Light Modifier For Edge Lit Light Source (incident Edge) Patents (Class 362/608)
  • Patent number: 9194559
    Abstract: An illumination lens includes a light receiving surface 101; and a light exit surface 103. When the axis of 101 is designated as Z-axis, a position of the bottom of the lens is designated as z=0 and X-axis and Y-axis are defined in a plane which contains z=0 and is perpendicular to Z-axis, 101 is symmetric about YZ-plane and XZ-plane and a cross-sectional area of a cross section of 101 parallel to XY-plane monotonously decreases with increase in z-coordinate. When the maximum value of z-coordinate on 101 is designated as d and a radius of the cross section of 103 at z=0 is designated as r, a point (x, y) on a cross section of 101 at z=0.3d is represented by ( x a ) 2 + ( y b ) 2 = f ? ( ? ) ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? 2 ( 1 ) where a and b represent constants and ? = tan - 1 ? ( y x ) ? ? f ? ( 0 ) = f ? ( ? 2 ) = 1.0 , ? and ? ? f ? ( ? ) ? 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Seki, Katsumoto Ikeda, Takatoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9170360
    Abstract: A display device includes a side light type backlight for white color display by single color LEDs, an LED set is placed in a concave portion of a light guide plate, in which a first color LED is located in the center and a second or third color LED is located on the side of the first color LED. An incident slit with an arc shaped convex portion is formed facing the first color LED, and a saw tooth slit with a right-angled triangular concave portion is formed facing the second or third color LED. This allows directing the distribution axes of the lights from the second and third color LEDs to the center side, and adjusting orientation angles to allow effective mixing of the three color lights, in order to increase the white color area and effective display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Watabe, Masayuki Mifune
  • Patent number: 9121981
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light unit, comprising a printed circuit board equipped with a plurality of LEDs; and a light guide member equipped with mounting grooves to house the LEDs. It is preferred that the light guide member comprises one surface and another surface facing the one surface; a first density pattern area and a second density pattern area having higher density than that of the first density pattern area are formed in the one surface; and the second density pattern is disposed in an area closer to the light emitting surface of the LED than the first density pattern area. According to the present invention, hot spots can be removed by forming high density optical patterns on the upper surface of a light guide member and diffusing the light of LEDs; meanwhile, the transmission range of light can be extended and light extraction efficiency can be improved by disposing low density optical patterns in adjacent areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Sun Kim, Sang Jun Park, Kyoung Soo Ahn, Kyoung Jong Yoo, Yong In Lee
  • Patent number: 9121975
    Abstract: A light guide plate and a backlight module are provided. The backlight module includes a light source and the light guide plate. The light source includes a light emitting surface. The light guide plate includes a light incident surface, a first surface, and a second surface, wherein the first surface is opposite to the second surface. The light guide plate is disposed at a side of the light source. The light incident surface of the light guide plate is opposite to the light emitting surface of the light source. The light incident surface is connected to the first surface and the second surface and includes a first curved surface and a second curved surface. The first curved surface is adjacent to the first surface, and the second curved surface is adjacent to the second surface. The first curved surface is a concave surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Ya-Ping Niu, Chin-Yung Liu
  • Patent number: 9121982
    Abstract: A light-emitting device which has a plate-shaped light guide (102) having front and rear surfaces (106, 108), being major surfaces, and edge surfaces (110, 112, 114, 116); and a light source (104) arranged at the plate-shaped light guide at such a position that the generated light is entered into the plate-shaped light guide and propagates in a substantial direction of propagation that is parallel with the front surface. At least a portion of the plate-shaped light guide includes a three-dimensional surface structure (118) arranged to provide a controlled light output through at least one of the front and rear surfaces and at least one of the edge surfaces. The controlled light output is controlled in terms of light output characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Dorien Cato Van Der Lans, Bart Andre Salters
  • Patent number: 9081128
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a back bezel, a light guide plate, a plurality of optical films, and a clamping device. The light guide plate is disposed in an area enclosed by a periphery structure of the back bezel, and the optical films are disposed on the light guide plate. The clamping device includes a supporting element, a clamping piece, and a cushion element. The supporting element protrudes from the back bezel. The clamping piece is disposed on the supporting element and extends from the back bezel to the optical films. The cushion element is disposed between the clamping piece and the optical films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tun-Hao Hsu, Chang-Ho Shen, Kuo-Chih Lee
