Diffusing Of Incident Light Patents (Class 359/599)
  • Patent number: 10787384
    Abstract: A glass sheet comprising at least one etched surface having a surface roughness defined, when measured on an evaluation length of 2 mm and with a Gaussian filter of which the cut-off wavelength is 0.8 mm, by 0.02?Ra?0.4 microns and 5?RSm?30 microns. The glass sheet has excellent anti-sparkling properties together with an anti-glare effect. The texturing of the glass sheet may obtained by the process of carrying the glass sheet horizontally on a conveyor, pre-treating the surface to remove defects that may prevent subsequent uniform etching, etching the surface with aqueous solution containing hydrofluoric acid spread in an uniform layer over the surface of the sheet, maintaining the etching solution until the etching is ended, and drying the etched sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC INC.
    Inventors: Fabrice Sinapi, Eugenie Peyroux
  • Patent number: 10782561
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device having an excellent light emission performance irrespective of its small thickness. The light-emitting device includes a base having a surface; one or more light sources that are provided on the surface of the base, and each have an optical axis; a reflective lens provided to interpose the light source between the reflective lens and the base; a reflective sheet that is provided to surround the light source along the surface of the base, and includes a first surface that makes a first angle relative to a plane that is substantially orthogonal to the optical axis to allow the first surface to be away also from the base as the first surface is away from the light source; and a light diffusion member provided to interpose the light source, the reflective lens, and the reflective sheet, between the light diffusion member and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kawase, Yohei Takakuwa, Roger Corn
  • Patent number: 10768480
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a liquid crystal display device including a display panel including a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel; and a backlight unit which emits light to the display panel. The backlight unit includes a light source which outputs a first color light; a color conversion layer which is configured to convert the first color light into a second color light; an optical sheet which diffuses or condenses the second color light; and an air gap formed between the color conversion layer and the optical sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hyun Park, Min-Jae Kang, Ji-Su Yoon, Kyu-Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 10747052
    Abstract: A backlight module is disclosed. The backlight module includes a diffuser plate and a light source assembly. The diffuser plate is configured for diffusing light emitted by the light source assembly, and the diffuser plate includes a light entrance surface, the light entrance surface being fitted to a light exit surface of the light source assembly. A manufacturing method of the backlight module and a display device are further disclosed. The display device includes the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfei Cheng, Yuxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10746355
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device that converts an exiting light into a stereoscopic light having a sense of depth or a sense of volume, whereby light images having stereoscopic effects can be implemented using light emitted from a light-emitting device and simultaneously, a structure of a printed circuit board (PCB) located at a lower portion of a light passage portion is eliminated and a direct-type light-emitting device located at sides of the light passage portion and having high versatility is used such that flexibility of the light passage portion is attained and a degree of freedom of a design can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eay Jin Lim, Jae Hyuk Jang, Hyun Duck Yang
  • Patent number: 10739546
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging lens. The imaging lens includes a lens barrel with an accommodation space; a lens group located in the accommodation space and connected with the lens barrels; and a shading board positioned between two adjacent lenses. The lens barrel includes a first cylinder wall with an optical aperture and a second cylinder wall bending and extending from the first cylinder wall. The first cylinder wall and the second cylinder wall enclose and form the accommodation space. The shading board includes a side wall close to the second cylinder wall, an object side surface adjacent to an object side, an image side surface close to an image side, a connecting surface extending from the object side surface to the connecting surface, and a cambered Lambertian surface disposed on the connecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jia Wan
  • Patent number: 10732329
    Abstract: To provide an image projecting structure having a wide viewing angle and whereby the visibility of a projected image is high. The image projecting structure comprises a first transparent layer having irregularities formed on its surface, a reflective film formed on the surface on which the irregularities are formed, of the first transparent layer, and a second transparent layer formed on the reflective film, wherein the transmittance of visible light is from 5 to 95%; the value obtained by dividing the haze by the diffuse reflectance of visible light is at least 0.1 and at most 1; the vertical difference Sk in the core section defined by ISO 25178, of the surface on which the irregularities are formed, is at least 0.1 ?m; and the value obtained by dividing the shortest autocorrelation length Sal by the vertical difference Sk in the core section is at least 1.2 and at most 190.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Tachibana, Yukihiro Tao, Kenta Sekikawa
