Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090109702 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backlight unit includes a light guide panel to guide entering light, a light source disposed on at least one side of the light guide panel to emit light, and a reflecting sheet disposed on a surface of the light guide panel to reflect the entering light toward a light emitting plane of the light guide panel, and includes a plurality of reflecting areas which have different reflectance, where a reflecting area of the plurality of reflecting areas which encounters a relatively large amount of the entering light has a higher reflectance than that of a reflecting area of the plurality of reflecting areas which encounters a relatively small amount of the entering light. | 04-30-2009 |
20090147170 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a housing, a liquid crystal panel provided in the housing and comprises first and second transparent substrates spaced from each other at predetermined intervals, a sealing member to seal an internal space formed between the first and second transparent substrates, a liquid crystal to fill the internal space, first and second transparent electrodes formed in the first and second transparent substrates, respectively, and a polarizing plate to transmit light in a predetermined polarizing direction, a backlight unit disposed in the housing to emit surface light to the liquid crystal panel, and a polarizing filter disposed in the housing, and spaced from the liquid crystal panel at predetermined intervals to transmit predetermined polarized light and to block other polarized light of incident light. | 06-11-2009 |
20100296021 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit, light guide panel, and liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus having the same are provided. The backlight unit includes a light guide panel which comprises a plurality of patterns to scatter light forward on a bottom surface, and one or more fixing grooves on an edge area; a light source unit which is disposed on a side surface of the light guide panel, and emits light towards the light guide panel; and a supporting member which supports the light guide panel, and comprises one ore more fixing protrusions being inserted into the fixing groove, wherein the amount of patterns formed on a darkness occurring area adjacent to the fixing groove is increased compared to that on an adjacent area, and the amount of patterns formed on a bright line occurring area adjacent to the fixing groove is decreased compared to that on an adjacent area. | 11-25-2010 |
20100296310 | BACKLIGHT UNIT OF DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backlight unit of a display apparatus is provided. The backlight unit includes a display housing, a light source which is arranged along an inner circumference the display housing, a light guide plate through which light of the light source is transmitted, and which forms surface light, an optical sheet which is disposed on an upper side of the light guide plate to upwardly diffuse the light of the light source transmitted through the light guide plate, a plurality of first fixing units, each of which fix both the light guide plate and the optical sheet, a plurality of second fixing units which support only the light guide plate, and a support frame which is connected to the display housing to fix the optical sheet to the display housing provisionally, and has a window formed on a surface corresponding to the light guide plate to allow light to pass therethrough. | 11-25-2010 |
20110013098 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION - A display apparatus and a television are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel which is divided into display areas; a plurality of light guide plates which output light to the display areas of the display panel; and a plurality of light sources, each of which generates light to be inputted into a lateral side of a respective one of the light guide plates, and is arranged corresponding to the lateral side of the respective light guide plate. The plurality of light sources may be arranged such that among the light sources arranged corresponding to the lateral side of one of the light guide plates, a first illumination direction of some of the light sources is different from a second illumination direction of others of the light sources. | 01-20-2011 |
20110109843 | LIGHT GUIDE PANEL, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light guide panel, a backlight unit and a display apparatus are provided. A display apparatus includes a light guide panel including a first surface having a first pattern that increases luminance of backlight emitted from a light emitting unit, and a second surface having a second pattern that increases uniformity of luminance of the backlight emitted from the light emitting unit. | 05-12-2011 |
20110141005 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel which is divided into a plurality of display areas; a plurality of light guide plates which transmit light to the display areas of the display panel; a plurality of light source modules alternately arranged with and interposed between the light guide plates, each light source module being disposed along a lateral side of an adjacent light guide plate and including a plurality of light sources for emitting light to the lateral side of the adjacent light guide plate, and a module substrate on which the light sources are mounted; and a plurality of reflective plates which reflect the light emitted by the light sources and transmitted by the light guide plates, wherein each of the reflective plates is interposed between a rear surface of a corresponding light guide plate and at least one module substrate. | 06-16-2011 |
20110187962 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a housing, a liquid crystal panel provided in the housing and comprises first and second transparent substrates spaced from each other at predetermined intervals, a sealing member to seal an internal space formed between the first and second transparent substrates, a liquid crystal to fill the internal space, first and second transparent electrodes formed in the first and second transparent substrates, respectively, and a polarizing plate to transmit light in a predetermined polarizing direction, a backlight unit disposed in the housing to emit surface light to the liquid crystal panel, and a polarizing filter disposed in the housing, and spaced from the liquid crystal panel at predetermined intervals to transmit predetermined polarized light and to block other polarized light of incident light. | 08-04-2011 |
20110255024 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a display part operable to display an image; and a bezel part disposed at an edge of the display part, wherein at least a portion of a front surface of the display part and a front surface of the bezel part are coplanar. | 10-20-2011 |
