With Plural Diverse Light Sources (e.g., For Day And Night) Patents (Class 349/68)
  • Publication number: 20140211128
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including pixels and a backlight unit disposed at a rear side of the liquid crystal display panel to supply first and second color lights having different wavelengths to the liquid crystal display panel. In each pixel, first and second color filters having first and second colors different from each other are sequentially arranged in a first direction. Each pixel also includes a first open portion allowing the first and second color filters to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction and a second open portion allowing the second color filter to be spaced apart from a color filter of an adjacent pixel in the first direction. The backlight unit supplies the first and second color lights to the liquid crystal display panel during first and second sub-fields obtained by dividing a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Seung-Suk YANG, Sangyeoul LIM, Yongchan JEON, Young-Min JUNG, Kwangjae KIM
  • Patent number: 8786805
    Abstract: A backlight unit according to embodiment comprise of a frame, a light emitting device module disposed on a side of the frame and a plurality of light guide members disposed in the direction of the light irradiated from the light emitting device, wherein the light guide members have light transmissivity and reflectivity different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Doohee Kim
  • Patent number: 8770822
    Abstract: The utility model relates to a technology field of liquid crystal display, and more particularly to a backlight module and a backlight device. The backlight module provided by the utility model comprises a light guide plate, a printed circuit board, a heat-dissipating bracket and a first retaining member. There has an optical-coupling distance between a light incidence surface of the light guide plate and the printed circuit board. The light incidence surface of the light guide plate disposes more than two light guide plate protrusions thereon. The first retaining member retains the heat-dissipating bracket, the printed circuit board and the light guide plate together to form an independent module. The technical solution of the utility model can enhance the stability of the optical-coupling distance in the backlight module, realize a simple modularization assembly, simplify a mounting process of the back plate, and improve the assembly convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chengwen Que, Yicheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 8773336
    Abstract: Illumination devices and related systems and methods are closed that can be used for LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) backlights, LED lamps, or other applications. The illumination devices can include a photo detector, such as a photodiode or an LED or other light detecting device, and one or more LEDs of different colors. A related method can be implemented using these illumination devices to maintain precise color produced by the blended emissions from such LEDs. One application for the illumination devices is backlighting for FSC (Field Sequential Color) LCDs (Liquid Crystal Displays). FSC LCDs temporally mix the colors in an image by sequentially loading the red, green, and blue pixel data of an image in the panel and flashing the different colors of an RGB backlight. Precise and uniform color temperature across such a display can be advantageously maintained by continually monitoring ratios of photodiode currents induced by the different colored LEDs in each illumination device as each color is flashed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Ketra, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Knapp
  • Patent number: 8767143
    Abstract: A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display having the same. The backlight unit includes a lower cover, an interconnection coupling hole, an inverter board, and an interconnection. The lower cover accommodates a printed circuit board, which mounts at least one light emitting diode thereon and is provided at one side thereof with a first connector. The interconnection coupling hole is formed in a bottom surface of the lower cover at a position corresponding to the first connector. The inverter board is disposed on a rear surface of the lower cover to apply a driving voltage to the at least one light emitting diode. The interconnection is provided at one end thereof with a second connector to electrically connect the printed circuit board to the inverter board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Soo Jung
  • Patent number: 8760370
    Abstract: A lighting system including a plurality of luminaires capable of generating polychromatic light having a dominant wavelength in the visible spectrum and arranged into an array and a computerized device electrically coupled to the plurality of luminaires so as to selectively operate each individual luminaire to produce source light varying with each other and with time. The computerized device operates the luminaire such that each luminaire emits a source light, the source lights combining to form a combined light having selected characteristics. The source lights, when perceived directly, recreate a lighting scenario having varying lighting characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Lighting Science Group Corporation
