Edge Lit Type Light Guide Behind Liquid Crystal Patents (Class 349/65)
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Publication number: 20140293191Abstract: In a liquid crystal device, when the local dimming is adopted, at a light guide plate of a lighting device, light guide plate portions having a trapezoidal planar shape where two sides facing each other in the Y-axis direction have different lengths are arranged in the X-axis direction to have reverse orientations in the Y-axis direction. A light emitting element emits the light of a light source from the end surface of the light guide plate portion which is located at a short side into the light guide plate portion. A light scattering surface is installed at the space between the light guide plate portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventor: Yoichi MOMOSE
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Publication number: 20140293189Abstract: According to an aspect, a reflective liquid-crystal display device includes a liquid-crystal panel and a front light unit. The liquid-crystal panel includes a sheet-like anisotropic scattering member having low refractive index areas and high refractive index areas with a refractive index higher than that of the low refractive index areas. The front light unit includes a light guide plate laminated on the liquid-crystal panel and having a number of grooves formed on a surface facing the liquid-crystal panel at a pitch of equal to or smaller than 100 ?m and a light source that makes light incident on the light guide plate. An arrangement interval of the unit pixels is larger than an average of an arrangement interval of the high refractive index area of the anisotropic scattering member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yoko FUKUNAGA, Susumu KIMURA
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Publication number: 20140293190Abstract: The present invention relates to a light guide film for a backlight unit of an ultrathin liquid crystal display device, the light guide film allowing rays of light entering from an end face to exit from a front face side, and including a hard layer (17, 18) having a pencil hardness of at least HB, the hard layer (17, 18) containing a polycarbonate as a principal component, and at least one face of the hard layer being exposed, and the entire light guide film (12) having an average thickness of no less than 100 ?m and no greater than 600 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: KEIWA INC.Inventor: Hironori NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20140293188Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display includes a liquid crystal display module an array of display pixels. A backlight unit is used to provide backlight illumination to the display module. A shutter module having local dimming elements is used to locally control the amount of light that is transmitted through the display. The local dimming elements can be formed from liquid crystal display structures, polymer-dispersed liquid crystal display structures, photovoltaic material, electrowetting display structures, and/or other suitable light controlling elements. Each local dimming element controls the amount of light that is transmitted through an overlapping region of the array of display pixels. The local dimming elements may be arranged in a uniform array having rows and columns or may be shaped and sized differently and located in specific regions of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Cheng Chen, Nicholas A. Rundle, Jun Qi, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Matthew Casebolt, Dinesh C. Mathew, Victor H. Yin
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Patent number: 8848139Abstract: An optical member including: a Fresnel lens sheet for deflecting and emitting deflected light, A louver for restricting a direction of light rays, where the louver restricts the traveling direction of incident light from the deflecting element to a direction that is parallel to the optical path of the incident light, and emits the restricted light. The Fresnel lens sheet is disposed so that a machined surface thereof faces the louver.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Niioka, Ken Sumiyoshi, Shin-Ichi Uehara, Masao Imai, Kenichi Takatori, Fujio Okumura
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Patent number: 8848137Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises the backlight module and a display panel. The backlight module comprises a light collector, optical fibers, a fiber light-outputting substrate and a light guide plate. The optical fibers are connected between the light collector and the fiber light-outputting substrate. The light guide plate is disposed at one side of the fiber light-outputting substrate. The light guide plate includes light diffusion recessions, and the light diffusion recessions face the light-outputting openings of the fiber light-outputting substrate. The present invention can use ambient light rays to form a backlight source.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chechang Hu, Hu He
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Patent number: 8848134Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) assembly includes a printed circuit board; first and second LED arrays arranged on the printed circuit board and each including a plurality of LEDs, wherein the LEDs in each of the first and second LED array are connected to each other in series, and an output terminal of the first LED array faces an output terminal of the second LED array; a first input line connected to an input terminal of the first LED array; a second input line connected to an input terminal of the second LED array; and one output line connected to the output terminal of the first LED array and the output terminal of the second LED array, wherein the first input line, the second input line and the one output line are disposed at one side of the printed circuit board with respect to the LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Min Kweon, Myoung-Ki Kim
