Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical films for electronic device displays
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Application No.: US15351212Application Date: 2016-11-14
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Publication No.: US10281630B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Yuan Chen , Hossein Nemati , Chia Hsuan Tai , Jin Yan , Young Cheol Yang , Zhibing Ge
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Jospeh F. Guihan
- Main IPC: G02B5/30
- IPC: G02B5/30 ; H01L27/32 ; H01L51/00 ; H01L51/52 ; G02F1/1333 ; G02F1/1335 ; G02F1/13363

Abstract:
A display may include an optical film to promote sunglass-friendly viewing of the display. Displays may include linear polarizers. For example, a liquid crystal display may have a linear polarizer above a liquid crystal layer, whereas an organic light-emitting diode display may have a linear polarizer that forms a portion of a circular polarizer to reduce reflections in the display. Displays that emit linearly polarized light may not be compatible with polarized sunglasses. To ensure an optimal user experience for users wearing sunglasses, displays may include sunglass-friendly optical films. A sunglass-friendly optical film may be a film formed from a birefringent material such as a polymer or liquid crystal. The sunglass-friendly optical film may have an optical axis that is at a 45° angle relative to the optical axis of the underlying linear polarizer. The sunglass-friendly optical film may be patterned to have reduced thickness regions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180081223A1 Optical Films for Electronic Device Displays Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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