Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus includes a plurality of LEDs, an FPC on which the plurality of LEDs are mounted, and a light guide plate. The FPC is fixed to an underside surface of the light guide plate using a double-sided tape, and the plurality of LEDs are disposed opposing an incident light surface of the light guide plate. The double-sided tape includes a white substrate that reflects light and a white adhesive layer that reflects light and is formed on a surface of the white substrate on a side opposing the light guide plate. The white adhesive layer is prepared by mixing a light reflecting substance into an adhesive. Thereby, the brightness and environmental resistance of the spread illuminating apparatus can be improved.

Abstract: A light emitting module includes a first and second light source spaced apart from each other and each configured to generate and emit light; the first light source; and a metal board which is electrically connected to the first and second light sources. The metal board includes a body portion upon which the first and second light sources are disposed; first and second side portions respectively on first and second ends of the body portion; a first insulation layer which is between the body portion and the first side portion and insulates the body portion from the first side portion; and a second insulation layer which is between the body portion and the second side portion and insulates the body portion from the second side portion.

Abstract: Extended area lighting devices, which are useful e.g. as luminaires, include a light guide and diffractive surface features on a major surface of the light guide. The diffractive surface features are tailored to extract guided-mode light from the light guide. The light guides can be combined with other components and features such as light source(s) to inject guided-mode light into the light guide, light source(s) to project light through the light guide as non-guided-mode light, a framework of interconnected support members (attached to multiple such light guides), and/or a patterned low index subsurface layer that selectively blocks some guided mode light from reaching the diffractive surface features, to provide unique and useful lighting devices. Related optical devices, and optical films having diffractive features that can be used to construct such devices and light guides, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a bottom container member which receives the display panel; an auxiliary member including a bottom, and a side extending from an edge of the bottom, and coupled with the bottom container member; a light source unit coupled with the side of the auxiliary member; and a first heat radiating member between the auxiliary member and the light source unit. The first heat radiating member includes a phase change material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display (LCD) having the same, wherein the backlight assembly includes a light guide panel having a plurality of lateral sides; and a plurality of light source units each emitting light to a respective lateral side of the plurality of lateral sides, wherein at least two lateral sides of the plurality of lateral sides, which receive light emitted from two respective light source units of the plurality of light source units, are neighboring lateral sides, and wherein at least one lateral side is longer than an incident surface which receives light emitted from the light source unit.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, at least one light source, and a reflective plate. The light source is configured for emitting light toward the light guide plate. The reflective plate has a plurality of reflective units arranging along a curved direction. Each of the reflective units includes a body and a plurality of microstructures. The body has a main surface facing the light guide plate. The plurality of microstructures are disposed on the main surface of the body. Each of the microstructures has a reflective surface. A first angle is included between the reflective surface of each of the microstructures and the main surface of the body. The first angles of the microstructures in one reflective unit are different from the first angles of the microstructures in an adjacent reflective unit.

Abstract: A light unit for a display includes: a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources facing a side of the light guide plate and spaced apart from the light guide plate; and a buffering member between the light guide plate and the light source. The buffering member includes: spacing parts positioned respectively between adjacent light sources and contacting the light guide plate, and a blocking part connecting the plurality of spaced parts to each other and facing a side direction of each light source.

Abstract: A display device includes a light guide plate, at least one illuminating element, a side frame, and a display panel. The light guide plate includes a main body and at least one light-incident protrusion part. The main body has a light-emitting surface. The light-incident protrusion part is connected to the main body and has a light-incident surface. The illuminating element is arranged along the light-incident surface and is capable of emitting a light beam. The light beam enters the light guide plate from the light-incident surface and leaves the light guide plate from the light-emitting surface. The side frame is located on the light guide plate. The display panel is located between the light guide plate and the side frame. The side frame and the display panel expose the light-incident protrusion part. The side frame of the display device described herein has the small width.

Abstract: This invention relates to a backlight assembly having improved heat dissipation performance and a simplified structure and to a display device including the same. The backlight assembly includes a light source unit for generating light, a housing for accommodating the light source unit and having an aperture, a middle frame coupled to the housing and receiving the light source unit, and an LED fixing frame which is adjacent to the light source unit and is coupled to the housing and at least a part of which is exposed through the aperture.

Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, a light source module spaced apart by a gap from the guide plate, a receiving container and a gap adjusting element. The gap adjusting element is inter-coupled between the receiving container and the light source module and is actuatable to adjust the gap distance between the light source module and the light guide plate. Accordingly, a display quality may be prevented from being decreased, and the productivity may be enhanced.

Abstract: Provided is an edge light type illuminating device, in which an adverse effect of noise and the amount of electric wires are decreased by reducing the length of power supply wires arranged to supply electric power to light sources. An illuminating device (20) includes a chassis plate (22) having a square shape in a plan view, edge light type light sources (28) disposed along at least one side face of the plate and another side face perpendicular to the one side face, power supply means (30) arranged to supply electric power to the light sources, and a power supply wire arranged to electrically connect the light sources and the means, wherein at least a portion of the power supply wire includes bridging wires (33ac, 33bd) arranged to connect the light sources perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are an illumination system and a display apparatus using the same. The illumination system includes a light guide plate; grooves disposed in the light guide plate, each of the grooves having at least one inclined surface; light source modules disposed within the grooves, wherein the light source modules comprise, substrates and light sources disposed on the substrates; and stoppers disposed between a first surface of each of the light sources and the at least one inclined surface of each of the grooves, the first surface of each of the light sources facing the at least one inclined surface. A cross-sectional area of the grooves is larger than that of the stoppers.

Abstract: A multi-display system includes a single, two-sided backlight assembly between the display panels. The two-sided backlight assembly is able to emit light in two light paths generally 180 degrees apart—one light path passes through one of the display panels and another light pass through the other of the display panels. That is, the two-sided light guide assembly emits light out two sides and generally in opposite directions. The two-sided backlight assembly uses lights such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the side of a light guide thereby permitting the backlight assembly to be relatively thin. Because a single, thin, two-sided backlight assembly is used, the overall depth of the multi-display system is less than would be the case if two separate backlight assemblies were used.

Abstract: A light guide plate transfer molding method for performing transfer molding of a light guide plate using a first mold and a second mold, includes performing, on a resin material, transfer molding of a first pattern and a second pattern that are provided on a transfer face of the first mold. The first pattern changes with a specific interval P serving as one period. The second pattern changes with one or two or more periods that correspond to 1/Na of the interval P. Na is a positive integer that satisfies Na?m, m being a specific positive integer.

Abstract: An optical touch control apparatus, for detecting displacement between an object and the optical touch control apparatus. The optical touch control apparatus comprises: an object detecting apparatus, for detecting the object to generate an object image, having a first detecting area in a first mode and having a second detecting area in a second mode, wherein the first detecting area is larger than the second detecting area; an image sensor, for capturing at least one frame of the object image; and a control unit, for adjusting an image capturing area of the image sensor, according which one of the first detecting area and the second detecting area the object detecting apparatus utilizes.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus is held by a chassis and includes a plurality of LED modules emitting light toward an outer edge portion of the chassis and a light guiding plate for controlling the direction of light emission from the plurality of LED modules to perform illumination. The LED module is not arranged at the outer edge portion of the chassis so that moment acting on the chassis as the apparatus main body holding the LED module can be reduced as compared with the case where the LED module is arranged at the outer edge portion of the chassis. Therefore, the deformation such as bending of the chassis can be prevented.

Abstract: A backlight unit (lighting device) 12 includes a chassis 14, an LED (light source) 17, a light guide plate (light guide member) 19, a duct member 22, and dissipative LED attachment portion (dissipative light source attachment portion) 30. The chassis 14 includes a light exit portion 14c through which light exits. The LED 17 is arranged close to an end portion of the chassis 14. The light guide plate 19 is arranged closer to a middle area of the chassis 14 than the LED 17 and light from the LED 17 is guided toward the light exit portion 14c thereby. The duct member 22 is arranged on the side opposite to the light exit portion 14c side of the chassis 14 and has an air passage 23 therein. The dissipative LED attachment portion 30 is provided to the duct member 22 and includes one part (heat dissipation portion 30a) facing the air passage 23 and another part (LED attachment portion 30b) protruding to inside of the chassis 14 and to which the LED 17 is attached.

