Reflective spatial light modulator display with stacked light guides and method

AJ Nichol, ZA Coleman - US Patent 9,557,473, 2017 - Google Patents
A reflective display includes a reflective spatial light modulator and a front light having a
lightguide formed by an array of film-based lightguides coupled into a lightguide region of …

Reflective display comprising a frontlight with extraction features and a light redirecting optical element

AJ Nichol, ZA Coleman - US Patent 9,651,729, 2017 - Google Patents
US9651729B2 - Reflective display comprising a frontlight with extraction features and a light
redirecting optical element - Google Patents US9651729B2 - Reflective display comprising a …

Directional front illuminating device comprising a film based lightguide with high optical clarity in the light emitting region

AJ Nichol, ZA Coleman, S Pucylowski - US Patent 9,645,304, 2017 - Google Patents
A directional front illumination device includes a film-based lightguide, a plurality of strips of
the film extended from a lightguide region of the film along one side of the film with the strips …

Illumination device comprising oriented coupling lightguides

AJ Nichol, ZA Coleman - US Patent App. 13/470,936, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003 Conventionally, in order to reduce the thickness of displays and
backlights, edge-lit configurations using rigid lightguides have been used to receive light …

Light guide panel and optical system including the same

T Suganuma - US Patent 8,641,258, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A light guide panel 1 having a reflective Sub-wavelength diffraction grating
3 generates Zero-order light and minus first-order light in the reflective sub-wavelength …

Lightguide including a film with one or more bends

AJ Nichol, ZA Coleman - US Patent 9,690,032, 2017 - Google Patents
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Device comprising a film-based lightguide and component with angled teeth

AJ Nichol, ZA Coleman - US Patent 9,523,807, 2016 - Google Patents
A device disclosed herein includes a component having a frame and an array of protruding
teeth extending from the frame. Each tooth of the array of protruding teeth has an angled …

Light-emitting module and display device having the same

HJ Kim, JY Yoon, K Jae-Joong, C Cho, JH Park… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
A light-emitting module includes a light guide plate and a light source unit in accordance
with an embodiment. The light guide plate include an upper surface, a lower surface facing …

LED-edgelit light guide fixture having LED receiving grooves

CS Lee - US Patent 7,963,689, 2011 - Google Patents
The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is the
main object of the present invention to provide a LED lighting fixture formed of a light guide …

Surface light source device and liquid crystal display device

R Nishitani, N Nakano, S Kagawa, M Kuwata… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
An angular intensity distribution shaping member includes a first Surface for receiving a light
beam emitted from a light source, the first surface having a length in a width direction that is …