Edge Lit Type Light Guide Behind Liquid Crystal Patents (Class 349/65)
  • Patent number: 10185079
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus having a quantum dot sheet to change color by converting the wavelength of blue lights, a middle mold having a middle supporting unit to support a front edge unit of a light guide plate, and a supplement member coupled to the middle supporting unit and configured to reflect the light radiated from the a source to prevent the light that is radiated from the light source from exiting through the gap between the light guide plate and the middle supporting unit, and thus the generation of bright line may be minimized and heat radiation performance may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Gyu Yoon, Heong Seog Lee
  • Patent number: 10185074
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module used in liquid crystal displays. The backlight module includes a quantum dots film, a light guide plate and a light source module. A light is emitted from the light source module enter into the quantum dots film through the light guide plate. The quantum dots film comprises an active region and an inactive region. The light source module includes a blue light source and a green light source. The blue light source is corresponding to the active region, and the green light source is corresponding to the inactive region. The present invention further provides a backlight module used in liquid crystal displays. The present invention provides a backlight module and quantum dots film of liquid crystal display which can resolve a defect of quantum dots film fails in the cutting position, and the quantum dots film has high color gamut conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Cheng, Shih-hsiang Chen, Mei Han
  • Patent number: 10185076
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package for a directional display may comprise light emitting diodes and a protection diode. The protection diode may be arranged in a well that is at a different location to the well that the light emitting diodes are arranged. The directional display may include a waveguide. The waveguide may include light extraction features arranged to direct light from an array of light sources by total internal reflection to an array of viewing windows and a reflector arranged to direct light from the waveguide by transmission through extraction features of the waveguide to the same array of viewing windows. The brightness of the directional display can be increased. An efficient and bright directional display system can be achieved. Efficient light baffling for light escaping from the edge of the waveguide is achieved through light deflecting extraction films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Michael G. Robinson, Jonathan Harrold
  • Patent number: 10186688
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including: a substrate configured to include a display area and a peripheral area positioned at an outer circumference of the display area; a display member configured to be positioned on the substrate; an anti-reflective layer configured to be positioned on the display member; and a passivation layer configured to be positioned in a peripheral area of the substrate and to be adjacent to one end portion of the anti-reflective layer, wherein the anti-reflective layer may include a plurality of first lateral surfaces, and an area of one of the plurality of first lateral surfaces contacting the passivation layer may be larger than that of the anti-reflective layer cut in a direction parallel to one end portion of the anti-reflective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Namkung
  • Patent number: 10175515
    Abstract: An image display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate located to face the first substrate; an electro-optical layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes located between the electro-optical layer and the first substrate; a plurality of switching elements electrically connected with the plurality of pixel electrodes respectively; and a color filter included in a layer between the first substrate and the plurality of switching elements. A side of the first substrate opposite to a side thereof facing the electro-optical layer is an image display side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Oka, Toshinari Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10175416
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a light source, a light guide plate, and a receiving part. The display panel is configured to receive light to display an image. The light source is configured to emit the light. The light guide plate is configured to receive and guide the light to the display panel. The receiving part is configured to hold the light source and the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a first light guide part and a second light guide part. The first light guide part includes a first material. The second light guide part includes a second material different from the first material. The second light guide part has a tapered shape and is coupled to the first light guide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rae-Young Kim, Taek-Sun Shin, Sunhee Oh
  • Patent number: 10175417