    Inventors: Fredric S. Maxik, David E. Bartine, Robert R. Soler, Addy S. Widjaja, Matthew Regan, Eliza Katar Grove
  • Patent number: 8754832
    Abstract: A system and method for accenting regions of a layer including a lighting system including a plurality of light sources operable to emit polychromatic light and a layer having two or more regions configured to diffusively scatter light within a wavelength range while absorbing light not within the wavelength range. The regions may be configured to represent recognizable characters or images, and may form a sequence. The lighting system may highlight the regions individually or simultaneously. The layer may be attachable to a surface and may further include non-highlighted regions. The system may also include appliqués applied to a surface and a cover layer transparent to certain wavelengths of light that the appliqués scatter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Lighting Science Group Corporation
    Inventors: Fredric S. Maxik, David E. Bartine, Robert R. Soler, Mark Andrew Oostdyk, Addy S. Widjaja, Matthew Regan
  • Patent number: 8743534
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin chassis base that can correspond to for various components and components with various sizes by providing a plurality of sets of mounting holes thereon. The present invention provides a resin chassis base that fixes an electric substrate, and is mounted to a component provided in an electric apparatus, the resin chassis base having formed thereon the plurality of sets of mounting holes in order to be screwed to various components and/or components with various sizes. The resin chassis base is screwed by use of any one of the plurality of sets of the mounting holes formed on the resin chassis base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 8692956
    Abstract: An optical structure placeable between a backlight array of point light sources and a planar display. The structure distributes light emitted by the point light sources to uniformly illuminate the plane of the display, without introducing significant viewing parallax. The emitted light is partially collimated within a preferred angular viewing range, maximizing the display's luminance when viewed from the normal direction. The structure is highly reflective, such that a substantial portion of any non-emitted light rays are internally reflected by the structure, increasing the likelihood that those rays will be subsequently emitted by the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventor: Lorne A. Whitehead
  • Patent number: 8687147
    Abstract: There is provided a color-regulating device for illumination. The color-regulating device includes a light-valving structure for adjusting a flux ratio of outgoing light through the light-valving structure to incident light entering the light-valving structure, and a color-adjusting structure having a wavelength-band converting element for changing incident light with a wavelength band into outgoing light with a different wavelength band through the element. Wherein, the light-valving structure and the color-adjusting structure do not overlap on the traveling path of the light emitted from the light source. Mixing the outgoing light of the light source passing through the light-valving structure with the outgoing light of the light source passing through and at least a portion thereof converted by the color-adjusting structure with a different wavelength band yields a color-adjusted light of different color temperature from that of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Planck Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Chao, Chiu-Chang Huang, Chieh-Hsiung Kuan, Vin-Cent Su
  • Patent number: 8675153
    Abstract: A display device (10, 20, 30) is provided, the display device (10, 20, 30) comprising an LED array (33, 35, 12) working both as a backlight source for an LCD panel (31) and as an ambient light source providing ambient light with properties dependent on the image content presented by the LCD panel (31). A corresponding method and computer program product is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: TP Vision Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Filip Bruyneel, Christophe Hoebeeck, Alfred Peeters, Dirck Seynaeve
  • Patent number: 8651722
    Abstract: A backlight module comprises a backplate having a baseplate and side plates, a direct-lit LED array, edge-lit LED arrays and a light guide panel. The light guide panel is located above the baseplate. The direct-lit LED array is disposed between the baseplate and the light guide panel. The edge-lit LED arrays are disposed at two sides of the light guide panel and facing light incident surfaces thereof respectively. Light scattering structures for scattering light rays are disposed on a light exiting surface or on a bottom surface of the light guide panel. With the LED arrays and the light scattering structures, the light guide panel is divided into three backlight regions. Displaying of the backlight module is controlled region by region by the light scattering structures and the LED drive circuit to improve the brightness of the backlight module and reduce the power consumption of the liquid crystal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ruilian Yang
  • Patent number: 8638407