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Patent number: 8848136Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which can ensure a large viewing angle while maintaining high light source energy use efficiency. The display device 10, which outputs light emitted from a light source 25 to an observer side in a form of an image, comprises: a light guide plate 21 which has a light output face, a back face, and a side face positioned between the light output face and the back face; a light source 25 which emits light to the side face of the light guide plate; an optical sheet 30 disposed on the observer side of the light guide plate; a liquid crystal panel 15 disposed on the observer side of the optical sheet; and a device 40 for enlarging a view disposed on the observer side of the liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Gotou, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8847882Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for recognizing the position of an indicating object. An apparatus for recognizing the position of an indicating object of the present invention comprises: first reflecting means installed along the left, right, and bottom edges of a screen so as to reflect a laser beam emitted from object-detecting means back to the object-detecting means; said object-detecting means, formed as a pair, for analyzing a change in the amount of light in the reflected laser beam over time, and detecting position coordinates of the indicating object on the planar surface of the screen; and fixing means including a housing and a fixing member fixedly installed on an upper portion of the screen and coupled to the housing so as to fix the housing to the upper portion of the screen, the fixing means being intended for facilitating the installation of the object-detecting means on the upper portion of the screen.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Smart Sense Technology Co., LtdInventors: Seung-tae Jeong, Bong-hwan Kim
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Patent number: 8848135Abstract: The liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight for illuminating the liquid crystal display panel where the outer shape of the backlight in a plane has at least one corner of which the angle is greater than 90°, and a light guide plate LG having approximately the same form as the outer shape of the backlight, wherein a number of light emitting diodes are aligned along two sides (s1, s3) of the light guide plate LG that form a corner A of which the angle is greater than 90°, and the main light for illumination (L2 to L4, L6 and L7) from the light emitting diodes aligned along the two sides propagates through the light guide plate LG in the same direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Nobuyuki Koganezawa
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Patent number: 8848133Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hybrid type liquid crystal display device. The present disclosure suggests a hybrid type liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display panel having a display area; and a window area defined within the display area, wherein an image disposed at outside of the liquid crystal display panel is shown in front of the liquid crystal panel through the window area. The present disclosure suggests a hybrid type display device in which main video data is represented using the liquid crystal display device, an additional image represented on an external screen is shown through the liquid crystal display device, or the external image can be shown by overlapping with the main video data of the liquid crystal display device, as needed.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Se-Hong Park, Eung-Do Kim, Jong-Sin Park
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Publication number: 20140285750Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal display panel that varies a phase of polarized light via liquid crystal molecules, wherein second recessed patterns of a second light guide plate are directly faced with first recessed patterns of a first light guide plate to form a first empty space, and wherein first flat surfaces of the first light guide plate are directly faced with second flat surfaces of the second light guide plate to form a second empty space narrower than the first empty space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Se Hong PARK, Jae Seok PARK, Kyung Ha LEE
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Patent number: 8842239Abstract: A light-guide apparatus for accompanying an edge light source to form a backlight module for an LCD display includes an upper light-distributing layer, a middle light-guiding layer and a lower reflective layer. The light-guiding layer further defines a light-introducing surface for allowing lights emitted from the edge light source to enter the light-guiding layer. The reflective layer reflects the lights back to the light-guiding layer. A light-exiting surface for allowing at least a portion of the lights to leave the light-guiding layer is defined on the top surface of the light-distributing layer and is perpendicular to the light-introducing surface. The light-distributing layer, the light-guiding layer and the reflective layer are manufactured integrally into a unique piece by a co-extrusion process so as to avoid possible existence of air spacing in between. Three-dimensional micro-structures are constructed on a reflective surface interfacing the reflective layer and the light-guiding layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Entire Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jia-Jen Chen, Yu-Chun Tao, Yan Zuo Chen, Hao-Xiang Lin, Cheng-Yu Hsieh
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Patent number: 8842067Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qian Cao, Yicheng Kuo, Kuojun Fang
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Patent number: 8842238Abstract: A backlight unit being scan-driven is discussed. The backlight unit according to an embodiment includes light sources configured to emit light, and a light guide plate disposed parallel to the light sources and configured to convert spotted lights entered from the light sources into two-dimensional light. The light guide plate includes a plurality of air barriers arranged at a fixed interval and configured to guide lights from the light sources in blocks with a width of the fixed interval.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hee Kyung Lee, Byoung Ku Kim, Jun Ho Bae, Yong Ik Hwang
