Display Backlight Patents (Class 362/97.1)
  • Patent number: 11959604
    Abstract: A display screen and a display device are provided. The display screen includes a display panel assembly, a light bar, and a reflective layer. The display panel assembly includes at least two display panels with a splicing gap between each two display panels. The light bar is attached to a display surface of the display panel assembly, covers the splicing gap, and has two opposite side surfaces extending along a length of the splicing gap. At least one side surface of the light bar is provided with the reflective layer to prevent black borders from appearing on the side surfaces of the light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meinan Li, Xing Lei, Xu Wang
  • Patent number: 11947152
    Abstract: Provided are a display module and a display device. The display module includes a photosensitive element, a backlight unit, and a backlight. The backlight unit includes a first reflective sheet provided with a first opening corresponding to the photosensitive element, a light guide plate including a first region corresponding to the photosensitive element and a second region adjacent thereto, and an optical film provided with a second opening corresponding to the photosensitive element. A plurality of the microstructures are provided on a side of the light guide plate facing the photosensitive element. A distance between two adjacent columns of the microstructures in the first region is less than a distance between the two adjacent columns of the microstructures in the second region, or in a column of the microstructures, sizes of the microstructures in the first region are greater than sizes of the microstructures in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanying Du, Jiangbo Yao
  • Patent number: 11886087
    Abstract: The lighting device disclosed in the embodiment includes a substrate, a light emitting device disposed on a lower surface of the substrate, a reflective layer disposed to face a light emitting surface of the light emitting device, a first resin layer disposed between the substrate and the reflective layer, and a light-transmission control layer disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the light-transmission control layer may include a liquid crystal layer including a cholesteric liquid crystal, and light emitted through the light emitting surface of the light emitting device may be reflected by the reflective layer and be provided to the light-transmission control layer through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong Seok Yu, Do Yub Kim, Se Yeon Choi
  • Patent number: 11886255
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a first casing and a second casing supporting a first area and a second area of a display panel, respectively, a support disposed between the first casing and the second casing, supporting the display panel based on the folding direction of the foldable display device, and including a support body which ascends toward the display panel during the out-folding operation, and descends toward a bottom face of the hinge cover during the in-folding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuk Lee, Seungo Jeon, Youngjoon Yun
  • Patent number: 11874562
    Abstract: A component for dissipating heat of a device, a backlight module, and a display panel are disclosed. The component for dissipating heat of the device includes a first elastic body and a heat dissipation apparatus, and a first temperature threshold is set. The component for dissipating heat of the device dissipates heat of the device and ensures heat insulation of the device by a physical method, and does not include a sensor or a logic circuit. Therefore, it has low cost and eco-friendly applications, and does not consume electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS DISPLAY CO., LTD., TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shixin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11841578
    Abstract: Provided is a LED light board including a substrate, a plurality of LEDs, and a colloid layer. The substrate has a plurality of adjacent light emission areas. These LEDs are respectively disposed on these light emission areas. The colloid layer is disposed on these light emission areas. These LEDs are disposed between the substrate and the colloid layer, and are covered by the colloid layer. The colloid layer has a plurality of recesses on each light emission area, and these recesses expose an upper surface of the substrate corresponding to these recesses. At least a portion of the recesses on each light emission area are disposed around the corresponding LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Chun-Chi Hsu
  • Patent number: 11835819
    Abstract: A reflective sheet comprises a plurality of perforations for extending a plurality of light-emitting elements therein, the reflective sheet further comprises a central line passing through its center, at least one first dimming area, and at least one second dimming area, and the distance between the at least one first dimming area and the central line is smaller than the distance between the at least one second dimming area and the central line. The light-emitting elements are distributed in the at least one first dimming area and the at least one second dimming area, the at least one first dimming area has a first dimming means, the at least one second dimming area has a second dimming means, the dimension of the first dimming means is different from the dimension of the second dimming means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Radiat Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Ching Yang, Ya-Yun Hsieh, Pei-Ling Kao, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Patent number: 11835219
