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GAMING MACHINE
20230082815 · 2023-03-16 · ·

A gaming machine according to the first invention comprises a housing, an operation button for a gaming machine provided in a front position opposite a game player in the housing and a display device disposed at a position adjacent to the operation button for the gaming machine in the housing. The push button 20 includes a base 21, a key top 22, an LED 30, and a light guide plate 31. The key top 22 is supported by the base 21 in a state of being operable by a player, has a front surface 22a that is visible to the player and a back surface 22b on the opposite side thereof, and transmits light. The LED 30 is provided on the back surface 22b side of the key top 22 and emits light in a desired direction. The light guide plate 31 has a lower surface 31a that is provided on the back surface 22b side of the key top 22 and on which the light emitted from the LED 30 is incident, and an upper surface 31b that emits light toward the key top 22 side.

LIGHT CONDENSING LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS

A light guide plate including a light emitting surface, a bottom surface, a light incident surface, multiple protrusion structures, and multiple grooves is provided. The light incident surface is connected between the light emitting surface and the bottom surface. The protrusion structures are disposed along a first direction and extend toward a second direction. The protrusion structures have a light condensing angle along the first direction, and the light condensing angle ranges from 10 degrees to 40 degrees. The grooves are disposed in the protrusion structures of the light guide plate. The grooves extend toward the first direction. The protrusion structures have a light receiving surface that defines each groove and is closer to the light incident surface. An angle between the light receiving surface and the bottom surface ranges from 35 degrees to 65 degrees. A display apparatus adopting the light guide plate is also provided.

Lighting systems generating visible-light emissions for dynamically emulating sky colors
11635188 · 2023-04-25 · ·

Lighting system including visible-light source, optical system, mounting system, and control system. Visible-light source includes plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices (SLEDs) and selectably generates: visible-light emissions having cyan-ish color point; and visible-light emissions having orange-ish color point. Optical system and mounting system are integrated with visible-light source. Optical system is arranged to combine together, into combined light emissions, visible-light emissions from SLEDs among plurality of SLEDs. Mounting system is arranged for directing combined light emissions as up-light emissions. Control system is coupled with visible-light source and selectably causes visible-light emissions to have cyan-ish color point or orange-ish color point. Control system and optical system cooperatively form combined up-light emissions as having dynamic spectrum for emulating orange-ish sky color at time of day selected to represent sunrise sky or to represent sunset sky, changing over time for emulating cyan-ish sky color at another time of day selected to represent mid-day sky.

Illumination device and display device

A backlight device includes at least a plurality of LEDs arranged in a row, a light guide plate including at least a light entering end face having a plate shape, and a light refracting portion configured with a plurality of unit light refracting portions arranged side by side on the light entering end face along an alignment direction of the plurality of LEDs, wherein in the light refracting portion, an occupancy rate occupied by the unit light refracting portion in an end side portion of the light entering end face in the alignment direction is made lower than an occupancy rate occupied by the unit light refracting portion in a central side portion of the light entering end face in the alignment direction.

BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
20230129439 · 2023-04-27 ·

A display apparatus including a display panel, a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide disposed on the light source and covering a side of the light source, the light source including a substrate, a light emitter including a light emitting stacked layer and disposed on the substrate, a light blocking layer disposed on a side surface of the light emitting stacked layer, and a reflector disposed between the substrate and the light guide, in which the light emitter has a first length direction and a second length direction, wherein orientation angles of the light emitter in the first and second length directions are different from each other, the substrate includes a first pad electrode and second pad electrode electrically connected to the light emitter, and the first and second pad electrodes are spaced apart from each other by at least 50 .Math.m.

Optical structure

An optical structure includes a grating coupler and a microlens. The grating coupler is configured to receive a laser light. The microlens is above the grating coupler, in which a metal shielding covers the microlens and has an opening to allow the laser light entering an effective coupling region of the grating coupler.

Optical system

An optical system includes a light module, an optical element on a first grating coupler, and a second grating coupler. The light module emits three beams from different positions. The optical element is below the light module and is configured to change incident angles of the three beams and to focus the three beams at the same region of the first grating coupler. The first grating coupler is below the optical element and is configured to couple the three beams into a light-guide substrate. The light-guide substrate is connected to the first grating coupler and is configured to transmit the three beams. The second grating coupler is connected to the light-guide substrate and is configured to enable the three beams departing from the light-guide substrate after the three beams have traveled the same optical path.

Narrow aperture luminaires and light guides therefor
11624866 · 2023-04-11 · ·

A light guide for a luminaire is provided. The light guide includes: an elongated base comprising a light emitting surface at a distal end, and opposing major faces; and a plurality of collimators arranged in an adjacent manner and projecting in a proximal direction from the base, wherein each collimator has a light receiving surface at a proximal end, wherein each collimator expands laterally outwardly in a distal direction. Substantially all light received at the light receiving surfaces internally reflects through the collimators and the base and emits from the light emitting surface.

STATIC MULTIVIEW DISPLAY AND METHOD
20230107214 · 2023-04-06 ·

A static multiview display and method of static multiview display operation provide a static multiview image using diffractive gratings to that encode pixels of the static multiview image. The static multiview display includes a light guide configured to guide plurality of guided light beams and a light source configured to provide the guided light beam plurality having the different radial directions. The static multiview display further includes a plurality of diffraction gratings configured to provide different individual directional light beams from a portion of the radially directed guided light beams. The different individual directional light beams having different intensities and directions corresponding to and representing different view pixels of the static multiview image.

DISPLAY DEVICE
20220317496 · 2022-10-06 ·

A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of light-receiving elements that are located inside a display region of the display panel as viewed from a normal direction of the display panel, and are configured to receive light, and a light guide provided so as to overlap the light-receiving elements. The light guide comprises light guide paths at least partially overlapping the light-receiving elements, and comprises a light-blocking portion having higher absorbance of the light than that of the light guide paths, and the light guide paths are inclined in a predetermined first direction with respect to the normal direction of the display panel.