  • Patent number: 9075173
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a light source, a light guide part to receive a light emitted from the light source, a light conversion member between the light source and the light guide part, and a spacer between the light source and the light conversion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Ryong Park, Hyun Ho Choi, Gi Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 9054345
    Abstract: A method for preparing a pixel defining layer (PDL), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) substrate prepared by the PDL, and a display device are provided, which can overcome the problem that the conventional PDL comprising hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials involves a complicated process. The method for preparing the PDL comprises: step 1: forming a mixed solution on a substrate to form a mixed solution film, in which the mixed solution includes a hydrophilic material, a hydrophobic material and a solvent; step 2: performing heat treatment on the mixed solution film to form a pixel defining material layer in which the content of the hydrophilic material on the upper portion is less than that of the hydrophilic material on the lower portion and the content of the hydrophobic material on the upper portion is more than that of the hydrophobic material on the lower portion; and step 3: forming a pattern of the PDL on the pixel defining material layer by a patterning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun Hou, Ze Liu
  • Publication number: 20150146135
    Abstract: A backlight module, a liquid crystal display and a control method for driving the backlight source, the backlight module comprising an LED backlight source and a driving circuit, the LED backlight source comprising first LEDs each formed of a blue light chip, red phosphor powder and green phosphor powder, and second LEDs each formed of a blue light chip, a green light chip and red phosphor powder, and the driving circuit comprising driving circuit modules for driving the first LEDs and the second LEDs respectively. The liquid crystal display includes the above-mentioned backlight module and the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Lifeng Lin, Hongming Zhan, Yongcan Wang
  • Patent number: 9039269
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a first light source unit including n light emitting members; and a light guide plate including a first side adjacent to the first light source unit, and a first groove adjacent to a first end of the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-Seo Yoon, Ju-Young Yoon, Han-Moe Cha, Sang-Il Park, Hee-Kwang Song, Jung-Kyun Kim, Su-Chang Ryu
  • Publication number: 20150138829
    Abstract: A lighting device may be provided that includes: a body; a first light source and a second light source, which are disposed on the body and are disposed symmetrically with each other with respect to a central axis of the body; a first light guide unit which is disposed on the first light source and is coupled to the body; and a second light guide unit which is disposed on the second light source and is coupled to the body. The first light guide unit and the second light guide unit are disposed symmetrically with each other with respect to the central axis of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 9033538
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination appliance (1) that illuminates in a direction opposite a direction towards a mounting face (C) thereof, with radiation light of light sources (5) installed on a main-body housing (2) mounted on the mounting face (C), wherein the illumination appliance (1) is equipped with a light-guiding plate (11) that surrounds the outer circumference of the main-body housing (2) and protrudes out in the diameter direction thereof, has a light incident face (11a), and guides light in the diameter direction. Light radiated from the light sources (5) enters the light-guiding plate (11) from the light incident face (11a) thereof, and light radiated from the light-guiding plate (11) illuminates the mounting face (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 9036240
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic paper display. The electronic paper display includes an electronic paper panel. A light guide plate is disposed on the electronic paper panel. The light guide plate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A conductive pattern structural layer is disposed on the light guide plate. A light source is disposed on a side of the light guide plate. The first surface of the light guide plate is a patterned surface. A light generated by the light source is reflected or scattered to the electronic paper panel by the patterned surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Sheng-Shan Huang
  • Publication number: 20150130693
    Abstract: A backlight assembly having a light emitting module and a lower receiving container, the light emitting module including a first light source configured to generate a first light and a quantum dot rail configured to generate a second light from the first light the light emitting module is disposed under a display panel to provide the display panel with the second light, and the lower receiving container is configured to receive the light emitting module and the display panel6b