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a backlight with vertically stacked light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LCD device includes an LCD panel and a backlight for illuminating the LCD panel. The backlight includes a plurality of LEDs and a light guide. The plurality of LEDs are stacked vertically and disposed behind the LCD panel along one or more edges of the LCD panel. The plurality of LEDs include at least a first color LED and a second color LED emitting first light and second light at a first direction, respectively, at a first wavelength and a second wavelength, respectively. The light guide is disposed behind the LCD panel and adjacent to the plurality of LEDs. The light guide is configured to combine the first light and the second light received from the plurality of LEDs into combined light to illuminate the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jianru Shi, Evan M. Richards, Yue Shi, Shie Ping Jeffrey Tseng
  • Patent number: 10173131
    Abstract: A display device has a display panel including an image display area in which an image is displayable, a light guide plate arranged at a back of the display panel, the light guide plate comprising a transparent material and having a first incident surface and a second incident surface, a first light source facing the first incident surface, a second light source facing the second incident surface, and a controller configured to control turning on and turning off of the first light source and the second light source and to control an image displayed on the display panel. The light guide plate includes an emission surface facing the display panel, and a plurality of first prisms arranged in an area in correspondence with the image display area on a surface opposite to the emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Fujita, Jun Kishimoto, Yuji Hirose
  • Patent number: 10175522
    Abstract: A light deflection diffusion sheet, a stacked light deflection diffusion sheet, and a stacked optical sheet that are used in a liquid crystal panel are disclosed. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device include a liquid crystal panel having a length direction and a width direction; a surface light emitting module; a base sheet disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the surface light emitting module; a light diffusion layer disposed on a surface of the base sheet facing the surface light emitting module and diffusing light incident from the surface light emitting module; and a light deflection layer disposed on a surface of the base sheet facing the liquid crystal panel and controlling a travel direction of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Konuma
  • Patent number: 10168572
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device and a backlight source. The display device includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight source. The liquid crystal panel includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate arranged opposite to the color filter substrate, and a blue phase liquid crystal layer arranged between the color filter substrate and the array substrate. A first driving electrode is arranged at a side of the color filter substrate facing the array substrate, and a second driving electrode is arranged at a side of the array substrate facing the color filter substrate. The backlight source includes: a light guide plate; and a composite layer arranged at a light-exiting surface of the light guide plate and including a plurality of dielectric layers whose refractive indices decrease gradually in a direction away from the light-exiting surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanli Zhao, Xiaoji Li, Xiuzhu Tang, Keguo Liu, Changgong Zhu, Jianghong Wen, Shuangyu Li
  • Patent number: 10162100
    Abstract: A backlight source structure of a liquid crystal display apparatus is provided and includes a plurality of light-guiding light source elements. Each of the light-guiding light source elements includes: a light source and a light-source packaging body. The light-source packaging body is an elongated strip with a light-guiding effect. The light-guiding light source elements are connected to form a light guide plate. A situation where an entire light guide plate malfunctions due to partial damage is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanxue Zhang
  • Patent number: 10146003
    Abstract: A planar lighting device includes: a light source; a light-guiding plate including: a light incident end face on which the light source is arranged; a facing end face facing the light incident end face; and a pair of principal faces that couple the light incident end face and the facing end face with each other; and plurality of optical elements that are provided on at least one of the pair of the principal faces and include a plurality of first elements each having an unevenly shaped part in which recesses and/or projections are repeatedly arranged, the plurality of the first elements being arranged intermittently from the light incident end face toward the facing end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10140909
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two dimensional matrix, wherein each of the pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the sub-pixels includes a self-luminous layer. The display device includes a low-density region including low-density pixels each including a first number of the sub-pixels, a high-density region including high-density pixels each including a second number of the sub-pixels, wherein the second number is greater than the second number, and a lighting drive circuit configured to light up the self-luminous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Cheng Wang
  • Patent number: 10139544
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light guide plate, a back plate, an edge-lit type backlight module and a display device. The light guide plate includes a main body and an extending part, wherein the extending part is disposed on a sidewall of the main body and extending outwardly, and the extending part and the sidewall of the main body define a space for accommodating a backlight source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE DISPLAY LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi Zhu, Yinyan Xue, Yang Yang, Zhi Yang, Yeshun Xu
