IP Library Granted Patent US 12,399,396
Granted Patent B2
US 12,399,396 · App. 18/886,826 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Display device

Inventor: Chikyu Nakaoka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
G02F1/133607G02F1/133526
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Patent No.
US 12,399,396
App. No.
18/886,826
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel having a display area in which a plurality of pixels are provided, a first optical member provided on a display surface side of the display panel so as to cover the display area, a second optical member provided on an opposite side to the first optical member with the display panel interposed therebetween, and a light source part that is provided on an opposite side to the display panel with the second optical member interposed therebetween and is configured to emit light an optical path of which is along a facing direction in which the first optical member and the second optical member face each other.

Claims (22)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel having a display area in which a plurality of pixels are provided;

a first optical member provided on a display surface side of the display panel so as to cover the display area;

a second optical member provided on an opposite side to the first optical member with the display panel interposed therebetween; and

a light source part that is provided on an opposite side to the display panel with the second optical member interposed therebetween and is configured to emit light an optical path of which is along a facing direction in which the first optical member and the second optical member face each other, wherein

each of the first optical member and the second optical member comprises a plurality of convex lens parts arranged in a first direction orthogonal to the facing direction,

the convex lens parts each have a curvature in the first direction and no curvature in an extending direction,

the extending direction is a direction that intersects both the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, when viewed from the facing direction orthogonal to the first direction, the second direction, and the extending direction, and

a first extending direction that is the extending direction of each convex lens part of the first optical member and a second extending direction that is the extending direction of each convex lens part of the second optical member are line symmetric with respect to the second direction, when viewed from the facing direction.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first optical member and the second optical member are lenticular lenses having a same shape, and

when a side having a curvature in each lenticular lens is a front side and a flat side opposite to the front side is a back side, each of the first optical member and the second optical member is provided so that the back side faces the display panel.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a first distance is smaller than a second distance, the first distance is a distance between the first optical member and a pixel electrode provided on the display panel, and the second distance is a distance between the second optical member and the pixel electrode.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the second distance is greater than twice the first distance.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source part includes:

a light source configured to emit scattered light toward the second optical member; and

a third optical member configured to guide an optical path of the light emitted from the light source, in a direction along the facing direction.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first extending direction and the second extending direction are different and opposed to each other with respect to the second direction, when viewed from the facing direction.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of scan lines each extending in the first direction; and

a plurality of signal lines each extending in the second direction, wherein

the pixels are arranged in a matrix of the first direction and the second direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071793/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2024
From: NAKAOKA, CHIKYU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 068614/0312 →
Continuity (1)
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