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hyun-Min Cho, Kwang-Keun Lee, Jong-Hyuk Kang, Jae-Byung Park, Baek-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 9028128
    Abstract: The present invention provides a side-edge backlight module, which includes a backplane, a light guide plate arranged inside the backplane, a backlight source arranged inside the backplane, and a photo coupler arranged between the light guide plate and the backlight source, whereby light emitting from the backlight source is subjected to light mixing by the photo coupler and then enters the light guide plate so as to improve homogeneity of light illumination of the light guide plate at a location close to a backlight source. The side-edge backlight module arranges a photo coupler between a light incidence surface of a light guide plate and LED lights of a backlight source in order to make lights emitting from the backlight source incident to the light guide plate in a uniform manner thereby providing the light guide plate with homogeneous light illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianfa Huang
  • Patent number: 9028124
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate and a number of light sources. The light guide plate includes a frosted light incident surface, diffusion structures positioned on the frosted light incident surface, and dot-shaped micro-recesses positioned on the diffusion structures. The light sources face the frosted light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Chang Tseng
  • Publication number: 20150124195
    Abstract: Embodiments of a display device and a method of reducing optical leakage from a backlight unit of a display device are described. The display device includes a backlight unit, an image generating unit coupled to the backlight unit and a blocking structure. The backlight unit is configured to transit light to the image generating unit and the blocking structure is configured to prevent the light from reaching the image generating unit without passing through the optical processing unit. The backlight unit includes a light source unit and an optical processing unit having a quantum dot film coupled to the light source unit. The method of reducing optical leakage from the backlight unit of the display device includes providing a first blocking structure to a portion of the light source unit and providing a second blocking structure to a portion of the optical processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian CHEN, Steven Gensler
  • Patent number: 9022589
    Abstract: A simulated sunlight irradiation apparatus (100) has transmittance adjustment members (13a and 13b) provided above an irradiation surface of a light guide plate (10) and in the vicinity of either incident face of the light guide plate (10) on which simulated sunlight is incident. The transmittance adjustment members (13a and 13b) adjust the transmittance of light in a portion of a wavelength band of simulated sunlight that is emitted from the irradiation surface of the light guide plate (10), thus bringing about improvement in spectral coincidence of the simulated sunlight. This provides a simulated sunlight irradiation apparatus that can radiate simulated sunlight with high spectral coincidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohji Minami
  • Publication number: 20150117053
    Abstract: A light guide plate including a plate body and a plurality of microstructures formed thereon is provided. The plate body has a light entrance surface, a light exit surface orthogonal to the light entrance surface, and at least one side surface neighboring the light exit surface and the light entrance surface. At least one light source is disposed near the light entrance surface, such that light generated by the light source enters the plate body through the light entrance surface and exits from the plate body through the light exit surface. The microstructures are arranged on the light entrance surface and the at least one side surface, and the microstructures on the light entrance surface are convex-shaped and the microstructures on the at least one side surface are concave-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Fei Zhu, Tao Lian
  • Publication number: 20150109818
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a laser light source, a light guiding board located at a side of the laser light source, a first lens and a second lens both located at a light path of light beams emitted from the laser light source. The laser light source includes one laser diode or a plurality of laser diodes. The light guiding board includes a light incident face and a light emerging face. The first lens firstly converges and then diverges the light beams emitted from the laser light source. The second lens changes the light beams passed through the first lens to be parallel light beams. The parallel light beams have a larger width than that of the light beams just emitted from the laser light source. The parallel light beams enter the light guiding board via the light incident face of the light guiding board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: PO-CHOU CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150109819