  • Patent number: 10132980
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight unit which provides light to the display panel. The backlight unit includes a light guide part, a light source part facing a light incident surface of the light guide part and including a circuit board, a first light emitting device package disposed on the circuit board, and a second light emitting device package disposed on the circuit board and which generates light having a wavelength different from that of light generated by the first light emitting device package, and an optical member disposed on at least one light emitting device package of the first and second light emitting device packages and including a plurality of rod-type lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seki Park, Dohun Kim, Jooyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 10126487
    Abstract: A display device having an exterior surface and including a back cover, a frame, a display panel and a backlight module is provided. The frame is assembled to the back cover and has a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The display panel is disposed in the frame, wherein the first supporting portion supports the display panel. The backlight module is disposed in the frame and located between the back cover and the display panel, wherein the second supporting portion supports the backlight module. The frame has a side surface, and the side surface is a portion of the exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Chun Hsu, Jeng-Bin Hsu
  • Patent number: 10113708
    Abstract: A panel lighting system includes a translucent panel formed to include a channel in a boundary wall of the translucent panel. A flexible circuit board may be mounted on the boundary wall such that LEDs mounted sequentially on the flexible circuit board extend into the channel. The LEDs may be fixedly maintained in the channel by the flexible circuit board being adhesively coupled with the boundary wall adjacent the channel. The system may also include an edge connector coupled to the boundary wall. The edge connector may be a corner edge connector or a side edge connector configured to fixedly hold a coupler that couples and provides strain relief for a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: REV-A-SHELF COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Tress
  • Patent number: 10094965
    Abstract: A pattern displaying device includes a light path changing element, a first light source, a second light source, and a control module. The light path changing element has first inclined surfaces to reflect light and arranged into a first predetermined pattern, and second inclined surfaces to reflect light and arranged into a second predetermined pattern. The first light source is operable to emit light toward the first inclined surfaces to display the first predetermined pattern. The second light source is operable to emit light toward the second inclined surfaces in order to display the second predetermined pattern. The control module is electrically connected to the first and second light sources to control the first and second light source to emit light or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN GREEN POINT ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ray-Long Tsai, Pei-Shan Hsieh, Tung-Chuan Chen, Cheng-Yen Wang, Shih-Tsung Chang
  • Patent number: 10088871
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display screen assembly and a terminal. The display screen assembly includes a display screen and a frame. The display screen includes a display surface. The display surface is provided with a display region and a non-display region, and the non-display region surrounds the display region. The frame is provided with a frame flange on an inner side, the frame flange at least partly shields the non-display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiao Cheng
  • Patent number: 10078184
    Abstract: An imprinting method for forming an integrated optical coupling device on wafer level may include: providing a substrate, with a reflection coating disposed thereon; providing an imprinting mold, with void regions shaped according to a designed lens profile; forming a molding material on the substrate; pressing the imprinting mold on the molding material on the substrate; curing the molding material into a cured molding material; removing the imprinting mold; depositing an anti-reflection film on the cured molding material; and dicing to form an integrated optical coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SiFotonics Technologies Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tuo Shi, Shipeng Yan, Nai Zhang, Dong Pan
  • Patent number: 10078178
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device (LCD) that may include a flexible printed circuit board of which electrodes arranged at one side and the other side are connected to each other through a contact hole, and a back light unit that uses a guide panel of which a lateral side end is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yeoun Jei Jung
  • Patent number: 10048423
    Abstract: A backlight unit that may be used with a liquid crystal display is presented. The backlight unit includes: a bottom chassis; a light source disposed at an edge of the bottom chassis; a light-converting member disposed on the light source and including quantum dots for changing a wavelength of light emitted from the light source; and a light guide disposed on the bottom chassis adjacent to the light-converting member and positioned to receive light emitted from the light-converting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hyuck Yoon, So Jeong La, Han Moe Cha, Seok Hyun Nam
