Display device having light guide unit
View Patent ↗A light guide unit for a point light source includes a light incident portion, a first reflecting portion and a second reflecting portion. The light emitted from the point light source enters to the light incident portion. The light incident portion includes an optical pattern diffusing an incident light corresponding to the point light source. The first reflecting portion reflects a first light of the incident light. The second reflecting portion roundly connects the first reflecting portion to the light incident portion and reflects a second light of the incident light.
1. A display device comprising:
a light source emitting a light;
a display panel having a display section where an image is displayed using the light; and
a light guide unit comprising:
a light incident portion where a light emitted from the light source enters;
a first reflecting portion reflecting a first light of an incident light entered through the light incident portion; and
a second reflecting portion disposed at a region corresponding to an outside of the display section and between the light incident portion and the first reflecting portion, to connect the first reflecting portion to the light incident portion and reflect a second light of the incident light, the second reflecting portion being disposed inside an imaginary corner where an imaginary extension of the light incident portion and an imaginary extension of the first reflecting portion rectangularly intersect.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second reflecting portion has a convexly round shape.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second reflecting portion has a profile totally reflecting the second light.
4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light incident portion includes an optical pattern diffusing the incident light.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the light source includes a plurality of point light sources, and the optical pattern faces each of the point light sources.
6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the optical pattern includes a prism pattern.
7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second light has an exit angle from the light source substantially greater than an exit angle of the first light, the exit angles taken relative to a direction perpendicular to the light incident portion.
8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a light exiting portion exiting a guided light, the light exiting portion connected to the light incident portion, the first reflecting portion and the second reflecting portion; and
a counter portion opposite to the light exiting portion.
9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first reflecting portion comprises a first side surface and a second side surface, the first and second side surfaces being opposite to each other and connecting the light exiting portion to the counter portion, and
wherein the second reflecting portion comprises a first round surface and a second round surface, the first round surface connecting the first side surface to the light incident portion and the second round surface connecting the second side surface to the light incident portion.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first and the second round surfaces have profiles totally reflecting a light entered through the light incident portion and directly incident into the first and second round surfaces.
11. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising a receiving container including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall, the first and second sidewalls facing each other, the third and fourth sidewalls facing each other, the first sidewall corresponding to the light incident portion and the receiving container receiving the light guide unit,
wherein the first sidewall is roundly connected to the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall and corresponds to the first round surface and the second round surface.