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight module having light sources and a light guide plate, and the light guide plate has an incident side, and the lights emitted by the light sources pass through the incident side and enter into the light guide plate, and the a light direction changing layer is positioned at the incident side, and the light direction changing layer is employed for changing progress directions of the lights entering the incident side to shorten a distance perpendicular to the incident side from an intersection point of the lights emitted by adjacent light sources to the light sources. The present invention also discloses a liquid crystal display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Chih-Tsung KANG
  • Publication number: 20150109816
    Abstract: A light guide plate configured to guide light which is incident on an incidence surface of a plate-shaped member so as to be emitted from an emission surface includes: a light amount adjusting unit configured to adjust the amount of light emitted from an excessive light amount region of the emission surface, wherein the light amount adjusting unit is provided on one of the incidence surface and the emission surface, corresponding to the excessive light amount region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi YAGI
  • Publication number: 20150103291
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The backlight module includes a light guiding plate having at least one light incident surface, a light source unit being arranged close to the light incident surface, and a light conversion unit being fixed between the light source unit and the light incident surface. The light conversion unit converts light beams emitted from the light source unit to white light beams. The light conversion unit is a complex fluorescent material bar of quantum dots having a plurality of fluorescent quantum dots, and the light beams emitted from the activated fluorescent quantum dots are composited with the light beams emitted from the light conversion unit to generate white light beams. The fixing process of the complex fluorescent material bar is simplified. In addition, by utilizing the quantum effects, the NTSC value of the backlight module is greatly enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Quan Li
  • Patent number: 9004708
    Abstract: An apparatus to widen the light dispersion pattern of a light source shining through an overlay window from the viewing side of an electrical computer system. The overlay window is coupled to a panel of the system. The overlay window includes a transparent material, which has a first surface facing the light source and a second surface facing away from the light source to define a viewing side. An opaque material can be disposed on the first surface to partially cover the first surface to form a viewing window. A first diffusing mechanism is disposed on the first surface, and a second diffusing mechanism is disposed on the second surface. In response to the passage of the light output through the viewing window, the light dispersion pattern of the light output from the viewing side of the overlay window has a viewing angle of up to about 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry L. Hayden, Sr., Ronald D. Lutz, Jr., Charles Ingalz, Bill Hin Yi Fong
  • Patent number: 8998479
    Abstract: A surface light guide has a radiation exit area extending along a main extension plane of the surface light guide and is provided for laterally coupling radiation. The surface light guide includes scattering locations for scattering the coupled radiation. The surface light guide includes a first boundary surface and a second boundary surface which delimit the light conductance of the coupled-in radiation in the vertical direction. A first layer and a second layer are formed on each other in the vertical direction between the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface. Further disclosed are a planar emitter including at least one surface light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Stephan Kaiser, Gerhard Kuhn, Ales Markytan, Julius Muschaweck, Christian Neugirg
  • Publication number: 20150092441
    Abstract: An exit surface of a light guide plate includes a first position from which first emitted light is emitted within an angular range that causes the first emitted light to be applied to one eye and the vicinity thereof and a second position from which second emitted light is emitted within an angular range that causes the second emitted light to be applied to the other eye and the vicinity thereof. A straight line that passes through the first position and the center of the one eye and a straight line that passes through the second position and the center of the other eye intersect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Takagi, Masayuki Shinohara, Yoshimasa Osumi, Norikazu Kitamura, Junya Fujita
  • Publication number: 20150092440
    Abstract: A Light guide panel, back light assembly and display apparatus are provided. According to an aspect of the inventive concept, there is provided the light guide panel which includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and four side surfaces, and one of the four side surfaces may be a light incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung Joo KIM, Dong Yeon KANG, Rae Young KIM, Min Young SONG, Sung Kyu SHIM, Sang Duk LEE
  • Publication number: 20150092442
