Multiple Images Viewable on Twisted-Nematic Mode Liquid-Crystal Displays

The twisted-nematic mode LCD display used in most laptop computers has the property that the luminance and color change dramatically as the viewing angle changes. The present letter utilizes this property to embed several images into the LCD display which are viewable depending on the viewing angle.

By: Chai Wah Wu, Gerhard R. Thompson, Steven L. Wright

Published in: RC22351 in 2002

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