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a plurality of light sources arranged in at least a first group of light sources having one or more light sources and a second group of light sources having one or more light sources and further includes one or more light collectors, each being arranged for collecting light from one or more light sources from the first group of light sources and for converting the collected light into one or more light beams. The first and second groups of light sources are each individually controllable. The first and second groups of light sources are both arranged for emitting light from a space on one side of the one or more light collectors. The illumination device is arranged so that light emitted from the second group of light sources through the one or more light collectors defines a pattern comprising one or more elongated elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Harman Professional Denmark APS
    Inventors: Niels Jørgen Rasmussen, Claus Ellevang Hansen
  • Patent number: 11812594
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display module including a display panel and a guide plate, a flexible printed circuit board extending from the display panel, a source printed circuit board connected to the flexible printed circuit board and attached to the guide plate, at least one driving chip disposed on the source printed circuit board, and a protective member disposed to cover the flexible printed circuit board, the source printed circuit board, and the driving chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Tae Kim, Se-Hwan Jeon
  • Patent number: 11812564
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a panel, a first support component, and a second support component. The panel includes a bottom surface, a first corner and a second corner, and the bottom surface is connected between the first corner and the second corner. The first support component includes a first side portion that supports the first corner of the panel. The first side portion has a first length and a first Young's modulus. The second support component includes a second side portion that supports the second corner of the panel. The second side portion has a second length and a second Young's modulus. The first length and the second length satisfy the following inequalities: 10 × W 2 ? ? k ? ? 1 × tan ? ? 1 ° ? L ? ? 1 < P 2 , and 10 × W 2 ? ? k ? ? 2 × tan ? ? 1 ° ? L ? ? 2 < P 2 , .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yujun Chiu, Joe Huang
  • Patent number: 11796859
    Abstract: A display apparatus, comprising a functional layer on the light emitting side of a light source and a diffusion plate. A support for the diffusion plate is arranged between the light source and the functional layer, a cushion portion is arranged between the support and the functional layer, and the cushion portion is in contact with the support and the functional layer. Pressure of the support on the functional layer is reduced by providing the cushion portion between the support and the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nannan Zhang, Fulin Li, Jinlong Li, Mingsheng Qiao, Xiaowei Liu, Xiao Li, Yushuai Zhai
  • Patent number: 11789310
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a backlight unit and a display device including the same. Specifically, there may be provided a backlight unit with enhanced image quality and a display device in the same, which include a plurality of light sources disposed on a printed circuit and spaced apart from each other, a reflector disposed on the printed circuit and including at least one protrusion disposed to correspond to the at least one light source and a diffusion plate disposed on the reflector, wherein the protrusion surrounds at least one light source, and wherein the protrusion includes at least one opening in a side surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miok Kim, SeokHwan Oh
  • Patent number: 11782311
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a housing, a diffuser plate, an optical film, a holder and a light source. The housing has a groove. The groove is arranged along a periphery of the housing. The diffuser plate is disposed in the housing and has an edge located in the groove. The optical film is disposed on the diffuser plate and has a thru-hole. The holder is disposed in the groove of the housing and includes a holding portion and a hanging portion. The holding portion engages the edge of the diffuser plate. The hanging portion is connected to the holding portion and extends through the thru-hole of the optical film. The light source is disposed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Liu, Chen-Han Huang, Chih-Kuei Wang
  • Patent number: 11762234
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a substrate layer and light-emitting diode (LED) light bars equidistantly disposed on the substrate layer. Wherein, each of the LED light bars includes a signal line and LED lamp beads. The LED lamp beads are arranged on the signal line and electrically connected to the signal line. Wherein, a distribution density of the LED lamp beads gradually decreases from a low-level end of the signal line to a high-level end of the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Lixia Li
  • Patent number: 11762228