  • Patent number: 10705331
    Abstract: An optical lens module includes a lens assembly and a plastic barrel. The lens assembly includes a plurality of lens elements and is disposed in the plastic barrel. The plastic barrel includes an object-end portion, an image-end portion, an outer tube portion, an inner tube portion and at least one reflection reduction area. The image-end portion includes an image-end opening. The inner tube portion includes a plurality of parallel inner surfaces and a plurality of inclined inner surfaces, wherein the parallel inner surfaces are parallel to the central axis, and each of the inclined inner surfaces has an angle with the central axis. The reflection reduction area is disposed on one of the inclined inner surfaces closest to the image-end opening, wherein the reflection reduction area and the plastic barrel are integrally formed by an injection molding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Chou, Cheng-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 10698138
    Abstract: A diffuser including opposing structured first and second major surfaces is described. The first major surface includes a first plurality of surface structures providing a uniform first haze. The second major surface includes a first portion adjacent an edge and a second portion adjacent the first portion. The first portion includes a first region and a second region between the first region and the second portion. The second major surface includes a second plurality of surface structures providing a uniform second haze over the second portion and providing a third haze in the first portion. The third haze in the first region is higher than the second haze, and the third haze in the second region is monotonically decreasing. The second portion has a surface area of at least 90 percent of a surface area of the second major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary T. Boyd, Tri D. Pham, Nicholas A. Johnson, Oanh V. Pham, Sara S. Merritt, Stephen J. Etzkorn, Haiyan Zhang, Corey D. Balts, Joseph T. Aronson
  • Patent number: 10663648
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel; and a backlight configured to supply light to the display panel, wherein the backlight includes a light source configured to emit light; and a light guide plate provided on a rear side of the display panel and configured to guide the light emitted by the light source toward to the display panel; and a plurality of optical sheets provided between the light guide plate and the display panel, an optical sheet of the plurality of optical sheets being attached to a front surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Mo Yoo, Joon Seok Ahn, Kye Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10649132
    Abstract: A diffusion sheet, a backlight module and a double-sided display device are provided. A transflective layer is provided on one surface of a substrate layer. On one hand, a portion of the light incident from an opposite side of the substrate layer is transmitted to a first display panel via the diffusion sheet; on the other hand, another portion of the light is reflected back to the light guide plate and enters a second display panel on another side of the double-sided backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE SPECIAL DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10644253
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a substrate; a light-emitting diode including a first electrode, an organic emitting layer and a second electrode and disposed on a first side of the substrate; and a foamed polymer layer disposed on a second side of the substrate and including a polymer resin and an air pocket inside the polymer resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-Kyung Park, Young-Wook Kim, Ji-Su Han
  • Patent number: 10620478
    Abstract: A photoluminescent display device includes a blue light source and a photoluminescent display panel adjoining the blue light source. The photoluminescent display panel includes a transparent substrate, a color filter structure and a photoluminescent structure. The color filter structure includes a red pixel region, a green pixel region and a blue pixel region arranged adjacent to one another on the transparent substrate. The photoluminescent structure, which is disposed on the color filter structure and is facing toward the blue light source, includes a red light-conversion layer and a green light-conversion layer, wherein the red light-conversion layer is disposed on the green light-conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Maven Optronics CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 10598931
    Abstract: Disclosed are a laser light source device for a head-up display and a head-up display system using the same, the laser light source device for the head-up display including a plurality of light sources which emit laser light and a condensing unit which condenses the laser light emitted from the light sources, is connected to an image forming unit that generates an image for displaying information on a vehicle operation using the laser light, and provides the condensed laser light to the image forming unit. The laser light source device for the head-up display according to the present disclosure and the head-up display system using the same have advantages that optical alignment is not easily destroyed even under harsh operating environment such as a vehicle where considerable vibration and temperature change are introduced, because the whole part of the condensing unit is optically connected by the optical fibers with a high stability on the contrary to a conventional bulk-optic based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nan Ei Yu, Bok Hyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 10590299
