Patent ID: 8384852
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A passive daylight-coupled display, comprising: an LCD panel having a top side and a bottom side; a diffuser having a front edge adjacent the top side of the LCD panel and having a back edge; a first reflector having a top side adjacent the back edge of the diffuser and having a bottom side adjacent approximately a mid-point of the LCD panel; a second reflector having a top side adjacent the back edge of the diffuser and having a bottom side adjacent the bottom side of the LCD panel; and a polarization rotator located between the first and second reflectors and substantially perpendicular to the LCD panel, wherein the diffuser transmits daylight to the first and second reflectors, the first reflector reflects the daylight to a top portion of the LCD panel and provides for substantially uniform distribution of the daylight on the top portion of the LCD panel, and the second reflector reflects the daylight to a bottom portion of the LCD panel and provides for substantially uniform distribution of the daylight on the bottom portion of the LCD panel.