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US 8,477,081 B2Granted
Louver device
AssigneePalo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorJurgen H. Daniel
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Abstract
A display has a louver shade having at least two louver segments, a display segment mounted on each louver segment, each display segment being a part of a larger display, drive electronics electrically coupled to each display segment to provide image data to display elements in the display segment, and a control circuit to provide the image data to the drive electronics, the control circuit arranged to provide display data when the louver segments are in a closed position.
Claims12
A display, comprising:
- a louver shade having at least two louver segments;
- a display segment mounted on each louver segment, each display segment being a part of a larger display, wherein the louver segments have a display segment mounted on a first side and one of a solar panel or an area light source on a second side, the display segments forming a portion of a continuous, flexible, at least partially transparent substrate, the louver segments mounted to predetermined segments of the flexible substrate, the predetermined segments containing at least part of the drive electronics for the display segment;
- drive electronics electrically coupled to each display segment to provide image data to display elements in the display segment;
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- a control circuit to provide the image data to the drive electronics, the control circuit arranged to provide display data when the louver segments are in a closed position.
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A display, comprising:
- a louver shade having at least two louver segments;
- a display segment mounted on each louver segment, each display segment being a part of a larger display, wherein the louver segments have display segments mounted on a front side and a back side, the display segments comprising one of light emitting diode (LED) display, plasma display, LCD display, nematic LCD display, ferroelectric LCD display, reflective cholesteric LCD display, polymer dispersed LCD display, backlit/transflective LCD display, OLED display, electrophoretic display, powder display, Gyricon display, electrochromic display, electrodeposition display, interference or electrowetting display, or electroluminescent display, and the display segments mounted on the front side and the back side are of different display technologies;
- drive electronics electrically coupled to each display segment to provide image data to display elements in the display segment;
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- a control circuit to provide the image data to the drive electronics, the control circuit arranged to provide display data when the louver segments are in a closed position, wherein the display segments mounted on the front side and the back side are of different display technologies.
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A display, comprising:
- a louver shade having at least two louver segments, wherein the louver segments are each a portion of a substrate, the substrate being folded about a center line, such that the louver segments reside on opposite sides of the center line;
- a light source and a light guide positioned to provide illumination to the display segments on the louver segments;
- a display segment mounted on each louver segment, each display segment being a part of a larger display, wherein the louver segments have a display segment mounted on a first side and one of a solar panel or an area light source on a second side;
- drive electronics electrically coupled to each display segment to provide image data to display elements in the display segment;
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- a control circuit to provide the image data to the drive electronics, the control circuit arranged to provide display data when the louver segments are in a closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.