Invention Publication
- Patent Title: OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING LIGHT CONTROL FILM AND FRESNEL LENS
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Application No.: US18643225Application Date: 2024-04-23
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Publication No.: US20240276851A1Publication Date: 2024-08-15
- Inventor: Tao Liu , Gary T. Boyd , Daniel J. Schmidt , Caleb T. Nelson , Owen M. Anderson , Tri D. Pham , Encai Hao , Shu-Ching Fan
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Main IPC: H10K59/80
- IPC: H10K59/80 ; G02B3/08

Abstract:
An optical system includes an optical film curved about a first axis and a light control film curved about the first axis. The light control film can be disposed between a light source and the optical film. The optical film includes a microstructured first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The microstructured first major surface defines a linear Fresnel lens including a plurality of Fresnel elements extending longitudinally along the first axis. The first major surface of the optical film faces the light control film. The light control film can include a plurality of alternating optically transmissive and optically absorptive regions extending longitudinally along the first axis such that in a cross-section orthogonal to the first axis, for at least a majority of the optically transmissive regions, a centerline between adjacent optically absorptive regions is substantially normal to a major surface of the light control film.
Public/Granted literature
- US12201005B2 Optical system including light control film and Fresnel lens Public/Granted day:2025-01-14
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