Patents by Inventor Kuojun Fang

Kuojun Fang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9182630
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The backlight module includes a first light-emitting unit and at least one second light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is located outside of a light guide region between an optical film and a reflection plate, and the at least one second light-emitting unit is located within the light guide region. The at least one second light-emitting unit includes a curved reflection sheet. The curved reflection sheet faces the first light-emitting unit, and is used to reflect the lights being projected to the at least one second light-emitting unit unto the optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kuojun Fang, Jianfa Huang
  • Patent number: 9116388
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The backlight module includes an optical film, a reflection member and a light-emitting unit. A reflection surface of the reflection member includes multiple side edges. The light-emitting unit is disposed on one intersection position formed by the side edges of the reflection surface, and a light-emitting direction of the light-emitting unit faces the reflection surface. The reflection surface has a default track, whereby the lights emitted from the light-emitting unit can be projected to the reflection surface, and then uniformly entering into the optical film after being reflected by the reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Patent number: 9110332
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD). A reflecting housing is disposed between a reflecting surface and an optical film. The reflecting housing comprises a first reflecting layer used to reflect the lights emitted from the light source to the reflecting surface, and a second reflecting layer used to reflect the lights emitted from the light source to the optical film. The optical film has reflection rates distributing along a predetermined trend, and the lights emitted to the optical film are through the optical film and uniformly emitting out in the reflection rates of the predetermined trend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Patent number: 9110199
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display. The light guide plate is formed with hollow structures therein, and the hollow structures includes a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface; the first reflecting surface has a first inclination; the second reflecting surface has a second inclination; based on the first inclination, the first reflecting surface reflects light emitting toward the first reflecting surface; and based on the second inclination, the second reflecting surface reflects light emitting toward the second reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Patent number: 9103955
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display apparatus. A light guide plate of the backlight module comprises hollow structures. Each of the hollow structures corresponds to one of the light sources and comprises two air layers with an included angle there-between, and the two air layers are a first hollow layer and a second hollow layer. A normal direction is vertical to the light-incident surface, and there is a first oblique angle between the first hollow layer and the normal direction, and there is a second oblique angle between the second hollow layer and the normal direction, and a depth of the hollow structures satisfies a predetermined equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA START OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gege Zhou, Kuojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20150029695
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The backlight module includes an optical film, a reflection plate, a light source and a curved reflection sheet. One end of the curved reflection sheet extends into a light guide region along a length direction of the optical film, and the other end of the curved reflection sheet and the optical film are respectively located at two opposite sides of the light source. A light-emitting surface of the light source faces the curved reflection sheet and the reflection plate. The lights emitted by the light source are all projected to the curved reflection sheet and the reflection plate, and then reflected by the curved reflection sheet and the reflection plate to enter into the optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20150023002
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The backlight module includes an optical film, a reflection member and a light-emitting unit. A reflection surface of the reflection member includes multiple side edges. The light-emitting unit is disposed on one intersection position formed by the side edges of the reflection surface, and a light-emitting direction of the light-emitting unit faces the reflection surface. The reflection surface has a default track, whereby the lights emitted from the light-emitting unit can be projected to the reflection surface, and then uniformly entering into the optical film after being reflected by the reflection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20150023003
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The backlight module includes a first light-emitting unit and at least one second light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is located outside of a light guide region between an optical film and a reflection plate, and the at least one second light-emitting unit is located within the light guide region. The at least one second light-emitting unit includes a curved reflection sheet. The curved reflection sheet faces the first light-emitting unit, and is used to reflect the lights being projected to the at least one second light-emitting unit unto the optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuojun Fang, Jianfa Huang
  • Publication number: 20150023056
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display. The light guide plate is formed with hollow structures therein, and the hollow structures includes a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface; the first reflecting surface has a first inclination; the second reflecting surface has a second inclination; based on the first inclination, the first reflecting surface reflects light emitting toward the first reflecting surface; and based on the second inclination, the second reflecting surface reflects light emitting toward the second reflecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Patent number: 8842067
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises a backlight module and a display panel. The backlight module comprises a light guide plate and a plurality of light sources. The light guide plate has a bottom surface. The bottom surface is formed with a middle trench. The middle trench comprises dimming cants. The light sources are positioned at two opposite sides of the light guide plate in accordance with the dimming cants. The present invention can adjust a light intensity distribution and promote the central brightness of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Cao, Yicheng Kuo, Kuojun Fang
  • Patent number: 8821002
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light guide plate and a backlight module. The backlight module comprises the light guide plate. The light guide plate comprises a plurality of elongated microstructures disposed on the light guide plate and parallel to a light-incident surface thereof. At least one curve parameter of profiles of the elongated microstructures is altered according to a position variation in an extending direction of the elongated microstructures, so as to adjust a brightness distribution in the extending direction of the elongated microstructures. The invention can improve a luminous efficiency of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuangyao Chang, Kuojun Fang, Chechang Hu
