Patent ID: 9599874
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G02B,G02F,H04N

Claim:
1. A display system comprising: only one image display panel that emits light of an image to be outputted by the display system in both a directional mode and a substantially non-directional mode; and an optical component disposed on a viewing side of the image display panel in a path of light through the image display panel; wherein the optical component is switchable between the directional mode and the substantially non-directional mode, the optical component comprising a lens array and an electro-optic layer disposed in the path of light through the lens array, wherein the electro-optic layer is disposed over a surface of the lens array in a direction of light travel and planarises the surface of the lens array; and wherein in the non-directional mode the lens array and the electro-optic layer act such that the optical component has an optical effect to scatter or diverge light passing through the component emitted from the image display panel.