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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186842 | Backlight module A backlight module including a back plate, a frame, a light guide plate, and a light bar is provided. The back plate has a carrying portion and at least one holding portion, and the frame is leaned against the holding portion. The light guide plate is disposed on th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8177407 | 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... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162499 | Backlight unit, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus A backlight unit includes: an arrangement surface on which a plurality of light sources are arranged; a plurality of reflection surfaces which are erected from a plurality of edges of the arrangement surface and reflect a light from the plurality of light sources, w... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157430 | Backlight device and planar display device using the same Electrode terminals (33a, 33b) of an LED (3) and a mounting wiring (42) of an FPC (4) are bonded by using a conductive adhesive, and a metal slug (31) of the LED (3) and a heat dissipation wiring (43 | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152351 | Laser illuminated backlight for flat panel displays Laser lit flat panel displays are disclosed including edge-lit and direct lit backlights. In certain embodiments, laser assemblies are selected to obtain bandwidth distributions to reduce speckle. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152350 | Sidelight-type backlight module A sidelight-type backlight module includes a casing body, a light-guiding plate, a reflector plate, a light-emitting unit, and a reflector component. The reflector plate is disposed at a surface of the light-guiding plate, and has an extension part extending beyond ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8118466 | Backlight assembly, display device having the same, display substrate for the same and method of manufacturing the same A backlight assembly includes first and second backlight units independently operating based on driving modes, and a light blocking member interposed between the first and second backlight units. The first backlight assembly includes a first light source generating ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113704 | Backlight unit having light guide plates An LED back-light unit and other devices using the LED back-light unit are discussed. According to one embodiment, an LED back-light unit includes a light guide portion that includes a light guide plate and a reflection plate coupled to the light guide plate, wherei... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109644 | Thin backlight using low profile side emitting LEDS Backlights containing low profile, side-emitting LEDs are described that have improved brightness uniformity. In one embodiment, the backlight comprises a solid transparent lightguide with a plurality of openings in a bottom surface of the lightguide, each opening c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104944 | Light emitting panel assemblies Optical assembly comprises a light emitting panel member having opposite sides and an input edge for receiving light from light sources optically coupled to a different location along the input edge. On or in at least one of the sides of the panel member is a patter... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100574 | Light module A light module includes a light guide plate, a light bar, and a first reflector. The light guide plate has a first edge surface, a second edge surface, and a top surface serving as a light-outgoing surface. The light bar is disposed on the first edge surface for pro... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092064 | Tiled illumination assembly and related methods Illumination assemblies, components, and related methods are described. An illumination assembly is provided that comprises a plurality of illumination tiles each having a light emission surface. The plurality of illumination tiles are arranged in a two-dimensional ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092065 | Multi-function planar light source illumination lamp The invention discloses a multi-function planar light source illumination lamp having a containing space and comprising a first lighting unit, a second lighting unit, a light guide unit and a control unit. The first lighting unit is used for generating a first light... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079744 | Illuminating brick An illuminating brick includes a block and at least one light-emitting element mounted in the brick. The brick has a top face, a bottom face and a plurality of lateral side surfaces interconnecting the top and bottom faces. The at least one light-emitting element is... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8052317 | Light emitting apparatus and light unit having the same A light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting diode including a body with a light emitting diode chip packaged therein and a plurality of lead electrodes contacted with one side of the body and a board including a plurality of electrode pads connected to lowe... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8025434 | Two-sided illumination device A two-sided illumination device including a printed wiring board, a first light source and first translucent member connected to a first side of the wiring board, and a second light source and second translucent member connected to a second side of the wiring board.... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8011818 | Lighting device including plural optical structures having at least two different refraction indices, and lighting methods A lighting device, comprising at least one solid state light emitter and one (or more) optical device(s) which (each) comprises at least first, second and third optical structures, first and second surfaces of the second structure being in contact with a surface of ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8002453 | Light-emitting diode backlight module and liquid crystal display using the same A backlight module is disclosed for reducing the occurrence of corner dark space. In the backlight module, two tightly adjacent light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are disposed near a light-guide plate, and each of the LEDs is tilted outwards with a predetermined angle, wh... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002454 | Backlight assembly Backlight assembly includes a plurality of light guide plates, a plurality of light modules, and a plurality of driving units separately in control of corresponding light modules which are configured at the incident sides of the LGPs. Each light module faces two adj... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997782 | Lamp having plurality of optical extraction structures A lamp for emitting light, comprising a transparent sheet-like lightguide, with at least one light receiving side, a light emission front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface. The lamp further comprises a plurality of light sources, positioned in an... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7972051 | Double-sided backlight and assembly incorporating a double-sided light source coupling light guide Described are a backlight, a backlight assembly for use in an electronic device and an electronic device configured to activate the backlight's first light source and to activate the backlight's second light source independently of one another. The described double-... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7927000 | Backlight assembly and cover for a compact display apparatus A back cover for a backlight assembly capable of achieving a more compact a display apparatus includes a cover element, a line portion, and a plurality of point light sources. The cover element includes a metallic layer, and the cross-section of the cover element ha... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914194 | Backlight unit having light emititng diodes and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a backlight unit including: a chassis having an insulating layer formed on a top thereof; a circuit pattern formed on the insulating layer; a plurality of light emitting diodes formed on the insulating layer to electrically connect to the circuit p... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909497 | Backlight assembly, display device having the same, display substrate for the same and method of manufacturing the same A backlight assembly includes first and second backlight units independently operating based on driving modes, and a light blocking member interposed between the first and second backlight units. The first backlight assembly includes a first light source generating ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7883253 | Backlight module A backlight module comprises at least a light-guide plate, a palette device and an LED bar. The palette device comprises a palette and light-guide bar and at least one palette LED. The palette and light-guide bar is disposed at a side end of the light-guide plate an... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874716 | Illumination device An illumination device includes a light-pervious substrate, a solid-state light source and at least one solar cell. The substrate has a bottom surface, a light incident surface adjacent to the bottom surface, and a light emitting surface opposite to the bottom surfa... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866869 | Laser illuminated backlight for flat panel displays Laser lit flat panel displays are disclosed including edge-lit and direct lit backlights. In certain embodiments, laser assemblies are selected to obtain bandwidth distributions to reduce speckle. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7837375 | Planar illumination device and liquid crystal display device using the planar illumination device as a backlight A planar illumination device is provided that can achieve even distributions of mixed colors and luminance, downsizing and weight saving without lowering the luminous efficiency of LED chips. In addition, a liquid crystal display device using the planar illumination... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832915 | Surface light source device and image display unit A surface light source device includes a first light source disposed so as to face a reflecting surface of a reflecting member, a second light source having spectrum selectivity different from that of the first light source, a light diffusing member configured to di... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7810980 | Multi-colored illuminator An apparatus for providing a multicolored illuminator is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first sheet comprising a plurality of columnar illuminators stacked side by side, and a plurality of colored light sources placed along an edge of the fi... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810979 | Illuminating device with primary color LED and fluorescent light sources, and liquid crystal display device An illumination device including a first light source for emitting light of a first primary color, a second light source for emitting light of a second primary color, and a third light source for emitting light of a third primary color, wherein the first light sourc... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794099 | LED lamp An LED lamp includes a base plate, a plurality of LED components fixed on the base plate in lines and a light-guiding module located over the LED components. The light-guiding module has a plurality of light-reflecting bars mounted above the LED components. Each of ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7780330 | Elongated illuminators configuration for LCD displays A solid waveguide comprises opposite TIR surfaces further comprising: a) at least one light input surface for coupling light from a solid state light source; b) at least one mixing section; c) at l... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771102 | Planar lighting device A thinner and larger planar lighting device is achieved without increasing the number of light sources and holding the power consumption to a minimum. The LED chips on the light sources are arrayed at an array density varying according to the position of each of the... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766530 | Backlight, a lens for a backlight, and a backlight assembly having the same A lens for a backlight, including: a light transmissive body including outer and inner surface areas, the outer surface area having a convex surface and a concave surface, the inner surface area having a convex surface and a concave surface, wherein the convex surfa... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7753578 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel for modulating light to form an image, and a back light unit having a plurality of lamp tubes with outside electrodes and without inside electrodes. Each of the plurality of lamp tubes has a first outs... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731409 | Illumination device and method for producing a spatial pattern of light at different wavelengths An illumination device for use in display devices produces a spatial pattern of light at different wavelengths using multiple light sources and waveguides. Each light source emits light at a different wavelength. The waveguides define optical apertures that are spat... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717601 | Systems and methods for compensating brightness uniformity of backlit image displays Systems and methods for compensating brightness uniformity of transmissive backlit display devices using auxiliary lights to provide additional light to compensate light provided by the main backlights of a backlit image display device. Auxiliary lights may be, for ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7703972 | Back light unit A back light unit is disclosed. The back light unit includes a laser light source having a superior system organization efficiency and color reproducibility, and achieves uniform illumination by diffusing laser beams onto a light guide panel. ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7677784 | Optical unit, backlight assembly having the same and display device having the same An optical unit includes a base, a light-condensing member disposed on the base to condense a first portion of light that is incident onto the base and protrusion members disposed on a surface of the light-condensing member to scatter a second portion of the light t... | 03/16/2010 |