  • Patent number: 10042108
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source, a light guide plate, and a quantum dot enhancement film. The light guide plate has a light-incident side that faces toward the light source, a surrounding side that is connected to the light-incident side to constitute an outer periphery of the light guide plate, and a microstructure unit that is disposed adjacent to the surrounding side of the light guide plate. The quantum dot enhancement film is stacked on the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD., RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Hau Lai, Wei-Hsuan Chen
  • Patent number: 10036844
    Abstract: A surface light source device 100 comprises light sources 10 and 20, a light guide plate 30, and a prism sheet 40. A plurality of ridges 41 are formed on the incident surface of the prism sheet 40. Each ridge 41 includes first and second inclined surfaces 41a and 41b whose inclination angles with respect to a normal line 45a are A1 and A2, respectively, provided that 35.5°?A1?39° and 23°?A2?30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Oki, Kazumi Chijiwa
  • Patent number: 10037053
    Abstract: A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller and a display. The display may comprise one or more light guides, where each guide is operatively coupled to an LED. Each LED may light the edge of a guide such that a refraction surface is illuminated. The controller may selectively illuminate the one or more light guides using the LEDs to indicate a level of activity of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Vikram Malhotra
  • Patent number: 10018771
    Abstract: A display device with a display panel, and backlight unit including a first light guide plate (LGP) having first and second optical materials, a second LGP disposed between the first LGP and the display panel, light sources configured to provide light to the first LGP and the second LGP, and a diffuser plate in a lower portion of the second LGP. The first LGP configured such that light from a light source is guided by the second optical material and emitted towards the display panel through the first optical material; the second LGP configured to emit light towards the display panel using the diffuser plate. A controller controls the light sources to provide light to the first LGP if a three-dimensional (3D) image is displayed on the display panel, and to the second LGP if a two-dimensional (2D) image is displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyuhwan Choi, Jinho Lee, Yoonsun Choi, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 10018763
    Abstract: A transparent display device is provided herein, which comprises a display module and a backlight module. The display module includes a liquid crystal display panel, polarizers and an optical film. The backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate includes a first light incident plane, a second light incident plane and a light emitting plane. The first light incident plane is disposed opposite to a light emitting plane of the light source. A plurality of caves are disposed on the second light incident plane to enhance the environmental light. The present invention raises an incident amount of the environmental light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsiao, Shih Hsiang Chen, Guofu Tang, Quan Li, Chengling Lv, Chaofan Guo
  • Patent number: 10012782
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a backlight apparatus and a display apparatus having a light guide plate that includes light guide patterns in a waveform shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Yong Lee, Sang Hyun Sohn
  • Patent number: 10007049
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a quantum rod backlight module for a liquid crystal display. The quantum rod backlight module includes a quantum rod layer disposing at one side of a backlight source and comprising a plurality of quantum rods, wherein the major axes of the plurality of quantum rods are aligned along a direction parallel to a surface of the quantum rod layer; a first micro-prism layer including a plurality of first parallel strip-shape prisms, and a second micro-prism layer including a plurality of second parallel strip-shape prisms, wherein both of the alignment directions of the first parallel strip-shape prisms and the second parallel strip-shape prisms are perpendicular to the direction of the major axes of the plurality of quantum rods, and the retardations of the first micro-prism layer and the second micro-prism layer are zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ren-Hung Huang, Jian-Hung Wu, Shih-Wei Chao, Po-Tung Lai, Ya-Chun Chang, Yi-Lung Yang, Chung-Hung Chien, Meng-Chia Cheng, Chien-Yi Kao, Chen-Kuan Kuo
  • Patent number: 10001594
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light-emitting component including at least one light-emitting element mounted on a base, a light guide plate guiding light emitted from the light-emitting element, a wavelength conversion member partially covering the light guide plate, and a first reflective member covering the wavelength conversion member. The light guide plate comprises two main surfaces, which include a light-extraction surface allowing light emitted from the light-emitting element to exit and a rear surface opposite to the light-extraction surface. One of two main surfaces comprises at least one recess formed in an edge region thereof. The other main surface of the light guide plate includes a part covered by the wavelength conversion member and a part exposed from the wavelength conversion member. The light-emitting element is accommodated in the recess such that a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element faces the wavelength conversion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadao Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9997094
