{"title":"Viewing angle controller using two parallel alignment liquid crystal cells for automotive systems.","authors":"Zihan Zhou, Wenxin Lu, Rui Niu, Ruolong Lin, Hongmei Ma, Yubao Sun","doi":"10.1364/OL.539810","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We proposed a viewing angle controller (VAC) for car co-driver displays (CDDs). This VAC, integrated with the co-driver display, provides necessary information to the co-driver while minimizing driver distraction. It comprises two parallel alignment liquid crystal cells and two negative C films. It maintains a wide viewing angle without an applied voltage, and it can achieve an anti-peeping angle of 35° (simulation) and 30° (experiment) under an appropriate voltage, effectively blocking the driver's direct-view light intensity from CDD and reflect-view light intensity from the side window, which can reduce the driver's attention. This VAC maintains excellent light transmittance at a normal direction and symmetrical brightness in both privacy and share modes, making it suitable for various in-vehicle displays. Those results indicate that this VAC can be broadly applied in automotive displays to enhance driving safety and improve co-driver entertainment.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"49 22","pages":"6545-6548"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Optics letters","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.539810","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"OPTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We proposed a viewing angle controller (VAC) for car co-driver displays (CDDs). This VAC, integrated with the co-driver display, provides necessary information to the co-driver while minimizing driver distraction. It comprises two parallel alignment liquid crystal cells and two negative C films. It maintains a wide viewing angle without an applied voltage, and it can achieve an anti-peeping angle of 35° (simulation) and 30° (experiment) under an appropriate voltage, effectively blocking the driver's direct-view light intensity from CDD and reflect-view light intensity from the side window, which can reduce the driver's attention. This VAC maintains excellent light transmittance at a normal direction and symmetrical brightness in both privacy and share modes, making it suitable for various in-vehicle displays. Those results indicate that this VAC can be broadly applied in automotive displays to enhance driving safety and improve co-driver entertainment.
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