Light directing film

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9733400-B2
Application number	US-201514732806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2015
Priority date	Jun 9, 2005
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

The present invention discloses a light directing film comprising a first structured major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first structured major surface, wherein the first structured major surface comprises a first prism element and a second prism element meandering in a wary manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light directing film comprising a first structured major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first structured major surface and a reference horizontal plane between the first structured major surface and the second major surface, wherein the reference horizontal plane is substantially perpendicular to the thickness direction of the light directing film, wherein the first structured major surface comprises a plurality of prisms, wherein each of the plurality of prisms comprises a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, a third lateral surface and a fourth lateral surface, wherein the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface intersect to form a ridge extending from the third lateral surface to the fourth lateral surface, wherein each of the ridges of the plurality of prisms has a non-linear projection on the reference horizontal plane, wherein the sectional diagram of the plurality of prisms defines a plurality of valleys interleaved with the ridges of the plurality of prisms, wherein the plurality of valleys comprises a first valley and a second valley, wherein the distance between the first valley and the reference horizontal plane is different from the distance between the second valley and the reference horizontal plane.

2. The light directing film according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of prisms is a triangular prism.

3. The light directing film according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of prisms has a constant vertex angle throughout the entire prism.

4. The light directing film according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of valleys is formed by two adjacent prisms.

5. The light directing film according to claim 1 , wherein the non-linear projection meanders in the form of a wave, wherein the wave has a wavelength direction, an amplitude direction and a central axis extending in the wavelength direction such that the non-linear projection has an average amplitude A relative to the central axis in the amplitude direction and an average wavelength λ in the wavelength direction, wherein 0<A/λ<0.2.

6. The light directing film according to claim 5 , wherein 0.05<A/λ<0.2.

7. The light directing film according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between each two adjacent non-linear projections varies along the length direction of the plurality of prisms.

8. The light directing film according to claim 1 , wherein the non-linear projection meanders smoothly.

9. The light directing film comprising a first structured major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first structured major surface and a reference plane between the first structured major surface and the second major surface, wherein the reference plane is substantially perpendicular to the thickness direction of the light directing film, wherein the first structured major surface comprises a first meandering prism and a second meandering prism, wherein a first ridge of the first meandering prism has a first height relative to the reference plane and a second ridge of the second meandering prism has a second height relative to the reference plane, wherein the first height of the first ridge of the first meandering prism varies along the length direction thereof, wherein the maximum of the first height is larger than the maximum of the second height.

10. The light directing film according to claim 9 , wherein the first ridge of the first meandering prism has a first non-linear projection on the reference plane and the second ridge of the second meandering prism has a second non-linear projection on the reference plane.

11. The light directing film according to claim 10 , wherein the distance between the first non-linear projection and the second non-linear projection varies along the length direction of the plurality of prisms.

12. The light directing film according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first non-linear projection and the second non-linear projection meanders smoothly.

13. The light directing film according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first meandering prism and the second meandering prism is a triangular prism.

14. The light directing film according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first meandering prism and the second meandering prism has a constant vertex angle throughout the entire meandering prism.

15. A light directing film comprising a first structured major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first structured major surface and a reference horizontal plane between the first structured major surface and the second major surface, wherein the reference horizontal plane is substantially perpendicular to the thickness direction of the light directing film, wherein the first structured major surface comprises a plurality of prisms, wherein each of the plurality of prisms has the same vertex angle, wherein each of the plurality of prisms comprises a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, a third lateral surface and a fourth lateral surface, wherein the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface intersect to form a ridge extending from the third lateral surface to the fourth lateral surface, wherein each of the ridges of the plurality of prisms has a non-linear projection on the reference horizontal plane and the distance between each of the ridges of the plurality of prisms and the reference horizontal plane is the same, wherein the sectional diagram of the plurality of prisms defines a plurality of valleys interleaved with the ridges of the plurality of prisms, wherein the plurality of valleys comprises a first valley and a second valley, wherein the distance between the first valley and the reference horizontal plane is different from the distance between the second valley and the reference horizontal plane.

16. The light directing film according to claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of prisms is a triangular prism.

17. The light directing film according to claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of prisms has a constant vertex angle throughout the entire prism.

18. The optical film according to claim 17 , wherein the constant vertex angle is formed by film-embossing by a mold cut by a triangular knife.

19. The light directing film according to claim 15 , wherein the distance between each two adjacent non-linear projections varies along the length direction of the plurality of prisms.

20. The light directing film according to claim 15 , wherein the non-linear projection meanders smoothly.

Assignees

• Ubright Optronics Corp

Inventors

• Wang Kong-Hua
• Yang Ching-An
• Pan Han-Tsung

Classifications

• G02B6/0058

  varying in density, size, shape or depth along the light guide · CPC title

• G02B5/0231 Primary

  the surface having microprismatic or micropyramidal shape (macroscopic prism arrays G02B5/045) · CPC title

• G02B5/045

  Prism arrays · CPC title

• G02B6/0053

  Prismatic sheet or layer; Brightness enhancement element, sheet or layer · CPC title