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) system is provided. The LCD system includes a light-passable plate, an LCD panel and a controller. The light-passable plate is configured to allow natural light to pass through the light-passable plate; and the LCD panel is coupled to the light-passable plate and is configured to receive the natural light passing through the light-passable plate. Further, the controller is coupled to the LCD panel to control the LCD panel such that the natural light passing through the light-passable plate is used as backlight for operation of the LCD panel. The light-passable plate structurally supports the LCD panel in addition to providing the natural light to the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventor: Xiao Lin Yu
  • Publication number: 20140022492
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including polarizing films that polarize infrared-range light as well as visible-range light and being operated in a visible light mode and an infrared light mode is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, polarizing films attached to the top and bottom surfaces of the liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit disposed under the liquid crystal panel. At least one of the polarizing films includes an infrared polarizing film or a polarizing film for both visible and infrared light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Min Lee, Jae-Jung Han, Joo-Young Yeon, Mi-Na Shin
  • Patent number: 8624826
    Abstract: An outdoor readable liquid crystal display device (200) includes a liquid crystal panel (210), a backlight device (220) and a light source control device. The backlight device (220) includes a plurality of red light emitting diodes (220r), green light emitting diodes (220g) and blue light emitting diodes (220b). The light source control device is used to adjust the backlight device (220) based on the light intensity of ambient light. When the light intensity of ambient light is lower than a predetermined light intensity of the liquid crystal display device (200), the red light emitting diodes (220r), the green light emitting diodes (220g) and the blue light emitting diodes (220b) of the backlight device (220) are sequentially energized to emit lights at a predetermined time lag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Willem Den Boer, Xuhui Peng, Zhihua Ling, Zhongshou Huang
  • Publication number: 20130335679
    Abstract: An illumination device including a plurality of light source modules. Each of the plurality of light source modules includes a substrate, a plurality of wiring lines provided on the substrate, and a plurality of LED devices implemented in the wiring lines. The plurality of LED devices include a plurality of red LED devices, a plurality of green LED devices, and a plurality of blue LED devices, wherein the plurality of wiring lines include a wiring line having the plurality of red LED devices implemented in series, a wiring line having the plurality of green LED devices implemented in series, and a wiring line having the plurality of blue LED devices implemented in series. The plurality of wiring lines are connected in parallel and are driven by a single power voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co, Ltd., Japan Display Inc
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tanaka, Hiroki Kaneko, Ikuo Hiyama
  • Patent number: 8582052
    Abstract: Backlit LCD displays are becoming commonplace within many vehicle applications. The unique advantage of this invention is that it optimizes system power savings for display of low dynamic range (LDR) images by dynamically controlling spatially adjustable backlighting. This is accomplishes through use of a control technique that takes into account the sequential nature of the video display process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventor: Harold C. Ockerse
  • Publication number: 20130278577
    Abstract: The sensing device is provided. A sensing device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a lower panel, an upper panel facing the lower panel, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the lower panel and the upper panel, an infrared ray sensor formed in at least one of the lower panel and the upper panel, a visible light sensor formed in at least one of the lower panel and the upper panel, and a backlight device positioned at an outer surface of the lower panel, wherein the backlight device includes a plurality of light emitting members representing different colors and an infrared ray light emitting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Beong-Hun BEON, Kwang-Hyun KIM, Dae Won KIM, Ji-Hoon KIM, Seung Beom PARK, Na Young SHIN
  • Publication number: 20130235303
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising first and second groups of solid state light emitters, which emit light having peak wavelength in ranges of from 430 nm to 480 nm and from 600 nm to 630 nm, respectively, and a first group of lumiphors which emit light having dominant wavelength in the range of from 555 nm to 585 nm. In some embodiments, if current is supplied to a power line, a combination of (1) light exiting the lighting device which was emitted by the first group of emitters, and (2) light exiting the lighting device which was emitted by the first group of lumiphors would, in an absence of any additional light, produce a sub-mixture of light having x, y color coordinates within an area on a 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram defined by points having coordinates (0.32, 0.40), (0.36, 0.48), (0.43, 0.45), (0.42, 0.42), (0.36, 0.38). Also provided is a method of lighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Antony Paul VAN DE VEN, Gerald H. Negley
