| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090316430 | BACKLIGHT MODULE - A backlight module including at least one light emitting element and a brightness enhancement diffuser is provided. The light emitting element is capable of emitting a light beam. The brightness enhancement diffuser is disposed in the transmission path of the light beam and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The light beam passes through the first surface and the second surface. The brightness enhancement diffuser includes a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses. The protrusions are disposed on the first surface, and each of the protrusions has a curved surface. The recesses are disposed on the first surface, and each of the recesses has at least one plane surface. Each of the recesses is surrounded by several of the protrusions. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100091365 | Screen - A screen adapted to a projection device having a transparent layer, a plurality of light-mixing chambers, and a plurality of lens structures is provided. The light-mixing chambers are located on a back surface of the transparent layer away from the projection device. The lens structures are disposed on a front surface of the transparent layer facing towards the projection device and corresponding to the light-mixing chambers respectively. The size of the opening of the light-mixing chamber is smaller than the size of the bottom surface of the corresponding lens structures. The lens structure is adapted to refract a light beam from the projection device, and the opening of the corresponding light-mixing chamber is adapt to allow the light beam pass through, such that the corresponding light-mixing chamber is adapted to concentrate the light beam therein and transform the light beam into a light beam projected out of the screen. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100103700 | Light source module - A light source module includes at least one light emitting device and a focus adjustable lens array. The light emitting device is adapted to emit a light beam, the focus adjustable lens array is disposed in the transmission path of the light beam and includes a plurality of focus adjustable lenses arranged in an array. Each of the focus adjustable lenses includes a first light transmissive plate disposed in the transmission path of the light beam, a first electrode disposed on a peripheral area of the first light transmissive plate, a second light transmissive plate disposed in the transmission path of the beam, a second electrode disposed on a peripheral area of the second light transmissive plate, and a focus adjustable solution disposed between the first light transmissive plate and the second light transmissive plate. The focus adjustable solution includes a solvent and an electrotaxis solute. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100254159 | BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT FILM AND BACKLIGHT MODULE - A brightness enhancement film (BEF) including a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface is provided. The first surface is a curved surface continuously fluctuant in two dimensions and includes a plurality of axisymmetric convex surfaces and a plurality of non-axisymmetric concave surfaces. Each of the axisymmetric convex surfaces is a curved surface. The axisymmetric convex surfaces and the non-axisymmetric concave surfaces are arranged alternately in the two dimensions and respectively form a plurality of wave crests and a plurality of wave troughs. Each of the non-axisymmetric concave surfaces is a curved surface. The second surface is opposite to the first surface and the side surface connects the first surface and the second surface. In addition, a backlight module employing the BEF is also provided. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100290252 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND BACKLIGHT MODULE - A light guide plate capable of guiding a light beam from a light emitting device and a backlight module using the light guide plate are provided. The light guide plate includes a light-transmissive substrate and optical structures. The light-transmissive substrate has a first surface, an opposite second surface, and an incident surface connecting the first and the second surface. The light beam enters the light-transmissive substrate through the incident surface and is emitted out of the light-transmissive substrate through the first surface. The optical structures are disposed on the second surface. Each optical structure has a first total internal reflection (TIR) surface, a second TIR surface, and a third TIR surface. The second TIR surface connects the first and third TIR surfaces. Part of the light beam from the incident surface is totally internally reflected by any adjacent two of the first, second, and third TIR surfaces in sequence. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110050646 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical touch apparatus is adapted to a display apparatus. The optical touch apparatus includes at least one light source, at least one light guide unit, and at least one optical detector. The light source is disposed beside a display area of the display apparatus and capable of providing a light beam. The light guide unit is disposed beside the display area in a transmission path of the light beam and has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light incident surface. The light incident surface connects the first and second surfaces. The light beam is capable of entering the light guide unit through the light incident surface and is transmitted to a sensing space in front of the display area. The optical detector is disposed beside the display area to sense an intensity variation of the light beam in the sensing space. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110102377 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD - An optical touch apparatus including a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, a third light emitting device, a fourth light emitting device, a first image detector, a second image detector, and a control unit is provided. The control unit controls the average brightness of the third light emitting device less than each of the average brightness of the second light emitting device and the fourth light emitting device when the control unit controls the first image detector to detect an image. The control unit controls the average brightness of the second light emitting device less than each of the average brightness of the first light emitting device and the third light emitting device when the control unit controls the second image detector to detect an image. A driving method is also provided. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110122094 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical touch apparatus includes a light source, light guide unit, and optical detector. The light source next to the display area emits a beam. The light guide unit next to the display area and in the transmission path of the beam includes a light guide body and a Lambertian scattering structure. The light guide body has first, second, third, fourth, and light incident surfaces. The beam enters the light guide body through the light incident surface and is transmitted from the first surface to a sensing space in front of the display area. The Lambertian scattering structure is disposed on at least one of the second, third, and fourth surfaces for scattering the beam to the first surface. The optical detector next to the display area senses a change in light intensity of the beam in the sensing space. An optical touch display apparatus is also provided. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122097 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS - An optical touch apparatus includes a light source capable of emitting a beam, a light guide unit disposed in a transmission path of the beam, and an optical detector. The light guide unit includes a light guide body having a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a scattering structure disposed on at least one of the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface. The beam is capable of entering the light guide body, being scattered to the first surface by the scattering structure, and then being transmitted to a sensing space. The scattering structure includes separated scattering patterns including a resin composition and scattering particles dispersed in the resin composition. The ratio of the weight percentage of the scattering particles to the weight percentage of the resin composition is equal to or greater than 0.1. | 05-26-2011 |
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| 20090040784 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND BACKLIGHT MODULE - A light guide plate (LGP) adapted to a backlight module having a light emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface, and at least one light incident surface contacting with the light emitting surface and the bottom surface is provided. The bottom surface has a plurality of flat surfaces and a plurality of groove groups. The groove groups and the flat surfaces are arranged in an alternating fashion. Each of the groove groups has at least two grooves. Each of the grooves has a first slanted surface, a peak, and a second slanted surface intersecting with the first slanted surface at the peak. In each of the grooves, a first side of the first slanted surface away from the peak is at a first distance from a second side of the second slanted surface away from the peak. The luminance efficiency of the LGP is better. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040788 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND BACKLIGHT MODULE USING THE SAME - A light guide plate has a bottom surface including flat surfaces (FSs) and a plurality of prism patterns (PPs) disposed alternately with the FSs, a light emitting surface (LES) and a light incident surface (LIS). Each FS is at a first distance respectively from the LES and the first distances gradually decrease along a direction away from the LIS. Each PP has a first slanted surface (FSS) and at least a groove having a second slanted surface (SSS) and a third slanted surface (TSS). The two opposite sides of the FSS are spaced out a second distance apart. The two opposite sides of the SSS are spaced out a third distance apart. The specific value of dividing a first orthogonal projection of the second distance on an axis perpendicular to the FSs by a second orthogonal projection of the third distance on the axis is between 0.5 and 1.5. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090185385 | Optical film applied to a side-emitting backlight module - An optical film is applied to a side-emitting backlight module. The side-emitting backlight module has a light guide plate for guiding a chief light beam. The light guide plate has a light emitting surface to define a normal direction thereof. The optical film includes a lower prism structure, an intermedium layer, and an upper prism structure. The lower prism structure is disposed on the light emitting surface. The intermedium layer is connected between the lower prism structure and the upper prism structure. When the chief light beam exits from the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, and then goes through the lower prism structure, it goes through the intermedium layer along a changed traveling direction. When the chief light beam exits from the intermedium layer, and goes through the upper prism structure, it turns from the changed traveling direction to the normal direction. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090207584 | Backlight module of flat panel display - A backlight module disposed under a display panel and close to a polarizer on a lower surface of the display panel is provided. The backlight module has an illumination module and an optical film disposed above the illumination module. The optical film has a lower layer and an upper layer attached to the lower layer. The upper layer is close to the polarizer and has a plurality of first micro-protrusion structures formed on an upper surface thereof. The lower layer has a plurality of second micro-protrusion structures with various heights formed on an upper surface thereof. The higher second micro-protrusion structures support the upper layer, so as to form a gap with various dimensions between the upper layer and the lower layer. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100255425 | Fabrication method of brightness enhancement film - A fabrication method of a brightness enhancement film (BEF) including the following steps is provided. A light transmissive substrate is provided and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. Then, a plurality of first rod-shaped lenses are formed on the first surface. The rod-shaped lenses extend along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction. After that, a plurality of second stripe-shaped prisms are formed on the second surface. The stripe-shaped prisms extend along the second direction and are arranged along the first direction. Next, an electromagnetic wave beam is made to pass through the rod-shaped lenses, the light transmissive substrate and the stripe-shaped prisms in sequence. A first portion of each of the stripe-shaped prisms exposes and leaves a second portion of each of the stripe-shaped prisms unexposed. Then, the second portions of the stripe-shaped prisms are removed. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110019435 | Brightness enhancement film and backlight module - A brightness enhancement film (BEF) includes a substrate, a prism layer, a connection structure layer, and a micro lens layer. The prism layer is disposed on the substrate, the micro lens layer is disposed above the prism layer, and the connection structure layer is disposed between the prism layer and the micro lens layer. The prism layer includes a plurality of prisms. Each of the prisms includes a plurality of prism units. The micro lens layer includes a plurality of micro lens units. The connection structure layer includes a plurality of connection structure units. Each of the connection structure units connects the prism unit and the micro lens unit. A side surface of each of the connection structure units is a curved surface, and the curved surface extends from the micro lens unit to the prism unit. A backlight module including the brightness enhancement film is also provided. | 01-27-2011 |