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display substrate, first interconnections, second interconnections, a driving circuit and a polarizing plate. The display substrate includes a bend portion which is curved with respect to an axis parallel to a first direction. The first interconnections extend in the first direction and are on the display substrate. The second interconnections are on the display substrate, connected to the first interconnections and extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the first interconnections and the second interconnections and provides driving signals to the first interconnections and thesecond interconnections. The polarizing plate is on the display substrate and overlaps the first interconnections and the second interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taehyeog Jung
  • Patent number: 9995866
    Abstract: A uniform illumination lighting module is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the uniform illumination lighting module comprises a first optical medium, a lower reflective surface disposed adjacent to a bottom boundary of the first optical medium, a concave reflective surface disposed adjacent to a side boundary of the first optical medium, and a light source, wherein at least a portion of the first optical medium is disposed between the light source and the concave reflective surface. In some embodiments, the uniform illumination lighting module further comprises a second optical medium disposed adjacent to a top boundary of the first optical medium. In preferred embodiments, the concave reflective surface is substantially parabolic and the light source is disposed at a parabolic focus of the concave reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: LAXCO INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Congliang Chen, Kevin Cassady
  • Patent number: 9989689
    Abstract: A backlight unit may be provided which is capable of local dimming. The backlight unit includes: one or a plurality of light emitting devices; and a light guide plate including a top surface and a bottom surface, one or a plurality of grooves which are formed in the bottom surface and in which the light emitting device is disposed, a reflective layer which is disposed within the one or the plurality of grooves and reflects light emitted from the light emitting device, and a plurality of inverse prism patterns disposed in the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jun-Bo Yoon, Seok-Won Bae, Gun-Wook Yoon
  • Patent number: 9983344
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a backlight unit which is disposed below the display panel, provides light to the display panel, and includes a light guide member including a light emission surface, a reflection surface, and a plurality of side surfaces which connect the light emission surface to the reflection surface, where the plurality of side surfaces includes a first side surface which receives light and a second side surface facing the first side surface in a first direction, a light source which provides the light to the first side surface, an optical path adjustment member disposed on the light guide member and including a flat portion, a plurality of protruding portions protruding from the flat portion in a direction of the light guide member, and a light blocking layer disposed on the plurality of protruding portions, and a prism sheet disposed on the flat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-young Song, Eunju Nam, Young-min Park
  • Patent number: 9977281
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having excellent color reproducibility. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a non-white light source, a rear polarizer, a liquid crystal layer, and a front-side polarizer in this order, in which a light conversion layer that converts a wavelength of light transmitted through the front-side polarizer is provided on a viewer side of the front-side polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Morishima, Koshin Matsuoka, Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi, Akio Tamura
  • Patent number: 9971236
    Abstract: A projector having: a light source formed by a laser light emitting element; a first diffusion plate which light emitted from the light source is made to enter; a microlens array which light having passed through the first diffusion plate is made to enter; and a second diffusion plate which diffuses the light having passed through the microlens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Kurosaki
  • Patent number: 9964789
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device thermally insulated from light source heat, includes a display panel, a backlight module positioned on the display panel, a bezel positioned around the backlight module, and a thermal insulating element mounted on the bezel. The backlight module includes a light guiding plate and at least one light source located at a side of the light guiding plate. The thermal insulating element is positioned between the at least one light source and the bezel. A sealed space is formed between the thermal insulating element and the bezel. The thermal insulating element and the sealed vacuum space are configured to thermally insulate heat generated by the at least one light source and prevent heat from transferring to the bezel and display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Fa Chung, I-Ting Huang, Yue-Han Chen, Chih-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 9958587
