Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input coupler, backlight unit, and three-dimensional image display apparatus including the input coupler
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Application No.: US15870291Application Date: 2018-01-12
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Publication No.: US10718891B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Sunghoon Lee , Joonyong Park , Dongouk Kim , Jihyun Bae , Bongsu Shin , Dongsik Shim , Jaeseung Chung
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6e4d5136
- Main IPC: G03H1/26
- IPC: G03H1/26 ; F21V8/00 ; G03H1/22 ; G02B27/14 ; G02B30/26

Abstract:
An input coupler includes: a plurality of semi-reflectors located along an optical path along which a light incident from a light source travels, each of the plurality of semi-reflectors comprising a reflective surface that is inclined with respect to the optical path and configured to reflect a first portion of the light and transmit a second portion of the light; and a plurality of optical path changing members configured to change an optical path of the light transmitted through the plurality of semi-reflectors, wherein the plurality of semi-reflectors and the plurality of optical path changing members are arranged such that the light passing through at least one of the plurality of semi-reflectors and emitted in one direction has a linear beam distribution.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180210130A1 INPUT COUPLER, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE INPUT COUPLER Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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