    Abstract: A paint and an adhesive composition of the present invention containing (a) a vinyl ester resin or unsaturated polyester resin by 20 to 40 mass %, (b) a modifying agent by 0.1 to 50 mass %, (c) a vinyl monomer and/or (meth)acrylate monomer by 30 to 70 mass % (provided that the total of the components (a), (b) and (c) is 100 mass %) and (d) an initiator by 0.1 to 15 parts by mass to a total of 100 parts by mass of the components (a), (b) and (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: RIKEN TECHNOS CORP., BASF SE
    Inventors: Michihisa Tasaka, Hiroyasu Kanno
  • Patent number: 10578775
    Abstract: A film structural member includes a recessed portion on a transparent substrate, metal wiring on a base of the recessed portion, and a particle layer on the metal wiring. The particle layer is configured as an aggregate of particles having an average particle diameter of 300 nm or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keitaro Fujii, Teppei Iwase, Yuji Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Kamikihara
  • Patent number: 10571776
    Abstract: The invention provides a dome cover for a camera and a camera with a cover that can effectively acquire an image in which a visually-recognizable range is wide and blurring is suppressed and that are durable. In one aspect of the invention, a dome cover (10) for a camera includes a curved section (11) of which a front surface and a back surface have a spherical shape; a skirt section (12) of which a front surface and a back surface have a cylinder shape; and a light-shielding part (15) that shields a part or whole of at least one of light that is incident from the skirt section (12) and is emitted from the curved section (11) or light that is incident from the curved section (11) and is emitted from the skirt section (12). The curved section (11) and the skirt section (12) are integrally molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunobu Kishine
  • Patent number: 10558248
    Abstract: A drive latch apparatus may include a light pipe that transmits light across a distance. The apparatus may also include a light source coupled to a distal end of the light pipe. In addition, the apparatus may include a latch dimensioned to secure a hard drive to a chassis and coupled to a proximal end of the light pipe such that the light from the light source is transmitted to the latch and the latch refracts the light from the light source to emit a visible glow. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason David Adrian
  • Patent number: 10557973
    Abstract: Brightness enhancing films with embedded diffusers are described. More specifically, films including a birefringent substrate, a prismatic layer carried by the substrate having linear prisms, and an embedded structured surface disposed between the substrate and the prismatic layer are disclosed. The embedded structured surface may include closely-packed structures. Processes for producing embedded structured surfaces having particular topographies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary T. Boyd, Steven H. Kong, Tri D. Pham, Qingbing Wang
  • Patent number: 10545267
    Abstract: Provided are an optical diffusion film composed of a single layer, for which the optical diffusion incident angle region can be effectively expanded, and even when the incident angle of incident light is varied within the optical diffusion incident angle region, changes in the optical diffusion characteristics can be effectively suppressed; and a method for manufacturing the optical diffusion film. Disclosed is an optical diffusion film having, inside the film, a single optical diffusion layer having a first internal structure and a second internal structure, each of which include a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index, sequentially from the lower part along the film thickness direction, and the regions having a relatively high refractive index in the first internal structure have a bent section at an intermediate point along the film thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kusama, Baku Katagiri, Kenta Tomioka, Tomoo Orui, Satoru Shoshi
  • Patent number: 10459122
    Abstract: Disclosed are a manufacturing method of an anti glare layer and a display panel. The method comprises: preparing a spray solution comprising sprayed particles, each having a shell structure; spraying the spray solution uniformly onto the glass substrate by a spraying device to form an arrangement structure on the glass substrate; spraying an acidic liquid on the arrangement structure to remove the shell structures of the sprayed particles each having the shell structure to form gaps among the spray particles; implementing an annealing treatment to the sprayed particles to form the anti glare layer. Thus, the light diffraction effect can be reduce or even eliminated to improve the picture quality of the display for promoting the comfort of the user viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 10378729
    Abstract: A micro-molded sheet for backlight module, includes: a base material layer formed from transparent material; a coating, which comprises adhesive and nano-particles, formed on the upper surface of the base material layer; and a micro-molded array layer mounted on the upside of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI CCS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingsong Jin, Qing Wang
  • Patent number: 10367330
