CA2371138A1 - Electrophoretic, high index, or phase transition control of total internal reflection in high efficiency variable reflectivity image displays - Google Patents

Electrophoretic, high index, or phase transition control of total internal reflection in high efficiency variable reflectivity image displays Download PDF

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CA2371138A1
CA2371138A1 CA002371138A CA2371138A CA2371138A1 CA 2371138 A1 CA2371138 A1 CA 2371138A1 CA 002371138 A CA002371138 A CA 002371138A CA 2371138 A CA2371138 A CA 2371138A CA 2371138 A1 CA2371138 A1 CA 2371138A1
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Robin John Noel Coope
Dmitri Nikolaevich Grandmaison
Michele Ann Mossman
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Abstract

Charged particles (21) suspended in a medium (20) such as Fluorinert.TM. Electronic Liquid are used to electrophoretically control total internal reflection (TIR) at a retro-reflective surface formed on a high refractive index material. Prismatic structures (35, 32, 81) redirect ambient light from an overhead light source toward a display image and then from the image to the region in front of the image, yielding a high contrast reflective display. A transparent planar waveguide (36) front lights the display with sequential flashes of red, blue and green light to generate a full colour display. TIR can also be controlled at retro-reflective surfaces by means of a vapour-liquid phase transition, or by changing the absorption coefficient of a material using electrical, chemical and/or electrochemical methods.
CA002371138A 1999-06-02 2000-05-26 Electrophoretic, high index, or phase transition control of total internal reflection in high efficiency variable reflectivity image displays Expired - Fee Related CA2371138C (en)

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