An illuminating unit includes: a plurality of light sources; a light-guide plate including an end surface disposed to face the plurality of light sources, a first surface that outputs light which is based on incident light from the end surface, and a second surface that faces the first surface and includes a plurality of convex parts; and an optical sheet adhered to side of the second surface of the light-guide plate, with the plurality of convex parts being interposed therebetween. The plurality of convex parts include a plurality of first convex parts disposed in a first region inside the second surface, and one or plurality of second convex parts disposed in at least a portion of a second region on a periphery of the first region inside the second surface.

A light fixture for waveguided ambient light is described herein. In one embodiment, the light fixture includes an LED light source for emitting light rays, a waveguide optically coupled to the LED light source to receive and guide the emitted light rays from a proximal end of the waveguide to a distal end of the waveguide, a first indirect lighting surface configured to receive a first portion of the emitted light rays and reflect the first portion at a first distribution to produce a first ambient light source, and a second indirect lighting surface configured to receive a second portion of the emitted light rays and reflect the second portion at a second distribution to produce a second ambient light source.

A vehicle lamp includes a light source and a plate-shaped light guide including a first plate surface on which a plurality of reflective elements are formed and a second plate surface. The plate-shaped light guide is configured to totally reflect light from the light source by the plurality of reflective elements. The plurality of reflective elements are arranged in a state of being continuously arranged along a line extending in a direction, and are arranged in a plurality of rows on the line. The plate-shaped light guide is configured to allow the light from the light source to reach a position of the line from a first direction. Each of the reflective elements has a substantially concave curved surface shape, and as compared to reflective elements constituting a first row, reflective elements constituting a second row is formed at a deeper position from the first plate surface.

The disclosure relates to the technical field of liquid crystal display, and discloses a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged in a first direction, where the light guide plate is provided with a first region and a second region along a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction intersect with each other; and dots of the first region include a plurality of isolated cluster structures, and a dot density between any two adjacent cluster structures is lower than a dot density of each of the cluster structures.

A single edge lit lighting module is disclosed which produces tailored light distributions valuable in many illumination applications. The lighting module comprises a unique light scattering optical element with volumetric light scattering properties which works in combination with configured reflective surfaces and optional surface relief features, Light distributions attainable using the invention are non-lambertian and anisotropic. Light distributions with one or more lobes of peak intensity can be produced which include, but are not limited to, symmetric and asymmetric batwing distributions, asymmetric distributions for perimeter lighting and symmetric distributions. The invention's unique single edge lit construction provide the means for achieving this without need for conventional two lit edges and within a compact form factor with narrow width, particularly well-suited for linear lighting fixtures that are suspended, surface mounted or recessed. Various embodiments also provide means for adjusting light distributions dynamically to control light output characteristics by the use of an additional cover lens or glare control films, and by controlling the input signals to the LED board included in the assembly.

A waveguide display is provided comprising: an input image generator providing image light projected over a field of view; a waveguide having first and second external surfaces; and at least one grating optically coupled to the waveguide for extracting light towards a viewer. The waveguide has a lateral refractive index variation between said external surfaces that prevents any ray propagated within the waveguide from optically interacting with at least one of the external surfaces.

An illuminating unit includes: a plurality of light sources; a light-guide plate including an end surface disposed to face the plurality of light sources, a first surface that outputs light which is based on incident light from the end surface, and a second surface that faces the first surface and includes a plurality of convex parts; and an optical sheet adhered to side of the second surface of the light-guide plate, with the plurality of convex parts being interposed therebetween. The plurality of convex parts include a plurality of first convex parts disposed in a first region inside the second surface, and one or plurality of second convex parts disposed in at least a portion of a second region on a periphery of the first region inside the second surface.

Systems and methods for providing a display for an electronic device that includes a liquid crystal display panel assembly, a backlight assembly that includes a light source, and a spatially varying polarizer that provides phase retardation that varies as a function of propagation length away from the light source. The display may also include a linear polarizer and other optical components that improve the efficiency of the backlight assembly, thereby reducing power consumption, cost, space requirements, and provide other advantages.

A light-transmitting assembly of a display device, a signal indicator, and the display device are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The light-transmitting assembly of the display device includes: a light-transmitting adjustment member including a plurality of first patterns, a light transmittance of each first pattern is less than a light transmittance of a region of the light-transmitting adjustment member other than the first pattern, and each light-shielding area ratio of the first patterns is a ratio of a sum of areas of all the first patterns in any one region of the light-transmitting adjustment member to an area of the any one region.

The present disclosure provides a display device including: at least one display structure; a backlight structure configured to provide a light source for the display structure, the backlight structure includes the light source, a first light guide plate and at least one optical structure layer, the light source transmits light to the first light guide plate through a light incoming surface of the first light guide plate, the optical structure layer is located between the first light guide plate and the display structure, scattering particles are arranged in the optical structure layer, and light emitted from a light exiting surface of the first light guide plate uniformly irradiates to the display structure through the optical structure layer.