Invention Application
- Patent Title: FACETED MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACE
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Application No.: PCT/IB2018/055084Application Date: 2018-07-10
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Publication No.: WO2019012428A1Publication Date: 2019-01-17
- Inventor: ROSEN, David A. , DERKS, Kristopher J. , PHAM, Tri D. , EPSTEIN, Kenneth A. , LAMB, David J.
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: 3M Center Post Office Box 33427 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 US
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: 3M Center Post Office Box 33427 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 US
- Agency: MOSHREFZADEH, Robert S., et al.
- Priority: US62/531,395 20170712
- Main IPC: G02B5/02
- IPC: G02B5/02
Abstract:
An optical film includes a microstructured surface having a plurality of irregularly arranged planar portions forming greater than about 10% of the microstructured surface. The microstructured surface may be configured such that, when the microstructured surface is placed on an emission surface of a lightguide with a first luminous distribution of light exiting the lightguide from the emission surface in a first plane perpendicular to the emission surface, the light emitted by the lightguide is transmitted by the microstructured surface at a second luminous distribution of the transmitted light in the first plane. The first luminous distribution includes a first peak making a first angle greater than about 60 degrees with a normal to the microstructured surface. The second luminous distribution includes a second peak making a second angle in a range from about 5 degrees to about 35 degrees with the normal to the microstructured surface.
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