  • Patent number: 8525951
    Abstract: A multi-view liquid crystal display for different users to watch different images from different viewing angles is provided. The multi-view liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a first backlight module and a second backlight module. The first backlight module is disposed below the liquid crystal display panel. The second backlight module is disposed between the first backlight module and the liquid crystal display panel. Furthermore, the first backlight module provides a first plane light source and the second backlight module provides a second plane light source. An included angle ? formed between transmitting directions of the first and the second plane light sources ranges from 6 degrees to 176 degrees. Therefore, when different users watch the multi-view liquid crystal display which displays different images from different viewing angles, the resolutions of the images are the same as the resolution of the multi-view liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Chia Hsu, Chih-Jen Hu
  • Patent number: 8520162
    Abstract: This invention relates to a back light module and a liquid crystal display thereof. The back light module includes a rear panel, an LGP, a PCB, a plurality of LEDs and at least an elastic clamping fastener. The rear panel includes a base plate and at least a sidewall. The LGP is positioned on the base plate. The PCB opposite to the LGP is positioned on the sidewall of the rear panel. The LEDs are positioned on the PCB. At least an elastic clamping fastener successively passes through the rear panel and the PCB to fasten the rear panel and the PCB. In addition, the top of the elastic clamping fastener is higher than the surface of the LEDs. The back light module and the liquid crystal display thereof in this invention are simple in structure, convenient in assembly, and low in cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guofu Tang
  • Patent number: 8502934
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, a first inner wiring portion formed on the substrate and connected to the plurality of light emitting elements, and a second inner wiring portion formed on the substrate insulated from the first inner wiring portion. Two such light source units may be included in a backlight unit having a plurality of light emitting elements. A receiving member accommodates the first light source unit and the second light source unit, and a length of wires arranged along inside edges of the receiving member is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Keun Lee, Si-Joon Song, Gi-Gherl Kim
  • Patent number: 8484836
    Abstract: An integrated circuit connector is extendable for a variety of applications. In connection with various embodiments, an electrical connector has first and second ends connected to respective circuit nodes in an integrated circuit device. The connector is bundled between the circuit nodes (e.g., substantially all of the connector is located between nodes), and is extended from such a bundled state in which the first and second connected ends are separated by a first proximate distance. The connector is applied in an extended state in which the first and second connected ends are separated by a second distance that is greater than the first proximate distance by at least two orders of magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Giulia Lanzara, Fu-Kuo Chang
  • Patent number: 8477266
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display backlight module and its manufacturing method. A multilayer reflector is particularly introduced into the display backlight module for a LCD display. The multilayer reflector is composed of a plurality of inter-stacked polymer films with various indexes of refraction. With introduction of interference principle, the multilayer reflector is designed to reflect or transmit the light with a specific wavelength range for acquiring a more uniform backlight. According to one of the embodiments, the display backlight module includes a backlight module, such as a direct-type or an edge-type light source. The module further includes the multilayer reflector and an optical-film module. This optical-film module optionally includes a brightness-enhancement film and a diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Extend Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Ying Lin, Jen-Huai Chang
  • Patent number: 8477258
    Abstract: A high color expression display device and a method for adjusting the displayed color are provided. The display device includes a backlight source, a transmittance adjusting layer, and a display panel for receiving light from the backlight source. The display panel has a color filter disposed above the backlight source. A CIE standard illuminant C test result of the color filter falls into a predetermined scope. In a transmittance spectrum of the transmittance adjusting layer, an average transmittance at wavelength shorter than 495 nm is smaller than that at wavelength greater than 570 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Wang, Chun-Liang Lin, Chen-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: 8462292
