IP Library Granted Patent US 7,372,079
Granted Patent B2
US 7,372,079 · App. 11/656,273 · Granted May 13, 2008

Surface light emitter, display apparatus and light control member

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Patent No.
US 7,372,079
App. No.
11/656,273
Granted
May 13, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

To improve the front brightness of the light emitted from a surface light emitter having a surface light emitting device. In the surface light emitter to which a light control sheet having depressions is provided, the surface of the light control sheet having the depressions is adhered to a light emitting side surface of a surface light emitting device, and the transparent material whose refractive index is lower than the refractive index of the light control sheet is arranged in the spaces formed between the depressions and the light emitting side surface of the surface light emitting device.

Claims (33)

1. A surface light emitter, comprising:

a surface light emitting device which has a light emitting side surface, through which the surface light emitting device emits light; and

a light control sheet which has a surface on which a plurality of depressions and a flat portion between the depressions are provided, the light control sheet being mounted on the light emitting device, with the flat portion being bonded to the light emitting side surface,

wherein transparent material fills the depressions, and a refractive index of the transparent material is lower than a refraction index of the light control sheet.

2. The surface light emitter of claim 1 , wherein a shape of a longitudinal section of the depressions is a triangle, a trapezoid or an arc.

3. The surface light emitter of claim 1 , wherein a depth of the depressions is the same as a thickness of the light control sheet.

4. The surface light emitter of claim 1 , wherein the transparent material is air.

5. The surface light emitter of claim 1 , wherein the transparent material is ultraviolet curable resin.

6. A display apparatus, comprising:

a transmissive display device; and

a surface light emitter, the surface light emitter including:

a surface light emitting device which has a light emitting side surface, through which the surface light emitting device emits light; and

a light control sheet which has a surface on which a plurality of depressions and a flat portion between the depressions are provided, the light control sheet being mounted on the light emitting device with the flat portion being bonded to the light emitting side surface, wherein transparent material fills the depressions,

a refractive index of the transparent material being lower than a refraction index of the light control sheet, and the surface light emitter functions as a backlight.

7. A display apparatus, comprising:

a surface light emitting device which has a matrix of a plurality of pixels arranged in a plane for emitting light;

a light control sheet which has a surface on which a plurality of depressions and a flat portion between the depressions are provided, the light control sheet being mounted on the light emitting device with the flat portion being bonded to the light emitting side surface,

wherein transparent material fills the depressions, and a refractive index of the transparent material is lower than a refraction index of the light control sheet.

8. A light control member, comprising:

a light control sheet which has a surface on which a plurality of depressions and a flat portion between the depressions are provided; and

transparent material fills the depressions to make a flat surface, and a refractive index of the transparent material is lower than a refractive index of the light control sheet.

9. The light control member of claim 8 , wherein a shape of a longitudinal section of the depressions is a triangle, a trapezoid or an arc.

10. The light control member of claim 8 , wherein a depth of the depressions is the same as a thickness of the light control sheet.

11. The light control member of claim 8 , wherein the transparent material is ultraviolet curable resin.

12. A surface light emitter, comprising:

a surface light emitting device which has a light emitting side surface, through which the surface light emitting device emits light; and

a light control member, the light control member including:

a light control sheet which has a surface on which a plurality of depressions and a flat portion between the depressions are provided, the light control sheet being mounted on the light emitting device with the flat portion bonded to the light emitting side surface; and

transparent material fills the depressions to make a flat surface, and a refractive index of the transparent material is lower than a refraction index of the light control sheet.

13. The surface light emitter of claim 12 , wherein a shape of a longitudinal section of the depressions is a triangle, a trapezoid or an arc.

14. The surface light emitter of claim 12 , wherein a depth of the depressions is the same as a thickness of the light control sheet.

15. The surface light emitter of claim 12 , wherein the transparent material is air.

16. The surface light emitter of claim 12 , wherein the transparent material is ultraviolet curable resin.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: KONICA MINOLTA INC
To: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0075 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0146 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 052207/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2007
From: KUISEKO, MANAMI; SATO, AKIRA; OHMORI, SHIGETO
To: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 018839/0263 →