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Patent number: 8842237Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a first back light module (BLU), a polarizer, a second BLU and a pattern retarder. The first BLU is disposed below the liquid crystal display panel for emitting light. The polarizer is disposed on the first BLU, to convert the light into a first light. The second BLU is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the first BLU for emitting a second light. The pattern retarder is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the first BLU. The pattern retarder includes plural first and second polarizing regions with orthogonal polarization states, and the first and second polarizing regions are arranged in an interlaced order. Also, the polarization state of the first light is orthogonal to the polarization state of the second polarizing region.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventor: Yen-Liang Chen
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Patent number: 8842233Abstract: A liquid crystal module includes a rear frame, a light guide plate, and a light source unit. The light guide plate is disposed in an interior of the rear frame. The light guide plate has a plurality of protruding components on a first end face of the light guide plate. The protruding components are spaced apart from each other and having distal end faces. The light source unit is disposed along the first end face of the light guide plate. The light source unit has a wiring board and a plurality of light source elements that is disposed on the wiring board. The distal end faces of the protruding components abuts the wiring board of the light source unit, respectively, such that the first end face of the light guide plate and each of the light source elements defines a spacing therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hisaharu Oura
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Patent number: 8842065Abstract: An LCD device of an edge type is disclosed. The LCD device analyzes brightness of an input image in blocks using an algorithm and generates lamp drive signals corresponding to the analyzed block brightnesses. Also, the LCD device applied the lamp drive signals to a plurality of light sources. As such, the LCD device with the edge type backlight unit can be divisionally driven in blocks.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jin Taek Choi
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Publication number: 20140267982Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a reflective electrode, a second substrate provided with a transparent electrode oppositely disposed to the reflective electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first second substrates, a polarization plate oppositely disposed to the first substrate with an interposition of the second substrate, and an anisotropic scattering member disposed between the second substrate and the polarization plate. A main view angle direction is set as a predetermined direction intersecting a display surface. The anisotropic scattering member has a scattering center and scatters light traveling along a scattering axis direction which is a direction having a predetermined angle range centered around the scattering center. The scattering axis direction coincides with the main view angle direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Masashi MITSUI, Masaya TAMAKI, Yoko FUKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20140267981Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display device having the same are provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source, a shading sheet and at least one reflecting sheet. The light guide plate has a first face, a second face corresponding to the first face and a lateral face connected to the first face and the second face, and a light gathering structure is formed at least on the first face. The light source includes a light emitting device and two power source legs, and the light emitting device is detachably attached to the light guide plate. The shading sheet is attached to the first face. The at least one reflecting sheet is attached to the lateral face.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SUNHENG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Barry LEE
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Publication number: 20140267972Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight device. The backlight device includes: a light guide for emitting a planar light beam, a first optical sheet disposed on a back side of the light guide, and an optical sheet group disposed on an irradiation-surface side of the light guide and including a plurality of optical sheets arranged in stacked relation. Periphery parts of the first optical sheet and at least one second optical sheet of the optical sheet group are bonded together to form a bag shape, and the light guide and the other optical sheets are retained in the bag-like body formed of the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Suguru ISHIWATA
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Patent number: 8836894Abstract: A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device include a shell assembly having a display window, a liquid crystal panel installed in the shell assembly, and a backlight unit providing a backlight source. The backlight unit includes a light-outgoing top surface just opposite to the liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate adjacent to the incident side of the light-outgoing top surface, an optical diaphragm, a reflecting plate arranged on the bottom of the light guide plate, and a light source. The substrate or cooling plate is bent at its side close to the light-outgoing top surface to form a first bent portion; the first bent portion has a first reflecting surface for reflecting the light, making most of the light emitted by the light source enter the light guide plate, thus greatly improving the utilization ratio and transmittance of the light of the light source.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yubo Gu, Liuyang Yang, Pei Jia
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Patent number: 8836892Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a waveguide plate guiding light, a first light-emitting module disposed on a first side of the waveguide plate, the first light-emitting module including a plurality of first light-emitting blocks, a second light-emitting module disposed on a second side of the waveguide plate, the second light-emitting module including a plurality of second light-emitting blocks, and a plurality of optical drivers controlling luminance levels of the first light-emitting blocks and the second light-emitting blocks, wherein at least one of the first light-emitting blocks, at least one of the second light-emitting blocks, and at least one of the optical drivers are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Se-Ki Park, Joo-Woan Cho, Ho-Sik Shin