    Abstract: Images are displayed in response to a video signal using a light emitting assembly having one or more optically transmissive substrates, films or sheets, each having at least one pattern of optical elements on or in the substrates, films or sheets. A plurality of light sources are configured to illuminate one or more output areas of one or more of the substrates, films or sheets. The light emitting assembly is configured to emit light through the pattern of optical elements and produce a predetermined luminance profile of the light emitting assembly. At least one of the light sources is dimmed or boosted in response to an input video signal while operating a liquid crystal display as a light valve to illuminate the liquid crystal display by the light emitting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Rambus Delaware LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery R. Parker, Timothy A. McCollum, Fumitomi Hide
  • Publication number: 20130113847
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device (100) of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel (10) having a plurality of pixels (P), and a backlight (20) having at least one light source (22) that emits light to the liquid crystal panel (10). Each of the plurality of pixels (P) includes four or more sub-pixels (R, G, B, Ye), and the light source unit (22) includes a red light source (22R), a green light source (22G), and a blue light source (22B). According to the present invention, a liquid crystal display device which can perform display of wide color reproduction range with low power consumption is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Makoto Hasegawa, Yuichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8436963
    Abstract: A backlight assembly including direct-type lamps and an edge-type lamp and a liquid crystal display having the backlight assembly. The direct-type lamps are arranged with a predetermined interval to emit light, and the edge-type lamp is provided at a side portion of a light guide plate provided above or below the direct-type lamps. The light guide plate and a light guide pattern output light, which is emitted from the edge-type lamp, through a space between two adjacent direct-type lamps. The backlight assembly supplies light to the light receiving region such that brightness is uniformly distributed throughout the light receiving region regardless of the position of the direct-type lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taek-Sun Shin, Byung-Seo Yoon, Heu-Gon Kim, Moon-Hwan Chang
  • Patent number: 8436952
    Abstract: A head-up display including a hybrid illumination system is provided. A light mixing unit provides a substantially homogenous light source to a reflective display unit. A concentrating optics unit collects ambient light and directs it towards the light mixing unit. At the same time, an electrically-powered light source emits light which is directed towards the light mixing unit. One or more optical elements direct the ambient light and the light source light into the light mixing unit for homogenization. A condensing unit receives the homogenized light mixture and outputs the condensed light to a polarizing beam splitter. A reflective display modulates the light from the polarizing beam splitter with information from a source of electrical information signals back towards the polarizing beam splitter. A projection unit projects the modulated light to create an image on a windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventor: Lo Ming Fok
  • Patent number: 8436876
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight unit and a display device having the same. The backlight unit includes a case having an opening, at least one lamp assembly disposed on a side surface of the case and including a light source, an optical transreflective unit on the case, the optical transreflective unit transmitting a portion of first light passing through the opening and reflecting a portion of second light generated from the light source, and an optical sheet including a first diffusion unit on the optical transreflective unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Young Jeong, Deuk Su Lee, Jun Hyeok Yu, Jae Jung Han, Mi Young Do, Tae Han Kim
  • Patent number: 8421927
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a light source module and a skin-color detector. The display panel has a plurality of sub pixel units, and the sub pixel units include red sub pixel units, green sub pixel units, blue sub pixel units and white sub pixel units. The light source module is disposed at a side of the display panel and the light source module includes a white light source and a yellow light source distributed in the white light source. The skin-color detector is electrically connected to the display panel, wherein the skin-color detector detects the skin-color area proportion of an image signal of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Tao Liao, Wei-Chieh Sun, Sheng-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 8405798
    Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight unit capable of reducing heat and noise and a liquid crystal display using the same. The backlight unit comprises a light source unit comprising light sources for irradiating light; a cover bottom disposed under the light source unit; a vibration-absorbing member attached on the other surface of the cover bottom; and an inverter coupled to the cover bottom via the vibration absorbing member interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minso Jo, Hakmo Hwang
  • Patent number: 8400579