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a light guide plate, a method for fabricating the same and a backlight unit. The light guide plate comprises a low density region and a plurality of high density regions, wherein the plurality of high density regions are separately disposed on a light incident side of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhidan Zhang, Hongli Zhu, Daekeun Yoon, Qing Ma, Hai Chi, You Li
  • Patent number: 9958591
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate having a bottom surface, a light emitting surface, a first light incident surface, and microstructures. Each microstructure recesses into or protrudes from the bottom surface and has a first and a second surfaces. The first and the second surfaces of at least one of the microstructures are located on two sides of a first reference plane parallel to the first light incident surface. A section-line of each first surface on a second reference plane perpendicular to the first light incident surface and perpendicular to the light emitting surface is a straight line. A first angle between each first surface and a third reference plane parallel to the light emitting surface in the light guide plate is between 0 degrees and 20 degrees, and a thickness of each microstructure is between 0 micrometers and 20 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Hui Lee, Min-Chun Chou, Ming-Dah Liu, Ching-Hsiang Li, Chang-Cheng Liu, Wen-Yen Chiu
  • Patent number: 9952374
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a light guide plate disposed under the display panel, a light source which provides a side surface of the light guide plate with incident light, a reflective plate disposed under the light guide plate, a first optical adjustment member which includes first scattering particles which scatter a first color wavelength range of the incident light into a first value and scatter a second color wavelength range of the incident light into a second value, and a second optical adjustment member which includes second scattering particles which scatter the first color wavelength range of the incident light into a third value and scatter the second color wavelength range of the incident light into a fourth value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-hwa Song, Chan-jae Park, Hayoung Lee, Seunghwan Chung
  • Patent number: 9927567
    Abstract: A display includes a casing, a display panel, a backlight module, a front panel and a cover. The casing has a containing space. The display panel is disposed in the containing space. The backlight module is disposed in the containing space and includes a light guide plate and a light source. The light source is adapted to provide a first light beam and a second light beam. The first light beam enters the light guide plate and is illuminated toward the display panel after being transmitted in the light guide plate. The front panel covers the containing space and has a light penetration region. The cover wraps the light source and has at least a slot. The second light beam passes through the slot to be transmitted toward the light penetration region, and is illuminated out of the containing space from the light penetration region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Chung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9927570
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display having a display panel including first and second display regions that are different from each other, a light source supplying light to the display panel, and a light guide plate having an area which is divided into a first region corresponding to the first display region and a second region corresponding to the second display region, the light guide plate allowing light incident from the light source to progress toward, wherein each of the first and second regions includes a light incident surface through which the light is incident, a light emitting surface through which the light successively incident from the light incident surface emits, and a rear surface opposed to the light emitting surface. The light emitting surface of the first region includes a plurality of first optical patterns refracting the light emitted by the light source to prevent light leakage from the first region onto the second display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Min Park, Sangwon Lee, Younghye Son
  • Patent number: 9921360
    Abstract: A backlight device is provided with: LEDs; a light guide plate having a light-receiving face, a light-exiting surface, and an opposite plate surface; a prism sheet including a plurality of light-exiting side unit prisms aligned along a second direction; a light-exiting surface-side prism portion including a plurality of light-exiting surface-side prism units aligned along the second direction; a light emission reflection portion including a plurality of reflection units aligned along a first direction at an interval; an opposite plate surface-side prism portion including a plurality of opposite plate surface-side unit prisms aligned along the second direction; and bow-shaped portions disposed into such a form as to be adjacent to the light-exiting surface-side prism units in the second direction while extending along the first direction, the bow-shaped portions having a bow-shaped cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hirayama, Shugo Yagi, Toru Inata
  • Patent number: 9915406
