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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167474 | Surface light source device A light guide plate is formed of a light introducing part positioned to face a point light source for confining light and a light guide plate body having a thickness smaller than the thickness of an end of the light introducing part on a point light source side and ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152348 | Extraction of light from a light conducting medium in a preferred emanation pattern An apparatus and method for extraction of light from a light conducting medium in a preferred emanation pattern are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first light conducting sheet including aspherical particles, and a light source placed along t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142063 | Light emitting panel assemblies Light emitting panel assembly comprises a light emitting panel member and a light source. At least one surface of the panel member has a pattern of light extracting deformities formed by applying the deformities to the panel member and afterward permanently attachin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128273 | Illumination system and display device An illumination system for illuminating a display device includes a light-mixing chamber having a light-exit window, a rear wall situated opposite the light-exit window, and edge walls which extend between the light-exit window and the rear wall. A surface of the re... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8096694 | Light guiding assembly A light guiding assembly is provided. The light guiding assembly includes a first light guiding plate, a second light guiding plate, and a shielding plate. The second light guiding plate is located adjacent to the first light guiding plate. The shielding plate is po... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096693 | Light guide plate and backlight unit A light guide plate includes: a plate surrounded by two main surfaces and a plurality of end surfaces connecting the main surfaces, one of the end surfaces designated as an entrance surface, one of the main surfaces designated as a reflection surface; a first reflec... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8070344 | Plane-like lighting units and display equipment provided therewith A light unit which includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) light sources arranged in parallel, a light-guiding member arranged on said LED light sources, a light reflecting part for reflecting light from said LED light sources forward, a light diffusion p... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8033706 | Lightguide comprising a low refractive index region In one embodiment of this invention, a lightguide comprises a low refractive index region disposed between light extracting region and a non-scattering region. In further embodiment of this invention, volumetric scattering lightguide comprises a low refractive index... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021010 | Light-emitting module, diffusion unit and diffusion sheet A diffusion unit of a light-emitting module is disposed adjacent to at least one light source. The light source emits a light beam. The diffusion unit includes a first diffusion sheet and a second diffusion sheet. The thickness of the first diffusion sheet is less t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016445 | Planar light emitting element, image display element, and image display device using the same A planar light emitting element is capable of outputting light having high directivity in at least one direction. The planar light emitting element has a light guide plate and first and second low refractive index layers. Light incident on the light guide plate is t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016450 | Illuminating apparatus and display apparatus An illuminating apparatus is provided and includes a plurality of point light sources in one plane and a first optical sheet and a second optical sheet overlapped in a region facing the plurality of point light sources. The plurality of point light sources are arran... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8002451 | Backlight assembly and display device having the same A backlight assembly includes; light sources which emit light, a diffusion plate including an incident surface on which the light is incident, an exit surface which is disposed substantially opposite to the incident surface and from which the light exits, and a lens... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7963687 | Light emitting panel assemblies Light emitting assembly includes an optical conductor having a pattern of deformities on or in front and back sides of the optical conductor to cause light to be emitted from a light emitting surface on at least one of the sides. At least one of the deformities vari... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7905647 | Prism sheet, back light unit using the same and liquid crystal display device having the back light unit A prism sheet, a back light unit using the same and liquid crystal display device having the back light unit are disclosed, for improvement of light concentration, frontal luminance and viewing angle, in which the prism sheet includes a light-condensing film. The li... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7887227 | Transreflectors, transreflector systems and displays and methods of making transreflectors The transreflectors may comprise a transparent substrate having reflective surfaces and other light transmissive surfaces for respectively reflecting and transmitting a greater portion of the light striking opposite sides of the substrate. Alternatively, the transre... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7850355 | Optical member, surface light source unit, and liquid crystal display An optical member that will be incorporated in a surface light source unit and that is scarcely deformed while it is used as a component of the surface light source unit. The optical member comprises optical sheets layered on each other. The optical sheets at least ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837373 | Optical plate having encircling protrusions and elongated V-shaped protrusions 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 protrusions, a plurality of elongated V-shaped protrusions and a lamp-receiving portion. The sec... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824090 | Optical sheet and backlight unit using the same An optical sheet and a backlight unit using the same are disclosed, in which deviation of a viewing angle is minimized to improve picture quality. The optical sheet includes a diffusion sheet provided with a plurality of diffusion patterns diffusing incident light i... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7798695 | Light emitting panel assemblies Light emitting assemblies include an optical conductor having at least one slot, cavity or hole in at least one side that defines at least one input surface for a light source having a light output distribution defined by a greater width component than height compon... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7703969 | Backlight unit having multilayer light deflecting film A backlight unit includes a light guide plate having opposite side surfaces and a peripheral edge surface. A part of the peripheral edge surface is a light entrance surface, and one of the opposite side surfaces is a light exit surface. A light source is disposed ad... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7686493 | Display A display comprises a light source and an image display panel disposed in an optical path from the light source. The light source comprises a primary light source for illuminating a re-emission material which comprises at least a first nanophosphor material for, whe... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7665876 | Backlight unit A backlight unit includes: light guide plate surrounded by main surfaces and end surfaces, one end surface facing a light source designated as entrance surface, one main surface designated as emitting surface; first prism sheet provided above the light guide plate, ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7635215 | Optical sheet and backlight unit using the same An optical sheet and a backlight unit using the same are disclosed, in which deviation of a viewing angle is minimized to improve picture quality. The optical sheet includes a diffusion sheet provided with a plurality of diffusion patterns diffusing incident light i... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7628526 | Back light unit A back light unit is disclosed, which improves condensing efficiency of light and viewing angle characteristics. The back light unit includes at least one lamp generating light, a light guide plate emitting light across a surface thereof using the light generated fr... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7621665 | Light source device, display device, terminal device, and optical member In the display device, a light source unit, a louver, a transparent/scattering state switching element, and a transmissive liquid crystal panel are provided in sequence, an optical waveguide and a cone sheet are provided to the light source unit, and a light source ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7618178 | Backlight containing formed birefringence reflective polarizer A backlight unit comprises: (1) a light source; (2) a light guide plate (LGP) having an incident face toward the light source and having a refractive index nLGP; (3) a reflective polariz... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607813 | Backlight module A backlight module includes a light source and an integrated optical film. The integrated optical film includes a base, a brightness enhancement layer and a diffusion layer. The base has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The brightness enh... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7566158 | Display device and backlight unit for the same A backlight unit for a display device is disclosed. The backlight unit includes a first optical sheet, a light source to supply light to the first optical sheet, and a first antireflection layer on a surface of the first optical sheet. ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7553058 | Optical plate and method for manufacturing same and backlight module using same An exemplary optical plate (23) includes a transparent plate portion 231, a plurality of brightness enhancement structures (232) and a light diffusion layer (233). The transparent plate portion has a light input interface (2311), a... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553059 | Optical sheet, and backlight unit and display using the same In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553057 | Display device and backlight unit for the same A backlight unit for a display device includes a light guide plate formed with a first prism pattern on one of top and bottom surfaces, a lamp including first and second lamp portions facing first and second side surfaces, respectively, of the light guide plate, and... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7547129 | Controlled viewing angle display apparatus A light source apparatus permits an angular range of illumination light to be changed, wherein the apparatus can be made thin. A related display apparatus permits a visible angular range to be changed using the light source apparatus. The display apparatus can be mo... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7540648 | Diffusion plate assembly A diffusion-plates assembly and a direct-type backlight module assembly are provided. The diffusion-plates assembly includes a first diffusion plate and a second diffusion plate. There are pluralities of first microstructures on the emergent surface of the first dif... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7537370 | Light emitting panel assemblies Light emitting panel assemblies include an optical panel member having a pattern of light extracting deformities on or in one or both sides to cause light to be emitted in a predetermined output distribution. The pattern of light extracting deformities on or in one ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7524099 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display and method of reducing light leakage in a black mode of a liquid crystal display is provided. In the liquid crystal display, a backlight assembly generates light, and a display unit is disposed over the backlight assembly to display an image... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7517126 | Light source structure of backlight module A light source structure of a backlight module includes a casing, a heat sink, a plurality of light source generators, a first reflecting element and a second reflecting element. If a light emitting component of the light source generator is lit, a spot light source... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7488103 | Lighting device with light guide plate illuminated by LED A lighting device for a liquid crystal display and the like comprises: a light guide plate having a top surface serving as a light exiting surface, a bottom reflective surface and a circumferential surface; and a least one LED unit disposed adjacent to the circumfer... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484874 | Optical sheet and backlight unit having the same An optical sheet and a backlight unit having the same are provided. The optical sheet includes a substrate, a lens array, and a diffuser film. The lens array includes a plurality of lenses arranged on an upper surface of the substrate and the diffuser film disposed ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7478938 | Two-sided-emission-type back light unit and display using said back light unit A back light unit including a light source, a light guiding plate having an entrance surface to receive light emitted from the light source, a first emission surface and a second emission surface, a semi-transmissive/reflective member disposed to face one of the fir... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476015 | Backlight apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus A low-profile edge-lit backlight apparatus includes a light guiding plate which guides light introduced from a side by utilizing total reflection on a light emitting surface as one principal surface and a light reflecting surface as the other principal surface and e... | 01/13/2009 |
