Backlight module with partially overlapped film design

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9658488-B2
Application number	US-201514830907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2015
Priority date	Sep 11, 2014
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a backlight module, comprising a light source module and an optical control layer disposed on the light source module. The optical control layer comprises a first optical film and a second optical film. The first optical film has a first overlap area on a first side, the first overlap area comprises first inner openings; the second optical film comprises a second overlap area near the first overlap area. The second overlap area matches the first overlap area. The second overlap area comprises second outer openings corresponding to the first inner openings.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A backlight module, comprising:
a light source module, comprising at least one light source;
an optical control layer disposed on the light source module, is configured to distribute light generated from the light source to emit through different positions; the optical control layer comprises:
a first optical film comprises a plurality of first light exit openings; wherein the first optical film has a first overlap area on a first side, the first overlap area has at least one first inner opening; and
a second optical film comprises a plurality of second light exit openings continuously disposed on the first side of the first optical film; wherein a second side of the second optical film adjacent to the first optical film has a second overlap area overlapped with the first overlap area, the second overlap area has at least one second outer opening corresponding to the first inner opening;
wherein an opening edge of the second outer opening is around an opening edge of the first inner opening out of a project position on the second optical film.

2. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein unit opening area ratio of the plurality of first light exit openings taken as center closing to project position of the light source change with a first function value; in area overlapped of the first overlap area and the second overlap area, the unit opening area ratio with overlapping by the first inner opening and the second outer opening taken as center closing to project position of the light source change with the first function value multiplied by a weighted value, the weighted value is between 1.1-1.3.

3. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the first inner opening is circle, the second outer opening is rectangle.

4. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the first inner opening is smaller than the second outer opening.

5. The backlight module of claim 1 , further comprising a fastener for fastening the opening edges of the first inner opening and the second outer opening.

6. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein multiple of the first inner opening projected on the second optical film fall into the same second outer opening.

7. The backlight module of claim 6 , wherein multiple of the first inner openings are disposed along cross direction of the first side, the second outer openings are disposed along the cross direction in a long-distribution to contain the first inner openings.

8. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the first overlap area has at least one first outer opening, the second overlap area has at least one second inner opening corresponding to the first outer opening; an opening edge of the first outer opening is around an opening edge of the second inner opening out of a project position on the first optical film.

9. The backlight module of claim 8 , wherein the first inner opening and the first outer opening are disposed along the first side in an interlaced manner.

10. The backlight module of claim 9 , wherein the first inner openings and the first outer openings disposed on the first optical film have the same distribution as the second inner openings and the second outer openings disposed on the second optical film after the first optical film are spun 180 degrees along the same plane.

11. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first overlap area and/or the thickness of the second overlap area are thinner than the thickness of the second optical film.

12. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the overlapped thickness of the first overlap area and the second overlap area is the same as the thickness of the first optical film and the thickness of the second optical film.

Assignees

• Au Optronics Corp

Inventors

• Chen Chung-Ting
• Chung Wei-Chun
• Wang Ming-Cheng
• Tseng Shih-Fu

Classifications

• G02F1/133606 Primary

  including a specially adapted diffusing, scattering or light controlling members · CPC title