A light guiding plate capable of minimizing a thickness of a backlight assembly and an LCD device, a backlight assembly and an LCD device having the same are provided. The light guiding plate has a light incident surface, a light reflection surface having a plurality of dots for diffusing and reflecting the light emitted from the light incident surface and a light output surface having a predetermined roughness and further diffusing the light diffused and reflected by the light reflection surfac...

A light guide plate (32) in accordance with the present invention includes a base (23), and an intervening layer (22) formed on the base. The intervening layer includes a light emitting surface (24) defining a plurality of V-shaped grooves (241) thereat. An index of refraction of the intervening layer is less than an index of refraction of the base.

A backlight system comprises at least two light-emitting panels (1; 11) having a front wall (2; 12), an opposing rear wall (3; 13) and opposite edge surfaces (4, 14; 5, 15). At least one of the edge surfaces (4; 14) is light-transmitting and associated with a plurality of light sources (6, 16). Light originating from the light sources (6; 16) is diffused in the panel (1; 11). Sub-surfaces (8, 18) of the rear walls (3, 13) are provided with means for extracting light from the panel (1, 11). In op...

A light pipe in which light incident on an incident side surface (13) is outputted from a lower surface (12) through a light output means formed on an upper surface (11), the direction of the largest intensity of the light outputted from the lower surface is within an angle of 30 degrees to a normal line with respect to a reference plane of the lower surface, the largest intensity of light leaking from the upper surface in the direction within the angle of 30 degrees is not higher than 1/5 as hi...

A light guide device and a liquid crystal display module and a liquid crystal display device having the light-guide device that can minimize the flowing of a light guide plate received in a mold frame by improving the structure of the light guide plate of the liquid crystal display device. A light guide device for receiving a light from a lamp unit and guiding the light to a display unit for displaying an image has a catching jaw is formed by cutting off both corner portion of a first end portio...

A panel used for a surface light source device is constituted by a transparent substrate having high light transmission properties, the transparent substrate having an end surface on which light emitted from a light source is incident, a reflecting surface for reflecting the incident light, and a light emitting surface for emitting the incident light. The end surface on which the light is incident may be formed in a concave-convex shape in the direction of its end side.

A dot pattern of a light guide plate is optimally designed for a surface light source device of side light type. A lamp 1 is disposed at the side of the light guide plate 2 and light introduced from a light incidence surface into the light guide plate 2 is emitted from a luminous surface. The dot pattern is arranged on the rear surface of the light guide plate 2 according to the following principles: (1) there is a (gradient) portion where the rate of area occupation of the dot pattern increases...

A light scattering and guiding light source device which is capable of providing a uniform illumination light, simple structure and low cost. A wedge-shaped light scattering guide has an incident surface for introducing light rays from a fluorescent lamp. The directions of the rays are changed by scattering. The rays propagate through the body while reflected repeatedly. Parts of the rays go outwards at plural reflective points. The angle of reflection increases successively, thus increasing the...

A flat light source used as back-lighting for a liquid crystal display device includes an optically conductive plate (1) having a light reflecting layer (2), and a light source (3). A light-diffusing sheet (8) is provided outside the optically conductive plate (1) opposite to the light reflecting layer (2). A lens sheet (4) is provided outside the light-diffusing sheet (8), with a transmission type of display element (6) provided on the outer side of the lens sheet (4). The light-diffusing sheet...

A surface light source device using a light conducting member, in which a multiplicity of concave portions are formed on an opposite surface of a light emitting surface of the light conducting member and the concave portions are arranged to have specific shapes to obtain a bright surface light source with a uniform brightness. A light diffusing material is fulfilled within the concave portions of the light conducting member so that a more uniform brightness can be obtained in an easy manner.