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a display module and a backlight module configured to irradiate light on the display module. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a first light source, a reflective plate, and a second light source. The light guide plate has a light output face at a position corresponding to a first small area on the display module. The first light source is configured to irradiate light toward the light guide plate from a side of the light guide plate in such a manner that the irradiated light reaches the first small area. The reflective plate is facing to the light guide plate, and the reflective plate has a reflective face configured to reflect light toward a second small area different from the first small area. The second light source is configured to irradiate light toward the reflective plate from a side of the reflective plate in such a manner that the irradiated light reaches the second small area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Momonoi, Kazuyasu Ohwaki, Kenzo Isogawa, Takeshi Morino, Masataka Shiratsuchi
  • Patent number: 8400585
    Abstract: A surface light source device includes a point source of light and a light guide plate causing light from the point source of light introduced from a light incident end face and emitted from a light emission surface to outside. The light guide plate is formed of a light introducing portion provided at an end of a light guide plate body. The point source of light is placed facing the light incident end face positioned at an end face of the light introducing portion. Along a region of the light introducing portion adjacent to the light guide plate body, a directivity converting portion is provided. The directivity converting portion is configured by arranging V-grooved directivity conversion patterns in an arc shape. A region of the light introducing portion has a thickness equal to that of the light guide plate body and has a surface positioned in the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinohara, Yasuhiro Tanoue, Takako Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Ueno
  • Publication number: 20130063683
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel has a plurality of pixel regions, and the liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a light-absorbing layer. The second substrate and the first substrate are disposed opposite to each other, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The light-absorbing layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the pixel regions, and the light-absorbing layer is configured to absorb a light having a wavelength within a range between 380 nm and 560 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Chih-Pin Lin, Chao-Hui Wu
  • Patent number: 8384851
    Abstract: A display system includes a reflective display panel and a light source tailored to enhance the color gamut of the system. The panel, which may be a Cholesteric liquid crystal display panel, includes an array of reflective pixels, each pixel comprising a first, second, and third subpixel of different first, second, and third colors. The light source illuminates a front of the display panel with source light to enable observers to view images formed by the panel. The light source includes a lamp and an enhancing element. The lamp, which may be a metal halide lamp, emits lamp light that includes the first, second, and third colors. The enhancing element may be an optical filter, a supplemental LED light source or other light source, or both. The enhancing element enhances the system color gamut, for example, by increasing the color gamut area relative to illumination with the lamp alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Manoj Nirmal, Gregory G. Jager, Michael F. Weber
  • Patent number: 8384852
    Abstract: An daylight-coupled display includes a plurality of passive backlights cascaded in a stack for backlighting of LCD panels or static display panels. The display includes a diffuser to transmit light to multiple cascaded curved reflectors, each of which reflects light for backlighting of the display. A polarization rotator is located within the backlight such that the reflectors provide the correct polarization of light to the LCD panel for backlighting of it. One daylight-coupled display can include an active light source to provide light to the reflectors A secondary light source can provide light to at least one of the reflectors to provide backlighting of the display in low lighting conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Rolf W. Biernath
  • Patent number: 8373825
    Abstract: To provide a display device having an input function that is not dependent on the light environment, multiple sensor pixel circuits that detect light in a specified detection period and hold the light amount when not in the specified detection period are disposed in a pixel region. In a frame in which input is performed using the sensor pixel circuits, a backlight is lit one time for a time in a frame period, and a first detection period and a second detection period are set one time each in the frame period. The difference between the light amount in the first detection period and the light amount in the second detection period is obtained using a difference circuit. The backlight is in an extinguished state at the beginning of the first detection period, and lighting of the backlight is started at a time during the first detection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naru Usukura, Hiromi Katoh
  • Patent number: 8363182
