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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172444 | Light guide display with multiple light guide layers A light guide display includes a printed overlay layer, a first light guide layer, and a second light guide layer. The printed overlay layer includes an input region with a symbol that is at least partially translucent. The first light guide layer is disposed on a b... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157399 | Control unit for an appliance A control unit including a keypad having a plurality control indicators, a light producing device configured to illuminate the control indicators, and a light blocking device disposed between the control indicators and the light producing device and configured to se... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8096692 | Surface light-emitting device and automated transaction apparatus using the same A surface light-emitting device includes a transparent plate having two main surfaces and a light source. The light source is arranged adjacent to a side of the transparent plate so that the light source radiates light to the inside of the transparent plate from the... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7771099 | Electronic device with backlit display An electronic device comprises a housing having a half-mirror region molded into the housing, and a light source disposed within the electronic device and configured to transmit light through the half-mirror region to an exterior of the housing. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7758226 | Billboard and fabrication thereof An exemplary billboard includes a backlight module, a light transmissive canvas, a pattern layer and a light converging layer. The light transmissive canvas is adjacent to the backlight module. The light transmissive canvas includes a first surface facing the backli... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758225 | Key pad lighting apparatus for a portable terminal A key pad lighting apparatus for a portable terminal includes: a waveguide in which a plurality of key buttons are arranged at one surface thereof; at least one light source provided at one side of the waveguide for introducing the light into the waveguide; and a gu... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7736042 | Back light unit Provided is a back light unit. The back light unit includes a light guide plate having a light guide pattern part; at least one light emitting unit provided at a sidewall of the light guide plate, and irradiating light to the light guide plate; a keypad positioned o... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7677781 | Sheet switch module A sheet switch module including a circuit board (22), at least one key switch (25) disposed on the circuit board, and a flexible light guiding sheet (31) which is disposed on the key switch and configured to cover the circuit board, the light gu... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7677782 | LED flat lamp An LED flat lamp including a housing with a light-emitting area at the bottom thereof. The internal side thereof undergoes a reflexion treatment. At least one LED is disposed within the housing. A power connector is extended from the LED to the outside. The LED is i... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7628525 | Illumination device for refrigerator A light source for a refrigerator includes a power supply and a light emitting diode (LED) module. A light emitting portion of the LED module may be located in the interior of a rear end of a shelf plate. ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7607812 | Light-emitting diode panel fixture A light-emitting diode panel fixture including a light guide panel, a light-emitting diode strip at an edge of the light guide panel, a base encompassing the light-emitting diode strip and attached to the light guide panel, and a trim attached to the base. ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7581865 | Light guide plate, panel light-emitting structure and disk drive A panel light-emitting structure includes a front panel, a light guide plate, a light-emitting portion, a guide, etc. The light guide plate is formed in a transversely elongated shape having a long side and a short side, and includes an elongated hole extending in a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7422353 | Light-emitting device for image taking and image-taking apparatus having same A light-emitting device is disclosed which enables efficient use of luminous flux and achieves a desired light emission characteristic. The light-emitting device has an optical member which has an emergence surface and a plurality of optical portions, each of the op... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422357 | Optical plate and backlight module using the same An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a first surface, a second surface, a plurality of encircling V-shaped protrusions and a lamp-receiving portion. The second surface is opposite to the first s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413321 | Light-emitting diode shelf A light-emitting diode shelf includes a light guide panel, a reflector covering a first side of the light guide panel, a first diffuser covering a second side of the light guide panel, a second diffuser covering the reflector, a light-emitting diode strip at an edge... | 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 |
| 7410284 | Methods for producing three dimensional, self-supporting, light redirecting roof lighting systems A self-supporting roof lighting system that accepts low elevation light and rejects high elevation light may be produced by making arrays of parallel laser cuts through, or partly through, a flat sheet of transparent acrylic, cutting the segment containing the array... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7364337 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7366393 | Light enhancing structures with three or more arrays of elongate features Various embodiments comprise light recycling films comprising an array of parallel ridges and grooves that form prisms that selectively reflect or transmit light. In some embodiments, the light recycling film may be used in displays that include spatial light modula... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359095 | Apparatus used with scanner for holding transparent objective film A film holding apparatus for use with a scanner is provided. The film holding apparatus selectively holds a positive film and a negative film that are to be scanned. The positive film is thicker than the negative film. The film holding apparatus includes a base, a p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354181 | Cockpit module The cockpit module of a vehicle has a cup holder which has an opening for receiving a drinking vessel, and an illumination device for illuminating the cup holder. The cockpit module also has a printed circuit board on which the illumination device is arranged. A mot... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350952 | Illumination system and display device using the same An illumination system that makes it possible to generate light with less color irregularity with a simple structure while restraining the increase of size is provided. A tube-shaped reflector having a tube-shaped wall whose inner surface is reflective is provided. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347605 | Surface light source for emitting light from two surfaces and double-sided display device using the same A surface light source device includes a light-emitting element which generates light, and a light guide plate which causes light emitted from the light-emitting element to be incident from an end face, causes the light to be reflected between opposite plate surface... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347611 | Optical guide and image forming apparatus using the same An optical guide and an image forming apparatus which uses the optical guide in an eraser or an auxiliary transfer device. The optical guide guides light incident through one side in a lengthwise direction, makes the light in an effective width range of the lengthwi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338196 | Low profile light panel Low profile, thin panels using a layer of clear cast polymer with a reflective, mirrored backing and edges and a light diffusing face sheet, carrying light sources using fiber optic lenses or diodes on all or any sides thereof. The reflective sides direct the light ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338193 | Light transfer device for an electronic device An electronic device includes a housing having pivotal portions and having a hinge defining a hinge axis between the pivotal portions about which the pivotal portions are pivotal. A light source is associated with one of the pivotal portions and a light receiver is ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334929 | Method of producing multicolor pixel sheet and color filter using the same The present invention is a method of producing a multicolor pixel sheet on which pixels of different colors (R, G and B) and a black matrix are formed. Pixels are formed with a gap therebetween on a light-transmitting substrate and each pixel is composed of a colori... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334930 | Light guide element and backlight module using the same A light guide element (100) includes a light guide plate (20) and a frame (23). The light guide plate includes a first guiding portion (21), and a second guiding portion (22) adjoining the first guiding portion. The first guiding p... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316353 | Line-illuminating device and image-scanning device A line-illuminating device comprises a white casing, a bar-shaped light guide housed within the casing, and light-emitting units provided on opposite ends of the bar-shaped light guide. The light-emitting unit has a substrate forming a circuit on which a lead wire f... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287891 | Backlight assembly and display device having the same A backlight assembly includes a light source unit a light guiding plate and an optical changing pattern. The tight source unit includes a light source, a first lens portion enclosing the light source and a second lens portion positioned on the first lens portion. Th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286193 | Liquid crystal display unit having a field sequential driven backlight unit A backlight unit for a display device and a liquid crystal display device using the backlight unit suppresses light leakage to a neighboring region with a display area that is divided and driven by a DDAM (Divided Display Area Method). The backlight unit in one aspe... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281833 | LED vehicle lamp including reflector with paraboloidal sections A vehicle lamp includes a set of alternatively provided first and second reflection surfaces that reflect the light emitted by a first and second respective diodes toward a lamp lens. Each of the first and second reflection surface is a part of a rotational parabolo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280288 | Composite optical lens with an integrated reflector A composite optical lens is disclosed. The composite optical lens includes a concave bottom surface adapted to receive light, reflective surface adapted to reflect the received light, and optical surface through which the reflected light leaves the optical lens. The... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273297 | Novelty product with chemiluminescent and LED lighting system A device combining a chemiluminescent and an LED lighting element. By way of illustration, depicted is a stylized “cartoon” ghost representation having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including a cavity for receipt of the chemiluminescent... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7237937 | Touch panel assembly In a touch panel assembly, the thickness of a touch panel is successfully reduced by using a touch panel 10 provided with no reinforcement member. A housing frame 50 that supports the components of a front light unit 20 in an integral manner is ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223008 | Backlighting device for an information display element of a portable object The backlighting device (1) enables an information display element of a portable object such as a wristwatch to be illuminated from the back. This device comprises a light guide plate (7) having a front face and a rear face, a light reflector (6... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223009 | Backlighting device for an information display element of a portable object The backlighting device (1) enables an information display element of a portable object such as a wristwatch to be illuminated from the back. This device comprises a light guide plate (7) having a front face and a rear face, a light reflector (6... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224501 | Light-emitting device and apparatus having the same A light-emitting device is disclosed which allows efficient irradiation of light from a plurality of light sources to achieve a predetermined light emission characteristic and has a small size. The light-emitting device has an optical member which includes a first r... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223007 | Method and apparatus for selectively backlighting a plurality of displays with a common light source A device and method for optimizing lighting for a display (108) in a multi-display electronic device (100), is disclosed. The method includes emitting light waves (302) from at least one light source (244), to a back surface (122, 132 | 05/29/2007 |
