Abstract: An electronic mirror control device includes: an imager which is installed in a vehicle, and captures a rearward image including a rear side surface of the vehicle during traveling; a display which displays the rearward image captured by the imager; a calculator which calculates a position of a vanishing point from the rearward image; an extractor which extracts, in the rearward image, a rear side surface region where the rear side surface of the vehicle is displayed; and a display controller which displays, in the rear side surface region, a vanishing point line which coincides with a straight line passing through the vanishing point.

Abstract: An alumina-based ceramic wavelength converter is described having a surface layer containing a second phase of alumina, preferably as alumina crystallites. The surface layer is formed as a result of the sintering process used to form the bulk ceramic which is itself substantially transparent. The ceramic wavelength converter is combined with a light emitting diode to form a light emitting device. Preferably, the ceramic wavelength converter is comprised of an alumina-based phosphor represented by a general formula A3B5O12:Ce, wherein A is Y, Sc, La, Gd, Lu, or Tb and B is Al, Ga or Sc.

Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes a driver-side exterior mirror assembly having a driver-side mirror casing that includes an inboard portion that faces generally toward an exterior driver-side of the equipped vehicle and that is viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle. A driver-side blind spot detection system indicator module is disposed at the inboard portion of the driver-side mirror casing. An illumination source of the driver-side blind spot detection system indicator module illuminates responsive to detection by a blind spot detection system of the equipped vehicle of presence of an overtaking vehicle. Responsive to detection of an overtaking vehicle, the illumination source is illuminated to provide a hazard indication to alert the driver of the equipped vehicle not to make a lane change maneuver. Illumination of the illumination source is readily viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle.

Abstract: An electric powered lamp is disclosed. The lamp has a base, a light emitting element, and a cover over the light source. A light guide carries light from the light source to a reflective surface in the cover. Light rays run transversely through the cover.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate, an array of optical emitters arranged on the substrate in a two-dimensional pattern, a projection lens and a diffractive optical element (DOE). The projection lens is mounted on the semiconductor substrate and is configured to collect and focus light emitted by the optical emitters so as to project optical beams containing a light pattern corresponding to the two-dimensional pattern of the optical emitters on the substrate. The DOE is mounted on the substrate and is configured to produce and project multiple overlapping replicas of the pattern.

Abstract: The present invention provides a curved display device, a method for manufacturing a curved display device and an electronic device. The curved display device may comprise a first curved light-transmitting substrate, a second curved light-transmitting substrate arranged opposite to the first curved light-transmitting substrate and a sealant having a particular width distribution which is located between the first curved light-transmitting substrate and the second curved light-transmitting substrate and coated along edges of the first curved light-transmitting substrate and the second curved light-transmitting substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (LCD) including a lower substrate divided into a plurality of pixel regions, a liquid crystal layer disposed over the lower substrate, an upper substrate disposed over the liquid crystal layer and facing the lower substrate, a first spacer disposed over the lower substrate and maintaining a cell gap between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, and a second spacer spaced apart from the first spacer and disposed over lower substrate, the second spacer including a lower base region and a projecting region projecting from the lower base region.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a light guide plate, a first light source, a second light source, and a case. The light guide plate includes plate surfaces and an outer peripheral surface. One of the plate surfaces is configured as a light exiting surface. Sections of the outer peripheral surface on opposite sides from each other relative to the center of the light exiting surface are configured as a first light entering surface and a second light entering surface, respectively. The first light source is disposed opposite the first light entering surface. The second light source is disposed opposite the second light entering surface. The case includes an annular wall portion surrounding an outer circumference of the light guide plate, the first light source, and the second light source. The annular wall portion includes light source non-disposing areas between the first light entering surface and the second light entering surface.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp capable of uniformly emitting light, which is emitted from light sources and incident on one end surface and the other end surface, from the front surface (lateral surface) thereof. The vehicle lamp includes a light guiding rod extending in a prescribed direction. The light guiding rod includes a front surface, and a rear surface. The front surface includes a first region, a second region, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region. The first region and the second region are configured to diffuse the light emitted from the first light source and the light emitted from the second light source, in a direction orthogonal to the prescribed direction, respectively. A rear surface is configured to diffuse the light emitted from the first light source and the light emitted from the second light source, in the prescribed direction.

Abstract: A touch liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate disposed opposite, mutually insulated self-capacitance electrodes and electrode leads are disposed on the array substrate, the electrode leads are covered by a second insulating layer. A main post spacer and a sub post spacer are disposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. A first end of the main post spacer is connected to the color filter substrate, a second end extends towards the array substrate and opposite to a first electrode lead, a position of the first electrode lead corresponding to the second end of the main post spacer is etched to form an avoidance zone, the second end of the main post spacer is contacted with the second insulating layer in the avoidance zone. A first end of the sub post spacer is connected to the color filter substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising a substrate; an organic light emitting element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the organic light emitting element; and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, covering the organic light emitting element, and bonding the substrate on which the organic light emitting element is formed with the encapsulation substrate.