    Abstract: A display includes a display panel, an image compensating portion, and a backlight module. The display panel includes a main display region and a periphery display region outside the main display region. The image compensating portion corresponding to the periphery display region includes a plurality of light guiding channels. The backlight module provides lights to the display panel. The backlight module comprises a plurality of first light collecting module. The first light collecting module focuses lights emitted from a first direction on a first light collecting axis parallel with an axis of the light guiding channel. The first direction is perpendicular to a first plane parallel with the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: I-WEI WU
  • Patent number: 8992063
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package unit, a method for manufacturing the same and a backlight are disclosed. The light emitting diode package unit comprising a LED chip and a light uniformization structure formed above the LED chip in the direction of exiting light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiwei Sun, Jia Liu, Site Cai
  • Patent number: 8992064
    Abstract: A planar illumination device includes a light source unit, including a substantially planar emitting surface, configured to emit light to illuminate a substantially planar object, and a frame, formed in a frame shape enclosing the light source unit, disposed on an outer circumferential side of the light source unit, configured to hold the light source unit. The frame includes a reflecting part configured to reflect the light, and an absorbing part, formed integral with at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the reflecting part, configured to absorb the light. The reflecting part and the absorbing part include joint interface therebetween that is inclined to a direction vertical to the emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomotaka Horikawa, Masahito Totsuka, Shinji Kawai, Satoshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20150085524
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a support having an interstice and at least one LED located in the interstice and at least one of a waveguide or an optical launch having a transparent material encapsulating the at least one LED located in the interstice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Ping WANG, Douglas HARVEY, Tyler KAKUDA, Ronald KANESHIRO
  • Patent number: 8985830
    Abstract: A switch according to the present invention includes: a substrate; a touch sensor; a light guide plate; a light emitting unit; and a control unit. The light guide plate has a surrounding side surface chamfered so that a light entering into the surrounding side surface of the light guide plate diffusely reflects inside the light guide plate. The light emitting unit is arranged at a position facing the surrounding side surface of the light guide plate. The light emitting unit is configured to emit the light to the surrounding side surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
    Inventor: Kenji Kamada
  • Patent number: 8979292
    Abstract: This display includes point light sources, a light guide plate including a light-receiving surface on which light emitted from the point light sources is directly incident, opposed to the point light sources, and a display cell provided on a surface of the light guide plate, while a plurality of projecting portions each having a width smaller than a width of each of the point light sources in an extensional direction of a side of the light guide plate provided with the light-receiving surface are provided on a region of the light-receiving surface of the light guide plate opposed to the point light sources, and the plurality of projecting portions of the light guide plate are formed to have irregularly different shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Tajiri
  • Patent number: 8979345
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a surface light emitting apparatus including: a light source bar including a light source for generating an optical signal; at least one optical distributor for dividing the optical signal generated in the light source into a plurality of optical signals; a light guide plate for confining the plurality of optical signals divided by the optical distributor in an inside thereof and transfer the optical signals; and a scattering pattern formed on a surface of the light guide plate and for emitting a light by the optical signal transferred through the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Suntak Park, Seung Koo Park, Min-Su Kim, Ki Uk Kyung
  • Publication number: 20150070932
    Abstract: A light source unit includes: a light guiding plate having a front surface and a rear surface facing each other, and a side surface between the front surface and the rear surface; a light guiding bar disposed on the side surface of the light guiding plate; a quantum dot package disposed on a surface of the light guiding bar; and a dot light source which provides light to the quantum dot package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Dong Earn KIM, Jeong Hee LEE, Eun Joo JANG, Min Jong BAE, Sang Eui LEE
  • Publication number: 20150062965
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device package in which lens tilting is prevented to reduce luminance and color deviations and a backlight unit having the same. The light emitting device package includes an encapsulation material disposed on a substrate to surround a light emitting device and a guide member disposed on the encapsulation material to guide an assembly path of a lens. The guide member includes a first inclined surface having a first inclination to guide a light incident part of the lens and a second inclined surface having a second inclination greater than the first inclination to further guide the light incident part of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Seunghyun OH, Seunghoon LEE, Pyounggug KIM, Yungeon CHO, Sungsik JO, Jung-a LIM