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Patent number: 8836889Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent display device including a light guide plate formed with a plurality of concave patterns at the lower surface thereof to totally reflect polarized light entered in a lateral direction while transmitting natural light entered from a lower direction therethrough; a light source disposed in a lateral direction of the light guide plate to emit visible light including first and second polarized lights; a first polarizing plate disposed at a lateral portion of the light guide plate to transmit either one of the first and second polarized lights through the light guide plate; a liquid crystal panel for driving liquid crystals to change the phase of the polarized light; and a second polarizing plate for controlling an amount of the polarized light according to the changed phase of the polarized light.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Se-Hong Park, Jong-Sin Park
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Patent number: 8836888Abstract: A vehicular rearview assembly comprising a light source illuminating the mirror system within the housing of the assembly. The light source is a layered structure including generally co-extensive optical elements such as a light-guiding element that accepts light from light emitters and distributes this light along an area that is not transverse with respect to a display of the assembly. Light distributed and outcoupled through the light-guiding element illuminates the whole display, while radiation from other emitters may traverse the light-guiding element in order to highlight respectively corresponding segments of the display. The display may be configured in a spatially-segmented fashion to increase brightness of displayed indicia.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Gentex CorporationInventors: Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Ethan J. Lee, John A. VanderPloeg, William L. Tonar
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Patent number: 8836893Abstract: A light emitting device array includes a substrate including a first region and a second region that is inclined with respect to the first region, a first light emitting device package arranged on the first region, and a second light emitting device package that is arranged on the second region and is inclined with respect to the first light emitting device package at an inclination angle between 90° and 160°.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Il Seo, Hongboem Jin, Sangwoo Lee
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Publication number: 20140253844Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a pair of polarizing layers, a lighting device, and an output angle control member. The liquid crystal panel includes a pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the pair of substrates. The pair of polarizing layers is arranged on a light input side and a light output side of the liquid crystal layer. The lighting device is arranged on the light input side of the liquid crystal panel and radiates light toward the liquid crystal panel. The output angle control member is arranged on the light output side of the liquid crystal panel and controls an output angle of light which is output from the liquid crystal panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Emi Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Toru Kanno, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Shohei Katsuta
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Publication number: 20140253845Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a light guide plate that includes upper, lower and side surfaces; a light emitting element disposed to face an edge surface that is a part of the side surfaces; a reflection sheet that is bent to face the lower surface of the light guide plate and parts of the side surfaces thereof except for the edge surface; and an adhesive material disposed on the reflection sheet in a planar shape of dots or stripes and attaches the reflection sheet to the light guide plate. The lower surface of the light guide plate includes concaves and convexes formed to cause light that advances in the light guide plate to be reflected inside and to advance toward the upper surface. The thickness of the adhesive material is smaller than a maximum value of a height difference of the concaves and convexes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Michihide SHIBATA
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Patent number: 8830421Abstract: A display device including a sub-backlight unit which can prevent the obscure sights caused by light from the light source of the sub-backlight unit arriving on an article or reel of the main display screen and then reflecting in the frontal direction is provided. The sub-backlight unit includes a second light guide panel having an opening part formed therein corresponding to a transparent window, a second light source disposed around the second light guide panel, and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) sheet disposed close to the front side of the opening of the second light guide panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Kortek CorporationInventors: Kyoung Chan Lee, Gun Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8830422Abstract: Provided is an edge-light illuminating device in which a deformation is prevented from occurring in a reflection sheet due to thermal expansion of the reflection sheet. An edge-light illuminating device (3) of the present invention is arranged to illuminate a liquid crystal display panel (2) from a back side of the panel, and includes a light guide plate (7), a light source (5) that faces an edge face (72) of the plate and is arranged to project light onto the edge face, a case (4) arranged to house the plate and the light source, and a reflection sheet (6) laid on a bottom face (41) of the case and sandwiched between the bottom face and a back face (71) of the plate housed in the case, wherein the reflection sheet includes a slot portion (61) disposed along a direction that the reflection sheet expands by heat generated by the light source.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryuhei Nakamura