    Abstract: A diffuser includes a first substrate and a gel layer. The first substrate has a first refractive index n1. The gel layer includes a body and at least one microstructure. The body is disposed on the first substrate. The microstructure is disposed on the body, wherein the dimension of the microstructure is smaller than that of the body. The body is located between the microstructure and the first substrate. The gel layer has a second refractive index n2, and n1>n2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Keh-Su Chang, Chun-Hsien Lu, Yen-I Chou, Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 10319934
    Abstract: A supported transparent electrode for an OLED, includes, in succession: (i) a transparent substrate made of mineral glass; (ii) a scattering layer formed from a high-index enamel containing at least 30% by weight Bi2O3; (iii) a barrier layer of at least one dielectric metal oxide chosen from the group consisting of Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO2 and HfO2, deposited by ALD; and (iv) a layer of a transparent conductive oxide (TCO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Youngseong Lee, Jinwoo Han
  • Patent number: 10302997
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a backlight; and a display panel configured to create an image by selectively blocking light emitted from the backlight, the backlight including a light regulator configured to regulate emission of incident light; a light guide plate arranged behind the light regulator; and a plurality of adhesives arranged to bond the light regulator and the light guide plate, respective cross-section areas of the plurality of adhesives increasing as distance from a light source increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Woo Kang, Seung Jun Jeong, Ki Hyung Kang
  • Patent number: 10288781
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a substrate that has light transmissivity, a plurality of light shielding layers that is formed at a recurring period on one face of the substrate, and a light-diffusing unit that is formed in an area of the one face of the substrate except for the area where the light shielding layers are formed, in which the light-diffusing unit includes a light emitting end face on the substrate side and includes a light incident end face having an area larger than the area of the light emitting end face on the side opposite to the substrate side, the height of the light-diffusing unit from the light incident end face to the light emitting end face is greater than the thickness of the light shielding layer, and the periodic direction at which the light shielding layers are recurrently formed is non-parallel to the direction of a pixel pitch of a display body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Asaoka, Shohei Katsuta, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 10288779
    Abstract: Provided are a light diffusion film having a single-layered light diffusion layer, in which the uniformity of the intensity of diffused light in the light diffusion angle region can be increased, or the light diffusion angle region can be expanded effectively, by regulating the combination of the angles of inclination of pillar-shaped objects in plural columnar structure regions, and a method for manufacturing a light diffusion film. Disclosed is a light diffusion film having a single-layered light diffusion layer, the light diffusion film having a first columnar structure region and a second columnar structure region, in which plural pillar-shaped objects having a relatively high refractive index are arranged to stand close together in a region having a relatively low refractive index, sequentially from the lower part of the film along the film plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kusama, Baku Katagiri, Tomoo Orui, Satoru Shoshi
  • Patent number: 10265419
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for intraoperatively determining the location of nerves by use of fluorescent dyes. The methods are particularly useful for locating the cavernous nerves innervating the penis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Novadaq Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Dragan Golijanin
  • Patent number: 10254449
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic optical element which scatters radiation in a diffuse manner. Such optical elements can be used in nearly all projection applications including front and rear projection, display applications, (cinema) screens and similar. On the surface of a claimed optical element, a surface profile is provided, the surface structure of which is non-repeating and irregular. Elevations are formed that have a height by means of which a phase shift ?? may be achieved that is greater than two and a half times the longest wavelength used, and the elevations have a lateral extension in one plane respectively, in all axial directions, that is greater than five times the longest wavelength used. The individual elevations have a continuous form in the three spatial axial directions and said elevations are devoid of edges, ledges and fissures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Hans-Christoph Eckstein, Uwe Zeitner
  • Patent number: 10228498
    Abstract: An optical-diffusion film for display which, particularly when applied to a display device using a collimated backlight as a backlight for the display panel, can efficiently diffuse and emit a highly directional light emitted from the collimated backlight toward the front of the display device as image display light, without allowing straight transmission of the highly directional light, and a display device using the optical-diffusion film for display are provided. Disclosed is a single layered optical-diffusion film having a columnar structure in which plural pillar-shaped objects having a relatively high refractive index are arranged to stand close together in a film thickness direction in a region having a relatively low refractive index, in which the film thickness of the optical-diffusion film has a value within the range of 60 to 700 ?m, and the haze value obtainable in the case in which light is made incident in the normal line direction of the film plane has a value of 80% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: LINTEC CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kentaro Kusama, Baku Katagiri, Tomoo Orui, Satoru Shoshi, Hideo Fujikake, Takahiro Ishinabe