Abstract: There is provided an illumination device including: a light guide plate in which a light diffusion pattern of diffusing incident light is formed to have density that is coarse on one side and gets denser toward the other side; a first light source which is provided on a side corresponding to the one side of the light diffusion pattern in the light guide plate; and a second light source which is provided on a side corresponding to the other side of the light diffusion pattern in the light guide plate.

Abstract: A highly efficient, lightweight solid state lighting panel is disclosed that has multiple LED sources, and emits a substantially uniform light intensity between said sources. The light from these sources is directed towards a highly reflective, diffusive, backing. These LED sources are placed between the reflector and a partially transmissive, partially reflective output coupler to form a cavity. The LEDs, which are mounted to printed circuit boards to form strips, can be either attached to the inner surface of the diffuser with adhesive, or suspended on a thermally dissipative structure within the cavity. By optimizing the reflector to have as high of a reflectance value as possible (>95%) along with a output diffuser with about 50% transmission and 50% reflection, one can obtain cavity transmissions higher than 90%. The output from this disclosed design is more pleasant to look at than those with LEDs that directly illuminate the diffuser, causing hotspots.

Abstract: The backlight device is configured in a planar geometry by the combination of a plurality of light emitting units. The light guide plate of the light emitting unit has a light guide unit that guides light from the light source and a light emission surface that emits light from the light guide unit. Adjacent light emitting units are arranged to cross to each other and the light emission surface of a light emitting unit overlaps with the light guide unit of another light emitting unit such that the light guide unit of each light guide plate of the light emitting unit does not extend outside the light emission region of the backlight device.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for array illumination. In one aspect, an array of light engines is coupled to a support structure. Each light engine can be separately controlled to achieve a desired output beam. In another aspect, a support structure includes an array of LED emitters. The support structure is configured to removably receive a plurality of light guides over the array of LED emitters, thereby forming an array of light engines. The support structure can include an integrated heat sink in thermal communication with the array of LED emitters. Light from the LED emitters is distributed over the surface of the light guides to produce a desired output beam. The light engines can be configured to produce output beams of differing color, direction, shape and/or size.

Abstract: A front and back reflector are arranged to form a hollow light recycling cavity having an output region, and one or more light sources (e.g. LEDs) are disposed to emit light into the cavity. In one aspect, the back reflector has a design characterized by a first and second parameter. The first design parameter is a ratio of the collective emitting area of the light sources Aemit to the area of the output region Aout, and Aemit/Aout is preferably from 0.0001 to 0.1. The second design parameter is SEP/H, where H is the depth of the recycling cavity, and SEP is an average plan view source separation associated with the light sources. Other aspects of the disclosed extended area light sources are also described.

Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light source which emits light, a light guide plate which receives the light through an incident surface thereof and guides the light, and a back cover which accommodates the light source and is coupled to the light guide plate such which the incident surface is disposed in an inner space thereof, where an air guide area is defined between the light source and the light guide plate in the inner space, and the back cover includes an inclined surface inclined to the incident surface of the light guide plate in the air guide area.

Abstract: A display device including a reflective display panel, a plurality of electrical or optical element layers, and at least one light-emitting element is provided. The electrical or optical element layers are stacked above the reflective display panel. One of the electrical or optical element layers is a light guide plate. The light-emitting element is disposed beside the light guide plate. A plurality of transparent medium layers are respectively located between every two adjacent ones of the reflective display panel and the electrical or optical element layers and above the electrical or optical element layer most away from the reflective display panel among the electrical or optical element layers. At least one of the transparent medium layers above the light guide plate is a gas layer.

Abstract: An optical assembly comprises light sources and a light emitting panel member having an input edge to which each of the light sources is optically coupled at a different location along the input edge. Different sets of individual optical deformities on or in at least one of the sides of the panel member each have at least one surface that is shaped or oriented to extract light propagating in the same direction through the panel member in different directions for viewing from different angles through one of the sides of the panel member.

