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US 9,436,059 B2Granted
Using reflectance properties
AssigneeAdobe Systems Incorporated
InventorsWojciech Matusik, Jinwei Gu
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Abstract
A method includes applying at least one medium to a substrate with a printing device to form a symbol. The perceived reflectance properties of the symbol are provided by an amount of the at least one medium applied to the substrate.
Claims20
A display configured to present content having at least two different perceivable reflectance properties, the display comprising:
- a first layer including cells having a first set of reflectance properties;
- a second layer including cells having a second set of reflectance properties, the first set of reflectance properties different from the second set of reflectance properties such that the display is configured to present the content having at least two different perceivable reflectance properties;
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- a third layer including cells of variable transparency, the variable transparency of the cells adjustable to control light passing through a portion of the third layer and reflecting from cells of the second layer.
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A method for controlling a display to provide content having at least two different perceivable reflectance properties, the method comprising:
- applying, to a first layer of the display that includes cells having a first set of reflectance properties, a first control signal to cause a size of the first layer's cells to change effective to adjust the first set of reflectance properties of the first layer;
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- applying, to a second layer of the display that includes cells having a second set of reflectance properties, a second control signal to cause a size of the second layer's cells to change effective to adjust the second set of reflectance properties of the second layer, the first set of reflectance properties different from the second set of reflectance properties;
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- applying, to a third layer of the display that includes cells of variable transparency, a third control signal to adjust the variable transparency of the third layer's cells effective to control light that passes through a portion of the third layer and reflects from cells of the second layer.
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A display comprising:
- a first layer including cells having a first set of reflectance properties;
- a second layer including cells having a second set of reflectance properties, the first set of reflectance properties different from the second set of reflectance properties;
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- a third layer including cells of variable transparency, the variable transparency of the cells adjustable to control light passing through a portion of the third layer and reflecting from cells of the second layer, the second layer being configured to reflect the light from the cells of the second layer through cells of the first and third layers to provide a reflectance property based on the respective reflectance properties of the cells of the first and second layers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.