  • Patent number: 10222025
    Abstract: A light diffuser is formed of a slab of material which has opposing first and second main surfaces, wherein each surface comprises an array of light directing facets. Each light directing facet of the first surface directs incident light through the slab predominantly to a corresponding paired light directing facet of the second surface, and at least some different light directing facets of the first surface direct incident light to their corresponding paired light directing facets of the second surface in different directions. The angular profile at the exit can be controlled, and for example does not need to diverge more at the output of the diffuser than at the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Ruslan Akhmedovich Sepkhanov
  • Patent number: 10224502
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel and a window. The display panel includes a first curved display portion. The window covers the display panel and includes a base substrate having a light transmittance. The base substrate includes a bent portion. The bent portion is defined by bending at least a portion of the base substrate and covers the first curved display portion. The base substrate includes a composition material comprising a plurality of different polymer materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghwan Cho, Hyunseung Seo
  • Patent number: 10222522
    Abstract: Provided are an optical diffusion film composed of a single layer, for which the optical diffusion incident angle region can be effectively expanded, and even when the incident angle of incident light is varied within the optical diffusion incident angle region, changes in the optical diffusion characteristics can be effectively suppressed; and a method for manufacturing the optical diffusion film. Disclosed is an optical diffusion film having, inside the film, a single optical diffusion layer having a first internal structure and a second internal structure, each of which include a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index, sequentially from the lower part along the film thickness direction, and the regions having a relatively high refractive index in the first internal structure have a bent section at an intermediate point along the film thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kusama, Baku Katagiri, Kenta Tomioka, Tomoo Orui, Satoru Shoshi
  • Patent number: 10222537
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a bottom member including a bottom part facing the display area, a side part extending from the bottom part toward the display panel, and a support part extending from the side part to face a portion of the display area and the non-display area, a plurality of light sources on the bottom part to emit light, and a light guide member between the support part of the bottom member and the display panel to guide the light incident from the plurality of light sources toward the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-min Park, Kwang-wook Choi, Eunju Nam, Min-young Song
  • Patent number: 10202544
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light-diffusion powder, a quantum-dot-containing photoresist, and a quantum-dot-containing color film, and their preparation methods. The light-diffusion powder is obtained from an alkoxysilane having a chemical structure represented by formula (I): where R1 includes a C1ËœC50 alkyl group, and R? includes one or more of an alkyl and a substituted alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tingting Zhou, Bin Zhang, Yonglian Qi, Dini Xie, Yong Jiang
  • Patent number: 10190748
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a reflecting base, a light source, at least one 3D optical control structure, and at least one illumination adjusting structure. The light source and the 3D optical control structure are disposed on the reflecting base, and the 3D optical control structure covers the light source. Each 3D optical control structure includes two sidewalls, and at least one of the sidewalls has at least one through-hole. The illumination adjusting structure is adjacent to the sidewall having the through-hole. A position of an orthogonal projection of the through-hole to the reflecting base is A, and a position where a normal line of the sidewall passing through the through-hole intersects the reflecting base is B. An illumination adjusting section is an area between A and B. The illumination adjusting structure is disposed in the illumination adjusting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Tang Ma, Wei-Chun Chung, Su-Yi Lin, Chun-Liang Lin
  • Patent number: 10180529
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light-guiding unit having a light output surface which outputs light and a back surface facing the light output surface, wherein the light-guiding unit has a curved surface in a region of the back surface farther than a first position on the back surface that is away by a first distance from an axis passing the light output surface and the back surface, and a rough surface in a region of the light output surface farther than a second position on the light output surface that is away by a second distance from the axis in a same direction as a direction from the axis toward the first position, and where an intersection of the axis and the back surface is an origin point, and a direction of the axis from the back surface to the light output surface is positive, a normal line of the curved surface intersects with the axis at the positive side of the axis, and an angle formed by a normal line vector at the second position in a direction toward the light output s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohno, Yuichiro Yamamoto, Mitsuaki Kato, Tomonao Takamatsu, Masataka Shiratsuchi, Hiromichi Hayashihara, Hideo Tamura, Masahiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10175393