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.

Abstract: Provided are a display member and a display device capable of outputting bright and highly uniform light. Provided is a display member (10) comprising a light guiding member (11) which guides light outputted from a first light source (20); a light spreading part (13) which is provided on at least one side surface of the light guiding member (11) and spreads the light guided by the light guiding member (11); a design display part (12) which is provided on at least one surface side of the light guiding member (11) and displays a design; wherein the design display part (12) is provided with a first light transmissive outputting part (122) which transmits and outputs light that was spread by the light spreading part (13) and the light spreading part (13) is provided so as to correspond with the first light transmissive outputting part (122).

Abstract: A variation in luminance is reduced near a light source without decreasing intensity of a light exit pattern. A light source is disposed and a light exit pattern is formed. The light exit pattern reflects light guided in a light guide plate and outputs the light. In inclined angles of tangents of the light exit patterns in a section passing through a center axis of the light exit pattern, a largest inclined angle of the tangent is defined as a maximum inclined angle of the light exit pattern. At this time, in the light exit pattern provided in the light guide plate, the maximum inclined angle is decreased with increasing distance from a light incident surface in a region near the light incident surface, and the maximum inclined angle is decreased or kept constant with increasing distance from the light incident surface in a region distant from the region near the light incident surface.

Abstract: A display device 10 includes: light sources 17; a light guide plate 16 having a light-receiving face 16c and a light-exiting surface 16a, and a display panel 11 having a display surface 11a where light that exits the light-exiting surface 16a is used for image display; a driving substrate 113 having a mounting surface 113a on which the light sources 17 are mounted; flexible wiring substrates 111 that electrically connect the display panel 11 to the driving substrate 113; a chassis 14 having an extending edge 141 that extends beyond the light-receiving face 16c and that is arranged to face a surface 16b opposite to the light-exiting surface 16a; and a light source positioning member 18 that is detachably mounted on the chassis 14 and that is adhered to the driving substrate 113 such that the light sources 17 face the light-receiving face 16c with a gap therebetween.

Abstract: A light source module includes a light guide plate, at least one light emitting element, a circuit board, and a heat conductive structure. The light guide plate has a light incident surface and a bottom surface adjacent to each other. The light emitting element is disposed beside the light incident surface. The circuit board has a bottom and a sidewall. The bottom extends toward the light guide plate from an end of the sidewall. The sidewall has a first surface facing the light incident surface, and the bottom has a second surface facing the bottom surface. The light emitting element is disposed on the first surface. The heat conductive structure is disposed on the circuit board contacted the first surface and the second surface of the circuit board, for transmitting heat generated by the light emitting element and the circuit board.

Abstract: A lighting system including a light guide plate having a groove, a light source module arranged in the groove, and a projection from a side of the groove in the light guide plate toward the light source module for guiding a light from the light source module to the light guide plate.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a substrate and a planar light source portion including a plurality of LED chips arrayed on the substrate. The planar light source portion faces an illumination space (space to be illuminated) by a predetermined opening area. The plurality of LED chips are arrayed on the substrate such that the mounting density with respect to the opening area is not less than 3/cm2, and accordingly, a planar light source is formed.

Abstract: A plane light source including a circuit substrate, a plurality of sets of side-view light-emitting devices (LEDs), and a diffusive light-guiding layer is provided. The side-view LEDs are arranged in array over the circuit substrate and are electrically connected with the circuit substrate. The diffusive light-guiding layer covers the side-view LEDs, wherein the diffusive light-guiding layer includes a plurality of diffusive light-guiding units arranged in array and connected to each other. Each of the diffusive light-guiding units is respectively corresponded to illumination coverage of one set of side-view LEDs. Each set of side-view LEDs at least includes two side-view LEDs for emitting light respectively along two different directions and towards into one single diffusive light-guiding units.

Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises the backlight module and a display panel. The backlight module comprises a back bezel and a plurality of light sources. The back bezel includes a plurality of bezel convex portions and a plurality of corresponding bezel concave portions. The light sources are disposed on the back bezel and positioned between the bezel convex portions. The present invention can use the bezel concave portions of the back bezel to improve a heat-dissipation effect.