    Abstract: The color gamut of a liquid crystal display device of the field sequential system is sufficiently improved. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display device of the field sequential system including: an illumination element including a first light source for emitting light of a first color, a second light source for emitting light of a second color which is different from the first color, and a third light source for emitting light of a third color which is different from the first and second colors, the illumination element being capable of emitting light of the first, second, and third colors independently by time division; and a liquid crystal display panel for modulating the light emitted from the illumination element. The liquid crystal display panel of the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a first color filter exhibiting a high transmittance for light of the first color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kentaro Kamada
  • Patent number: 8358388
    Abstract: Light-emitting elements are divided into chromaticity groups on the basis of their chromaticity. In a planar light source, light-emitting elements selected from two of the chromaticity groups are alternately provided in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, respectively. The two chromaticity groups are substantially equally away from a target chromaticity in directions reverse to each other. Further, pairs of two of the light-emitting elements belonging to the two chromaticity groups which are separated from each other, are provided so that distances d2 at which two of the light-emitting elements in each of the pairs are provided are less than distances d1 at which the pairs are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Kawasaki, Taiji Morimoto, Masanori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8350974
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus, including a backlight module, two panels, and a synchronization device, is provided. The backlight module has a light emitting side and sequentially emits a plurality of color light. Both panels are disposed at the light emitting side, and the first panel is disposed between the backlight module and the second panel. The first panel includes a first polarizer and a first liquid crystal substrate, and the first polarizer is disposed between the backlight module and the first liquid crystal substrate. The second panel includes a second liquid crystal substrate and a second polarizer, and the second liquid crystal substrate is disposed between the second polarizer and the first panel. The synchronization device is electrically connected to the backlight module and the two liquid crystal substrates. During a frame time, the backlight module and the two liquid crystal substrates are synchronously driven by the synchronization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chih Tai, Shian-Jun Chiou, Chia-Lin Liu, Chi-Neng Mo
  • Patent number: 8350991
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for harnessing external light to illuminate a display screen of an electronic device are provided. The display screen may be illuminated using a light harness, a reflector, a translucent surface, or any combination thereof. The light harness may be cylindrical or hexahedral. The light harness may be coupled to an external light input or a collector. The reflector may be repositioned toward or away from the display screen to reflect external light toward the display screen. The translucent surface may allow external light to pass through it to illuminate the display screen. The translucent surface may protect the rear face of the display screen, or the rear face of the display screen may itself be translucent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Peter H. Mahowald
  • Publication number: 20130002988
    Abstract: A display system includes a reflective display panel and a light source tailored to enhance the color gamut of the system. The panel, which may be a Cholesteric liquid crystal display panel, includes an array of reflective pixels, each pixel comprising a first, second, and third subpixel of different first, second, and third colors. The light source illuminates a front of the display panel with source light to enable observers to view images formed by the panel. The light source includes a lamp and an enhancing element. The lamp, which may be a metal halide lamp, emits lamp light that includes the first, second, and third colors. The enhancing element may be an optical filter, a supplemental LED light source or other light source, or both. The enhancing element enhances the system color gamut, for example, by increasing the color gamut area relative to illumination with the lamp alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Manoj Nirmal, Gregory G. Jager, Michael F. Weber
  • Patent number: 8339542
    Abstract: A passive daylight-coupled display having an LCD panel, a diffuser, and a curved reflector behind the LCD panel. For passive backlighting, the diffuser transmits daylight to the reflector, which reflects the daylight to the LCD panel and provides for substantially uniform distribution of the daylight on the LCD panel for backlighting it. An N-stack daylight-coupled display includes a plurality of passive backlights cascaded in a stack for backlighting of LCD panels or static display panels. One N-stack display can include an active light source to provide light to the reflectors, and a secondary light source to provide light to at least one of the reflectors to provide backlighting of the display in low lighting conditions. A collapsible daylight-coupled display includes a daylight-coupled backlight that is collapsible when not in use for hand-held or portable display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Rolf W. Biernath, Jennifer R. Yi, Keith M. Kotchick