    Abstract: A display device in the present disclosure includes: a display panel having a display on a front surface; a flexible circuit board connected to the display panel; and a panel chassis supporting a rear surface of the display panel. On an outer side of a lateral end of the display panel, the panel chassis has a flexible circuit board guide projected from the rear surface side of the display panel to the front surface side thereof. The flexible circuit board is provided along the flexible circuit board guide in a manner to extend on an outer side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsutoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11754878
    Abstract: The backlight device has a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on a surface of the substrate, a diffuser plate having an incident surface disposed facing to the surface of the substrate, and an emitting surface disposed on the opposite side of the incident surface, diffuses light incident on the incident surface from the plurality of light emitting elements, and emits the diffused light from the emitting surface, and a frame defining a light emitting region on which the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed, wherein the frame is disposed so as not to form a region less than the half value outside the light emitting elements disposed along the frame, and all of the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed so that a ratio less than the half value is 20% or less, the ratio less than the half value is a ratio of an area of the region less than the half value to an area of a surrounding region formed by connecting at least three light emitting elements disposed around th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinobu Katsumata, Takumi Miyashita, Kiyokazu Watanabe, Takuma Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11754242
    Abstract: A lighting module including a housing with a cavity enclosed with a light-emitting surface and in which an LED is mounted connectable to a power source and possibly also to a control circuit. Between the LED and the light-emitting surface is arranged a transparent optical filter having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface is adapted for the passage of a minor portion of light from the cavity of the housing to the light-emitting surface and, at the same time, the upper surface is adapted to reflect most of the light from the cavity of the housing back to the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tomas Gloss, Michal Borek, Michal Juhanak
  • Patent number: 11733564
    Abstract: Disclosed are a curved backlight module and a display device. The curved backlight module includes: an optical film and a lamp board which are oppositely provided, the distance between the optical film and the lamp board being referred to as an optical cavity height; the lamp board is provided with a plurality of lamp bars which extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction, a plurality of lamp beads distributed in an array are provided on each of the lamp bars, and the distribution parameters of the lamp beads on each of the lamp bars are the same; and on each of the lamp bars, there is a first distance between two adjacent lamp beads in the first direction, and there is a second distance between two adjacent lamp beads in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Huiyan Li, Lijin Zhao, Shixin Geng, Bochang Wang
  • Patent number: 11719978
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenyue Luo, Meizi Jiao, Morteza Amoorezaei, Ling Han, Chungjae Lee, Ziruo Hong, Wei He, Rong Liu, Xinyu Zhu, Mingxia Gu, Jun Qi, Eric L. Benson, Victor H. Yin
  • Patent number: 11715432
    Abstract: A driving method for a backlight module and a display device are disclosed. The driving method includes: generating mapping information from each local dimming area to the corresponding piece of local area dimming data according to preset positional relationships between a backlight driving chip and lamp beads in the backlight module; receiving, by a timing control chip, a frame of display data, and converting the display data into panel driving data and corresponding multiple pieces of local area dimming data; receiving, by a backlight driving circuit, the multiple pieces of local area dimming data in sequence, turning on the channel corresponding to the current local dimming area in turn according to the mapping information, and driving the lamp beads in the current local dimming area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhi Xiong, Haoxuan Zheng
  • Patent number: 11709397
    Abstract: A backlight includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources, a reflective layer, a light guide plate, a pattern of light extractors, a plurality of patterned reflectors, and a diffusive layer. The plurality of light sources are proximate the substrate. The reflective layer is on the substrate. The light guide plate is proximate the plurality of light sources. The pattern of light extractors is on the light guide plate. The plurality of patterned reflectors are on the light guide plate. Each patterned reflector is aligned with a corresponding light source. The diffusive layer is on the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Richard Allen, Fedor Dmitrievich Kiselev, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, Christopher Michael Lynn, Pamela Arlene Maurey, Xiang-Dong Mi, Scott Christopher Pollard, Nikolay Timofeyevich Timofeev, Andrii Varanytsia
  • Patent number: 11706953
