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8172414 |
Instrument illuminating device with light guide body
An illuminating device, for illuminating display designed parts on a display panel, includes at least one light source arranged at a rear side of the display panel, and a light guide body having a...
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8142036 |
Keypad device with light source and reflector
A device is disclosed having a keypad and an adjacent light guide with at least one light source. At least one reflector is provided, having at least an area thereof adjacent to the light source....
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8107155 |
System and method for reducing visual artifacts in displays
Embodiments include systems and methods for reducing visible artifacts such as Moiré, or interference, patterns, in displays. One embodiment includes a display device comprising a plurality of ...
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RE42975 |
Back light assembly for use with back-to-back flat-panel displays
The present invention features a system for uniformly distributing luminance and a high degree of collimation from a back light module for flat-panel, liquid crystal displays (LCDs) simultaneously....
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8056216 |
Method of manufacturing non-backlighted illuminating keypad
A method of manufacturing non-backlighted illuminating keypad includes preparing a transparent plastic thin plate; forming a plurality of keycaps on a surface the plastic thin plate; forming a...
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8052294 |
Direct type back light unit for liquid crystal display device
A back light unit for a liquid crystal display device for improving uniformity of the light and dispensing with optical sheets. The back light unit includes a light source having a holographic...
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8016441 |
One LED illuminated cluster
An illuminated instrument cluster utilizes a single light emitting diode to backlight the entire dial surface. The LED is aligned with a light guide then directs light into a cavity of a light...
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8016442 |
Illuminated indicating devices for instrument panels
An illuminated indicating device includes a dial plate, a pointer, a first light source, a light guide and a light filter. The first light source emits a beam of light and the light guide diverts...
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8007156 |
Light assembly for flashlights
A nonimaging light assembly for flashlights, including a light source and a lens symmetrical about an optical axis for receiving light from the light source and producing therefrom a light beam...
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7956952 |
Liquid crystal module with lamp socket having slits that receive tabs of lamp reflector
A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel and a back light unit. The back light unit has a rear frame, a light guide plate and a lamp reflector assembly. The lamp reflector assembly...
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7954965 |
Method for multiple gauges in a scanning laser based display device
A display for measured quantities can include a gauge with a set of indicia spaced around the gauge to indicate the measured quantities. A window can be formed in the gauge that extends along the...
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7934463 |
Free shape gauge by laser pointer
A gauge can include a face plate and an indication area disposed about a gauge center. The indication area can have a shape that can be defined by a bottom boundary, a top boundary, and first and...
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7926964 |
Dial control with LED light ring
An illuminated control for a gas range or the like provides arcuate reflective chambers capped by diffusers to create a substantially continuous glowing circular sector indicating the status of a...
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7893373 |
Multi-segment backlight system and method for keyboards
An electroluminescent apparatus includes a protection layer characterized by two or more non-overlapping regions and a back electrode layer which includes two or more back electrode regions. Each...
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7887222 |
Display device with changeable display background
A vehicle display with a housing having a gauge port, an interior wall around the gauge port, and an appliqué port extending from an exterior side of the vehicle display and intersecting the gauge ...
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7874689 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display element for showing information as a screen image; and an ornamental member disposed on a display surface of the display element and having a shape...
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7855709 |
Liquid crystal display device
In a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight, the present invention provides a detection-use pixel having the same constitution as respective pixels...
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7841733 |
Display device
A display device such as a light box comprises: a housing; a light source accommodated in this housing; and at least one diffusely translucent display face illuminated by the light from this light...
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7828470 |
Electronic indicator with backlighting
In one implementation, a method provides a plurality of graphics. The method backlights the graphics by using reflected light and/or blocking direct light. The method also highlights one of the...
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7798091 |
Meter device and vehicle
A meter device for a vehicle with enhanced visibility that is easily discriminated from other meter devices. A speedometer includes a meter panel having an indication surface that indicates a...
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7800708 |
Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display with segmented light guide
A backlight for a stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus includes a light guide formed from a plurality of segments. Each segment has a first side and a second side opposite the first...
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7780325 |
Luminous turning button
A luminous turning button for an electric circuit, including a handle mounted to pivot about an axis to actuate at least one electric switch unit and that is illuminated by a light source...
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7780304 |
Smoked lens for vehicle
A vehicle instrument cluster lens assembly for achieving a desired smoked lens effect in a vehicle instrument panel includes a first layer having an associated polarizing orientation for...
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7771069 |
Three-dimensional lighted gauge
A gauge assembly that is illuminable by a light source is provided. The gauge assembly may include a dial face having a translucent portion forming at least a perimeter of the dial face and a cover...
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7753540 |
Illuminable indicator and light engine therefor
An illuminable indicator (40) has an opaque base (42); a cover (44) for the base (42), the cover (44) having a formed design (46) therein having a given circumference with an area (48) defined by...
