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Granted Patent B2
US 10,095,063 · App. 14/801,210 · Granted Oct 9, 2018

Direct type backlight module and display device

Inventor: Dejun Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; HEFEI BOE DISPLAY LIGHT CO., LTD.
G02F1/133603G02F1/133606G02B6/002G02B6/0016G02F1/133611G02F2001/133607
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Patent No.
US 10,095,063
App. No.
14/801,210
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments of the present invention provide a direct type backlight module and a display device to reduce the light mixing distance on the premise of obtaining a homogeneous illumination, thereby reducing the thickness of the direct type backlight module and the thickness of the entire display device. The direct type backlight module provided by an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a back board, a plurality of point light sources distributed in array and located on the back board, and a diffusion plate located over the plurality of point light sources; wherein a plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged between the diffusion plate and the plurality of point light sources; each ring shaped inverted prism structure is opposite to one of the plurality of point light sources; a line connecting a center point of each ring shaped inverted prism structure and a point light source opposite to the ring shaped inverted prism structure is perpendicular to a plane, in which the plurality of point light sources are located.

Claims (20)

1. A direct type backlight module comprising a back board, a plurality of point light sources distributed in array and located on the back board, and a diffusion plate located over the plurality of point light sources; wherein a plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged between the diffusion plate and the plurality of point light sources; each ring shaped inverted prism structure is opposite to one of the plurality of point light sources; an apex angle of a prism in the ring shaped inverted prism structures faces the back board; a line connecting a center point of each ring shaped inverted prism structure and a point light source opposite to the ring shaped inverted prism structure is perpendicular to a plane in which the plurality of point light sources are located;

and wherein angles between three surfaces of each prism on a ring shaped inverted prism structure are arranged so that light emitted from a point light source directly enters the prism at a surface of the prism facing the point light source at a first angle with respect to a vertical axis and exits the ring shaped inverted prism structure at a second angle with respect to the vertical axis, where the second angle is greater than the first angle.

2. The direct type backlight module according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged on a surface of the diffusion plate facing the plurality of point light sources.

3. The direct type backlight module according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged on a light guide medium; the light guide medium is located between the diffusion plate and the plurality of point light sources, and a surface of the light guide medium on which the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged faces the plurality of point light sources.

4. The direct type backlight module according to claim 3 , wherein the light guide medium is located between crossing points of light emitted from adjacent point light sources and the diffusion plate.

5. The direct type backlight module according to claim 4 , wherein the direct type backlight module comprises multiple layers of the light guide medium, and a surface of each layer of the light guide medium on which the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged faces the plurality of point light sources.

6. The direct type backlight module according to claim 5 , wherein the light guide medium is an optically denser medium, and an optically thinner medium is filled between two adjacent light guide media.

7. The direct type backlight module according to claim 3 , wherein the direct type backlight module comprises multiple layers of the light guide medium, and a surface of each layer of the light guide medium on which the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged faces the plurality of point light sources.

8. The direct type backlight module according to claim 7 , wherein the light guide medium is an optically denser medium, and an optically thinner medium is filled between two adjacent light guide media.

9. The direct type backlight module according to claim 1 , wherein the point light sources are LED lamps.

10. A display device comprising a display screen and a direct type backlight module; wherein the direct type backlight module comprises: a back board, a plurality of point light sources distributed in array and located on the back board, and a diffusion plate located over the plurality of point light sources; wherein a plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged between the diffusion plate and the plurality of point light sources; each ring shaped inverted prism structure is opposite to one of the plurality of point light sources; an apex angle of a prism in the ring shaped inverted prism structures faces the back board; a line connecting a center point of each ring shaped inverted prism structure and a point light source opposite to the ring shaped inverted prism structure is perpendicular to a plane in which the plurality of point light sources are located;

and wherein angles between three surfaces of each prism on a ring shaped inverted prism structure are arranged so that light emitted from a point light source directly enters the prism at a surface of the prism facing the point light source at a first angle with respect to a vertical axis and exits the ring shaped inverted prism structure at a second angle with respect to the vertical axis, where the second angle is greater than the first angle.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged on a surface of the diffusion plate facing the plurality of point light sources.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged on a light guide medium; the light guide medium is located between the diffusion plate and the plurality of point light sources, and a surface of the light guide medium on which the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged faces the plurality of point light sources.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the light guide medium is located between crossing points of light emitted from adjacent point light sources and the diffusion plate.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the direct type backlight module comprises multiple layers of the light guide medium, and a surface of each layer of the light guide medium on which the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged faces the plurality of point light sources.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the light guide medium is an optically denser medium, and an optically thinner medium is filled between two adjacent light guide media.

16. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the direct type backlight module comprises multiple layers of the light guide medium, and a surface of each layer of the light guide medium on which the plurality of ring shaped inverted prism structures distributed in array are arranged faces the plurality of point light sources.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the light guide medium is an optically denser medium, and an optically thinner medium is filled between two adjacent light guide media.

18. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the point light sources are LED lamps.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND ASSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 36114 FRAME: 495. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 31, 2019
From: LI, DEJUN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; HEFEI BOE DISPLAY LIGHTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048811/0244 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2015
From: LI, DEJUN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; HEFEI BOE DISPLAY LIGHT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036114/0495 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 2 0145672 U · Mar 13, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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