Patent ID: 7417697

Claim:
A weather station for measuring and indicating weather information, comprising: a housing; a control unit in the housing for operation and control including evaluating weather information relating to at least one atmospheric parameter; at least one sensor associated with the control unit for sensing the atmospheric parameter for subsequent processing by the control unit to evaluate the weather information; and a liquid crystal display controlled by the control unit to display the weather information evaluated by the control unit, the liquid crystal display having a multi-layered structure comprising: a pair of front and rear transparent substrates having respective rear and front surfaces with the rear surfaces of the front substrate being held against the front surface of the rear substrate, one of the surfaces being held against the other surface including a plurality of recesses having respective patterns, liquid crystal material located between the front and rear substrates in the recesses, a transmissive polarizer located adjacent the front surface of the front substrate, a transflective polarizer located adjacent the rear surface of the rear substrate, and a color backing located behind the transflective polarizer, so that the transflective polarizer is between the color backing and rear surface of the rear substrate, the color backing having a plurality of color regions in different colors opposite, covering, and in patterns corresponding to the patterns of the plurality of recesses so that the color regions are selectively revealed through the liquid crystal material as the liquid crystal material is activated under control of the control unit, thereby displaying the weather information in color.