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Patent number: 8830419Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module, which comprises a waveguide has an incident surface and light-emitting surface. A light source is arranged on a side of the incident surface. An optical module is arranged above the waveguide and facing the light-emitting surface. The optical module includes a least one optical film having a crease at one side thereof. At least a positioning arrangement is arranged on a side surface of the waveguide other than the incident surface. A space is defined between the positioning arrangement and the side surface of the waveguide. The crease of the optical film is received within the space. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal display module incorporated with a backlight module disclosed. Accordingly, when the optical films is experiencing an expansion or contraction resulted from temperature gradient, the robust can always make the optical films properly seated within the receiving space defined by the positioning arrangement and the waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Inventors: Jiaqiang Wang, Gang Yu
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Publication number: 20140247397Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes: LEDs 22; LED substrates 24 to which the LEDs 22 are attached; a liquid crystal panel 11 where display is performed using light from the LEDs 22; a light guide plate 16 that is arranged so as to overlap the side of the liquid crystal panel 11 opposite to the display surface, the edge faces of the light guide plate facing the LEDs 22; a chassis 14 arranged on the side of the light guide plate 16 opposite to the liquid crystal panel 11; a frame 13 arranged on the display surface side of the liquid crystal panel 11 and housing the LEDs 22, LED substrates 24, liquid crystal panel 11, and light guide plate 16 between the chassis 14 and the frame itself; and heat dissipating members 18 with heat dissipating characteristics that are respectively arranged abutting the LED substrates 24 and that are held between the frame 13 and the chassis 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tsuyoshi Ozeki
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Patent number: 8821966Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image display device includes the step of forming a cured resin layer by interposing a photo-curable resin composition between a protection member and a display-side panel including an image display unit and a frame member and then photo-curing the photo-curable resin composition, with the photo-curable resin composition being disposed across between the image display unit and the frame member. In the manufacturing method, a high-viscosity resin composition having a viscosity of 3000 mPa·s or more and 12000 mPa·s or less is used as the photo-curable resin composition. Alternatively, after a gap between the image display unit and the frame member is sealed with a sealing film, a photo-curable resin composition is interposed between the display-side panel and the protection member.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Dexerials CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Toyoda, Yoshihisa Shinya, Yusuke Kamata
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Patent number: 8823902Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a display region and first to fourth non-display regions surrounding the display region; a light guide plate below the liquid crystal panel; and first and second LED assemblies facing opposite sides of the light guide plate and corresponding to the first and second non-display regions, respectively, that have different first and second widths, respectively, wherein the first LED assembly includes a plurality of first LED packages arranged at a first distance, and the second LED assembly includes a plurality of second LED packages arranged at a second distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dal-Jae Lee, Hyo-Jin Kim, Hark-Myung Lee, Sung-Il Byun
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Patent number: 8823633Abstract: In a liquid-crystal display device including an edge-light-scheme-employed backlight device, it is implemented to reduce its power consumption while maintaining its excellent picture-quality. The present invention is applied to the backlight device with a plurality of edge-light-scheme backlight cells in a matrix-like manner including a LED light-source, and a light-guiding plate for emitting light. The intensity of light from a backlight cell positioned at a screen's peripheral portion is so controlled as to be made lower than the intensity of light from a backlight cell at a central portion. The light intensity of a backlight cell having a LED light-source adjacent to a first edge portion of the illumination surface of the backlight device is so controlled as to be made higher than the light intensity of a backlight cell adjacent to a second edge portion opposed to the first edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuya Ogi, Yasutaka Tsuru, Kazuhiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140240642Abstract: Provided is an illumination unit capable of utilizing back light. Also provided are a display and an electronic apparatus each including this illumination unit. A display includes a display panel, and an illumination unit configured to illuminate the display panel. The illumination unit includes a light-guiding plate, a diffusion modulation device, and a reflection modulation device in this order, from the display panel side. The light-guiding plate has a light source on a side face thereof. The diffusion modulation device is capable of performing modulation between a first state of diffusing light from the light source, and a second state of allowing incident light from a back face side to pass to a front face side. The reflection modulation device is capable of performing modulation between a third state of reflecting transmitted diffused light of the diffusion modulation device to a front face side, and a fourth state of allowing incident light from a back face side to the front face side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Norimasa Furukawa, Kentaro Okuyama
