Seamless multi-section visual display system
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorAnthony B. Wood
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Abstract
A multi-section visual display system (20) for producing visual images that appear seamless to the user comprising at least two visual displays (26, 28), a light pipe (54, 56), which includes a plurality of parallel fiber optic segments having a polished surface or an integrated polymeric structure that guides light, disposed in parallel to each of the visual displays (26, 28) and an assembly (44) for mounting the visual displays (26, 28) adjacent to one another such that adjacent light pipes (54, 56) bend light toward one another to provide a seamless visual image.
Claims19
A multi-section visual display system for producing a seamless visual image comprising:
- at least two visual displays disposed in a foldable frame having an operating position and a storage position;
- a light pipe disposed parallel to each of said visual displays;
- and
- an assembly for mounting said visual displays adjacent to one another such that adjacent light pipes align with one another thereby providing said seamless visual image when in the operating position.
A multi-section visual display for producing a seamless visual image for a portable computer comprising:
- a foldable frame having an operating position and a storage position;
- a first visual display secured within said foldable frame;
- a second visual display secured within said foldable frame and disposed adjacent to said first visual display when said foldable frame is in said operating position;
- a first light pipe disposed parallel to said first visual display;
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- a second light pipe disposed parallel to said second visual display, said second light pipe aligning with said first light pipe when said foldable frame is in said operating position, thereby providing said seamless visual image.
A method for producing a seamless visual image from a foldable multi-section visual display comprising:
- providing an assembly having a foldable frame with an operating position and a storage position;
- mounting said visual displays in said foldable frame in said assembly;
- attaching a light pipe to each of said visual displays;
- and
- bending light in said light pipes to produce said seamless visual image on said displays when said foldable frame is in said operating position whereby said displays are adjacent to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.