  • Publication number: 20150062967
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a light guide plate which includes a front surface and a rear surface which are opposite to each other and a side between and connecting the front surface and the rear surface, a light conversion device on the side of the light guide plate; and a light source which generates and supplies light to the light conversion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Jong BAE, Jeong Hee LEE, Dong Earn KIM, Sang Eui LEE, Na Youn Won, Hyun A KANG, Shin Ae JUN
  • Publication number: 20150062964
    Abstract: An LED module includes an LED, a light guiding plate and a lens. The light guiding plate includes a light incident face confronting the LED, a light diffusion face and a light emerging face. The lens includes an aspheric light incident face and an aspheric light emerging face opposite to the aspheric light incident face. Light emitted from the LED is diffused by the light guiding plate and diverged by the lens to have a wide illumination area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: PO-CHOU CHEN
  • Patent number: 8967847
    Abstract: An illumination assembly is adapted to illuminate a display module that is visible by reflecting environmental lights. The illumination assembly includes a substrate, a visual-light source, and a light guide. The substrate includes a top surface. The visual-light source is disposed on the top surface and is provided for emitting a visual light. The light guide is disposed corresponding to the top surface of the substrate. The light guide includes a light-incidence surface and a light-emergence surface. The visual light enters the light guide through the light-incidence surface and is reflected at least once. The visual light then exits the light guide through the light-emergence surface and travels along a light-emergence direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Sheng-Shan Huang
  • Patent number: 8970807
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight module having light sources and a light guide plate, and the light guide plate has an incident side, and the lights emitted by the light sources pass through the incident side and enter into the light guide plate, and the a light direction changing layer is positioned at the incident side, and the light direction changing layer is employed for changing progress directions of the lights entering the incident side to shorten a distance perpendicular to the incident side from an intersection point of the lights emitted by adjacent light sources to the light sources. The present invention also discloses a liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihtsung Kang
  • Patent number: 8960983
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a profiled light guide plate, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device. In the profiled light guided plate according to the embodiments of the present invention, because the reflectivity of the profiled assembly is less than that of the light entry assembly, the emergent angle of the light beam entering into the profiled assembly from the light entry assembly is larger than the incident angle thereof, which causes the light beam entering from the light entry assembly into the profiled assembly to converge towards the central part of the profiled assembly, away from the ramp of the profiled assembly, thereby decreasing the amount of light leakage from the ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lili Jia, Xiuyun Chen, Ji Chen
  • Patent number: 8960984
    Abstract: A backlight unit (BLU) is disclosed. The BLU may include a light emitting diode (LED) module including at least one LED chip mounted on a substrate in a chip-on-board (COB) type, and a light guide panel including an incidence surface configured to receive light emitted from an emission surface of the LED chip and to include at least one insertion recess disposed corresponding to the LED chip, such that the LED chip is bonded to the LED module to be inserted in the insertion recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Mi Moon, Hak Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20150049506
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate and a number of light sources. The light guide plate includes a first surface and a number of projecting portions extending from the first surface corresponding to the light sources. Each projection portion includes a second surface facing a light source. A number of microstructures are formed on the second surface for increasing the divergence angle of the light incident to the light guide plate through the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: CHENG-WEI LEE
  • Publication number: 20150036380
    Abstract: A light guide plate includes a light incident surface, a light emitting surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral surface, and a second lateral surface. The light incident surface has a plurality of elongated optical microstructures, and each elongated optical microstructure has an inclined surface and a curved surface connected with each other. The light guide plate is capable of increasing uniformity and utilization rate of light beam emitting from the light guide plate. A backlight module using the light guide plate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: CHIA-CHUANG HU