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Publication number: 20140243067Abstract: A video display having a window opening includes a graphic display portion configured to display graphical indicia, one or more light sources, and a light guide. The light guide is configured to receive light from the one or more light sources and provide the light as backlighting to the graphic display portion. The light guide also includes a light guide shutter configured to selectably transition between a closed state and a transparent state. The light guide shutter is configured to allow a user to see through the electronic display when the light guide shutter is in its transparent state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: IGTInventors: Gregory A. Silva, Chauncey W. Griswold
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Patent number: 8817206Abstract: A backlight module is for providing light to a liquid crystal panel having a visible region. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, light emitting units, a mesh dot layer, and a diffusing tape. The light emitting units are disposed at a position corresponding to a light entrance surface of the light guide plate for emitting light to the light entrance surface. The mesh dot layer is disposed on a bottom surface of the light guide plate. A side of the mesh dot layer corresponding to the light entrance surface is shifted inward by a first distance relative to a side of the visible region corresponding to the light entrance surface. The diffusing tape is attached onto the bottom surface corresponding to the light entrance surface for diffusing light in the light guide plate to a light exit surface of the light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Jyun-Sheng Syu, Chun-Yu Kuan, Tzu-Ting Hsia, Jing-Sian Chen
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Patent number: 8817205Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique which makes a backlight used in a liquid crystal display device thin and light-weight. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a display panel and a backlight arranged behind the display panel, wherein the backlight includes a film-like light guide member, a film-like light semi-transmissive member adhered to a first surface of the light guide member which faces the display panel in an opposed manner, a film-like reflective member adhered to a back surface of the light guide member opposite to the first surface, and a spot light source arranged at a position of the light guide member at which light is incident on the light guide member from the first surface or the back surface. A refractive index of the light semi-transmissive member is set smaller than a refractive index of the light guide member.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi Kurihara
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Patent number: 8810750Abstract: A backlight unit and a display device including the backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit includes at least one light source unit and a light guide plate. The light source unit provides collimated light and controls light such that it is emitted in a plurality of light exit directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong-kweun Mun, Yoon-sun Choi, Hong-seok Lee
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Patent number: 8810752Abstract: A thin backlight system includes: a light emitting section emitting lights that have different dominant wavelengths; and a plurality of light transmitting portions, the thin backlight system deflecting the lights and then converging the lights on the plurality of light transmitting portions. The thin backlight system further includes: an imaging optical system provided to face surfaces, of the plurality of light transmitting portions, on which the lights are converged. The imaging optical system including a plurality of identical lenses arranged in a vertical and/or a horizontal direction at a pitch determined by multiplying a pitch at which the plurality of light transmitting portions are arranged in a vertical and/or a horizontal direction by the number of types of the different dominant wavelengths and being configured to converge the lights from the light emitting section on light transmitting portions to which the different dominant wavelengths of the lights correspond.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Tohoku UniversityInventors: Tatsuo Uchida, Yoshito Suzuki, Tohru Kawakami, Kazuo Sekiya, Takahiro Ishinabe, Baku Katagiri, Yoshihiro Hashimoto, Shoichi Ishihara, Shuichi Kozaki, Yutaka Ishii
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Publication number: 20140226073Abstract: The backlight device (24) of the present invention is provided with: a heat-dissipating member (36) having a bottom surface part (36a); a light guide plate (20) that has a light-receiving face (20a) on the side face thereof and that is arranged such that the back surface of the plate faces the front of the bottom surface part (36a); and LED light-source (28) that is arranged opposite to the light-receiving face (20a) above the front surface of the bottom surface part (36a); a reflective sheet (26) that is arranged to be in contact with the back surface of the light-guide plate (20); and a protruding part (38) that is formed so as to protrude from the front surface of the bottom surface part (36a) between the LED light source (28) and the light-receiving face (20a), the protruding part (38) being higher than the back surface of the light guide plate (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kentaro Kamada
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Publication number: 20140226108Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel formed by a pair of transparent substrates facing each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, and a backlight device mounted on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight device includes a light source in which multiple light emitting elements are arranged in parallel on a surface of a substrate, and a light guide plate for converting light from the light source that is provided in the periphery of the light guide plate, into planar light (backlight beam) and emitting the planar light. The light guide plate has a concave groove portion along the periphery. At least the light emitting elements are inserted into the groove portion to integrate the light guide plate and the light source into a single unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Shimon ITAKURA, Takayuki OTA