    Abstract: An illumination device for vehicles, in particular rear light, with a light-emitting unit to generate a predetermined light function. The device comprises a plurality of light sources and an optical unit. The optical unit comprises a light guide with means for the deflection of the light coupled in the same, and a retroreflective unit to generate a retroreflective function. The light guide is designed as a low-profile light guide, which is arranged in the main radiation direction in front of the retroreflective unit. The means for deflecting the light are distributed on or in the low-profile light guide such that the first light beam emitted from the light source and coupled into a narrow side of the low-profile light guide is coupled out at a front flat side of the low-profile light guide to produce the predetermined light function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Carsten Hohmann, Martin Mügge, Antti Mäkiranta
  • Patent number: 9915873
    Abstract: A reflective optical element (50) having a substrate (52) and a multilayer system (51) that has a plurality of partial stacks (53), each with a first layer (54) of a first material and a second layer (55) of a second material. The first material and the second material differ from one another in refractive index at an operating wavelength of the optical element. Each of the partial stacks has a thickness (Di) and a layer thickness ratio (?i), wherein the layer thickness ratio is the quotient of the thickness of the respective first layer and the partial stack thickness (Di). In a first section of the multilayer system, for at least one of the two variables of partial stack thickness (Di) and layer thickness ratio (?i), the mean square deviation from the respective mean values therefor is at least 10% less than in a second section of the multilayer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Enkisch, Hans-Jochen Paul, Thomas Schicketanz, Oliver Dier, Joern Weber, Christian Grasse, Ralf Winter, Sebastian Strobel
  • Patent number: 9910208
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thin film type controlled viewing window back light unit and a thin flat type Controlled Viewing window Display using the same. The present disclosure suggests a thin film type back light unit which can include: a base film having a width and a length, and including a high refractive film and a low refractive film stacked on the high refractive film; an incident pattern disposed at one side of a bottom surface of the base film; a reflective pattern disposed at an opposite side apart from the one side with the length of the bottom surface of the base film, and covering the width of the opposite side; a light radiating pattern disposed on an upper surface of the base film; a holographic film for controlling a viewing-window disposed on the light radiating pattern; and a light source being apart from the incident pattern, and providing an incident light to the incident pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Hyungseok Bang, Seungman Ryu, Friedrich-Karl Bruder, Thomas Peter Fäcke, Rainer Hagen, Günther Walze
  • Patent number: 9904108
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit. The liquid crystal panel includes a main display area and a sub-display area protruding from the main display area. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate having a main light plate below the main display area and a sub-display light plate below the sub-display area. A first light source emits first light primarily into the main light plate below the main display area and a second light source emits second light primarily into the sub-display light plate below the sub-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungjae Park, Jeil Ryu
  • Patent number: 9904104
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light source device which includes light emitting elements mounted on one surface of a substrate, and a reflection sheet provided on the one surface of the substrate to reflect light from the light emitting elements toward a region opposed to the one surface, prevents the reflection sheet from floating from the one surface of the substrate, and reduces regions lacking the reflection sheet in the vicinity of the diffusion parts, as well as, suppress an occurrence of luminance unevenness caused by the floating of the reflection sheet and the lacking of the reflection sheet, and a display apparatus including the light source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9900589
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device, relates to the field of display technology, and can solve the technical problems of large volume and high cost in existing spectral separation 3D display device. The display device comprises: a display light source comprising at least one monochromatic wavelength tunable laser, when displaying each piece of 3D images, the monochromatic laser is capable of at least emitting a first laser beam at a first time, and emitting a second laser beam at a second time, and the peak wavelength of the first laser beam is different from that of the second laser beam, wherein the first time and the second time are continuous, the first laser beam is used for displaying the first frame of image, the second laser beam is used for displaying the second frame of image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huan Wang, Mookeun Shin, Zhizhong Tu, Yongjun Yoon
  • Patent number: RE47196
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel assembly includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight module having at least one light emitting diode (LED) light source to irradiate light to the liquid crystal panel, and a housing which surrounds the liquid crystal panel and the backlight module. At least a portion of the housing adjacent to the at least one LED light source is formed of a thermal-conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hyun Cho, Joon Kang