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US 9,915,924 B2Granted
Mother-of-pearl dial for a hidden display
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorMichel Sagardoyburu
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Abstract
A display assembly including a display including a light source and a semi-transparent element for showing the display only when the display is activated, wherein the semi-transparent element includes a mother-of-pearl dial under which is disposed a semi-reflective element.
Claims20
A display assembly comprising:
- a display module including a light source to display at least one piece of information;
- and
- a dial module to show the display information only when the display is activated, wherein
- the dial module includes a dial made of a translucent or semi-transparent material underneath which is disposed a semi-reflective element to reflect part of light and to transmit another proportion of light while reducing deflection of light rays by diffusion, the semi-reflective element completely covers the light source, and the display module being disposed underneath the semi-reflective element.
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A display assembly comprising:
- a display module including a light source to display at least one piece of information;
- and
- a dial module to show the display information only when the display is activated, wherein
- the dial module includes a dial made of a translucent or semi-transparent material underneath which is disposed a semi-reflective element to reflect part of light and to transmit another proportion of light while reducing deflection of light rays by diffusion, the display module being disposed underneath the semi-reflective element, and the semi-reflective element includes a dielectric mirror in a form of a film.
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A display assembly comprising:
- a display module including a light source to display at least one piece of information;
- and
- a dial module to show the display information only when the display is activated, wherein
- the dial module includes a dial made of a translucent or semi-transparent material underneath which is disposed a semi-reflective element to reflect part of light and to transmit another proportion of light while reducing deflection of light rays by diffusion, the display module being disposed underneath the semi-reflective element, and the semi-reflective element includes a dielectric mirror made directly on the dial, with a film being bonded thereon to stiffen the dial.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.