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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075150 | Backlight unit and display device A backlight unit illuminating the rear of a transmissive display panel with light includes a light source substrate, a base member, and a heat pipe. The light source substrate has a light source and faces the rear of the display panel. The base member is made of she... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7985016 | Fiber optic display systems and related methods Fiber optic display systems and related methods are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a fiber optic display system can include a plurality of fiber optics. Output ends of the fiber optics can be spaced from one another and can be arranged in predetermined posi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980743 | LED backlighting for displays A display system including a display panel having a first major surface and a second major surface and a lighting system adapted to provide uniform luminance proximal to the display panel is disclosed. The lighting system includes an illuminating substrate having a ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7967462 | Backlight assembly for liquid crystal display apparatus having inclined light emmitting elements A light source includes a plurality of light emitting elements, and each light emitting element is disposed in such a manner that a direction of an optical axis of the light emitting element having a highest luminance is disposed at a predetermined inclination angle... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7887225 | Direct-type backlight unit having surface light source In a direct-type backlight unit, a board has upper and lower surfaces defining a thickness therebetween. A plurality of unit light sources are disposed on the board. Here, in each of the unit light sources, a wiring pattern is formed on the board. A light emitting d... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7878698 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device improve uniformity of a luminance and a color of a display surface. The backlight unit includes a light source device and a circuit board, the light source device including a first board and a plurality of point l... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7771098 | Multi-primary color display A multi-primary color display has a backlight source and pixels. Each pixel has at least four sub pixels, which display red primary color, green primary color, blue primary color and a fourth primary color, respectively. At the peak position of the fourth primary co... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762703 | Heads-up display, motor vehicle and method of operating a heads-up display A heads-up display comprises a monochrome display device for generating an image and an optical device for generating a virtual image from the image of the display device. The monochrome display device comprises a display and a backlight for illuminating the display... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7712939 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal module A backlight unit is adapted for increasing the brightness uniformity and life span of a light source, and a liquid crystal module using the same. A light unit includes a light source; a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the light source; a peltier devi... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7665874 | Method and apparatus for delivering visual information An information display device illuminates a light pipe, and includes a controller to regulate the power levels delivered to a light source, thereby regulating the amount of light delivered to the light pipe. Alternatively, the information display device delivers vis... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7645063 | Backlight unit A backlight unit, in which an incident surface of a light-guiding plate is formed in a shape of a curve, or a curve-shaped structure is formed in a housing to improve the light efficiency. The backlight unit includes a light source emitting light; a housing surround... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7635194 | Backlight assembly and display apparatus having the same A backlight assembly includes a light source unit, a reflective element, a receiving container and a diffusion plate. The light source unit has at least one point light source, and the point light source emits light toward a side surface direction. The reflective el... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7632000 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same A backlight assembly includes a light source, a light-guiding plate and a diffusion sheet that includes a first bead layer on a lower surface of the diffusion sheet facing the light-guiding plate, and a second bead layer on an upper surface of the diffusion sheet. T... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7581863 | Laser light source adapted for LCD back-lit displays A light source and a display utilizing the same are disclosed. The light source includes a laser, a light pipe, and an optical fiber. The light pipe includes a layer of transparent material having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first edge. The first optical ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7559682 | Backlight module with detachable light source set The present invention provides a backlight module used for a liquid crystal display. The backlight comprises a back plate having a first track set, a detachable light source set disposed on the back plate, and an optical films set combined with the back plate. The d... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7534023 | Backlight unit A backlight unit having a supplementary lamp for a smooth starting operation includes multiple light-emitting lamps arranged in one direction on a cover bottom; an inverter printed circuit board (PCB) provided at one rear side or both rear sides of the cover bottom;... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7527406 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device with reduced noise A backlight assembly includes a receiving container, a first side mold, a printed circuit board and a plurality of lamps. The first side mold is on the side of the receiving container. The printed circuit board is combined with the first side mold, the printed circu... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7507009 | Light guide plate, and backlight module and liquid crystal display comprising the same A light guide plate structure, for use with a back light module of a liquid crystal display, has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end portion, a second end portion which is opposite the first end portion, and a plurality of substantially paralleled V-shape g... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7436657 | Keyboard illumination device for portable computer The present invention is directed to a device for illuminating a keyboard or other portion of a PC main body unit of a portable computer (e.g., a convertible PC that can be used as a notebook PC or a tablet PC) by utilizing a center latch mechanism. An embodiment of... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434976 | Double-side display device with surface light source device having deflection patterns A double-side LCD having a surface light source device including a light guide plate and a light source facing one end face of the light guide plate. A plurality of deflection patterns are formed in a surface facing a light outgoing plane of the light guide plate, t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429111 | Two-panel color management system The invention provides a two-panel color management system for projection display applications, wherein color sequencing is accomplished using achromatic beam switching and static color separation. In a preferred embodiment, a liquid-crystal polarization switch alte... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428027 | Optical sheet, and backlight unit and display having plural microlenses on lens sheet with respective light transmission parts and pairs of reflection layers sandwiching the light transmission parts One embodiment of the present invention is an optical sheet including a lens sheet having a plurality of microlenses arranged on a front surface thereof and a plurality of projections located at a back side thereof, a projection being located between light transmiss... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423705 | Color correction of LCD lighting for ambient illumination Color correction of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) lighting in response to the color balance of ambient illumination. In response to the color balance of sensed ambient illumination, drive levels of light emitting diodes providing lighting to the LCD are changed. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419279 | Backlight assembly, liquid crystal display apparatus having the same and method of manufacturing lamp-fixing member A backlight assembly includes a receiving container, lamps, a diffusion plate and a lamp-fixing member. The receiving container includes a bottom plate and sidewalls together providing a receiving space. The lamps are arranged substantially parallel to each other on... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416309 | Optical film having a surface with rounded structures The present disclosure is directed to optical devices including a light source and an optical film having a first surface disposed to receive light from the light source and a second surface facing away from the light source. The second surface includes a two-dimens... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415176 | Method and device to improve backlight uniformity A hot spot filter for a light guide is created by taking an image of the light output pattern of an illiuminated light guide. The hot spot filter may be a film, a layer, or an additional liquid crystal display dedicated to attenuating bright spots from the light gui... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413328 | Remotely coupled hybrid HUD backlight A head-up display assembly includes a liquid crystal display element, a first backlight light source, and a remote backlight light source. The first light source is physically mounted in proximity to the liquid crystal display element, and is operable to directly ba... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407312 | Luminescent diode, fabrication method thereof, and backlight assembly having the same A luminescent diode (LED) that improves brightness uniformity, a fabrication method thereof, and a backlight assembly having the same are disclosed. The LED includes an LED chip that emits light in a side surface of an LCD device; and an optical guide element on the... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400439 | Uniform illumination system A compact and efficient optical illumination system featuring planar multi-layered LED light source arrays concentrating their polarized or un-polarized output within a limited angular range. The optical system manipulates light emitted by a planar light emitters su... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399107 | LCD back light module structure Disclosed is a LCD back light module structure comprising one or more than one LED arrayed along an electric conducting stick which being equipped with conductor blades on its surface. The conductor blade is used for connecting the conducting stick to a driving circ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387389 | Image display system and method An image display device includes an image processing unit, a light source assembly, an optical modulator assembly, and a projection lens assembly. The image processing unit is configured to receive a video signal and generate image data and control signals. The ligh... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388569 | Reflection liquid crystal display apparatus A reflective liquid crystal display device is integrated with a liquid crystal display panel (1), detects display surface illuminance by a plurality of light sensors (10) provided in the vicinity of the display surface, and in accordance with the detec... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387419 | Backlight of liquid crystal display device A backlight of a liquid crystal display device includes lamps and a conductive board. Each lamp has electrodes, one of which is contacted and retained by a contact terminal on the conductive board. The contact terminals are electrically connected by the conductive b... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377682 | Backlight module and liquid crystal display device using the same A backlight module includes a frame (55) including a spring element (556), a light guide plate (56) disposed in the frame including an incident surface (561), and a radiation element (59) being pressed onto the incident surface by ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377677 | Backlight assembly with excellent light efficiency and display device having the same A backlight assembly with excellent light efficiency and a display device provided with the backlight assembly is provided where the backlight assembly includes a plurality of light sources longitudinally arranged in parallel to each other, and a fixing member recei... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364336 | Plane light source device and display device provided with the same The present invention aims to provide a plane light source device having enhanced efficiency of use of light and high brightness uniformity. A plane light source device of the present invention is provided with a housing having an opening section, a scatterin... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364316 | Backlight unit A backlight unit includes a case; a plurality of fluorescent lamps on the case, each fluorescent lamp having ends arranged in one direction, and having first and second electrodes provided at respective ends; a first power supply line connected with the first electr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364339 | Flexible backlight unit for key of input device Provided is a backlight unit for a key of an input device. The unit includes a light guide plate and at least one light emitting unit. The light guide plate is formed of flexible transparent resin and has a light guide pattern portion in which a plurality of engrave... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364344 | Lamp housing and backlight module using the same An exemplary lamp housing includes a base (21), two frame members (23), and two frame holding members (24). The base includes an upper surface for disposing one lamp (20) thereon. The frame members are respectively attached to two opposit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362059 | Driving unit of fluorescent lamp and method for driving the same A fluorescent lamp driving unit includes fluorescent lamps, wherein each fluorescent lamp includes a first end and a second end opposing the first end; an inverter for driving the plurality of fluorescent lamps to emit light; and a controller for electrically connec... | 04/22/2008 |