Abstract: An illuminated display board includes a frame, a light-transmissive panel, and a light source. The light source is positioned within the frame, and adjacent the light-transmissive panel. The light source is oriented at an angle of between about 25 degrees and about 50 degrees with respect to the light-transmissive panel.

Abstract: A lighting assembly includes a light engine and a light guide. The light engine edge lights the light guide and includes a control assembly that controls light output according to one or more parameters to produce light output from the lighting assembly with a desired characteristic. Lighting assemblies are combined to form a modular lighting assembly.

Abstract: A transparent display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a plurality of white sub-pixels and a plurality of color sub-pixels that are mixedly arranged. The display apparatus also includes a control module for controlling the white sub-pixels and the color sub-pixels. When the display apparatus is in a transparent mode, the control module reduces or stops light emitting from the color sub-pixels and allows at least a part of ambient light behind the white sub-pixels to emit from the white sub-pixels to achieve the see-through effect. When the display apparatus is in a display mode, the control module adjusts at least one of the white or color sub-pixels to ensure that light from the white sub-pixels is far less than light from the color sub-pixels.

Abstract: An exit sign comprising a housing, a plurality of green color LEDs and red color LEDs or bicolor green and red color LEDs positioned in the housing for emitting both a green color light and a red color light with a filter holder for holding a selected green color filter or a selected red color filter for passing the selected green color light or selected red color light to a stencil having openings for passing the selected green color light or selected red color light to an observer. Yellow color LEDs can be alternatively positioned in the housing for emitting yellow color light comprising both green color light and red color light. White color LEDs can also be alternatively positioned in the housing for emitting white color light also comprising both green color light and red color light.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for reducing hotspots in backlit displays. Hotspot artifacts in multi-color backlit displays can be reduced by incorporating optical structures along the edges of light guides incorporated into the backlights. The optical structures are positioned adjacent to light emitting modules that emit light into the light guide. Light emitted from the light emitting modules passes through the optical structures before entering the light guide. Hotspot size can be reduced by appropriately configuring the shapes and sizes of these optical structures. In some implementations, the optical structures may include serrations along the side of the light guide adjacent to the light sources. In some other implementations, the optical structures may include dimples. Size of hotspots may also be reduced by reducing the distance between adjacent light sources of the same color.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, including a panel module and a light module. The panel module has a display surface. The light module is disposed on a side of the panel module and has a main light source and an auxiliary light source. The main light source emits a first light to the display surface to produce an image. The auxiliary light source emits a second light to the display surface to increase the brightness of at least one first region of the image.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a display panel and a light module is provided. The light module comprises a light guide plate, a plurality of light guide elements and at least a light emitting unit. The light guide plate comprises at least one light incident surface, a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface opposite to the first lateral surface. The plurality of light guide elements are disposed at the first lateral surfaces. A plurality of cross-section parallel to the first light incident surface in the plurality of light guide elements. The farther the distance from the cross-section to the first light incident surface, the larger the area of the cross-section. After emitting from the light emitting unit, the light is guided by the plurality of light guide elements, and emitted from one of the first and the second lateral surfaces of the light guide plate.

Abstract: A backlight device 12 includes: a chassis having a bottom plate and side plates that stand towards the front of the bottom plate from the edges of the bottom plate, the face on one side of the bottom plate being a light-output part; an LED substrate disposed on the front surface of the bottom plate; LEDs 24 arranged on a plate face oriented toward the light-output part of the LED substrate and arranged so that the light-output part is on the light-emitting side thereof; a plurality of diffusion lenses 27 for covering the light-emitting side of the plurality of LEDs and diffusing the light from the LEDs 24; a first reflecting sheet 29 provided with light source insertion holes through which the LEDs 24 are inserted at positions corresponding to the LEDs 24, the first reflecting sheet being laid over the front surface of the bottom plate and over the LED substrate; and a second reflecting sheet 30 arranged so as to protrude in the direction in which the side plates rise, the ends of the second reflecting sheet

Abstract: A display module includes an outer frame, a light emitting unit, a panel device, and a light guide plate having a light entrance surface, a light exit surface, and a connecting side. A connecting ear portion is extendedly formed from the connecting side for extending into the outer frame to fix the light guide plate onto the outer frame. The light emitting unit is disposed in the outer frame corresponding to the light entrance surface for emitting light into the light guide plate via the light entrance surface. The panel device is disposed on the light guide plate and contained in the outer frame for receiving light emitted from the light guide plate. The connecting ear portion is away from the light exit surface by a vertical distance, and the ratio of the length of the connecting ear portion to the length of the connecting side is greater than 0.2.

Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a plurality of point light sources, a light guide plate (“LGP”) and a printed circuit board (“PCB”). The LGP has a light incident face in which light is incident, a side surface extending from an edge portion of the light incident face, and a fixing groove which is formed from the side surface toward an inner portion thereof The PCB includes a point light source disposing portion in which the point light sources are disposed along a first direction, an extending portion extending from the point light disposing portion along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a protrusion which is fixed at an end portion of the extending portion. The protrusion of the PCB is coupled with the fixing groove of the LGP.

Abstract: A light-emitting assembly includes a light guide plate (LGP), a first infrared light-emitting part, a second infrared light-emitting part and a visible light-emitting part. The LGP has printed circuit patterns formed on a lower surface thereof. The first infrared light-emitting part includes a plurality of first infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed at a first side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes. The second infrared light-emitting part includes a plurality of second infrared LEDs disposed at a second side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes. The visible light-emitting part includes a plurality of visible LEDs disposed at a third side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes, so that infrared light and visible light that is emitted from the two different kinds of light sources may be uniformly provided to a touch screen panel.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a plurality of first light emitting elements and a light guiding plate including a first side, a second side and a light output side having microstructures at least disposed in a near-light region of the light guiding plate. The near-light region is defined as from a first line to a predetermined second line at the light output side. The microstructure has a width P and height H, the light-guiding plate has a thickness T, a pitch between the adjacent first light-emitting elements is defined as PLED, a projection distance from a luminance measuring line of the backlight module to the first light-emitting elements is defined as A. Under the conditions 0<A?120 mm, 0<[(H/P)/T]*PLED?15 and 0<luminance variation?100%, the structure characteristic of the backlight module is bounded by a first equation: A=0.2{[(H/P)/T]*PLED}2?2{[(H/P)/T]*PLED}+105 mm and a second equation: A=0.2{[(H/P)/T]*PLED}2?2{[(H/P)/T]*PLED}+0.1 mm.

Abstract: A light source assembly includes a first substrate, a plurality of first light source units mounted on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other by a first distance, a second substrate and a plurality of second light source units mounted on the second substrate and spaced apart from each other by a second distance, each of the second light source units being disposed between the first light source units adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate having at least five sides. There is a first side. A second side is parallel to and equal in length to the first side. A third side is perpendicular to the first and second sides. A fourth side is parallel to and shorter in length than the third side. There is at least one oblique side connecting the fourth side to the first or second side. The backlight assembly additionally includes a light source unit disposed the fourth side and the oblique side of the light guide plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical valve or light valve for providing large area collimated illumination from localized light sources, and system and method thereof for 2D, 3D, and/or autostereoscopic displays. An optical valve may include a stepped structure, in which the steps include separated extraction features which may be optically hidden to light propagating in a first direction. Light propagating in a second direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features to provide illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the optical valve. Such controlled illumination may provide for efficient, multi-user autostereoscopic displays as well as improved 2D display functionality.

Abstract: A light module for a backlight assembly that prevents metal wiring from being damaged at a bent portion and a backlight assembly including the same are presented. The light module for the backlight assembly includes: a printed circuit board (PCB) including a first portion and a second portion connected by a connection having a bend; a first light source formed on the first portion of the printed circuit board (PCB); a second light source formed on the second portion of the printed circuit board (PCB); a first wiring connecting member connected to the first light source and formed on the first portion; and a second wiring connecting member connected to the second light source and formed on the second portion, wherein the first wiring connecting member and the second wiring connecting member are connected to each other.