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Controlled reflection readout for displays

CA 1081510 A · Owner: Digicourse, Inc. · Inventors: Lapeyre, James M.

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The present disclosure is directed to a controlled reflection readout for information displays or targets such as digital or instrumentation panels for such apparatus as computers, compasses, watches, clocks and consoles wherein the display is not placed normal to the viewing plane and cannot be read at 90° to the display. The display or specular transparent window is inclined to the line of sight and glare shielding means which extends forwardly from the top of the display or target to prohibit reading the display at a right angle thereto whereby reflections from the sun or lights in a room will interfere with reading through the optically transparent window in front of the target or …

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  • Granted July 15, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 15, 1997.
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FiledMay 19, 1977
GrantedJuly 15, 1980
Term endedJuly 15, 1997
Patent numberCA 1081510 A
Classification (IPC)G02B7/00 +2 more

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1978198019821984198619881990199219941996Application filedMay 19, 1977Patent grantedJuly 15, 1980Term endedJuly 15, 1997

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