Sunlight collecting device and liquid crystal display using sunlight as a backlight source

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9298037-B2
Application number	US-201314129991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2013
Priority date	Nov 25, 2013
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A sunlight collecting device provided in the present invention includes a lens substrate, a plurality of Fresnel lens, a connector substrate, a plurality of optical fiber connectors, and a light-tracking substrate. The lens substrate has a plurality of circular openings. The Fresnel lenses correspond to the circular opening and are disposed on the lens substrate. The connector substrate is disposed parallel to the lens substrate and away from the lens substrate with a focal length. The optical fiber connectors are adjustably disposed on the connector substrate. The light-tracking substrate is disposed between the lens substrate and the connector substrate for simultaneously rotating the lens substrate and the connector substrate such that the Fresnel lenses are directly opposite to the sunlight. An LCD using the sunlight as a backlight source is further provided in the present invention.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) using sunlight as a backlight source, comprising a display panel and a backlight module providing uniform light for the display panel, the LCD further comprising:
a sunlight collecting device, which is coupled to the backlight module via an optical fiber, utilized to provide the backlight source for the backlight module, the sunlight collecting device comprising:
a lens substrate having a plurality of circular openings;
a plurality of Fresnel lenses corresponding to the circular openings and disposed on the lens substrate, the Fresnel lenses having an identical focal length for focusing the sunlight;
a connector substrate disposed parallel to the lens substrate and away from the lens substrate with the focal length;
a plurality of optical fiber connectors adjustably disposed on the connector substrate for making the focused sunlight be coupled into the optical fiber;
a light-tracking substrate disposed between the lens substrate and the connector substrate, the light-tracking substrate having a plurality of hollow openings such that the focused sunlight can pass through the light-tracking substrate, the light-tracking substrate utilized to simultaneously rotate the lens substrate and the connector substrate such that the Fresnel lenses are directly opposite to the sunlight; and
a sunlight-tracking controller coupled to the light-tracking substrate, utilized to drive the light-tracking substrate for simultaneously rotating the lens substrate and the connector substrate.

2. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein the Fresnel lenses are located on an identical plane.

3. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein the optical fiber connectors can be fine tuned on the connector substrate.

4. The LCD according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of supporting columns disposed between the lens substrate, the connector substrate and the light-tracking substrate, so as to fix relative positions between the lens substrate, the connector substrate and the light-tracking substrate.

5. A sunlight collecting device, comprising:
a lens substrate having a plurality of circular openings;
a plurality of Fresnel lenses corresponding to the circular openings and disposed on the lens substrate, the Fresnel lenses having an identical focal length for focusing the sunlight;
a connector substrate disposed parallel to the lens substrate and away from the lens substrate with the focal length;
a plurality of optical fiber connectors adjustably disposed on the connector substrate for making the focused sunlight be coupled into the optical fiber; and
a light-tracking substrate disposed between the lens substrate and the connector substrate, the light-tracking substrate having a plurality of hollow openings such that the focused sunlight can pass through the light-tracking substrate, the light-tracking substrate utilized to simultaneously rotate the lens substrate and the connector substrate such that the Fresnel lenses are directly opposite to the sunlight.

6. The sunlight collecting device according to claim 5 , further comprising a sunlight-tracking controller coupled to the light-tracking substrate and utilized to drive the light-tracking substrate for simultaneously rotating the lens substrate and the connector substrate.

7. The sunlight collecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the Fresnel lenses are located on an identical plane.

8. The sunlight collecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the optical fiber connectors can be fine tuned on the connector substrate.

9. The sunlight collecting device according to claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of supporting columns disposed between the lens substrate, the connector substrate and the light-tracking substrate, so as to fix relative positions between the lens substrate, the connector substrate and the light-tracking substrate.

10. An LCD using sunlight as a backlight source, comprising a display panel and a backlight module providing uniform light for the display panel, the LCD further comprising:
a sunlight collecting device, which is coupled to the backlight module via an optical fiber, utilized to provide the backlight source for the backlight module, the sunlight collecting device comprising:
a lens substrate having a plurality of circular openings;
a plurality of Fresnel lenses corresponding to the circular openings and disposed on the lens substrate, the Fresnel lenses having an identical focal length for focusing the sunlight;
a connector substrate disposed parallel to the lens substrate and away from the lens substrate with the focal length;
a plurality of optical fiber connectors adjustably disposed on the connector substrate for making the focused sunlight be coupled into the optical fiber; and
a light-tracking substrate disposed between the lens substrate and the connector substrate, the light-tracking substrate having a plurality of hollow openings such that the focused sunlight can pass through the light-tracking substrate, the light-tracking substrate utilized to simultaneously rotate the lens substrate and the connector substrate such that the Fresnel lenses are directly opposite to the sunlight.

11. The LCD according to claim 10 , wherein the sunlight collecting device further comprises a sunlight-tracking controller coupled to the light-tracking substrate and utilized to drive the light-tracking substrate for simultaneously rotating the lens substrate and the connector substrate.

12. The LCD according to claim 10 , wherein the Fresnel lenses are located on an identical plane.

13. The LCD according to claim 10 , wherein the optical fiber connectors can be fine tuned on the connector substrate.

14. The LCD according to claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of supporting columns disposed between the lens substrate, the connector substrate and the light-tracking substrate, so as to fix relative positions between the lens substrate, the connector substrate and the light-tracking substrate.

Assignees

• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect

Inventors

• Ning Chao
• Chang Chien Sheng-Jer
• Cao Qian
• Li Dehua
• Tang Guofu

Classifications

• G02B19/0014

  at least one surface having optical power · CPC title

• G02B3/0037

  characterized by the distribution or form of lenses · CPC title

• G02F2001/133612

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01J1/0448

  Adjustable, e.g. focussing · CPC title

• G02B6/32

  having lens focusing means {positioned between opposed fibre ends (with lens being an integral part of the single fibre end G02B6/262)} · CPC title