Patent ID: 7705935

Claim:
A polarized display, comprising: an intensity modulating matrix display having a front surface; and a polarizing matrix display in front of the intensity modulating matrix display, the polarizing matrix display having a front surface; wherein the polarized display is one of: a linear polarization display, each pixel of the polarizing matrix display being controllable and a rotation of a generated polarized light being varied over a range including 90 degrees and below; and an elliptical polarization display, each pixel of the polarizing matrix display being controllable and a phase between a fast and a slow axes of a polarized light coming from a corresponding pixel of the intensity modulating matrix display in a range including 180 degrees and below, and wherein the intensity modulating matrix display includes a backlight panel, a first polarizer, a first matrix display panel and a second polarizer, the polarizing matrix display including a second matrix display panel.