AU2002218580A1 - Edge lighted optical device - Google Patents

Edge lighted optical device

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Publication number
AU2002218580A1
AU2002218580A1 AU2002218580A AU1858002A AU2002218580A1 AU 2002218580 A1 AU2002218580 A1 AU 2002218580A1 AU 2002218580 A AU2002218580 A AU 2002218580A AU 1858002 A AU1858002 A AU 1858002A AU 2002218580 A1 AU2002218580 A1 AU 2002218580A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
optical device
edge lighted
lighted optical
edge
optical
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Abandoned
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AU2002218580A
Inventor
Grzegorz Drozdowski
Arkadiusz Kazmierczak
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Individual
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Individual
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Publication of AU2002218580A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002218580A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • G02B6/0036—2-D arrangement of prisms, protrusions, indentations or roughened 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
    • 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
    • G02B6/0038—Linear indentations or grooves, e.g. arc-shaped grooves or meandering grooves, extending over the full length or width 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
    • G02B6/0035—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
    • G02B6/0045—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 by shaping at least a portion of the light guide
    • G02B6/0046—Tapered light guide, e.g. wedge-shaped 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
    • G02B6/0066—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 characterised by the light source being coupled to the light guide
    • G02B6/0068—Arrangements of plural sources, e.g. multi-colour light sources
AU2002218580A 2000-11-16 2001-11-14 Edge lighted optical device Abandoned AU2002218580A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PL34396300A PL343963A1 (en) 2000-11-16 2000-11-16 Edge-illuminated optical device
PLP.343963 2000-11-16
PCT/PL2001/000091 WO2002040919A2 (en) 2000-11-16 2001-11-14 Edge lighted optical device

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU2002218580A1 true AU2002218580A1 (en) 2002-05-27

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AU2002218580A Abandoned AU2002218580A1 (en) 2000-11-16 2001-11-14 Edge lighted optical device

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AU (1) AU2002218580A1 (en)
PL (1) PL343963A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2002040919A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2411947B (en) * 2004-03-11 2007-07-11 Sortex Ltd Light guide assembly

Family Cites Families (4)

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US5237641A (en) * 1992-03-23 1993-08-17 Nioptics Corporation Tapered multilayer luminaire devices
JP2980776B2 (en) * 1992-06-04 1999-11-22 東ソー株式会社 Backlight
US5961198A (en) * 1996-02-02 1999-10-05 Hitachi, Ltd. Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing backlighting light guide panel therefor
US6386721B1 (en) * 1999-07-08 2002-05-14 Physical Optics Corporation Light pipe having one or more integral diffusers

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WO2002040919A2 (en) 2002-05-23
PL343963A1 (en) 2002-05-20
WO2002040919A3 (en) 2004-02-26

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