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an optical member. The display panel includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate. The display panel forms a light-transmitting area and a display area near the light-transmitting area. The optical member is adjacent to a rear surface of the display panel and overlaps with a portion corresponding to the light-transmitting area. The display area includes a thin film transistor and an organic light emitting element configured to receive a current from the thin film transistor. The light-transmitting area does not include a metal layer, which is disposed in the display area. The upper substrate and the lower substrate do not have a through-hole structure in the light-transmitting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Koo Chung, Beohm Rock Choi
  • Patent number: 11681181
    Abstract: The backlight device has a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on a surface of the substrate, a diffuser plate having an incident surface disposed facing to the surface of the substrate, and an emitting surface disposed on the opposite side of the incident surface, diffuses light incident on the incident surface from the plurality of light emitting elements, and emits the diffused light from the emitting surface, and a frame defining a light emitting region on which the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed, wherein the frame is disposed so as not to form a region less than the half value outside the light emitting elements disposed along the frame, and all of the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed so that a ratio less than the half value is 20% or less, the ratio less than the half value is a ratio of an area of the region less than the half value to an area of a surrounding region formed by connecting at least three light emitting elements disposed around th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinobu Katsumata, Takumi Miyashita, Kiyokazu Watanabe, Takuma Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11668868
    Abstract: A stepped light guide illumination system employing a planar sheet of an optically transmissive material having a stepped light guiding structure including one or more parallel arrays of channels. Light is input into the stepped light guiding structure using a number of side-emitting LED sources located within the channels and coupled to the stepped light guiding structure at multiple locations. The LED sources are mounted to a printed circuit board extending along one or more channels and having a width which is greater than a width of the respective channel. Light is extracted from the stepped light guiding structure using a two-dimensional pattern of light extraction features formed in a surface of the planar sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sergiy Vasylyev
  • Patent number: 11650366
    Abstract: A planar illumination device of an embodiment includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources, an elastic member, and a bottom frame. The light guide plate receives light from a light incident side surface. The plurality of light sources emit light to the light incident side surface of the light guide plate. The elastic member presses and supports the light guide plate. The bottom frame houses the light guide plate, the plurality of light sources, and the elastic member. The bottom frame includes a pillar configured to protrude in a thickness direction at a position opposing substantially a center of the light incident side surface of the light guide plate in a longitudinal direction. The light guide plate includes, substantially at the center of the light incident side surface in the longitudinal direction, a groove configured to engage with the pillar. The elastic member presses a side of the light guide plate at a non-light incident side toward a light incident side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Adachi
  • Patent number: 11624951
    Abstract: A frame assembly includes a carrier and a frame. The carrier includes a bottom wall, and inner and outer side walls. The bottom wall is formed with an opening. The inner side wall is located in the opening. The inner and outer side walls extend from the bottom wall along an upright direction. The inner and outer side walls respectively include first inner and outer engaging structures. The outer side wall is spaced from the inner side wall. The frame includes a frame body, and inner and outer lateral walls. The inner and outer lateral walls extend from the frame body and respectively include second inner and outer engaging structures. The outer lateral wall is spaced from the inner lateral wall. The first and second inner engaging structures are engaged with each other, and the first and second outer engaging structures are engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: RADIANT(GUANGZHOU) OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teng-Yi Huang, Chih-Chan Chen, Tsung-Chen Tung, Che-Chia Hsu, Chin-Cheng Hsieh, Yung-Chieh Chao, Chih-Hung Chung
  • Patent number: 11598509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a backlight unit for use in a display device. The backlight unit includes a circuit board, at least one light-emitting diode chip mounted on the circuit board, a plurality of reflection members arranged on the upper part of the light-emitting diode chip, and a light diffusing member. The light diffusing member has an incident surface on which light enters and an emitting surface from which light is emitted. The light diffusing member is arranged on the upper part of the circuit board. The plurality of reflection members are stacked on each other and reflect a part of light emitted from the upper surface of the light-emitting diode chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11561428