20120169972 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a liquid crystal display panel and an apparatus including the same, the liquid crystal display panel including: a first substrate which includes a first incident surface to receive light and a first emission surface to emit the light; a second substrate which includes a second incident surface to receive the light from the first emission surface of the first substrate, and a second emission surface to emit the light from the second incident surface, and spaced from the first substrate at an interval; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a wire grid layer which is disposed in at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate and focuses and polarizes the light. | 07-05-2012 |
20120182498 | BACK LIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A back light unit and a liquid crystal display having the same are provided. The back light unit includes a light guide plate having a substantially rectangular plate shape and a front surface and a rear surface disposed parallel to each other and four edge surfaces disposed perpendicular to the front surface and the rear surface, at least one light incident surface perpendicular to the front surface and the rear surface being formed on at least one of four corner regions of the light guide plate; and a light source unit which is disposed adjacently on the light incident surface. If the angle between an edge surface which is relatively longer than two edge surfaces which are adjacent to the light incident surface and an incident direction of a light which is projected from the light source unit is θ, the angle θ is 20°<θ<45°. | 07-19-2012 |
20120206580 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer formed in between; a color filter polarizing layer which is formed on one surface between the first and second substrates; and a polarizing layer. The color filter polarizing layer comprises a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors, and a second metal linear grid formed on an opposite surface of the one surface between the first and second substrates. The provided display panel and display apparatus, have reduced manufacturing costs and a simplified manufacturing process. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206676 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus having the same are provided. The display panel includes a liquid crystal layer and comprises first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; a color filter polarizing layer which formed on one surface between the first and second substrates, and which includes a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors; and a polarizing layer which includes a second metal linear grid formed on an opposite surface to the surface between the first and second substrates, wherein a metal material contained in the first metal linear grid is different from a metal material contained in the second metal linear grid. The provided display panel and display apparatus including the same, have decreased manufacturing costs and a simplified manufacturing process. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206677 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus having the are provided. The display panel with a liquid crystal layer, includes first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; a color filter polarizing layer which is formed on a surface of one of the first and second substrates between the first and second substrates, and includes a metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors; and a polarizing layer formed on an opposite surface to the surface of one of the first and second substrates. The provided display panel and display apparatus including the same, have decreased manufacturing costs and a simplified manufacturing process. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206678 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus having the same, in which the display panel comprises a liquid crystal layer comprising first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; and a color filter layer which is formed on a surface of one of the first and second substrates facing each other, and includes a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors. The provided display panel and display apparatus have decreased manufacturing costs and simplified manufacturing process. | 08-16-2012 |
20130033659 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A display panel including a liquid crystal layer and a display apparatus employing the same are disclosed. The display panel includes: first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second substrates; first and second electrodes which are interposed respectively between the first substrate and liquid crystal layer and between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate to apply power to the liquid crystal layer; first and second wire grid polarizing plates which are formed in a surface of each of the first and second substrates; and at least one of the first and second wire grid polarizing plates comprising a film-type wire grid polarizing plate comprising a base film and a wire grid formed on the base film and allowing predetermined polarized light to be transmitted therethrough. | 02-07-2013 |
20130033662 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus including the same which employs a wire grid polarizing plate are provided. The display panel includes: first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second substrates; first and second electrodes, which are interposed respectively between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate, and which apply power to the liquid crystal layer; first and second wire grid polarizing plates which are formed on a surface of each of the first and second substrates and allow polarized light to be transmitted therethrough; and a phase difference compensation film which is interposed between the first and second wire grid polarizing plates and compensates for a phase difference of incident light. | 02-07-2013 |
20130056437 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SYMBOL ON EXTERIOR OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a symbol on an exterior of an electronic device is provided. The method includes preparing a support layer, preparing a nanograting layer on the support layer, the nanograting layer including a first nanograting area corresponding to a preset symbol and a second nanograting area corresponding to an area other than the preset symbol, wherein each of the first nanograting area and the second nanograting area includes three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures and a pitch between the 3D nanostructures arranged in the first nanograting area is different from a pitch between the 3D nanostructures arranged in the second nanograting area. | 03-07-2013 |
