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Class 349/65 - Edge lit type light guide behind liquid crystal


Subclass of Class 349 - Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems
Definition: Subject matter wherein the optical means is a substantially
No. of patents: 1032
Last issue date: 05/29/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8189137Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same
A backlight unit adapted to improve uneven brightness and reliability is disclosed. The backlight unit includes: a bottom cover; at least one metal PCB disposed on one side surface of the inner side of the bottom cover; a plurality of light emission diodes arranged ...
05/29/2012
8184237Display device
The display device of the present invention includes a housing, a display module, and a signal receiver. The housing has a front opening; the display module includes a backlight module. A display area is formed on the display module corresponding to the front openin...
05/22/2012
8184236Lighting device and liquid crystal display device
LEDs (light sources) are disposed in a row in the width direction of a light-guiding plate near the edge surface of the light-guiding plate. In the edge surface of the light-guiding plate, diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are disposed to face the LEDs, respective...
05/22/2012
8184238Planar illumination device and liquid crystal display device using the same
A planar illumination device 10 is provided with a laser light source 11 for emitting laser light, a light source side bundle fiber 12 having one end surface thereof optically connected with the laser light source 11, a flat light guide p...
05/22/2012
8174643Light guide plate, display device, and electronic apparatus with display
Disclosed herein is a light guide plate including: a side end face on which light from a light source is incident; an incoming part which forms the side end face and by which the light coming in through the side end face is guided; a principal surface which is forme...
05/08/2012
8164711Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device which can make the surface brightness of an edge-light-type backlight uniform is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight which radiates light to the liquid crystal display pa...
04/24/2012
8164709Side type backlight module, liquid crystal display, and assembly methods thereof
A side type backlight module includes a light guide plate and a circuit board with at least one light emitting device thereon. The light guide plate has a first surface defining a light emitting surface, a second, opposite surface, and a light incident surface conne...
04/24/2012
8164710Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same
A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate and a light-emitting module. The light guide plate guides light. The light-emitting module is disposed to face an incidence surface of the light guide plate. The light-emitting module includes a printed circuit board...
04/24/2012
8154687Liquid crystal display device
Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having light scattering patterns at an edge region of a light guide plate, capable of preventing a hot spot phenomenon occurring when an edge-type backlight unit is implemented with using light emitting means such a...
04/10/2012
8154688Planar light-emitting device and liquid crystal display apparatus
A planar light-emitting device has a plurality of light-emitting units each including a light source and a lightguide plate. The light-emitting units are arranged with the light-exiting surfaces of their respective lightguide plates being substantially flush with ea...
04/10/2012
8154686Directional backlight, a multiple view display and a multi-direction display
A directional backlight, a multiple view display and a multi-direction display A multiple view display (18) comprises a directional display device (19) for displaying a first image or sequence of images so as to be mainly visible from a first range of ...
04/10/2012
8154689Light emitting element and liquid crystal display apparatus
A light-emitting element (1) includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes [3(R1, G11, . . . )] of two or more different colors, and a light-guiding member (4) for emitting, in the form of plane emission, light emitted by the plura...
04/10/2012
8144287Optical member unit, lighting device for display, display, and television receiver
An optical member 15 is constituted by sticking a lens sheet 28 capable of transmitting light irradiated toward a liquid crystal panel 11 and a diffuser sheet 27 together. The lens sheet 28 is provided with a lens portion 30...
03/27/2012
8139180Illuminating device, and liquid crystal display device and portable terminal device including the illuminating device
On the side surface of an optical guide plate (104), an engaging protrusion (105) is formed for fixing the optical guide plate (104) on to a frame (101) by fitting the optical guide plate in a recessed portion formed on the frame. The lig...
03/20/2012
8134658Liquid crystal display module
To provide a liquid crystal display module that eliminates the loss of light emitted from a light source. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display module including: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight, wherein the liquid crystal display pa...
03/13/2012
8130339Backlight module
A backlight module includes a back housing, a top housing, a lamp, a light-guide plate, and a reflecting sheet. The back housing includes a bottom plate. The back housing and top housing form an accommodating space; the lamp is situated in the accommodating space. T...
03/06/2012
8130341Uniform diffractive backlight
A backlight is provided for illuminating an at least partially transmissive display. The backlight includes a light source. A light guide receives the light from an edge surface and guides the light by total internal reflection. The light is extracted from the light...
03/06/2012
8130340Liquid crystal display and light guide plate
A large liquid crystal display (100) comprises a light guide plate (3) arranged on the back side of a liquid crystal panel (1). The front surface of the light guide plate (3) is flat, while the back surface thereof is concave. The upper a...
03/06/2012
8111354Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device using the same
A backlight unit having a LED light source includes a light guide plate partitioned in areas each having a tapered shape formed of a thick portion and a thin portion. The light guide plate is formed such that a thick portion and a thin portion are repeated at certai...
02/07/2012
8098348Light-guide plate having a protrusion pattern and display apparatus having the same
A light-guide plate includes a base plate, first protrusion patterns and second protrusion patterns. The first protrusion patterns are formed on a left portion of an upper surface of the base plate with respect to a central line of the upper surface. The first protr...
