SELF-CLEANING FILM SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20200171476A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-04

    申请号:US16782812

    申请日:2020-02-05

    摘要: A self-cleaning film system configured for reducing a visibility of a contaminant includes a substrate and a film. The film includes a monolayer defining a plurality of cavities and formed from a first material having a first surface energy, and a plurality of patches disposed within the plurality of cavities. Each of the patches is formed from a photocatalytic material having a second surface energy that is higher than the first. The film has a touchpoint area having a first use frequency, and a second area having a second use frequency that is less than the first. The patches are present in the touchpoint area in a first concentration and are configured to direct the contaminant towards the second area. The patches are present in the second area in a second concentration that is higher than the first and are configured to reduce the visibility of the contaminant.

    AIRBORNE CORONAVIRUS DETECTOR AND ALERTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220214480A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17142739

    申请日:2021-01-06

    摘要: Detecting systems configured to detect airborne viruses, and methods of forming the same, are provide. A method for preparing a system for detecting an airborne virus includes preparing a thin-film coating on a surface of a substrate; ablating the coating to form an optical grating structure; and associating a plurality of receptors having an affinity and specificity for the virus with the optical grating structure so that the structure is capable of indicating the presence of the virus. A detecting system includes the optical grating structure and an optical component. The optical component includes a cavity defined by two opposing reflecting surfaces and configured to receive the optical grating structure, and a light source disposed adjacent to an exterior surface of a first reflecting surface. The light source may be configured to direct light towards the first reflecting surface so that light in resonance enters the cavity.

    HEAD-UP DISPLAY FOR MITIGATING SOLAR LOADING AND BACK REFLECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220171185A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17106782

    申请日:2020-11-30

    摘要: A head-up display for a vehicle. The head-up display comprises a picture generating unit configured to project an image onto a glass surface and an optical stack. The optical stack comprises an infrared reflective waveplate and a dual brightness enhancement film. The infrared reflective waveplate transforms an incoming solar light beam from unpolarized light to incoming polarized light having an incoming S-polarization component and an incoming P-polarization component. The dual brightness enhancement film receives the incoming polarized light from the infrared reflective waveplate and eliminates substantially all of the incoming P-polarization component. The dual brightness enhancement film transmits substantially all of the incoming S-polarization component.

    CONTRAST CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTI-PLANE HOLOGRAPHIC HUD ACCOUNTING FOR IMAGE ARTIFACTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220342367A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17237815

    申请日:2021-04-22

    摘要: A holographic projection system includes a SLM that receives a light beam and generates a modulated beam projected at an eyebox, where: the modulated beam includes multiple versions of a test image; and the test image includes bright objects and transparent regions, which are selected dark areas of interest for measuring luminance. A control module runs a test to characterize contrast in each of multiple virtual image planes including: controlling the SLM to generate the modulated beam; measuring luminance levels of each of the versions of the test image displayed in the virtual image planes; calculating contrast ratios based on the luminance levels of each of the versions of the test image; determining whether the contrast ratios are within predetermined ranges of predetermined contrast ratios; and adjusting operation of the SLM in response to one of the contrast ratios not being within a corresponding one of the predetermined ranges.

    HEAD UP DISPLAY SPECKLE CONTRAST DETERMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220337796A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17231719

    申请日:2021-04-15

    IPC分类号: H04N9/31 G02B27/01

    摘要: A system for measuring speckle contrast includes: a head up display (HUD) system configured to output a predetermined image and having a first pixels per degree (PPD); an imaging colorimeter: having a field of view; positioned such that the predetermined image is in the field of view; having a second PPD that is at least 2.2 times greater than the first PPD of the HUD system; and configured to capture an image including the predetermined image; and a speckle contrast module configured to determine a speckle contrast of the HUD system based on the image.

    SELF-CLEANING SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYS USING MICROLEDS

    公开(公告)号:US20220146715A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17094896

    申请日:2020-11-11

    摘要: A system includes a display. The display includes an array of LEDs covered by a transparent material. The array of LEDs includes a plurality of first, second, third, and fourth LEDs respectively configured to emit red, green, blue, and violet light. The red, green, and blue light from the first, second, and third LEDs is visible to human eye. Violet light from the fourth LEDs is invisible to human eye. The system includes a photocatalytic coating disposed on the transparent material. The photocatalytic coating includes a photo-catalyst responsive to ultraviolet radiation present in sunlight and to the violet light emitted by the fourth LEDs in the array of LEDs. The system includes a controller configured to selectively turn on the fourth LEDs to activate the photo-catalyst in the photocatalytic coating disposed on the transparent material.

    Grayscale and Dimming Control Systems and Methods Using Variable Gamma

    公开(公告)号:US20210209992A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US16733952

    申请日:2020-01-03

    IPC分类号: G09G3/20 G09G3/3208 G09G3/32

    摘要: A display control system includes: a display including a plurality of pixels; a lookup table including grayscale values and magnitudes of power corresponding to the grayscale values, respectively, where first ones of the grayscale values that are less than a predetermined grayscale value are calibrated based on the display achieving a gamma of greater than 2.2 and second ones of the grayscale values that are greater than the predetermined grayscale value are calibrated based on the display achieving a gamma of 2.2; a driver module configured to: based on a grayscale pixel map including a grayscale value for each pixel of the display, determine magnitudes of power to apply to pixels, respectively, using the lookup table; and apply power to the pixels of the display according to the determined magnitudes of power, respectively.

    DUAL IMAGE PLANE HUD WITH AUTOMATED ILLUMINANCE SETTING FOR AR GRAPHICS DISPLAYED IN FAR VIRTUAL IMAGE PLANE

    公开(公告)号:US20220343876A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17237864

    申请日:2021-04-22

    IPC分类号: G09G5/10 G02B27/01 B60K35/00

    摘要: A projection system includes a projection device and a control module. The projection device is configured to project (i) a first image in a first virtual image plane, and (ii) a second image in a second virtual image plane, wherein the second virtual image plane is further from an eyebox than the first virtual image plane. The control module is configured to: determine an ambient light luminance level; determine a first luminance level for the first virtual image plane based on the ambient light luminance level; determine a second luminance level of the second virtual image plane based on the first luminance level of the first virtual image plane; and control the at least one projection device to display (i) the first image in the first virtual image plane having the first luminance level, and (ii) the second image in the second virtual image plane having the second luminance level.