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of forming an optical sheet. The optical sheet comprises a substrate and a film. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The film has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. The third surface of the film is on the first surface of the substrate. The fourth surface of the film comprises a structure corresponding to a combination of a plurality of first convex shapes and a plurality of second convex or concave shapes superimposed on the plurality of first convex shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: UBright Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hui-Yong Chen, Lung-Pin Hsin, Ching-An Yang, Yu-Mei Juan, Chien-Chih Lai, Tzu-Hsiang Huang, Han-Tsung Pan
  • Patent number: 10173400
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces; a first hard coating layer formed on the first surface; a first optical adjustment layer formed on the first hard coating layer, the first optical adjustment layer comprising a second binder resin and a plurality of second particles distributed in the second binder resin; a first transparent conductor layer formed on the first optical adjustment layer, the first transparent conductor layer having a plurality of protrusions on a surface thereof corresponding to the plurality of second particles; a second hard coating layer formed on the second surface; a second optical adjustment layer formed on the second hard coating layer; and a second transparent conductor layer formed on the second optical adjustment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: NANCHANG O-FILM DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., SHENZHEN O-FILM TECH. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuang Du, Peihong Wang, Xiaowei Hou
  • Patent number: 10156661
    Abstract: An optical film having a structured surface is described. At least 90% of the structured surface has a slope magnitude that is less than about 5 degrees. The optical film may have an optical haze of less than about 10% and an optical clarity of less than about 50%, or may have an optical haze of less than about 7.5% and an optical clarity of less than about 60%, or may have an optical haze of less than about 3% and an optical clarity of less than about 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert A. Yapel, Joseph T. Aronson, Matthew R. C. Atkinson, Gary T. Boyd, Slah Jendoubi, Mitchell A. F. Johnson, Scott R. Kaytor, Steven H. Kong, Fei Lu, Tri D. Pham, Robert B. Secor, Steven D. Solomonson
  • Patent number: 10146034
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cata-dioptric system. A cata-dioptric system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a reflecting optical system that reflects incident light through a plurality of reflective surfaces; and a refracting optical system that refracts the reflected incident light, wherein the respective internal diameters of the plurality of reflective surfaces are disposed on the same perpendicular line as the external diameters of other reflective surfaces adjacent to the respective internal diameters of the plurality of reflective surfaces, or at a closer distance from a perpendicular line including the top surface of the refractive optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-chul Choi, Kyong-tae Park
  • Patent number: 10145990
    Abstract: An optical film includes a polarizer and a first adhesive layer on the polarizer, where the first adhesive layer has a haze value of 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hee Son, Nam Seok Baik, Jang Seok Ma, Sang Woo An, Gyeong Im Lee, Duk Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 10119667
    Abstract: Light-redirecting optical system for building fenestrations, such as glass doors and windows, storefront glazing systems, and curtain walls, that can collect and redirect daylight into the interior of a building. The light-redirecting optical system includes an outward-facing light-redirecting optical surface and an inward-facing light-redirecting surface. The outward-facing light-redirecting optical surface collects and redirects daylight mostly upward toward the inward-facing light-redirecting surface. The inward-facing light-redirecting surface receives the redirected daylight and further redirects it into the interior environment at pre-determined angles; so that all specular rays of light are at or above the horizon for a wide range of incident angles of daylight striking the outward-facing light-redirecting optical surface. The light-redirecting optical surfaces can be fabricated on a film or flexible substrate that may be directly applied to glass, acrylic, or other glazing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: LightLouver LLC
    Inventors: Zachary L. Rogers, Michael J Holtz
  • Patent number: 10114153
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical assembly. The optical assembly comprises: a first optical film having a first surface; an adhesive disposed on the first surface of the first optical film, wherein the adhesive comprises a photo-curable portion and a thermally-curable portion; and a second optical film comprising a photo-curable material bonded to the photo-curable portion of the adhesive, wherein the photo-curable portion of the adhesive is being bonded to the photo-curable material of the second optical film when the photo-curable portion of the adhesive is being cured and the thermally-curable portion of the adhesive has been cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: UBright Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Lung-Pin Hsin, Yi-Long Tyan