01/17/2012
8094261Display unit and processing system each having a wiring board in substantially the same plane as a liquid crystal module
Disclosed are a display unit and a data processing system equipped therewith. The display unit includes a liquid crystal module, a rear panel covering the back surface of the liquid crystal module, a front periphery covering member covering a peripheral part of the ...
01/10/2012
8089580Energy efficient transflective display
An energy efficient transflective display system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a reflector sheet and a transparent backlight sheet placed in front of the reflector sheet. A display panel is placed in front of the transparent backlight sheet w...
01/03/2012
8089581Display and illuminator
A display for illuminating a liquid crystal display panel with laser light of uniform light quantity distribution, and an illuminator for irradiating with laser light of uniform light quantity distribution. The display includes a liquid crystal display panel (204...
01/03/2012
8089582Liquid crystal display device comprising at least one groove having an end portion that stops short of the non-adjacent opposite side surfaces and extends in a direction perpendicular to the non-adjacent side surfaces
An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having a light guide plate that is capable of providing improved liquid crystal display performance without generating a striped image. The liquid crystal display device includes a ligh...
01/03/2012
8089583Light guide blade with color balancing structures and blue absorption compensation for large screen LED backlight unit
One or more embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses, methods and systems to form a thin LED backlight unit for a large-screen flat-panel display. The backlight unit is able to achieve improved color mixing within a shorter mixing distance than the c...
01/03/2012
8085360Display device and planar light source device
The present invention relates to a technique which can make a backlight used in a liquid crystal display device thin and light-weighted. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a display panel and a backlight which is arranged b...
12/27/2011
8085359Folded backlight systems having low index regions that prevent light failing to meet total internal reflection conditions from entering a plate portion and liquid crystal displays using the same
A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel having pixels configured to form an image; and a backlight system proximate to the liquid crystal display panel and configured to illuminate the pixels of the li...
12/27/2011
8077273Liquid crystal display module
A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight device arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight device being constituted of a light guide plate and a reflection sheet arranged on a back surfac...
12/13/2011
8077272Planar light-emitting device and liquid crystal display apparatus
A planar light-emitting device has a plurality of light-emitting units each having a lightguide plate having an upper surface as a light-exiting surface, a lower surface opposite to the light-exiting surface, a peripheral side surface extending between the respectiv...
12/13/2011
8072560Electrode for cold cathode tube, and cold cathode tube and liquid crystal display device using the same
An electrode (1) for cold cathode tube has a cylindrical sidewall portion (2), a bottom portion (3) provided at one end of the sidewall portion, and an opening portion (4) provided at the other end of the sidewall portion. The sidewall po...
12/06/2011
8068196Surface illumination device and a liquid crystal display device using such a surface illumination device
A surface illumination device is provided with a laser light source capable of emitting a laser light, an incident surface on which the laser light is incident, a light guiding plate having a principal surface from which the laser light emerges as a surface emergent...
11/29/2011
8059229Light control element, surface light source device and liquid crystal display device
A light control element capable of controlling deflection of light output through a light guide plate to a desired output viewing angle is provided. A light control element (prism sheet) has a plane of incidence on one surface thereof, and a plane of output on the o...
11/15/2011
8054406Backlight module with heat dispersing member and liquid crystal display device using same
An exemplary backlight module (200) used for liquid crystal display device (20) includes a first frame (261), a light source (240), a heat dispersing member (280) disposed along the light source, and a second frame (270) def...
11/08/2011
8049838Direct light type backlight unit and color filterless liquid crystal display apparatus employing the same
A direct light type backlight unit and a color filterless liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus employing the same are provided. The direct light type backlight unit includes: a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting devices inclined with respect to the substrate...
11/01/2011
8049839Backlight assembly using flexible light guiding film and liquid crystal display module using the same
A flexible light guiding film includes a base film having a substantially constant thickness, and a light controlling portion disposed on the base film. Edges of the light controlling portion and the base film are coplanar and define a light incident surface of the ...
11/01/2011
8035771Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus with structured light guide surface
A stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight positioned to provide light to the liquid crystal display panel, and a double sided prism film disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight...
10/11/2011
8031294Liquid crystal display module
A liquid crystal display module, includes: a light guide plate having a side surface, a rear surface and a top surface opposite to the rear surface; a reflective sheet having a front side on the rear surface of the light guide plate for reflecting light into the lig...
10/04/2011
8031292Liquid crystal display comprising first and second point light source assemblies wherein a first support substrate is larger than the second support substrate, and a first groove of a lower container is deeper than a second groove
A liquid crystal display includes a light guide plate guiding incident light, a first point light source assembly including first point light source elements providing the light to the light guide plate and a first support substrate having the first point light sour...
10/04/2011
8031293Backlight module with light source holder and liquid crystal display using the same
An exemplary backlight module (1) includes a light guide plate (10) and at least one light source assembly (16). Each of the light source assembly includes a plurality of point light sources (163) and a light source holder (160). T...
10/04/2011
8026997Area active backlight with steerable light source
A liquid crystal display includes a backlight. The backlight includes a plurality of waveguides to selectively direct light. A set of selection elements in combination with the backlight selectively direct light to the front of the display. ...
09/27/2011
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