    Abstract: An optical device capable of varying transmittance, such that can be used for various applications such as eyewear, for example, sunglasses or AR (augmented reality) or VR (virtual reality) eyewear, an outer wall of a building or a sunroof for a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Byoung Kun Jeon, Moon Soo Park, Seong Min Lee, Ji Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 11538966
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, the method includes: preparing an intermediate structure including a supporter, a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on the supporter, a covering layer arranged on the supporter and surrounding the light emitting elements, and wiring electrodes each arranged on and straddling the covering layer and a corresponding one of the light emitting elements: preparing a board including light-reflective resin arranged on a surface of the board; pressing the intermediate structure against the light-reflective resin arranged on the board, with the wiring electrodes facing the light-reflective resin; curing the light-reflective resin to form a light-reflective resin layer; and removing the supporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuyoshi Kadan
  • Patent number: 11538967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes: a light transmissive plate including a first front surface, a rear surface facing the first front surface, and a hole positioned behind the first front surface and connected to the rear surface; and a display film attached to the rear surface of the plate, in which the display film includes a light transmissive substrate having a second front surface attached to the plate, an electrode layer formed on the second front surface, and a light source electrically connected to the electrode layer, and the light source is positioned in the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daewoon Hong, Sangtae Park, Myeongwook Bae, Jeongsik Choi
  • Patent number: 11520146
    Abstract: An image in a predetermined hue is displayed at a display surface, and is emitted as image light. The image light is guided to a display position by an optical system, and is deflected by a diffraction optical element. The emitted image light includes light emitted from a first position of the display surface and light emitted from a second position of the display surface. A deflection angle at which the light emitted from the first position is diffracted by the diffraction optical element is larger than a deflection angle at which the light emitted from the second position is diffracted by the diffraction optical element. Of the image light in a wavelength range expressing the hue, a wavelength peak of the light emitted from the first position is present on a long wavelength side with respect to a wavelength peak of the light emitted from the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11508702
    Abstract: An integrated control LED display system, comprising a number of module screens (100) which are assembled together to form a large display screen, each of the module screens (100) comprises several unit screens (200), a splicing frame (300) and a control box (400), several unit screens (200) are assembled in the splicing frame (300) to form a said module screen (100), the control box (400) is arranged on the back of the module screen (100), and the control box (400) can simultaneously control the work mode of the unit screens (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Chip Optech Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: XiaoGang Wu
  • Patent number: 11480828
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a backplate, a light source, a diffuser plate, an optical film and at least one frame. The backplate includes a base plate, a sidewall and a bent portion. The sidewall is connected to the base plate and the bent portion. The bent portion has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface faces the base plate. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The light source is disposed on the base plate. The diffuser plate is disposed on the second surface of the bent portion. The optical film is stacked on the diffuser plate and has a third surface away from the bent portion. The frame covers the sidewall of the backplate and covers a peripheral portion of the third surface of the optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih Kuei Wang, Hsien Kai Lin
  • Patent number: 11473769
    Abstract: Illuminated top furniture including an illuminated top portion and a support portion. The illuminated top portion includes a support layer, at least one light source, a light diffusion layer and an upper protective layer. The at least one light source is mounted to the support layer. The light diffusion layer is positioned on a side of the at least one light source that is opposite the support layer. The upper protective layer is positioned on a side of the light diffusion layer that is opposite the support layer. At least a portion of the upper protective layer is transparent such that light emitted by the at least one light source is visible through the upper protective layer while the light diffusion layer obscures the at least one light source so that the at least one light source is not visible through the upper protective layer. The support portion is attached to the illuminated top portion to support the illuminated top portion above a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ace Bayou Corp.
