DISPLAY WITH PIXEL-OBSCURING MICRO-WIRES
A display device with micro-wires includes a display having an arrangement of pixels. Substantially opaque micro-wires are arranged over the pixels so that the micro-wires occlude substantially equal amounts of light from each pixel.
1 . A display device with micro-wires, comprising:
a display having an arrangement of pixels; and
substantially opaque micro-wires arranged over the pixels so that the micro-wires occlude substantially equal amounts of light from each pixel.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein each pixel includes two or more sub-pixels, each sub-pixel in the pixel controlling light of a color different from the color of light controlled by any other sub-pixel in the pixel, and wherein the substantially opaque micro-wires occlude substantially equal amounts of light from each color of sub-pixel.
3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixels are formed in an array having a first dimension extending in a row direction and a second dimension extending in a column direction different from the row direction and wherein at least some of the micro-wires are straight and extend in a direction that is the same as either the first or column directions.
4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixels are formed in an array having a first dimension extending in a row direction and a second dimension extending in a column direction different from the row direction and wherein at least some of the micro-wires are straight and extend in a direction that is not the same as either the row or column directions.
5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixels are formed in an array having a first dimension extending in a row direction and a second dimension extending in a column direction different from the row direction and wherein at least some of the micro-wires intersect and the intersections define a straight line that extends in a direction that is the same as either the row direction or column direction.
6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixels are formed in an array having a first dimension extending in a row direction and a second dimension extending in a column direction different from the row direction, the pixels are spaced apart in at least one dimension, and wherein at least some of the micro-wires intersect and the intersections are located between the pixels.
7 . The display device of claim 1 , further including first micro-wires extending in a first micro-wire direction, second spaced-apart micro-wires extending in a second micro-wire direction different from the first micro-wire direction; and
wherein the pixels are spaced-apart in at least one dimension and wherein the second micro-wires are located between the pixels.
8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the micro-wires are spaced apart by a variable distance.
9 . The display device of claim 1 , further including first spaced-apart micro-wires extending in a first micro-wire direction, second spaced-apart micro-wires extending in a second micro-wire direction different from the first micro-wire direction, and wherein the first micro-wires are spaced apart by a variable distance and the second micro-wires are spaced-apart by a variable distance.
10 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the average distance spacing apart the first micro-wires is different from the average distance spacing apart the second micro-wires, or wherein the number of first micro-wires is different from the number of second micro-wires.
11 . A display device with micro-wires, comprising:
a display having an arrangement of pixels, each pixel including two or more sub-pixels, each sub-pixel in the pixel controlling light of a color different from the color of light controlled by any other sub-pixel in the pixel; and
substantially opaque micro-wires arranged over the sub-pixels so that the micro-wires occlude substantially equal amounts of light from each sub-pixel.
12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the micro-wires occlude substantially equal amounts of light from each pixel.
13 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the sub-pixels are formed in an array having a first dimension extending in a row direction and a second dimension extending in a column direction different from the row direction and wherein at least some of the micro-wires are straight and extend in a direction that is the same as either the row direction or the column direction.
14 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the sub-pixels are formed in an array having a first dimension extending in a row direction and a second dimension extending in a column direction different from the row direction and wherein at least some of the micro-wires are straight and extend in a direction that is not the same as either the row direction or the column direction.
15 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the sub-pixels are formed in an array having a first dimension extending in a row direction and a second dimension extending in a column direction different from the row direction and wherein at least some of the micro-wires intersect and the intersections define a straight line that extends in a direction that is the same as either the row direction or column direction.
16 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the sub-pixels are formed in an array having a first dimension extending in a row direction and a second dimension extending in a column direction different from the row direction, the sub-pixels are spaced apart in at least one dimension, and wherein at least some of the micro-wires intersect and the intersections are located between the sub-pixels.
17 . The display device of claim 11 , further including first micro-wires extending in a first micro-wire direction, second spaced-apart micro-wires extending in a second micro-wire direction different from the first micro-wire direction; and
wherein the pixels are spaced-apart in at least one dimension and wherein the first micro-wires are located between the pixels.
18 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the micro-wires are spaced apart by a variable distance.
19 . The display device of claim 11 , further including first spaced-apart micro-wires extending in a first micro-wire direction, second spaced-apart micro-wires extending in a second micro-wire direction different from the first micro-wire direction, and wherein the first micro-wires are spaced apart by variable distance and the second micro-wires are spaced-apart by a variable distance.
20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the average distance spacing apart the first micro-wires is different from the average distance spacing apart the second micro-wires or wherein the number of first micro-wires is different from the number of second micro-wires.