Thin film type controlled viewing window back light unit and thin flat type controlled viewing window display using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9910208-B2
Application number	US-201514727362-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a thin film type controlled viewing window back light unit and a thin flat type Controlled Viewing window Display using the same. The present disclosure suggests a thin film type back light unit which can include: a base film having a width and a length, and including a high refractive film and a low refractive film stacked on the high refractive film; an incident pattern disposed at one side of a bottom surface of the base film; a reflective pattern disposed at an opposite side apart from the one side with the length of the bottom surface of the base film, and covering the width of the opposite side; a light radiating pattern disposed on an upper surface of the base film; a holographic film for controlling a viewing-window disposed on the light radiating pattern; and a light source being apart from the incident pattern, and providing an incident light to the incident pattern.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A back light unit comprising:
a base film having a width and a length, and including a high refractive film and a low refractive film stacked on the high refractive film;
an incident pattern disposed at one side of a bottom surface of the base film;
a reflective pattern disposed at an opposite side apart from the one side with the length of the bottom surface of the base film, and covering the width of the opposite side;
a light radiating pattern disposed on an upper surface of the base film;
a light source being apart from the incident pattern, and providing an incident light to the incident pattern; and
a light absorbing pattern disposed over the light radiating pattern at the one side where the incident pattern is located,
wherein an inner end side of the light absorbing pattern is positioned where a refraction angle of the incident light equals to a total reflection angle at an interface between the high refractive film and the low refractive film, and
wherein an outer end side of the light absorbing pattern is positioned between an inner end side of the incident pattern and an outer end of the high refractive film.

2. The back light unit according to claim 1 , wherein the light source is configured to be tilted for selecting one incident angle among a plurality of inclined angles to the incident light perpendicularly entering the incident pattern.

3. The back light unit according to claim 1 , wherein the light source includes n light sources, in which each of the n light sources providing the incident light perpendicularly entering the incident pattern, respectively, and
wherein the incident pattern includes n incident patterns, in which each of the n incident patterns has an incident point corresponding to the each of the n light sources, respectively, and in which each of the incident patterns refracts each incident light perpendicularly entering the incident pattern to a deflected angle.

4. The back light unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein a length of the light absorbing pattern is adapted to a length of the incident pattern.

5. A controlled viewing-window display comprising:
a flat display panel; and
a back light unit including:
a light source disposed at a rear side of the flat display panel;
a light guide film disposed between the light source and the flat display panel as facing to the flat display panel, and converting an incident light entering into an incident point from the light source into a back light covering an entire surface of the flat display panel; and
a holographic film controlling an optical property of the back light unit from the light guide film,
wherein the light guide film includes:
a base film having a width and a length, and including a high refractive film and a low refractive film stacked on the high refractive film;
an incident pattern disposed at one side of a bottom surface of the base film;
a reflective pattern disposed at an opposite side apart from the one side with the length of the bottom surface of the base film, and covering the width of the opposite side;
a light radiating pattern disposed on an upper surface of the base film; and
a light absorbing pattern disposed over the light radiating pattern at the side where the incident pattern is located,
wherein the light source provides the incident light to the incident pattern,
wherein an inner end side of the light absorbing pattern is positioned where a refraction angle of the incident light equals to a total reflection angle at an interface between the high refractive film and the low refractive film, and
wherein an outer end side of the light absorbing pattern is positioned between an inner end side of the incident pattern and an outer end of the high refractive film.

6. The controlled viewing-window display according to claim 5 , wherein the incident pattern includes a holography pattern configured to convert the incident light into an expanded light,
wherein the incident light perpendicularly enters onto a surface of the incident pattern, and
wherein the expanded light has a refraction angle larger than a critical angle for total reflection at the interface between the high refractive film and the low refractive film, and is expanded corresponding to the width.

7. The controlled viewing-window display according to claim 6 , wherein the reflective pattern includes a holography pattern configured to convert the expanded light into a collimated light which has a reflection angle smaller than the refraction angle and larger than a critical angle of total reflection at an interface between the low refraction film and an air, and covers the width.

8. The controlled viewing-window display according to claim 7 , wherein some portions of the collimated light are diffracted by the light radiating pattern, including a holographic pattern, and are radiated outward from the low refractive film into free space.

9. The controlled viewing-window display according to claim 8 , wherein the light source is configured to be tilted for selected one incident angle among a plurality of inclined angles to the incident light perpendicularly entering the surface of the incident pattern.

10. The controlled viewing-window display according to claim 8 , wherein the light source includes n light sources, in which each of the n light sources providing the incident light perpendicularly entering the surface of the incident pattern, respectively, and
wherein the incident pattern includes n incident patterns, in which each of the n incident patterns has an incident point corresponding to the each of the n light sources, respectively, and in which each of the incident patterns diffracts each incident light perpendicularly entering the surface of the incident pattern to a deflected angle.

11. The controlled viewing-window display according to claim 5 ,
wherein a length of the light absorbing pattern is adapted to a length of the incident pattern.

12. The controlled viewing-window display according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a selective diffuser sheet disposed at either between the holographic film and the flat display panel or between the holographic film and the light guide film.

13. The controlled viewing-window display according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a light guide panel disposed under the light guide film; and
an edge type light source disposed at one side of the light guide panel.

14. A back light unit comprising:
a base film having a high refractive film and a low refractive film stacked on the high refractive film;
an incident pattern disposed at one side of a lower surface of the base film;
a reflective pattern disposed at the lower surface of the base film and at an opposite side of the incident pattern;
a light radiating pattern formed on an upper surface of the base film;
a light source configured to provide an incident light to the incident pattern; and
a light absorbing pattern disposed on the light radiating pattern, and formed between the incident pattern and the reflective pattern,
wherein an inner end side of the light absorbing pattern is positioned where a refraction angle of the incident light equals to a total reflection angle at an interface between the high refractive film and the low refractive film, and
wherein an outer end side of the light absorbing pattern is positioned between an inner end side of the incident pattern and an outer end of the high refractive film.

15. The back light unit of claim 14 , wherein the light source is configured to tilt an angle of the incident light to the incident pattern.

16. The ba

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd
• Bayer Materialscience Ag
• Covestro Deutschland Ag

Inventors

• Bang Hyungseok
• Ryu Seungman
• Bruder Friedrich Karl
• Faecke Thomas Peter
• Hagen Rainer
• Walze Guenther

Classifications

• G02F1/1336

  Illuminating devices · CPC title

• G02F1/133524

  Light-guides, e.g. fibre-optic bundles, louvered or jalousie light-guides · CPC title

• G02B6/0076

  Stacked arrangements of multiple light guides of the same or different cross-sectional area · CPC title

• G02B6/0051

  Diffusing sheet or layer · CPC title

• G02B30/00

  Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images (in microscopes G02B21/22) · CPC title