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7750917 |
Method for representing true colors with device-dependent colors on surfaces and for producing paints and coatings matching the true colors
A method for selecting paints is disclosed. This method includes the steps of selecting true paint colors, displaying device-dependent colors corresponding to the true paint colors in a simulated...
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7731374 |
Reconfigurable instrument cluster
An illuminated gauge for a vehicle instrument panel includes a single LCD having at least a first display configuration and a second display configuration different from the first display...
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7726862 |
Indicator light using light guiding unit
An annular light guiding unit for portable electronic device comprises a first surface, a second surface located opposite to the first surface, and a wall connecting the first surface and the...
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7695180 |
Illumination assembly and system
Illumination assemblies and systems using same are disclosed. The illumination assembly can include a reflective substrate, and a light source unit including one or more light sources capable of...
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7677744 |
Ring pointer illumination
An illuminated pointer assembly for a gauge scale having an outer periphery includes a pointer that moves about a periphery of the gauge scale and is illuminated by a light guide. The light guide...
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7677733 |
Method of designing a matched light guide for a stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display
A method of designing a backlight light guide for an autostereoscopic 3D display includes specifying a backlight having a light guide thickness and extractor angle and a light transmission surface...
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7651234 |
Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same
A backlight assembly for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed with high efficiency and high brightness. The backlight assembly includes a light source in which a first light emitting diode...
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7637623 |
Flood lit cluster
An example light guide assembly for illuminating a display of an instrument cluster includes a light receiving portion, a light propagating portion and a reflective surface between the light...
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7628500 |
Luminous keyboard
A luminous keyboard includes a cap which has a bottom lid with a first light directing zone formed thereon. The cap also has a first light blocking surface on an outer surface corresponding to the...
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7607808 |
Instrument panel housing with light diffuser
A light distributing assembly for a vehicle instrument panel includes a light source that emits light in a first direction. A first surface that is transverse to the first direction receives the...
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7591562 |
Pointer light housing
A light housing for an instrument panel includes an interior surface for reflecting and blending light from a plurality of light sources substantially uniformly from an opening. The light housing...
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7581342 |
Display device
A display device includes an ultraviolet light source, a color light source, and a filter selectively hit by their lights. The filter has a first area part for displaying the first display contents...
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7572023 |
Key module with multi-layer light guiding structure
A key module with a multi-layer light guiding structure includes a plurality of keys, light guiding structure and a plurality of light blocks corresponding to the light guiding structure. The light...
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7566138 |
Light guiding body and lighting apparatus having the same
A light guiding body configured utilize light emitted by a light source for lighting and a lighting apparatus having the light guiding body are provided. The light guiding body has a base, lighting...
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7553037 |
Light diffusion device for a gauge dial plate
A light diffusion device for uniformly dispersing light across a gauge dial plate having indicia associated therewith includes an annular member of transparent or translucent material having front...
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7549390 |
Gauge with illuminated dial and pointer
A gauge with a light transmitting pointer and a light-transmitting dial plate having a surface with indicia for a variable represented by the dial, at least one light source facing a hub of the...
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7543971 |
Light guide for use in a keypad
A light guide for a keypad includes a plurality of through hole portions adapted to correspond respectively to keys on the keypad. Each of the through hole portions is adapted to receive at least a...
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7534004 |
Backlight module having light reflecting and converging structure
An exemplary backlight module (300) includes a light source (320), a frame (310) and diffusing plate (340). The frame includes an inner bottom surface (314) and an inner side surface (312) adjacent...
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7527414 |
Direct-type backlight module
A direct-type backlight module includes a light-guide plate. The light-guide plate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface has at least one first...
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7517105 |
Surface light source and electrically illuminated signboard
LEDs (7) are arranged on at least opposite two corners of a bottom surface of a box body (11) of a tray shape whose bottom surface is quadrilateral, whose upper side is open, on an inner surface of...
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7517103 |
Light correction member, light diffusion member, display member, and display using the same
A display includes a display lightguide, on which a shape of a display character is formed in three dimensions, a light source, emitting a light toward the display lightguide, and a light...
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7513631 |
Lighting device
A lighting device including an LED, which is located immediately below a first illumination window, for illuminating not only the first illumination window but also a second illumination window....
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7513674 |
See-through one-way light-emitting light guide
A display system combines the principles of total internal reflection and halftone reflection. The display system includes a light guide, a light-reflecting see-through image disposed on the...
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7503685 |
Illumination unit and liquid crystal display device using the same
Illumination unit UT is used for the illumination of an LCD panel 1 from the rear side of the LCD panel 1. Illumination unit UT includes light source 2, rear cover 6 to cover light source 2 and...
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7478913 |
Back-lit displays with high illumination uniformity
A directly illuminated display unit has a display panel and one or more light sources disposed behind the display panel. A diffuser is disposed between the light source unit and the display panel...
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