Screen provided with retroreflective microstructures
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsChristophe Martinez, Yann Lee
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Abstract
A retroreflective screen comprising including a film having a surface including a plurality of microrecesses, each microrecess having the shape of a truncated pyramid, the lateral walls and the back of each microrecess being coated with a reflective metallization.
Claims15
Retroreflective screen comprising a film having a surface comprising a plurality of microrecesses, each microrecess having a shape of a truncated pyramid comprising first, second, third and fourth lateral walls corresponding respectively first, second, third and fourth lateral surfaces of the truncated pyramid, and a back surface parallel to the mean plane of the screen, corresponding to a summit surface of the truncated pyramid, wherein:
- in each microrecess, the first and second lateral walls are orthogonal to each other and orthogonal to the back surface;
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- the first, second, third and fourth lateral walls and the back surface of each microrecess are coated with a reflective metallization, wherein:
- A) the screen is divided into a plurality of cells of same dimensions arranged in an array of rows and columns, each cell comprising a single microrecess and the microrecesses all having the same dimensions, the positions of the microrecesses within their respective cells varying according to a random or pseudo-random distribution, or orientations of the microrecesses within their respective cells varying according to a position of the cell in the array;
- or B) the screen has a plurality of areas, each comprising a plurality of microrecesses, the microrecesses of a same area being of the same dimensions and the microrecesses of different areas having different dimensions.
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