  • Patent number: 8730150
    Abstract: A backlight module capable of dynamically adjusting brightness is proposed. According to the present invention, a backlight module comprises a light guide plate for guiding light, a first light source unit, and a second light source unit. A ridge-shaped groove is disposed on the middle of the bottom surface of the light guide plate. The first light source unit and the second light source unit are respectively disposed at the opposite sides of the light guide plate. Both of the first light source unit and the second light source unit comprises at least one light source. Each of the light sources of the first light source unit is symmetrically arranged with each of the light sources of the second light source unit on a one-on-one basis. The ridge-shaped groove divides the backlight module into two independent luminance domains, each dividing into multiple subdomains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuojun Fang, Yicheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 8654278
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD). A backlight module comprising an optical film, at least one light source, at least one reflecting housing and a reflecting surface. The reflecting surface and the optical film are symmetrically disposed with respect to the light source, and are disposed in identical side of the light source; the reflecting housing comprises a first reflecting layer and a second reflecting layer; the reflecting surface has a predetermined trajectory, and corresponds to the first reflecting layer and the light source. In the predetermined trajectory, the lights entering into the reflecting surface are reflected by the reflecting surface and enter into the optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Patent number: 8593587
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-level light guide plate (LGP) and a liquid crystal display (LCD) module. The LGP is divided into multiple sections sequentially connected with each other in a direction, and at least one light bar is disposed at an outward side of each section of said multiple sections. The LCD module has the multi-level LGP, which is located between a liquid crystal panel and a back plate. The multi-level LGP provided by the present invention can achieve local dimming for multiple sections and ensure that light rays of the respective sections will not influence each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Ren, Yicheng Kuo, Kuojun Fang
  • Patent number: 8553173
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. The LCD comprises a front frame, a panel, a plastic frame and an optical film assembly. The panel comprises a display region and a non-display region, and the plastic frame and the front frame cooperate with each other to sandwich the non-display region of the panel therebetween. The plastic frame is formed with a V-groove(s) on a surface thereof that faces towards a light exiting surface of the optical film assembly. In this way, light rays traveling through the optical film assembly to the lower surface of the plastic frame are reflected by the V-groove(s) so as to be mostly concentrated onto the non-display region of the panel and then gradually attenuated to disappear. This can reduce the bright lines appearing in the display region of the panel and, consequently, improve the displaying effect of the whole LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Che-chang Hu, Kuang-Yao Chang, Kuojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20130258244
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD). A reflecting housing is disposed between a reflecting surface and an optical film. The reflecting housing comprises a first reflecting layer used to reflect the lights emitted from the light source to the reflecting surface, and a second reflecting layer used to reflect the lights emitted from the light source to the optical film. The optical film has reflection rates distributing along a predetermined trend, and the lights emitted to the optical film are through the optical film and uniformly emitting out in the reflection rates of the predetermined trend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20130258716
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD). A backlight module comprising a plurality of refractive structures, and each of the refractive structure comprises a first refractive surface and a second refractive surface. The first refractive surface and the second refractive surface have a first inclined angle and a second inclined angle, respectively. The lights from the light source corresponding to the refractive structure emitted to the first refractive surface are through the refractive structure by the refraction of the first refractive surface; the lights from the light source corresponding to the refractive structure emitted to the second refractive surface are through the refractive structure by the refraction of the second refractive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20130258245
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD). A backlight module comprising an optical film, at least one light source, at least one reflecting housing and a reflecting surface. The reflecting surface and the optical film are symmetrically disposed with respect to the light source, and are disposed in identical side of the light source; the reflecting housing comprises a first reflecting layer and a second reflecting layer; the reflecting surface has a predetermined trajectory, and corresponds to the first reflecting layer and the light source. In the predetermined trajectory, the lights entering into the reflecting surface are reflected by the reflecting surface and enter into the optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kuojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20130250606
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD). A light out surface of a light guide plate is provided with a plurality of micro structures. Each of the micro structures comprises a first light out surface and a second light out surface which are along the longitude direction and correspondingly been the inclined plane to each other. Besides, along a light in direction, at least one of the first oblique angle and the second oblique angle is changed with the increasing of distance from the light source, so that the lights can be uniformly emitted out through the micro structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gang Yu, Kuojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20130235300
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display apparatus. A light guide plate of the backlight module comprises hollow structures. The hollow structures correspond to the light sources and comprise two air layers with an included angle there-between, and the two air layers are a first hollow layer and a second hollow layer. A normal direction is vertical to the light-incident surface, and there is a first oblique angle between the first hollow layer and the normal direction, and there is a second oblique angle between the second hollow layer and the normal direction. The present invention can prevent the problem of uneven brightness distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gege Zhou, Kuojun Fang