公开(公告)号：US11870211B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17657379

申请日：2022-03-31

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Shinichi Komura ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Ken Onoda ,  Hiroaki Kijima

IPC: H01S5/00 ,  F21V8/00 ,  H01S5/40

CPC classification number: H01S5/0071 ,  G02B6/002 ,  G02B6/0031 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  H01S5/4093

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide having a first plane, a second plane, a side plane, a first tilted plane, and a second tilted plane, an angle formed between the side plane and the first tilted plane and an angle formed between the side plane and the second tilted plane being acute angles, a first semiconductor laser element including a first light emitting part, and a second semiconductor laser element including a second light emitting part. The first light emitting part is opposed to a first intersection part of the side plane and the first tilted plane, and the second light emitting part is opposed to a second intersection part of the side plane and the second tilted plane.

公开(公告)号：US11693171B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17970578

申请日：2022-10-21

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Ken Onoda ,  Shinichi Komura ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Hiroaki Kijima

IPC: F21V8/00

CPC classification number: G02B6/0038 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02B6/0076

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a first light guide, and a second light guide. In the first light guide, a first main surface includes a first plane and first grooves between the first plane and a first side surface, a second main surface includes second grooves orthogonal to the first grooves, and a second plane between the second grooves and the first side surface. In the second light guide, a third main surface includes a third plane and third grooves located between the third plane and a fourth side surface, a fourth main surface includes fourth grooves orthogonal to the third grooves, and a fourth plane located between the fourth grooves and the fourth side surface.

公开(公告)号：US12032247B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17664076

申请日：2022-05-19

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Shinichi Komura ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Ken Onoda ,  Hiroaki Kijima

IPC: G02F1/1343 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02F1/13357

CPC classification number: G02F1/134345 ,  G02B6/0055 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02F1/133621 ,  G02F2201/52

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel and an illumination device including a red light-emitting element, a green light-emitting element and a blue light emitting element and irradiating a mixture of light emitted by the light emitting elements onto the display panel. Further, of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel, an aperture area of a sub-pixel having a lowest wall plug efficiency of the light emitting element of a respective color is greater than aperture areas of the sub-pixels of other colors.

公开(公告)号：US12216304B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US18338521

申请日：2023-06-21

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Shinichi Komura ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Ken Onoda ,  Hiroaki Kijima

IPC: F21V8/00

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide having a first plane, a second plane opposed to the first plane and substantially parallel to the first plane, and a tilted plane opposed to the first plane and tilted to the first plane, the tilted plane and the second plane being arranged in a first direction, and a light emitting device including a first light emitting part, a second light emitting part, and a third light emitting part which are located directly below the tilted plane, arranged in the first direction, and configured to emit light having wavelengths different from each other.

公开(公告)号：US11536885B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17450479

申请日：2021-10-11

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Shinichi Komura ,  Junji Kobashi ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Ken Onoda ,  Hiroaki Kijima

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/13363 ,  G02B5/30 ,  G02B30/34

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel configured to emit display light of linearly polarized light, a first semi-transparent element transmitting first circularly polarized light and reflecting second circularly polarized light, a first retardation film, a second semi-transparent element reflecting the first circularly polarized light and transmitting the second circularly polarized light, a second retardation film having a refractive anisotropy in which refractive indexes of directions orthogonal to each other in a plane are substantially equivalent to each other and a refractive index in a normal is different from a refractive index in a plane, and a first element having a lens action of condensing the second circularly polarized light.

公开(公告)号：US11500211B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US17450482

申请日：2021-10-11

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Shinichi Komura ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Ken Onoda ,  Hiroaki Kijima

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/13363

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device including a display panel configured to emit display light of linear polarization, a first retardation plate, a second retardation plate, a reflective polarizer configured to pass first linear polarized light, and to reflect second linear polarized light, a transflective layer including a concave surface opposed to the second retardation plate, and a transparent solid with almost zero refractive anisotropy, wherein the first retardation plate and the second retardation plate are a quarter-wave plate, and the transparent solid includes a first surface shaped convex to be opposed to the concave surface, and a second surface opposed to the reflective polarizer.

公开(公告)号：US12300191B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18414631

申请日：2024-01-17

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Koichi Okuda ,  Shinichi Komura

IPC: G09G3/36

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an optical element configured to collect light emitted from the display panel to user's eyes, and a drive circuit configured to drive the display panel based on an image signal having information on an image. The drive circuit generates a corrected image obtained by applying correction to the image to cause distortion, based on distortion caused by the optical element, and displays the corrected image on the display panel.

公开(公告)号：US11953712B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US18314149

申请日：2023-05-09

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Ken Onoda ,  Shinichi Komura ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Hiroaki Kijima

IPC: F21V8/00

CPC classification number: G02B6/0038 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02B6/0076

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a first light guide, and a second light guide. In the first light guide, a first main surface includes a first plane and first grooves between the first plane and a first side surface, a second main surface includes second grooves orthogonal to the first grooves, and a second plane between the second grooves and the first side surface. In the second light guide, a third main surface includes a third plane and third grooves located between the third plane and a fourth side surface, a fourth main surface includes fourth grooves orthogonal to the third grooves, and a fourth plane located between the fourth grooves and the fourth side surface.

公开(公告)号：US11808963B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17981558

申请日：2022-11-07

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Shinichi Komura ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Hiroaki Kijima ,  Ken Onoda

IPC: F21V8/00

CPC classification number: G02B6/0036 ,  G02B6/0045 ,  G02B6/0068

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide including a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, a plurality of convex portions provided on the second main surface, and a first light source element and a second light source element opposing the first side surface and the second side surface, respectively, and when an incident angle of a main ray of the light propagating in the light guide is expressed by θ, a diffusion angle of the light is δ, an angle of the convex portion of the light guide is α, a critical angle of the light guide is θc, and an angle which satisfies (90°−θc) is β0, a relationship: ((β0+δ)/3)

公开(公告)号：US11796730B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17663043

申请日：2022-05-12

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Hiroaki Kijima ,  Shinichi Komura ,  Koichi Okuda ,  Ken Onoda

IPC: F21V8/00

CPC classification number: G02B6/0036 ,  G02B6/009 ,  G02B6/0031 ,  G02B6/0053 ,  G02B6/0076 ,  G02B6/0055

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first light guide including a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface and a second side surface, a first light source and a first layer including a first prism provided on the second side surface. The first prism protrudes from the second main surface toward the opposite side to the first main surface and has a cross-sectional shape of a triangle with a first slope and a second slope. The incident angle of light emitted from the first light source and entering the first light guide from the second side surface, the angle between the first slope and the first direction, and the angle between the first slope and the second slope are set to values that satisfy the predetermined conditions, respectively.