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Full-color zero-order suppressed diffraction optics diffusing screen/louver filter laminate

CA 1328752 C · Owner: Hughes Aircraft Company · Inventors: Smith, Ronald T.

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A full-color holographic screen laminate is disclosed, having a well-defined exit pupil off-axis viewing, capabilities, high and uniform gain and low backscatter, and in addition the capabilities of blocking the zeroorder beam and allowing full-color viewing. The laminate in one preferred form includes several layers including a, plano-convex focusing lens a directional diffraction, optics diffusing screen and a thin plane-parallel lami-, nate consisting of a plano-concave cylindrical lens a, slanted louver filter, and a plano-convex cylindrical lens. The lenses can be made out of contrast enhancement material. The louver filter is curved so that the louvers are oriented parallel to the …

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  • Granted April 26, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 26, 2011.
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FiledJune 28, 1989
GrantedApril 26, 1994
Term endedApril 26, 2011
Patent numberCA 1328752 C
Classification (IPC)G02B5/32 +2 more

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedJune 28, 1989Patent grantedApril 26, 1994Term endedApril 26, 2011

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