  • Patent number: 8944660
    Abstract: A light guide (201) including a transparent element is presented. The transparent element includes a first end (203) including a place for a light source, a second end (204) opposite the first end, an outer surface (205) between the first and second ends, and an interior channel (206) extending from the first end to the second end. The interior channel includes a first portion (207) beginning from the first end and a second portion (208) extending to the second end. The first portion is shaped to guide at least part of light falling to its wall into the transparent material and the outer surface provides total reflection for reflecting the light towards the second end. The second portion is shaped so that light passed through the first portion without falling to a wall of the first portion reaches the second end without falling to a wall of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ledil Oy
    Inventor: Hannu Hukkanen
  • Publication number: 20150029751
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light source which generates light, a light guide plate which guides the light substantially in an upward direction, a first frame member which holds the light source and diffuses the light traveling substantially in the upward direction between the light source and the light guide plate, a second frame member which holds the light guide plate, a third frame member which holds the light guide plate, a reflective plate disposed under the light guide plate and which reflect the light leaked downwardly from the light guide plate substantially to the upward direction, and an optical sheet disposed on the light guide plate and the first to third frame members and which diffuses the light provided from the first frame member and the light guide plate and condenses the light substantially in the upward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dohun KIM, Jiwon LEE, Seong-Yong HWANG, Hyun-Hwa SONG, SANGHEON YE, SANG HOON LEE
  • Publication number: 20150029750
    Abstract: A light guide plate includes a light incident face, a bottom face adjacent to the light incident face and a light exit face opposite to the bottom face. The micro lenses are formed on the light incident face in series to diffuse light incident thereon. Two adjacent micro lenses cooperatively define a V-shaped groove therebetween. Each groove defines an opening. The width of the openings of the grooves gradually changes from a center of the light incident face toward lateral sides thereof. A backlight module incorporating the light guide plate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li-Ying WANG HE
  • Publication number: 20150029752
    Abstract: A display device includes a light guide plate, at least one illuminating element, a side frame, and a display panel. The light guide plate includes a main body and at least one light-incident protrusion part. The main body has a light-emitting surface. The light-incident protrusion part is connected to the main body and has a light-incident surface. The illuminating element is arranged along the light-incident surface and is capable of emitting a light beam. The light beam enters the light guide plate from the light-incident surface and leaves the light guide plate from the light-emitting surface. The side frame is located on the light guide plate. The display panel is located between the light guide plate and the side frame. The side frame and the display panel expose the light-incident protrusion part. The side frame of the display device described herein has the small width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Wu-Hsieh Lee, Hung-Sen Lin, Chao-Chung Tsen, Wei-Kai Liao, Chi-Lun Chen
  • Publication number: 20150029749
    Abstract: A backlight apparatus comprised of a light pipe with one or more light input ends, a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing side, a non imaging optic collimator and scatter inducing elements. The non imaging optic collimator causes the light rays entering into the light pipe to be directed towards the far end relative to the light input end in a specified angular distribution. Pluralities of scatter induced elements (SIE) are introduced in the body of the light pipe between the applicable light input end and the corresponding far end. Individual scatter induced elements may be formed in any geometry, and may be grouped or separated such that there exists a variation of SIE each individually or as grouped, possessing discrete geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: JEFFREY Alan LAINE, Mark Bennahmias
  • Publication number: 20150023055
    Abstract: A light source assembly includes a red laser diode configured to generate a red laser light, a blue laser diode disposed adjacent to the red laser diode, and configured to generate a blue laser light or a cyan laser light, a green phosphor disposed on the blue laser diode, and configured to change a wavelength of the blue laser light or the cyan laser light, and a holographic diffuser disposed on the green phosphor and the red laser diode. The holographic diffuser is configured to diffuse or scatter the red laser light and is configured to diffuse or scatter the blue laser light or the cyan laser light which passed the green phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: IN-SUN HWANG, JUNG-KYUN KIM