Broadband full white reflective display structure
Abstract
The present invention provides a fixed format display panel having a front side and a rear side and comprising a plurality of rows of addressable pixelated reflective light modulating means and at least one longitudinal light guiding structure having at least one emissive light source at at least one of a first and second end. Light coming from the at least one emissive light source is projected across the display panel through the at least one longitudinal light guiding structure and is reflected by said light modulating means through an angle towards the front side.

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Numbers
- Publication
- 1544657
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1544657
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1544657
- Application
- 4077996
- Application, DOCDB
- 04077996
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20040077996
Titles3
- German
- Breitbandige reflektive Anzeigevorrichtung
- English
- Broadband full white reflective display structure
- French
- Dispositif d'affichage réflectif à bande large
Classification
- CPC, 10
- G02B6/0055
- G02B6/0011
- G02B6/0056
- G02B26/02
- G02F2001/133616
- G09F9/372
- G02F2001/133622
- G09F13/02
- G02F1/133622
- G02F1/133616
- IPC, 6
- G02B26 02
- G09F9 37
- G02B6 00
- F21V8 00
- C09K19 34
- G09F13 02
Designated states35
- Contracting states, 29
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Poland
- Portugal
and 5 moreShow fewer
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 6
- Albania
- Croatia
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- North Macedonia
- Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro (until 2006)