Patent ID: 7466373

Claim:
A flat panel display having a display normal, the flat panel display comprising: a plurality of light emitters providing light; a light guide adapted for receiving the light, the light guide including a cavity defined by diffuser/reflector walls for integrating the light to form an extended light surface source providing display normal light, the display normal light being parallel to the display normal; a plurality of spaced light redirecting segments including straight transmission portions and redirecting portions, the straight transmission portions for receiving the display normal light from the extended light surface and permitting the display normal light to pass therethrough, the redirecting portions for receiving the display normal light from the extended light surface and redirecting the display normal light to redirected light, the redirected light being non-parallel to the display normal; a flat surface portion posteriorly coupled to the plurality of spaced light redirecting segments and spanning the spaces between the plurality of spaced light redirecting segments, the flat surface portion for receiving the display normal light from the light guide and the plurality of spaced light redirecting segments, the flat surface portion for receiving the redirected light from the plurality of spaced light redirecting segments; and a display panel having a plurality of pixels for spatially modulating both the display normal light and the redirected light received from the flat surface portion to form a pattern.