Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light control film with turning film and lenticular diffuser for view enhancement in the horizontal plane
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Application No.: US16475327Application Date: 2018-01-03
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Publication No.: US11099314B2Publication Date: 2021-08-24
- Inventor: Kenneth A. Epstein , Nicholas A. Johnson , Robert M. Emmons
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agent Michael Stern
- International Application: PCT/US2018/012218 WO 20180103
- International Announcement: WO2018/129068 WO 20180712
- Main IPC: F21V8/00
- IPC: F21V8/00

Abstract:
Optical system including a lightguide; a turning film, including a first smooth surface perpendicular to a display axis and a first structured surface including a plurality of first microstructures defining a first plurality of parallel grooves, where the turning film is optically coupled to the lightguide, where the turning film outputs light collimated in a first plane parallel to the display axis; and a lenticular diffuser, including a second smooth surface perpendicular to the display axis and a second structured surface comprising a plurality of second microstructures defining a second plurality of parallel grooves extending along a plane perpendicular to the display axis, where the lenticular diffuser is optically coupled to the turning film, where the lenticular diffuser reflects or refracts collimated light toward a second plane perpendicular to the first plane; where the first plurality of parallel grooves is perpendicular to the second plurality of parallel grooves.
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