WO2015176044A1 - Light diffusion with light-generating sources - Google Patents

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WO2015176044A1
WO2015176044A1 PCT/US2015/031254 US2015031254W WO2015176044A1 WO 2015176044 A1 WO2015176044 A1 WO 2015176044A1 US 2015031254 W US2015031254 W US 2015031254W WO 2015176044 A1 WO2015176044 A1 WO 2015176044A1
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backlighting apparatus
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Cody G. Peterson
Andrew P. Huska
Kasey CHRISTIE
Clinton Adams
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Priority to CN201580037879.XA priority patent/CN107002980B/zh
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Priority to US14/759,408 priority patent/US9880341B2/en
Priority to EP21150945.0A priority patent/EP3825605B1/en
Priority to CA2949223A priority patent/CA2949223C/en
Application filed by Rohinni LLC filed Critical Rohinni LLC
Priority to EP15793260.9A priority patent/EP3143327A4/en
Priority to JP2017512885A priority patent/JP6412256B2/ja
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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
    • G02B6/0033—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
    • G02B6/0066—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
    • 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
    • G02B6/0081—Mechanical or electrical aspects of the light guide and light source in the lighting device peculiar to the adaptation to planar light guides, e.g. concerning packaging
    • G02B6/0086—Positioning aspects
    • G02B6/009—Positioning aspects of the light source in the package
    • 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
    • G02B6/0081—Mechanical or electrical aspects of the light guide and light source in the lighting device peculiar to the adaptation to planar light guides, e.g. concerning packaging
    • G02B6/0086—Positioning aspects
    • G02B6/0091—Positioning aspects of the light source relative to the light guide
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
    • G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
    • G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
    • G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
    • G02F1/1336—Illuminating devices
    • G02F1/133602—Direct backlight
    • G02F1/133603—Direct backlight with LEDs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/83—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by legends, e.g. Braille, liquid crystal displays, light emitting or optical elements

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  • Example A An implementation of a backlighting apparatus comprising:
  • the sensor layer and the light layer having a lightroom defined therein and positioned underneath the key pattern, the lightroom including reflective material;
  • Example D An Implementation of a backlighting apparatus comprising:
  • nano-resolution tools placed at a plurality of locations of the prismatic diffusion layer configured to diffuse the emitted light and pass the emitted light through the prismatic diffusion layer.
  • Example E An implementation of a backlighting apparatus of Example E, wherein the prismatic diffusion layer is configured to perform operations on the emitted light selected from a group consisting of diffraction, refraction, and diffusion.
  • Example F An implementation of a backlighting apparatus of Example F, wherein the prismatic diffusion layer is configured to perform operations on the emitted light selected from a group consisting of diffraction, refraction, and diffusion.
  • Example F An implementation of a backlighting apparatus of Example F, wherein the plurality of light-generating sources include light-emitting semiconductors that each have a cross-section with a maximum height between 5 to 20 microns and a diameter between 10 to 50 microns.
  • Example H An Implementation of a backlighting apparatus comprising:
  • a lightplate including a diffusive side and a non-diffusive side, the diffusive side and the non-diffusive side disposed at opposite sides of the lightplate;
  • An implementation of a backlighting apparatus of Example H further comprising etchings of the diffusive side configured to diffuse the reflected light and emit the diffused light out of the lightplate.

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  • Arrangement Of Elements, Cooling, Sealing, Or The Like Of Lighting Devices (AREA)
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CN201580037879.XA CN107002980B (zh) 2014-05-15 2015-05-15 光产生源的光漫射
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US14/759,408 US9880341B2 (en) 2014-05-15 2015-05-15 Light diffusion with edge-wrapped light-generating sources
EP21150945.0A EP3825605B1 (en) 2014-05-15 2015-05-15 Light diffusion with light-generating sources
CA2949223A CA2949223C (en) 2014-05-15 2015-05-15 Light diffusion with light-generating sources
KR1020167035118A KR102315159B1 (ko) 2014-05-15 2015-05-15 광-발생원들을 이용한 광 확산
EP15793260.9A EP3143327A4 (en) 2014-05-15 2015-05-15 Light diffusion with light-generating sources
JP2017512885A JP6412256B2 (ja) 2014-05-15 2015-05-15 光発生源を用いた光拡散
US15/881,634 US10156673B2 (en) 2014-05-15 2018-01-26 Light diffusion with light-generating sources

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