An automobile comprises a light transmitting film with a thickness not greater than 0.5 millimeters with a core layer, a lightguide region of the film comprises a light emitting region with light extracting features positioned to receive and extract light from at least one light source propagating by total internal reflection within the core layer out of the core layer, and a light mixing region positioned between the at least one light source and the light emitting region, wherein a surface of the portion of the automobile is visible through the light emitting region of the film when the at least one light source is not emitting light and the light transmitting film is conformal with the surface of the portion of the automobile. The surface of the film may have arcuate cross-sectional shape conforming to a curved surface of the portion of the automobile.

A backlit keyboard includes key switches and a backlight module. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a reflecting surface, and at least one light-emitting device. The light guide plate is provided with light-guiding dots disposed on a bottom surface thereof. A light-shielding layer disposed on the light guide plate has a light-shielding portion and a light-transmitting portion corresponding to at least one of the key switches. The reflecting surface faces the bottom surface of the light guide plate, and a pattern at least partially overlaps the light-shielding portion. A first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device are disposed in an opening of the light guide plate, and the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device face respective sidewalls of the opening. The first light-emitting device is located underneath the light-shielding portion.

A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate that emits light from an emission surface, the light being incident on a lateral surface of the light guide plate; a light source that is arranged on the lateral surface side and has a light emitting surface that emits light to be incident on the lateral surface; a substrate that has two principal surfaces, a surface opposite to the light emitting surface of the light source being mounted on one of the principal surfaces; a frame that has a lateral surface and a floor surface, and accommodates the light guide plate, the light source, and the substrate; and a first coupling member that is arranged between the light guide plate and the floor surface and between the light source and the floor surface, and couples the light guide plate and the light source.

An improved LCD backlighting unit (“BLU”) particularly a BLU which uses light emitting diode (“LED”) light sources especially white LED light sources, enhances a liquid crystal display's (“LCD's”) readability in sunlight. The improved BLU briefly increases a display screen's brightness, typically 2-6× greater than a BLU's maximum continuous operating brightness. The BLU and its associated LED driver provide substantially increased brightness for a predefined and relatively short interval, typically 2 to 60 seconds, without damage. The LED driver control prevents boosting the display brightness too frequently or for too long thereby avoiding system damage by adequately dissipating the increased power. The BLU may include a thermal sensor on or near the LEDs to provide real time temperature feedback to the LED driver control. Temporarily boosting the BLU's brightness helps any outdoor daylight application such as commercial drones where the sun can easily wash out a display an the drone's controller.

A light mixing chamber of a backlight includes a housing having a channel and a chamber exposed to the channel, an LED positioned within the chamber, and a capillary containing quantum dots positioned in the channel. A light guide plate is positioned adjacent the housing and adjacent the capillary. Relative dimensions of the elements of the light mixing chamber, as well as features added to the elements of the light mixing chamber, can be varied to balance efficiency and uniformity of light generated in the backlight.

A backlight unit and a display device including the same are provided. The display device includes: a bottom cover; a backlight unit in which a light assembly is disposed in at least one corner area of the bottom cover; and a light arriving portion formed by bending at least one corner area of the bottom cover, wherein the backlight unit includes: a substrate coupled to the light arriving portion and in which a first surface in which the light assembly is disposed and a second surface bent from the first surface are provided, and at the first and second surfaces, a plurality of leads connected to the light assembly are disposed.

A backlight device includes a light guide plate including a first incident surface, and one or more second incident surfaces that are connected to the first incident surface and inclined with respect to the first incident surface in a top plan view; at least one green illuminant arranged to face one of (i) the first incident surface and (ii) the one or more second incident surfaces; and at least one red illuminant arranged to face the other of (i) the first incident surface and (ii) the one or more second incident surfaces. At least one of (i) the green light emitted from the green illuminant, and (ii) the red light emitted from the red illuminant, contains a blue component whose emission peak wavelength is 420 nm to 500 nm.

A lighting device includes LEDs 17, a light guide plate 19, a reflection sheet 40, an exit light reflection portion 41 on a light exit surface 19a side of the light guide plate 19, opposite plate surface-side convex lenticular lens portions 44 and the flat portions 45 on the opposite plate surface 19c of the light guide plate 19. The occupied ratio of the opposite plate surface-side convex lenticular lens portions 44 with respect to the second direction is relatively low in a portion near the light entrance surface 19b in the first direction and is relatively high in a portion far away from the light entrance surface. The flat portions 45 have a relatively high occupied ratio to the opposite plate surface 19c with respect to the second direction in a portion near the light entrance surface 19b in the first direction and have a relatively low occupied ratio in a portion far away from the light entrance surface 19b.

An LED light source module includes a substrate; a protective layer disposed on the substrate and having at least one opening; a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the at least one opening, a light-emitting member, a plurality of electrodes, and an auxiliary structure. The conductive terminals include a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal. The light-emitting member includes a bottom surface, a light-emitting surface connected to the bottom surface, a back surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, at least one lateral surface connecting the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface. The electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode are respectively electrically connected to the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal The auxiliary structure is arranged between the substrate and the light-emitting member and does not contact with the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the auxiliary structure includes a main support portion provided on the substrate to support the bottom surface of the light-emitting member, and the main support portion is located between the electrodes and extends at least from the back surface to the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting member.

A backlight board and a liquid crystal display apparatus are disclosed. The backlight module includes a plastic frame and a square-shaped adhesive tape. The plastic frame has an attachment surface on the top surface of the plastic frame. The attachment surface includes a first attachment sub-surface and a second attachment sub-surface. The first attachment sub-surface is parallel with a light-exiting surface; the second attachment sub-surface is connected to an end of the first attachment sub-surface, and is at a predetermined angle in relation to a plane on which the first attachment sub-surface is disposed. A portion of the square-shaped adhesive tape that may extend outwardly from an edge of the plastic frame can be attached to a transitional surface to avoid extending out of the plastic frame.