Abstract: The object is to provide a technique capable of preventing, in a display device, bubbles from being trapped between a protective plate or a touch panel and a display panel and occurrence of display inhomogeneity. The display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, a cushion serving as a support, and a first frame. The first frame includes: an opening through which the backlight unit is seen; a sidewall covering side surfaces of the backlight unit to form the opening; a panel facing portion extending from the sidewall toward the opening side to cover an end portion of the backlight unit; and a protruding portion protruding from the panel facing portion toward the display panel side. The cushion is disposed on the panel facing portion. The protruding portion is thinner than the cushion. A predetermined clearance is created between the tip of the protruding portion and the display panel.

Abstract: A lighting module includes a base, at least one electrically powered light radiation source carried by said base, a plurality of lamina electrical contacts connected to said light radiation source, and having respective proximal ends fixed to said base and respective distal ends elastically pressed against one face of said base, wherein the distal ends of said lamina electrical contacts have respective mutually offset contact areas.

Abstract: A modular LED line light, the modular LED line light comprising: at least one line light module, the at least one line light module comprising: a U-shaped body comprising a base and two opposing side walls extending from the base, the base comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface; at least one LED array disposed on the interior surface of the U-shaped body; a rail for receiving the at least one line light module, the rail comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is configured to receive the exterior surface of the base of the U-shaped body of the at least one light module; and a cooling tube for receiving a cooling fluid for removing heat from the at least one line light module, the cooling tube being disposed between the exterior surface of the base of the U-shaped body and the first surface of the rail.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a downlight, which includes an optoelectronic module and a rim module. The optoelectronic module includes a light source driving board, a back housing, and a front housing. The light source driving board is disposed between the back housing and the front housing. The light source driving board includes a light-emitting diode unit and a driving circuit. The rim module has a central opening for accommodating the optoelectronic module. The rim module includes a tubular wall and a fastener, in which the fastener is fixed on the tubular wall. The fastener has a first bent portion and a second bent portion, in which the first bent portion is configured to be fixed in the accommodation hole, and the second bent portion is fixed on the tubular wall of the downlight.

Abstract: There is provided an electro-optical device including a light-emitting element, a sealing layer that covers the light-emitting element, a color filter layer that is formed on the sealing layer, and a convex portion that is provided between the sealing layer and the color filter layer and has a first surface in contact with the sealing layer and a second surface in contact with the color filter layer, in which the second surface is a curved surface.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including a first substrate including a plurality of unit regions, a unit electrode portion disposed on the first substrate in one unit region, an opposed electrode facing the unit electrode portion, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the unit electrode portion and the opposed electrode, and a protrusion interposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and protruded toward the liquid crystal layer. The protrusion includes a pair of horizontal portions facing each other and including a side parallel to a first direction, a pair of vertical portions facing each other and including a side parallel to a second direction different from the first direction, and at least one corner portion including a first oblique side parallel to a direction oblique with respect to the first and second directions.

Abstract: A curved display device includes a display substrate curved in a first direction, an opposite substrate coupled to the display substrate, where the opposite substrate is curved together with the display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules disposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate. The opposite substrate includes a common electrode and a first alignment layer disposed on the common electrode, where the first alignment layer aligns a first portion of the liquid crystal molecules at a first pretilt angle. The display substrate includes: a pixel electrode, where a plurality of slits is defined in the pixel electrode; and a second alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode, where the second alignment layer aligns a second portion of the liquid crystal molecules at a second pretilt-angle, which is less than the first pretilt-angle.

Abstract: Lighting devices comprising first and second solid state light emitters and an optical device (e.g., optical fiber). If the emitters are illuminated, (1) light from at least one of the emitters travels through at least a portion of the optical device, and light from the first emitter is mixed with light from the second emitter, and/or (2) light from at least one of the emitters travels through at least a portion of the optical device, and white light is emitted from the lighting device. Also, a lighting device comprising at least one LED, at least one lumiphor, and an optical device, in which if each of the LED(s) is illuminated and each of the lumiphor(s) is excited, at least some of the light emitted from the LED(s) or emitted from the lumiphor(s) travels through at least a first portion of the optical device.

Abstract: A ceiling fan lampshade mounting assembly for mounting a lampshade on a ceiling fan includes an adjustable support configured for attachment to the ceiling fan and a plurality of lampshade support members carried by the adjustable support, each of the plurality of lampshade support members configured to engage and support the lampshade. The ceiling fan lampshade mounting assembly mounts a lampshade having a selected appearance over one or more lights on the ceiling fan.