20130258250 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel of a display apparatus includes: an upper substrate; a lower substrate which faces the upper substrate; a liquid crystal layer which is positioned between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; and a retardation layer which is interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate and which compensates for a retardation of light which is caused by the liquid crystal layer when the light passes through the liquid crystal layer and is received by the upper substrate. | 10-03-2013 |
20140055724 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a display panel of a display apparatus including the display panel and a backlight unit disposed under the display panel, the display panel including: an upper substrate; a lower substrate disposed to face the upper substrate in a traveling direction of light radiated from the backlight unit; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a polarizing layer disposed at least below the upper substrate and configured to transmit light polarized in a preset direction of the radiated light to the upper substrate; and an antireflection layer formed on a light exiting surface of the upper substrate through which the radiated light exits and configured to substantially prevent reflection of external light from an external environment thereon. | 02-27-2014 |
20140160396 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel of a display apparatus including the display panel and a backlight unit configured to provide light to the display panel, the display panel including: an upper substrate; a lower substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a wire grid polarizer (WGP) provided on at least one from among the lower substrate and the upper substrate and configured to filter light radiated from the backlight unit; and an antireflection layer provided on the upper substrate and configured to substantially prevent reflection of external light from an external source on a surface of the upper substrate. The WGP may include a light absorption layer configured to absorb the external light which passes through the antireflection layer. | 06-12-2014 |
20140176413 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel provided with light from a backlight unit, the display panel including: an upper substrate; a lower substrate disposed to face the upper substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a lower polarizing layer formed on one surface of the lower substrate and polarizing-filtering the light from the backlight unit; an upper polarizing layer formed on one surface of the upper substrate and polarizing-filtering the light passing through the liquid crystal layer; and a color filter layer formed on one surface of the lower substrate and the upper substrate and filtering light so that lights of a plurality of preset colors are emitted, wherein each of the lower polarizing layer, the upper polarizing layer, and the color filter layer comprises a linear pattern. | 06-26-2014 |
20140204308 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display part operable to display an image; and a bezel part disposed at an edge of the display part, wherein at least a portion of a front surface of the display part and a front surface of the bezel part are coplanar. | 07-24-2014 |
20140218322 | DISPLAY PANEL CAPABLE OF DETECTING TOUCH AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a substrate, a black matrix formed on the substrate and dividing at least one of a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sub-pixels from others, and a mesh layer including a plurality of first conductive wires extended in a first direction on the substrate and a plurality of second conductive wires extended in a second direction different from the first direction on the substrate; and a controller configured to determine a location of a touch based on a change in electric current of at least one from among the plurality of first conductive wires and at least one from among the plurality of second conductive wires by the touch occurring on the display panel, wherein the plurality of first conductive wires and the plurality of second conductive wires are disposed on the substrate according to an arranged location of the matrix. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218626 | SELF-LUMINOUS DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive an image signal; a signal processor configured to process the image signal received by the signal receiver; and a display panel configured to display the image signal processed by the signal processor as a processed image, wherein the display panel includes: a glass substrate; a first electrode layer; a second electrode layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the glass substrate; a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, configured to generate a plurality of colors of light, and configured to emit the light to the glass substrate; a linear pattern layer formed on a surface of the glass substrate and including linear bars extending in one direction to transmit a preset polarizing direction of light; and a phase retardation layer disposed between the second electrode layer and the linear pattern layer. | 08-07-2014 |
20150029438 | DISPLAY PANEL PREVENTING REFLECTION OF EXTERNAL LIGHT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided, including a lower substrate; an upper substrate disposed to face the lower substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a lower polarizing layer with a structure of wire grid formed on one surface of the lower substrate and configured to provide polarizing-filtering of light radiated from a backlight; and an upper polarizing layer with a structure of wire grid formed on one surface of the upper substrate and configured to provide polarizing-filtering of the radiated light passing through the lower polarizing layer and the liquid crystal layer, at least one of the wire grid of the lower polarizing layer and the wire grid of the upper polarizing layer including a reflection layer configured to reflect the radiated light and an absorbing layer configured to absorb external light incident from the outside through the upper substrate. | 01-29-2015 |
20150049284 | DISPLAY PANEL FOR COMPENSATING A VIEWING ANGLE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided. The LCD panel includes: a liquid crystal layer configured to operate in a first preset phase retardation mode based on an operating mode of liquid crystals; a pre-tilt layer configured to guide a rotation direction of the liquid crystals; a polarizing layer formed on a surface of the upper substrate and having a wire grid structure to polarize and filter radiated light passing through the liquid crystal layer; and a retardation compensation film disposed between the polarizing layer and the upper substrate and configured to compensate phase retardation of the radiated light, wherein the retardation compensation film includes: a first compensation layer configured to retard the radiated light in a second phase retardation mode having a negative phase retardation; and a second compensation layer configured to retard the radiated light in a third phase retardation mode. | 02-19-2015 |