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US 8,520,289 B2Granted
Display element comprising a reflector
AssigneeAdvanced Display Technology AG
InventorsOliver Mueller-Marc, Andriy Bitman
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AssigneeAdvanced Display Technology AG
InventorsOliver Mueller-Marc, Andriy Bitman
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The invention relates to a display element for the display of a plurality of a colors and a method for their display. For this purpose, the invention teaches a display element 1 based on one or more color-producing surfaces 2 which can be oriented parallel to the viewing direction 3 of an observer, for example, so that the observer views only the narrow edges of the surfaces 2. The actual content is perceptible only because a movable reflector 4 is also provided in which the color-producing surface 2 is reflected. The display element claimed by the invention has a particularly good aperture. In the case of static images, the power consumption of the display element is very low. In one preferred embodiment, the display element also makes possible the presentation of a large color space and can be independent of the presence of ambient light.
Display element (1) for the display of at least one color, whereby each display element comprises a color-producing surface (2) colored with a corresponding color and at least one movable reflector (4), characterized in that the color-producing surface (2) is oriented parallel to or is inclined with respect to a viewing direction (3), that the at least one reflector (4) can be moved such that a variable portion of the color-producing surface (2) is visible from the viewing direction (3), and that the reflector (4) is realized in the form of solid, liquid or gas mirrors.
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