Backlight Module Light-Guiding Element Protrusion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices suffer from light leakage issues in a dark state, which affects display quality and requires improvements in contrast and brightness.

Innovation Solution

The electronic device incorporates a backlight module with a light-guiding plate and a light-guiding element featuring a protruding structure that faces the light-guiding plate, enhancing light concentration to a positive viewing angle and including an absorption layer to reduce interference light, thereby increasing contrast and brightness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If a conventional backlight module is used, then the device structure is simple, but light leakage occurs in dark state affecting display quality

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight leakageVSAvoidbacklight module structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A light-guiding element is introduced as an intermediary component between the light source and display panel. This element includes a protruding structure that redirects stray light, effectively reducing light leakage in dark states without requiring complete redesign of the backlight module

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The light-guiding element features a protruding structure with specific local geometric properties that selectively redirect light in certain directions while allowing other light to pass through. This localized structural modification addresses light leakage without complicating the entire backlight system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Illumination intensity

If light concentration to positive viewing angle is enhanced, then brightness and contrast are improved, but light distribution uniformity may be affected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrightness and contrastVSAvoidlight distribution uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The protruding structure's geometric parameters (height, width, shape) are optimized to control light redirection angles. By adjusting these parameters, the system achieves enhanced brightness and contrast at positive viewing angles while maintaining acceptable light distribution uniformity across the display

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This configuration effectively reduces light leakage, enhances contrast and brightness, and supports high dynamic range imaging (HDR) by optimizing light distribution and absorption of interference light.

Implementation Method 1

a light-guiding element, and the light-guiding element is disposed under the light-guiding plate. The light-guiding element has a protruding structure, and the protruding structure faces the light-guiding plate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight guiding: Waveguide (optics)

Implementation Method 2

The light-guiding element is disposed under the light-guiding plate, and the light-guiding element has polarization characteristics

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPolarization: Polarisation

Data Source

PatentUS11187843B2Electronic device having backlight module
Publication Date: 2021.11.30 RED OAK INNOVATIONS LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a backlight module. The backlight module includes a light-guiding plate and a light-guiding element, and the light-guiding element is disposed under the light-guiding plate. In addition, the light-guiding element has a protruding structure, and the protruding structure faces the light-guiding plate.