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Granted Patent B2
US 12,374,153 · App. 18/402,747 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Electronic device

Inventors: Kuei-Sheng Chang (Miao-Li County, TW); Po-Yang Chen (Miao-Li County, TW); Kuo-Jung Wu (Miao-Li County, TW); I-An Yao (Miao-Li County, TW); Wei-Cheng Lee (Miao-Li County, TW); Hsien-Wen Huang (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
G06V40/1318G02F1/1334G02F1/137H04N13/312G02F1/13338
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Patent No.
US 12,374,153
App. No.
18/402,747
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device has a narrow viewing angle state and a wide viewing angle state, and includes a panel and a light source providing a light passing through the panel. In the narrow viewing angle state, the light has a first relative light intensity and a second relative light intensity. The first relative light intensity is the strongest light intensity, the second relative light intensity is 50% of the strongest light intensity, the first relative light intensity corresponds to an angle of 0°, the second relative light intensity corresponds to a half-value angle, and the half-value angle is between −15° and 15°. In the narrow angle state, a third relative light intensity at each angle between 20° and 60° or each angle between −20° and −60° is lower than 20% of the strongest light intensity.

Claims (25)

1. An electronic device having a narrow viewing angle state and a wide viewing angle state, comprising:

a panel; and

a light source providing a light passing through the panel;

wherein in the narrow viewing angle state, the light has a first relative light intensity and a second relative light intensity, the first relative light intensity is a strongest light intensity, the second relative light intensity is 50% of the strongest light intensity, the first relative light intensity corresponds to an angle of 0°, the second relative light intensity corresponds to a half-value angle, and the half-value angle is between −15° and 15°,

wherein in the narrow viewing angle state, a third relative light intensity at each angle between 20° and 60° or each angle between −20° and −60° is lower than 20% of the strongest light intensity.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a brightness enhancement film disposed on the light source.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a light guide plate overlapped with the brightness enhancement film.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising:

another light source disposed on one side of the light guide plate.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the another light source is turned on when the electronic device is in the wide viewing angle state.

6. The electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising an optical structure layer overlapped with the light guide plate.

7. An electronic device having a narrow viewing angle state and a wide viewing angle state, comprising:

a transistor array;

a cover layer disposed on the transistor array; and

a light source providing a light passing through the transistor array;

wherein in the narrow viewing angle state, the light has a first relative light intensity and a second relative light intensity, the first relative light intensity is a strongest light intensity, the second relative light intensity at each angle between 20° and 60° or each angle between −20° and −60° is lower than 20% of the strongest light intensity.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a brightness enhancement film disposed on the light source.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a light guide plate overlapped with the brightness enhancement film.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , further comprising:

another light source disposed on one side of the light guide plate.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the another light source is turned on when the electronic device is in the wide viewing angle state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2024
From: CHANG, KUEI-SHENG; CHEN, PO-YANG; WU, KUO-JUNG; YAO, I-AN; LEE, WEI-CHENG; HUANG, HSIEN-WEN
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065999/0922 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911367545.5 · Dec 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17955524 · Sep 28, 2022
Continuation 17115739 · Dec 8, 2020
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