  • Patent number: 8339541
    Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of white LEDs on a PCB, along a length direction of the PCB, and emitting white lights, the plurality of white LEDs including first and second LEDs alternately arranged; and a plurality of optical sheets on a path of the white lights from the plurality of white LEDs to a liquid crystal panel, wherein the white light from the first LED and the white light from the second LED are substantially complementary in color to each other with respect to a target white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koo-Hwa Lee, Kyeong-Kun Jang, Pu-Jin Kim, Kee-Tae Yoo
  • Publication number: 20120293747
    Abstract: A direct view display provides a light modulating panel and a backlight including first and second sets of spectral emitters. The first set of spectral emitters generate a first light bundle and the second set of spectral emitters generate a second light bundle. Several modes of operation may be provided including (1) an advanced 2D mode, (2) an enhanced color gamut mode employing simultaneous illumination of the first and second set of spectral emitters, (3) a privacy screen mode, (4) a channel multiplexed mode, and (5) a stereoscopic image mode. The latter three modes utilize the first and second set of spectral emitters to alternately illuminate a portion of the light modulating panel. Images and representations generated by the direct view display operating in the latter three modes are viewed using appropriate eyewear having filters with passband characteristics to transmit the respective light bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: REALD INC.
    Inventors: Gary D. Sharp, Michael G. Robinson
  • Patent number: 8310620
    Abstract: A surface light source device has a reflector plate, a light guide plate placed on an upper surface of the reflector plate, the light guide plate including a light guide plate main body having a light outgoing area, and a light introducing portion provided continuously from an end of the light guide plate main body, the light introducing portion having an upper surface side projected from an upper surface of the light guide plate main body in such a manner as to have a maximum thickness greater than a thickness of the light guide plate main body, a light source disposed such that light emitted therefrom is introduced into the light guide plate from a light incidence surface of the light introducing portion, a frame-like member having a uniform thickness, the frame-like member being adhesively applied to the upper surface of the reflector plate in such a manner as to enclose the light guide plate and the light source, a wiring substrate mounted at a lower surface thereof with the light source, the wiring subst
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Mamoru Yabe
  • Patent number: 8305515
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight unit and a display device having the same. The backlight unit includes a case having an opening, at least one lamp assembly disposed on a side surface of the case and including a light source, an optical transreflective unit on the case, the optical transreflective unit transmitting a portion of first light passing through the opening and reflecting a portion of second light generated from the light source, and an optical sheet including a first diffusion unit on the optical transreflective unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Young Jeong, Deuk Su Lee, Jun Hyeok Yu, Jae Jung Han, Mi Young Do, Tae Han Kim
  • Patent number: 8289264
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device is provided. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, first, second and third light emitting diode drivers, a light-intensity detector, and an adaptive light-intensity compensator. The backlight unit includes first, second and third light emitting diode arrays respectively generating red light, green light and blue light to provide white light to the liquid crystal panel. The first, second and third light emitting diode drivers generate operating voltages driving the first, second and third light emitting diode arrays, respectively. The light-intensity detector detects an intensity of white light provided to the liquid crystal panel. The adaptive light-intensity compensator controls the first, second and third light emitting diode drivers to compensate the intensities of the red light, the green light and the blue light, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin So, Sang Yoon Park
  • Patent number: 8284350
    Abstract: A lighting system has light-emitting diodes as light sources mounted on a circuit board, in which the light-emitting diodes include a red light-emitting diode, blue light-emitting diode and a green light-emitting diode, the light-emitting diodes are constituted of one single unit including one for each of the red, blue and green light-emitting diodes, and the one single unit is repeatedly arranged as plural pieces on the same circuit board, and each of the red, blue and green light-emitting diodes is individually connected electrically to emit a light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Abe, Akitoyo Konno, Kaoru Katayama, Takeshi Miitsu