A computer housing, removable light pipe device, and method for assembling a computer are disclosed. The computer housing has a drive door assembly and a light pipe. The light pipe is removably coupleable with the drive door assembly.

A vehicle rearview mirror system includes a rearview mirror assembly comprising an electro-optic reflective element and, preferably, at least a first and a second photo-sensor, both facing generally in a common direction. The system further includes a light piping element that pipes light to the first photo-sensor from a light environment different from the light environment to which the second photo-sensor is exposed. The first photo-sensor comprises a semiconductor photo-sensor sensitive both ...

The present invention relates to an article of manufacture for detecting motion that includes a substrate with a plurality of volumes of material, where each volume is capable of transmitting light from one location on a surface of the substrate to a second location. The present invention also relates to an article of manufacture having a motion detector with a substrate with a first surface, and a volume of material contained within the substrate and adapted to transmit light from a first locat...

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...

An illuminating arrangement (1) includes a main lamp (7) and a reserve lamp (9) mounted on a lamp carrier (5). The lamp carrier (5) can be moved between a base position wherein the main lamp (7) provides illumination and a reserve position wherein the reserve lamp (9) provides illumination. When there is a failure of the main lamp (7), a position change mechanism (15, 19, 21) automatically pivots the lamp carrier (5) out of its base position into the reserve position.

A vehicle rearview mirror system includes a rearview mirror assembly comprising an electro-optic reflective element and, preferably, at least a first and a second photo-sensor, both facing generally in a common direction. A light piping element pipes light to the first photo-sensor from a light environment different from the light environment to which the second photo-sensor is exposed. The first photo-sensor may comprise a semiconductor photo-sensor sensitive both to visible light and to infrar...

A fiber display device (200) includes a light source (21), a fiber binding (27) for transmitting light beams from the light source and a brightness modulating system (29) for modulating the transmission of the light beams. The fiber binding includes a plurality of fibers (272), one terminal end of the fibers acting as a light incidence terminal for receiving light beams from the light source, the other terminal end of the fibers acting as a display terminal. The brightness modulating system is d...

The present invention relates to a light scrambling system that includes a substrate and a plurality of light pipes. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. Each of the plurality of light pipes includes a first end on the first surface of the substrate, a second end on the second surface of the substrate, and at least one inside surface formed by a refractive index boundary. The light input is received by the first end at a plurality of input angle...

An illumination apparatus for illumination of light by emitting light from LED for each of RGB colors capable of optionally setting a color temperature and controlling the brightness after the setting while maintaining the color temperature as it is, in which a light control circuit supplies a light control voltage for variably controlling the light quantity of the illumination light equally to each color setting circuit connected with LED of each color which is lit by a light quantity in propor...

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...