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Patent number: 8804071Abstract: A light source section provided in a backlight unit has a smaller width in a direction perpendicular to a length direction of the light source section than a width in the same direction of the liquid crystal panel. A plurality of LED modules are arranged along the length direction of the light source section. The LED modules are respectively assigned to areas of the liquid crystal panel, which are extended in the width direction of the light source section. Lenses are respectively disposed over the LED modules and expand light toward the areas. A control device controls each of the plurality of light sources separately or each of groups into which the plurality of light sources are divided, separately. Accordingly, it is possible to improve a contrast of a display screen, while reducing the number of light sources.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kikuo Ono, Ikuko Imajo, Yoshinori Ohshima
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Patent number: 8804072Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display. The reflection surface and the light emitting surface of a light guide plate have two bottom surfaces and two lateral surfaces located therebetween. The two bottom surface comprises a supporting surface. The backlight module further comprises a support post. The supporting surface has an inclined contact surface disposed thereon. The support post is attached to the inclined contact surface. A gravitational force is in a direction parallel to a length of a light source. The force acting between the light guide plate and the support post is formed when a change of the light guide plate occurs along the gravitational force. The support post can push the light guide plate toward the light source under the acting force.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kuangyao Chang
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Patent number: 8794799Abstract: An optical sheet having both of an excellent light condensing function and an excellent scratch resistance is provided. An optical sheet includes: a sheet-like main body; at least three or more first unit shaped elements arranged on one surface of the main body; and second unit shaped elements arranged on the one surface of the main body. Each of the second unit shaped elements extend in parallel with in one direction on a sheet surface of the main body. A height H1 of each of the first unit shaped elements from the one surface is higher than a height H2 of each of the second unit shaped elements. A rate of an area occupied by the first unit shaped elements on the one surface is not more than 10.0%, when observed along a normal direction nd relative to the one surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinobu Ushiyama, Akiko Tomita, Satoshi Goishihara, Hiroshi Kojima, Takayuki Shimada, Mitsuhiro Hamashima, Kazuo Matsufuji, Kazuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 8797481Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a light guide plate; first light-emitting diodes and a first connector, which are opposed to a first side surface of the light guide plate; a first substrate on which the first light-emitting diodes and the first connector are mounted; second light-emitting diodes and a second connector, which are opposed to a second side surface of the light guide plate, the second side surface being on a side opposite to the first side surface; and a second substrate on which the second light-emitting diodes and the second connector are mounted, in which: the first connector is opposed to any one of the second light-emitting diodes; the second connector is opposed to any one of the first light-emitting diodes; and the first connector and the second connector are disposed without being opposed to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shimon Itakura, Masaki Tsubokura
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Patent number: 8797480Abstract: A light guide plate includes a body portion, and a plurality of unit shaped elements defining a light exit surface and arranged on one-side surface of the body portion side by side in an arrangement direction intersecting a light guide direction. Each unit shaped element extends in a direction intersecting the arrangement direction. A light exit surface angle ?a, which is the angle of the contour of each unit shaped element with respect to the one-side surface, is more than 10° and not more than 30° in a zone of the contour of each unit shaped element, the width of the zone along the arrangement direction being not less than 35% and not more than 70% of the full width of the unit shaped element.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Goto, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140211124Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and a backlight module incorporated in the liquid crystal display device. The backlight module includes a waveguide, an optical film, an elastic member, and an alignment pin. Wherein the elastic members support corners of the waveguide, and the optical film is disposed onto a surface of the waveguide facing away the elastic members. Wherein the alignment pin is arranged on a side of the elastic member facing the optical film which includes at least a positioning hole is defined, wherein the positioning hole envelopes onto the alignment pin and at least a portion of the alignment pin extending beyond the positioning hole. Wherein the aligning pin has an enlarged head portion having a diameter larger than a diameter of the positioning hole. By this arrangement, the optical film can be prevented from getting loosened, and the quality of the backlight module can be ensured.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chong Huang, Yu-chun Hsiao
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Publication number: 20140211127Abstract: A light guide plate includes a body portion, and a plurality of unit shaped elements defining a light exit surface and arranged on one-side surface of the body portion side by side in an arrangement direction intersecting a light guide direction. Each unit shaped element extends in a direction intersecting the arrangement direction. A light exit surface angle ?a, which is the angle of the contour of each unit shaped element with respect to the one-side surface, is more than 10° and not more than 30° in a zone of the contour of each unit shaped element, the width of the zone along the arrangement direction being not less than 35% and not more than 70% of the full width of the unit shaped element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro GOTO, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO