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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182130 | Light guiding structure of a light guide plate A light guiding structure of a light guide plate is provided. The light guiding structure comprises a plurality of protrusion ridge portions extending along a longitudinal direction. The height or the vertex angle of each protrusion ridge portion periodically or ran... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8136976 | Light guiding structure of a light guide plate A light guiding structure of a light guide plate is provided. The light guiding structure comprises a plurality of protrusion ridge portions extending along a longitudinal direction. The height or the vertex angle of each protrusion ridge portion periodically or ran... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8118469 | Surface illuminating device and image display apparatus A surface illuminating device is provided and includes a plurality of linear light sources, a light-transmissive optical sheet including a luminance-distribution control layer for decreasing unevenness in luminance of light emitted from the linear light sources, and... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113705 | Optical plate, backlight assembly and display device including the same Provided is an optical plate that resolves white screen generation while maintaining emission brightness, a backlight assembly and a display device including the same. The optical plate is a light guide plate for a liquid crystal display. The light guide plate inclu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8092068 | Light redirecting films and film systems Optical assembly includes a generally planar light output surface located on a first major plane, and a generally planar second surface located on a second major plane approximately parallel to the first major plane and superimposed thereon. Both the light output su... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075174 | Light guide plate microstructure A light guide plate microstructure is provided. The light guide plate microstructure is located on at least one surface of the light guide plate and has a plurality of groove units. Each groove unit has multiple V-shaped grooves, and each V-shaped groove has an apex... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8042963 | Optical member, method of manufacturing the optical member and backlight assembly having the optical member An optical member includes a base body, a plurality of light-concentrating lenses and a plurality of light-diffusing patterns. The base body has a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface and receives light from light sources. The li... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8002455 | Light-emitting panel A light-emitting panel (50) includes a first light source (511) for emitting first light of a first single color, a second light source (512) for emitting second light of a second single color and a light guide plate (52). The light guide... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997783 | Front light unit with prisms structure and display apparatus having the same The front light unit includes a light source and a light guide plate that guides light emitted from the light source. The light guide plate includes a rear surface through which the guided light is emitted and a front surface facing the rear surface, and a plurality... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7972052 | Backlight unit A backlight unit including a light guide panel which has opposite upper and lower faces, and guides light, introduced into an inside thereof, between the upper and lower faces through internal reflection, and a prism sheet which collects and transmits the light, int... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7950838 | Light directing film A light directing film and an optical system incorporating same are disclosed. The light directing film includes a first major surface and a microstructured second major surface. The microstructured second major surface has at least two periodic microstructured patt... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7927002 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device comprising the same A backlight unit capable of reducing or effectively preventing a hot spot phenomenon includes a plurality of light sources generating lights, a light guide plate including a portion on which the lights generated from the light sources are incident and converting the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7866870 | Backlight assembly A backlight assembly which can reduce manufacturing costs and enhance display quality of a liquid crystal display (“LCD”). The backlight assembly includes: a light source emitting light; and a light guide plate (“LGP”) including an incident surface on which ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7845810 | Prism sheet and liquid crystal display device using the same An exemplary prism sheet includes a light input surface, a light output surface opposite to the light input surface, and a plurality of micro-protrusions formed on the light output surface and arranged in a skewed matrix. Each micro-protrusion includes at least thre... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845811 | Prism sheet and liquid crystal display device using the same An exemplary prism sheet (20) includes a light input surface (201), a light output surface (202) opposite to the light input surface, and a plurality of micro-depressions (205). The plurality of micro-depressions are defined in the light ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845840 | Light guide plate and backlight module having the same A light guide plate has a light-receiving surface, a light-emitting surface, and a light-reflecting surface. Multiple first arc-shaped longitudinal structures are arranged on the light-receiving surface with their longitudinal directions being substantially parallel... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7810982 | Edge-lit optical system having optical elements on two surfaces Optical assembly includes a light source adjacent a light input edge and generally parallel and planar first and second surfaces each comprising respective patterns of well defined optical elements that are quite small in relation to the length and width of the opti... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7780331 | Surface illuminant equipment A plurality of convex strip portions are formed on a front surface (or a back surface) of a light guiding plate, extending in a direction from a light incidence plane to an opposite side surface. A concave portion is formed on a side surface of each convex strip por... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7753579 | Light guide plate, back light assembly having the same and display apparatus having the same In a light guide plate and a display apparatus having the light guide plate, the light guide plate includes an incident face and a first exiting face. The incident face receives a light provided from an exterior. The first exiting face includes a first area and a se... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7726865 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device A backlight unit includes a prism sheet (an optical path changing portion and a light gathering portion) having lenses and being disposed to face an output surface of a light guide member, and a plurality of second prism inclined surfaces that are inclined at a pred... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726864 | Light-guiding plate, lighting device and display device A reflector has a curved part covering the light source and a pair of end parts extending at the two sides of the curved part. The inside surface of each end part has a plurality of substantially parallel projections or depressions. The light-guiding plate has an in... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722241 | Optical plate and backlight module using the same An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate section. The transparent plate section includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of spherical protrusions, a plurality of microstructures, and a lamp-receiving portion. The light... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717604 | Optic film of side-edge backlight module A side-edge backlight module includes at least a light guide board, a reflector film, a plurality of optic films and a light source. The optic film has a surface on which a plurality of rib-like micro light guides is formed. Each micro light guide includes a plurali... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7712944 | Luminance enhancement optical substrates with anti-chatter structures An optical substrate possesses a structured surface that enhances luminance or brightness and reduces chatter phenomenon. A structured surface is provided, in which some of the valleys (low valleys) are coplanar to the surface of the underlying support layer and oth... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712945 | Prism sheet and backlight module using the same An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. A plurality of elongated V-shaped protrusions are formed on the first surface. A plurality of... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7708448 | All-in-one type light guide plate and backlight apparatus employing the same An all-in-one light guide plate, a backlight apparatus employing the same, and a method of manufacturing the all-in-one light guide plate are provided. The all-in-one light guide plate has a structure in which a plurality of protrusion type refractive elements for o... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7695179 | Illuminating device An illuminating device has a light pipe that is elongate in shape and has a light-emitting face running in the direction of a longitudinal axis. A light-reflecting face is disposed opposite the light-emitting face, and the light-reflecting face has a plurality of pr... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7686496 | Light guide plate, surface light source device and image display A light guide plate has an emission face provided with a plurality of projection rows. Each projection row consists of a pair of slopes, a first slope (a slope far from an incidence end face) and a second slope (another slope near to the incidence end face). An incl... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7670020 | 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 first protrusions, a plurality of second protrusions and a lamp-receiving portion. The second surface is op... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661868 | Diffuser sheet for compensating for chromatic dispersion and illumination apparatus employing the same A diffuser sheet which compensates for chromatic dispersion generated in a hologram light guide plate, and an illumination apparatus employing the diffuser sheet are provided. The diffuser sheet includes a plate type light-transmissive substrate and a light diffusio... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654723 | 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 conical frustum protrusions, a plurality of spherical protrusions and a lamp-receiving portion. The second ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7632003 | Back light unit A back light unit, in which bright lines produced from point light sources, light emitting diodes, in an oblique direction are removed, so that brightness can be uniformly maintained at a liquid crystal panel. The back light unit includes a prism light guide plate, ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7614777 | Liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device of high quality having high brightness and uniform brightness distribution by focusing the light radiation direction from a light guide plate in the vertical direction with respect to a light radiation s... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7614776 | Diffusing board and surface light source device A diffusing board which can suppress moiré fringes, color flickering and screen brightness deterioration on a screen of a liquid crystal display device. On the surface of a transparent board (83), a pattern wherein substantially rectangular shapes are arrang... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7581867 | Brightness enhancement film using an array of light concentrators A brightness enhancement article and illumination system provides light from a two-dimensional surface. The brightness enhancement article has a plurality of light collecting structures wherein each light collecting structure is longitudinally extended in a length d... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7568827 | Light guide member and backlight unit including light guide member A light guide member for guiding light incident thereon from a light source, the light guide member including a plurality of the first grooves extending along a first direction on a first side of the light guide member, a plurality of second grooves extending along ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7563013 | Light guide plate A light guide plate is adapted for use with at least one light source that is capable of providing source light beams. The light guide plate includes a plate body, and a plurality of light-guiding structures that are distributed on the plate body. Each of the light-... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7559683 | Backlight assembly, light guiding plate including plurality of discontinuously formed prisms A backlight assembly includes a light source for emitting light; and a light guiding plate for guiding the light emitted from the light source. A plurality of prisms is discontinuously formed on a surface of the light guiding plate in a longitudinal direction thereo... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7530725 | Light guide plate with reflective/refractive depressions, and backlight module using the same A backlight module (20) includes a light source (21), a prism sheet (23) and a light guide plate (22). The light guide plate includes an incident surface (221), an emitting surface (223), a bottom surface (222) and a ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527413 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight. The backlight includes plural line light sources arranged in parallel with each other, a transparent optical plate disposed on a liquid-crystal-display-panel side of the line light s... | 05/05/2009 |