    Inventor: Bryan Howard
  • Patent number: 11450245
    Abstract: A display module (102) comprises light-emitting elements (106) coupled to one or more mounting structures and grouped into a pixels in a pixel array on a display face to display textual, graphical, or video information, with each pixel comprising a grouping of one or more light-emitting elements. A face cover (100) is mounted to the mounting structure and is positioned in front of at least a portion of the display face. The face cover comprises a plurality of moguls (110) arranged in a mogul array with each mogul positioned in front of and proximate to a corresponding one of the pixels so that the mogul covers at least a portion of the corresponding pixel, and one or more light-emitting openings (112) in each mogul, each positioned relative to one or more corresponding light-emitting element of the pixel to permit light emitted from the corresponding one or more light-emitting elements to pass through the mogul.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Parker Lawley
  • Patent number: 11428986
    Abstract: A direct-type light source module including N-stage light sources and an optical sheet is provided. The optical sheet is disposed above the N-stage light sources, and an optical distance between the i-th-stage light source and the optical sheet is smaller than an optical distance between the i+1-th-stage light source and the optical sheet, where 1?i<N, and N is a positive integer greater than 1. A display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Han-Jen Liang, Lei-Ken Hung, Ching-Hsuan Tsai, Wei-Chi Lin, Chih-Chou Chou
  • Patent number: 11422408
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a light emitting substrate with a plurality of light emitting elements, and a luminance equalizer sheet provided opposite the light emitting substrate, having a plurality of through holes for transmitting light irradiated from the light emitting elements and having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the light emitting substrate, the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet being positioned relative to each other at a predetermined position, at least one with a larger linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet having a curved shape, and a degree of curvature of the one with the larger linear expansion coefficient being larger than a degree of curvature of one with a smaller linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Imahori, Tatsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 11416033
    Abstract: A foldable display device is provided, which includes a first middle frame and a second middle frame for supporting a flexible display panel. A first surface of a first planar support member of the first middle frame that faces the display panel extends toward a second planar support member, and a second surface of the second planar support member of the second middle frame that faces the display panel extends toward the first planar support member. Accordingly, the distance between the first surface of the first planar support member and the second surface of the second planar support member is reduced. Therefore, when the display panel expands, the bending region of the display panel can be effectively supported by the first planar support member and the second planar support member. In this way, the bending region can have better flatness when the display panel expands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yongzhen Jia, Shanghung Yeh
  • Patent number: 11391988
    Abstract: A light source module includes a back plate and light-emitting units. The back plate includes a bottom plate and a sidewall. An included angle is formed between an outer side surface of the sidewall and a horizontal plane where the bottom plate is located, and the included angle is an acute angle. An optical distance is defined between a top end of the sidewall and the horizontal plane. The light-emitting units are arranged in the back plate. The light-emitting units which are closest to the sidewall are defined as target light-emitting units, and each of the target light-emitting units has a radiation angle, and each of the target light-emitting units is separated from the sidewall by a distance. The first horizontal distance is determined by a tangent function of a complementary angle of the radiation angle, the second horizontal distance is determined by a tangent function of the included angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Radiant Opto-Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Yao Chen, Chih-Chiang Chang, Ya-Yin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11387292
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a housing; a light-permeable display screen received in the housing and including a display area and a black matrix area surrounding the display area; an emitter received in the housing, arranged between the light-permeable display screen and the housing, opposed to the black matrix area, and configured to emit an infrared light through the black matrix area; and a receiver received in the housing, arranged between the light-permeable display screen and the housing, opposed to the black matrix area, and configured to receive the infrared light through the black matrix area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Li
  • Patent number: 11372286
    Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light sources arranged in a matrix, a substrate, and a reflective member. The reflective member includes first walls defining a first region entirely surrounded by the first walls in a plan view, and second walls located on an outer side of the first walls, the second walls defining a second region having an opening facing outside of the reflective member and a third region. An area of the second region is greater than an area of the third region in the plan view. The light sources are disposed respectively in the first region and in the second region while none of the light sources is disposed in the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hashimoto, Shimpei Sasaoka
  • Patent number: 11340650
    Abstract: A display apparatus with improved assembility, productivity and quality. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; a rear chassis covering a rear surface of the display panel, and the rear chassis including a coupling protrusion protruding toward the display panel; a reflective sheet including a fixing hole in which the coupling protrusion is inserted, and rested on a front surface of the rear chassis when the coupling protrusion is inserted in the fixing hole; and a substrate coupled to the rear chassis in a front direction of the reflective sheet such that the reflective sheet is prevented from being separated from the rear chassis, wherein a plurality of light sources configured to irradiate light toward the display panel are mounted on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Jin Kim, Kyoungyoon Lee, Heongseog Lee
