crystal material which can be made diffusing, and of a cell comprising an electrochromic material which can be made absorbing and reflecting. Outside the operating mode, the display screen according to the invention has the advantage of being transparent, and thus capable of being fixed onto any surface (window, wall, etc.).
Inventors
- 👤 Brigitte Loiseaux
- 👤 Philippe Robin
- 👤 Andreas Oppenlander
- 👤 Jean-Pierre Huignard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:57
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B21/00; G03B21/54; G03B21/56; E; E06; E06B; E06B9/00; E06B9/24; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/15; G02F1/153; G02F1/157; E06B2009/2464; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/133308; G02F1/1334; G02F2201/00; G02F2201/44
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A diffusing display screen comprising a combination of a cell (C 1 ) which comprises a polymer film (P) having an optical index np, in which are dispersed microballs which are oblong in shape, the larger axis thereof being laid out in parallel to the plane of the film, wherein said microballs contain oblong and birefringent liquid crystal molecules of extraordinary index n e such that n e is equal to n p , and a cell (C 2 ) which comprises a layer of electrochromic material (E c ), and transparent electrodes (F 2 ) which allow a voltage to be applied to said cell (C 2 ) so as to switch said cell (C 2 ) from a transparent state to an absorbing and reflecting state, wherein both of said cells (C 1 ) and (C 2 ) being fixed onto a surface, wherein said diffusing display screen is for use with a standard image projector and operates in a reflection mode which allows reflection of images whose size may be variable.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A diffusing display screen comprising a combination of a cell (C 1 ) which comprises a polymer film (P) having an optical index np, in which are dispersed microballs which are oblong in shape, the larger axis thereof being laid out in parallel to the plane of the film, wherein said microballs contain oblong and birefringent liquid crystal molecules of extraordinary index n e such that n e is equal to n p , and a cell (C 2 ) which comprises a layer of electrochromic material (E c ), and transparent electrodes (F 2 ) which allow a voltage to be applied to said cell (C 2 ) so as to switch said cell (C 2 ) from a transparent state to an absorbing and reflecting state, wherein both of said cells (C 1 ) and (C 2 ) being fixed onto a surface, wherein said diffusing display screen is for use with a standard image projector and operates in a reflection mode which allows reflection of images whose size may be variable.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The diffusing screen of claim 1, wherein said surface is a window.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The diffusing screen of claim 1, wherein said surface is a wall.
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