Light Guide Plate Fixing Hole Light Bouncing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional edge-type backlight units in LCD displays face issues with light bouncing at fixing holes, leading to non-uniform brightness and increased manufacturing complexity due to the need for black taping, which becomes costly and complicated, especially as display sizes increase.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a light guide plate featuring a lens part on one surface and a double pattern part on the other, including a first pattern part for scattering light and a second pattern part with deeper depressions and straight line patterns adjacent to fixing holes to reduce light propagation towards the holes, preventing light bouncing and ensuring uniform brightness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If black tape is attached to fixing holes to prevent light bouncing, then light uniformity is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the external black tape component and extracts the light-blocking function directly into the light guide plate structure by forming black-colored pattern parts (first and second pattern parts) integrally with the light guide plate through injection molding, thereby eliminating the separate taping process while maintaining light uniformity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the light-blocking function (previously performed by separate black tape) with the light guide plate structure itself by integrating the first pattern part and second pattern part into the light guide plate as integral components, combining multiple functions into a single molded piece
2Illumination intensity
If black tape is attached to fixing holes to prevent light bouncing, then light uniformity is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the separate black tape material cost and the additional labor costs associated with the taping process by extracting the light-blocking function into the injection molding process itself, where the first and second pattern parts are formed integrally with the light guide plate in a single manufacturing step
Solution Approach 2:
The light guide plate structure provides its own light-blocking function through the integrated first and second pattern parts that are self-formed during injection molding, eliminating the need for external materials and separate manufacturing processes
3Stability of the object's composition
If the number of fixing holes is increased for larger display devices, then structural stability is improved, but light blocking increases and brightness uniformity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different pattern configurations locally around each fixing hole (first pattern part near the hole, second pattern part further away) with varying depths and densities to locally control light scattering and blocking, allowing multiple fixing holes to be present while maintaining overall brightness uniformity through localized optical management
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses an excessive amount of light scattering and blocking action in the regions around fixing holes through the first and second pattern parts, which are designed to compensate for the light-blocking effect of the holes themselves, ensuring that even with multiple holes the overall brightness remains uniform
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
The solution effectively prevents light bouncing at fixing holes, ensuring uniform brightness across the display and simplifying the manufacturing process by eliminating the need for black taping, thus improving productivity and reducing costs while maintaining high image quality.
Implementation Method 1
The lens part may be interposed between the display panel and the backlight unit, and configured to transmit the light output from the backlight unit
Implementation Method 2
a first pattern part configured to scatter the incident light output from the optical module
Implementation Method 3
a second pattern part provided adjacent to the fixing hole... configured to scatter, reflect and absorb light incident to the fixing hole
Implementation Method 4
a second pattern part provided adjacent to the fixing hole... configured to scatter, reflect and absorb light incident to the fixing hole
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AI summary
A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit configured to output light to the display panel, and a lens part interposed between the display panel and the backlight unit, and configured to transmit the light output from the backlight unit is transmitted, wherein the backlight unit includes an optical module configured to output the light, and a light guide plate configured to form a light path through which the light that is output from the optical module and incident on the light guide plate is transmitted and to scatter the incident light, the light guide plate including a fixing hole, a first pattern part configured to scatter the incident light output from the optical module, and a second pattern part provided adjacent to the fixing hole.