AU2001239764A1 - Light guides suitable for illuminated displays - Google Patents

Light guides suitable for illuminated displays

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Publication number
AU2001239764A1
AU2001239764A1 AU2001239764A AU3976401A AU2001239764A1 AU 2001239764 A1 AU2001239764 A1 AU 2001239764A1 AU 2001239764 A AU2001239764 A AU 2001239764A AU 3976401 A AU3976401 A AU 3976401A AU 2001239764 A1 AU2001239764 A1 AU 2001239764A1
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Prior art keywords
light
optical cavity
faces
light guides
major
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Abandoned
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AU2001239764A
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English (en)
Inventor
Andrew M. Hicks
Bruno Mueller
John C. Wright
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3M Innovative Properties Co
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3M Innovative Properties Co
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Publication of AU2001239764A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001239764A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
    • G02B6/0013—Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into the light guide
    • G02B6/0015—Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
    • G02B6/0016—Grooves, prisms, gratings, scattering particles or rough surfaces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
    • G02B6/0033—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide
    • G02B6/0035—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
    • G02B6/004—Scattering dots or dot-like elements, e.g. microbeads, scattering particles, nanoparticles
    • G02B6/0043—Scattering dots or dot-like elements, e.g. microbeads, scattering particles, nanoparticles provided on the surface of the light guide
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
    • G02B6/0033—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide
    • G02B6/0058—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide varying in density, size, shape or depth along the light guide
    • G02B6/0061—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide varying in density, size, shape or depth along the light guide to provide homogeneous light output intensity
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0096—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the lights guides being of the hollow type
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F13/00—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising
    • G09F13/18—Edge-illuminated signs
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
    • G02B6/0033—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide
    • G02B6/0058—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide varying in density, size, shape or depth along the light guide
    • G02B6/006—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide varying in density, size, shape or depth along the light guide to produce indicia, symbols, texts or the like

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Planar Illumination Modules (AREA)
  • Illuminated Signs And Luminous Advertising (AREA)
  • Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
AU2001239764A 2000-03-16 2001-02-14 Light guides suitable for illuminated displays Abandoned AU2001239764A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB0006327.1A GB0006327D0 (en) 2000-03-16 2000-03-16 Light guides suitable for illuminated displays
GB0006327 2000-03-16
PCT/US2001/004605 WO2001071248A1 (fr) 2000-03-16 2001-02-14 Guides optiques adaptes aux affichages lumineux

Publications (1)

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AU2001239764A1 true AU2001239764A1 (en) 2001-10-03

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AU2001239764A Abandoned AU2001239764A1 (en) 2000-03-16 2001-02-14 Light guides suitable for illuminated displays

Country Status (10)

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EP (1) EP1264134B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2003528426A (fr)
KR (1) KR100773796B1 (fr)
CN (1) CN1196886C (fr)
AT (1) ATE384912T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU2001239764A1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2401260C (fr)
DE (1) DE60132566T2 (fr)
GB (1) GB0006327D0 (fr)
WO (1) WO2001071248A1 (fr)

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Publication number Publication date
ATE384912T1 (de) 2008-02-15
EP1264134A1 (fr) 2002-12-11
WO2001071248A1 (fr) 2001-09-27
CA2401260C (fr) 2009-01-27
DE60132566T2 (de) 2009-01-29
GB0006327D0 (en) 2000-05-03
KR100773796B1 (ko) 2007-11-07
KR20020081447A (ko) 2002-10-26
EP1264134B1 (fr) 2008-01-23
CN1196886C (zh) 2005-04-13
CA2401260A1 (fr) 2001-09-27
DE60132566D1 (de) 2008-03-13
JP2003528426A (ja) 2003-09-24
CN1418304A (zh) 2003-05-14

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