G02B5/021

SHELF LIGHTING DEVICE
20230107268 · 2023-04-06 ·

Provided is a shelf lighting device. A light guide plate is disposed below a shelf to which external contacts are made, includes a first surface facing the shelf, a second surface opposite the first surface, and third surfaces extending between edges of the first and second surfaces to connect the first and second surfaces, is formed from a first refractive index material, and guides light. An area in which light is guided is separated from an area in which external contacts are made, such that light is not extracted directly from a stained portion, thereby reducing sensitivity to surface contamination.

OPTICAL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SHEET

An optical sheet and a method for manufacturing the optical sheet are provided. The optical sheet comprises: a first substrate; a first resin layer disposed on one surface of the substrate; a second resin layer disposed on one surface of the first resin layer; and a third resin layer disposed on one surface of the second resin layer, wherein the first resin layer includes a first one-surface corrugated portion formed on one surface thereof and having a plurality of convex portions and concave portions, the second resin layer includes a second other-surface corrugated portion formed on the other surface thereof and having a pattern shape complementary to that of the first one-surface corrugated portion, the second resin layer includes a second one-surface corrugated portion formed on one surface thereof, having a plurality of convex portions and concave portions and having a surface roughness value greater than that of the first one-surface corrugated portion, and the third resin layer has a third other-surface corrugated portion formed on the other surface thereof and having a pattern shape complementary to that of the second one-surface corrugated portion.

Optical film, optical barrier film, and backlight unit
11650358 · 2023-05-16 · ·

An optical film including a first film substrate, and a light diffusion layer that is formed on the first film substrate, wherein the light diffusion layer contains a binder resin and light-diffusing particles, of the light-diffusing particles, 10% or more by number of the light-diffusing particles form an uneven structure on a surface of the light-diffusing layer by the 10% or more of the light-diffusing particles protruding more than a surrounding area not containing any light-diffusing particles, and of the light diffusing particles which cause the binder resin to be protruded and have a protruded portion, 90% or more by number of the protruded portion of light-diffusing particles is covered by the binder resin.

High-haze anti-glare film and high-haze antiglare anti-reflection film

A high-haze anti-glare film is disclosed. The high-haze anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer on the substrate. The anti-glare layer comprises acrylate binder, amorphous silica microparticles and spherical organic polymer microparticles, wherein the spherical organic polymer microparticles are monodispersity and the average particle size thereof is smaller than that of the amorphous silica microparticles. The total haze (Ht) of the anti-glare film is more than 40%, and the total haze is the sum of the surface haze (Hs) and the inner haze (Hi) of the anti-glare film, and the inner haze (Hi) and the total haze (Ht) satisfy the relation 0.25<Hi/Ht<0.75. The present high-haze anti-glare film provides high anti-glare and anti-sparkling properties.

Optical sheet, light-emitting device, method for manufacturing optical sheet, and method for manufacturing light-emitting device

A light-diffusing layer is provided for diffusing incident light by diffracting at least a portion of the incident light, and the diffuse light diffused by the light-diffusing layer is diffused about a direction different from the emission direction of non-diffused light that passes through the light-diffusing layer without being diffused.

Optical substrates having light collimating and diffusion structures

An optical substrate having a structured prismatic surface and an opposing structured lenticular surface. The structured lenticular surface includes shallow-curved lens structures. Adjacent shallow-curved lens structure may be continuous or contiguous, or separated by a constant or variable spacing. The lens structure may have a longitudinal structure with a uniform or varying cross section. The lenticular lenses may have a laterally meandering structure. Sections of adjacent straight or meandering lenticular lenses may intersect or partially or completely overlap each other. The lenticular lenses may be in the form of discontinuous lenticular segments. The lenticular segments may have regular, symmetrical shapes, or irregular, asymmetrical shapes, which may be intersecting or overlapping, and may be textured. The lens structure may be provided with isolated ripples, in the form of a single knot, or a series of knots.

Portable framed artistic window pane covers
09833100 · 2017-12-05 · ·

A portable framed artistic window pane covers includes plain and textured window pane film mounted on glass or transparent polyvinyl sheet with a prismatic effect that allows incoming light to pass through a window pane while refracting the light at random or semi-random angles in a manner that distorts viewed images through window panes of any size outside a home, office, or structure to create privacy for persons inside home, office, and other structures.

Light guide for modifying a light distribution pattern
09829689 · 2017-11-28 · ·

A light guide (201) including a transparent element is presented. The transparent element includes a first surface (203) for acting as a light-ingress surface and a second surface (204) for acting as a light-egress surface. The second surface includes elevations (205) for directing a part of the light into directions sideward with respect to a direction in which another and greater part of the light exits the transparent element through the second surface. Each elevation is shaped to provide total internal reflection for a light beam on a first point of the surface of the elevation and refract the reflected light beam on a second point of the surface of the elevation so as to direct the light beam sideward. The sideward directed light enables an observer, who sees the light guide from a small viewing angle, to easily see whether the light is on or off.

Cover panel for at least one display instrument in a vehicle

A cover panel, for at least partially transparently covering at least one display instrument in a vehicle, has a microstructure applied on at least one surface. The microstructure is suitable for scattering visible light which is incident on the cover panel. The at least one window region of the cover panel is cutout from the microstructure. A method for manufacturing such a cover panel uses a molding tool with an applied microstructure matrix for forming a microstructure on a part of the molding tool which is assigned to a surface of a molded cover panel. The parts of the molding tool which are assigned to window regions are cut out from the microstructure matrix.

OPTICAL STRUCTURES FOR REDIRECTING DAYLIGHT
20170307788 · 2017-10-26 ·

Window glass having sun-facing daylight redirecting optical structures with an embedded surface diffuser patterned on them. The optical structures are generally linear and formed from a repeating unit cell. Each unit cell has a base, two or more peaks opposite the base, and at least one curved side between the base and the peaks. The other sides between the base and the peaks can be substantially straight, curved, or a series of facets approximating a curve.