  • Patent number: 10110885
    Abstract: On a surface of a screen, a first direction parallel to a virtual plane and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction are defined. A basic diffusion member of the screen diffuses and transmits each light ray at a first angle in a first plane parallel to the first direction, and diffuses and transmits the light ray at a second angle larger than the first angle in a second plane parallel to the second direction. An adjustment diffusion member of the screen diffuses and transmits each light ray at an adjustment angle larger than the first angle in the first plane. The basic diffusion member and the adjustment diffusion member are stacked on each other such that a diffusion angle of each light ray by the screen in the first plane is adjusted to a target angle larger than the adjustment angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: National Institute of Information andCommunications Technology
    Inventor: Shunsuke Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10067272
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a substrate that has light transmissivity, a plurality of light shielding layers that is formed at a recurring period on one face of the substrate, and a light-diffusing unit that is formed in an area of the one face of the substrate except for the area where the light shielding layers are formed, in which the light-diffusing unit includes a light emitting end face on the substrate side and includes a light incident end face having an area larger than the area of the light emitting end face on the side opposite to the substrate side, the height of the light-diffusing unit from the light incident end face to the light emitting end face is greater than the thickness of the light shielding layer, and the periodic direction at which the light shielding layers are recurrently formed is non-parallel to the direction of a pixel pitch of a display body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Asaoka, Shohei Katsuta, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 10061074
    Abstract: A light directing apparatus is disclosed. The light directing apparatus includes light directing structures that are configured to receive light from a light emitting apparatus, a first plurality of spaces that separate the light directing structures in a first direction and a second plurality of spaces that separate the light directing structures in a second direction. A dimension of the first plurality of spaces and a dimension of the second plurality of spaces increases with distance from the light emitting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 10054789
    Abstract: An optical lens module includes a lens assembly and a plastic barrel. The lens assembly includes a plurality of lens elements and is disposed in the plastic barrel. The plastic barrel includes an object-end portion, an image-end portion, an outer tube portion, an inner tube portion and at least one reflection reduction area. The image-end portion includes an image-end opening. The inner tube portion includes a plurality of parallel inner surfaces and a plurality of inclined inner surfaces, wherein the parallel inner surfaces are parallel to the central axis, and each of the inclined inner surfaces has an angle with the central axis. The reflection reduction area is disposed on one of the inclined inner surfaces closest to the image-end opening, wherein the reflection reduction area and the plastic barrel are integrally formed by an injection molding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Chou, Cheng-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 9995861
    Abstract: Low loss, high reflectivity wide band mirror films provide a desired mix of specular reflection and diffuse reflection or scattering to provide semi-specular reflectivity. The mirror films generally include both a specularly reflective multilayer optical film (MOF) having a wide reflection band, and a scattering layer. In some cases a low refractive index TIR layer is sandwiched between the MOF and the scattering layer. In other cases the scattering layer contacts the MOF directly. In embodiments that include the TIR layer, the TIR layer preferably has a nanovoided morphology and includes a plurality of particles and a polymer binder. In embodiments wherein the scattering layer contacts the MOF directly, the scattering layer preferably also has a nanovoided morphology and includes a plurality of particles and a polymer binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: William D. Coggio, William B. Black, Michael F. Weber, Huiwen Tai
  • Patent number: 9971082
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a rectangular display panel, which includes a screen frontward thereof; an optical sheet having a rectangular shape, which is arranged rearward of the rectangular display panel; a light guide plate having a rectangular shape, which is arranged rearward of the optical sheet; a light source, which is arranged to face a side surface of the light guide plate; and a first close contact prevention layer provided on a surface, facing the optical sheet, of the light guide plate, wherein the first close contact prevention layer comprises a first binder and a plurality of first beads dispersed in the first binder, and the plurality of first beads form a plurality of first protrusions for preventing close contact with the optical sheet, at a surface of the first close contact prevention layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Teragawa