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CA2457345A1
CA2457345A1 CA002457345A CA2457345A CA2457345A1 CA 2457345 A1 CA2457345 A1 CA 2457345A1 CA 002457345 A CA002457345 A CA 002457345A CA 2457345 A CA2457345 A CA 2457345A CA 2457345 A1 CA2457345 A1 CA 2457345A1
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Ronald S. Smith
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/04—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres
    • G02B6/06—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres the relative position of the fibres being the same at both ends, e.g. for transporting images
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/34—Optical coupling means utilising prism or grating

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Abstract

A flat panel display for providing high contrast, low-artifact enlarged optical images. The flat panel display comprises a pixelated input imaging device (100), a first array (11) of optical waveguides (15) including a bias cut (16), a first light redirecting layer (13), a second array (12) of optical waveguides (18) also including a bias cut (17), and a second light redirecting layer (14). The first and second arrays (11, 12) of optical waveguides (15, 18) enlarge an input image in first and second directions respectively.
CA002457345A 2001-08-22 2001-08-22 Optical waveguide system for a flat-panel display Expired - Fee Related CA2457345C (en)

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