  • Patent number: 11330726
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a panel, a first cushioning component, and a second cushioning component. The panel includes a bottom surface, a first corner and a second corner, and the bottom surface connects between the first corner and the second corner. The first cushioning component supports the first corner of the panel. The second cushioning component supports the second corner of the panel. The Young's modulus of the first cushioning component and the Young's modulus of the second cushioning component are ranged from 500 MPa to 1500 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yujun Chiu, Lavender Cheng
  • Patent number: 11327351
    Abstract: The invention provides a display device, including a backlight module, a plastic frame, and a sheet metal. The plastic frame is disposed on a side of the backlight module, and the plastic frame has a slot. The sheet metal includes a bottom portion and a bent portion perpendicular to the bottom portion, and the bent portion is bent to a side surface of the backlight module and correspondingly engaged in the slot of the plastic frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11313533
    Abstract: A light flux controlling member includes an incidence surface, a reflection surface, an annular groove and an emission surface. The annular groove is disposed so as not to intersect an optical path of light incident on the incidence surface, reflected by the reflection surface, and reaching the emission surface. The first annular surface is formed so that its distance from the central axis increases, from the back side to the front side, and refracts, toward the front surface, light emitted from the light emitting center of the light emitting element, and directly reaching the first annular surface. The second annular surface is formed so that its distance from the central axis increases, from the back side to the front side, and refracts, toward the front side, light emitted from the light emitting element, incident on the incidence surface, and directly reaching the second annular surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Takuro Momoi
  • Patent number: 11314012
    Abstract: A light source useful for architectural lighting, general lighting, street lighting, or other lighting applications includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, with at least some light emitting diodes sized between 50 microns and 500 microns. A plurality of micro-optics sized less than 1 millimeter are positioned over at least some of the plurality of light emitting diodes. Each combination of light emitting diode and associated micro-optic is positioned within a Rayleigh distance to each other, sufficient to both present a substantially uniform visual appearance and provide a substantially uniform light beam. In some embodiments the height of the light emitting diodes, their supporting substrate and electrical traces, and associated optics is less than 5 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Sudhir Subramanya, Willem Sillevis-Smitt, Frederic Diana, Charles Schrama, Alan McReynolds, Yifeng Qiu
  • Patent number: 11306893
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a backlight module. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources arranged on a bottom plate, a plurality of lenses disposed on a light emission surface of the light sources, and a diffuser board is on the lens. The lens includes a lens body disposed on the light emission surface of the light source, and a supporting portion disposed between the lens body and the diffuser board. The lens body is configured to diffuse light from the light source, with the supporting portion configured to support the diffuser board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Huizhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zanjia Su, Gang Yu, Yongyuan Qiu, Jianyu Chang, Linlin Fu, Zhuping Luo
  • Patent number: 11294223
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and small light distribution angle. The present invention takes the following structure to realize the above task: A lighting device comprising: a disc shaped light guide, having a main surface and a rear surface, including a first hole at a center, a disc shaped reflection sheet, disposed at the rear surface side of the light guide, including a second hole at a center, a prism sheet, disposed at the main surface side of the light guide, including a concentric first prism array, wherein a reflection mirror is set in the first hole of the light guide at the side near to the prism sheet, an LED is set opposing to the reflection mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Okada
  • Patent number: 11281036
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit disposed under the display panel, an accommodation part that accommodates the backlight unit, a flexible circuit film connected to a side of the display panel, and bent along an outer surface of the accommodation part in an outside of the accommodation part to extend below the accommodation part to form a bending part of the flexible circuit film, a driving chip mounted on the flexible circuit film, and a shield cover disposed in contact with the side of the display panel, and outward from the bending part, the shield cover having a groove defined in a surface facing the bending part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KwangSun You, Hyeonseon Jeong, JunHee Son, JungGil Oh, YoungGyu Jung
  • Patent number: 11275270
    Abstract: A surface light source device includes a housing; one or more substrates disposed in the housing, each of the one or more substrates having a substantially rectangular shape; a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed on the one or more substrates; and a light diffusion plate disposed over the plurality of light-emitting devices. Each of the light-emitting devices includes a light-emitting element and a light flux controlling member. The plurality of light-emitting devices is disposed on two or more first virtual lines that are parallel to each other and are parallel to one side of each of the one or more substrates. A light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element has a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. Of angles between each side of the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element and each of the two or more first virtual lines, a smallest angle is 25 degrees to 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro Momoi