Lens-arrayed backlight module and liquid crystal display device
| Title: | Lens-arrayed backlight module and liquid crystal display device |
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| Patent Number: | 7,234,835 |
| Publication Date: | June 26, 2007 |
| Appl. No: | 11/415252 |
| Application Filed: | May 02, 2006 |
| Abstract: | The present invention relates to a lens-arrayed backlight module, consisting of a housing, a plurality of lamps, and a plurality of lens plates. The lamps are disposed in parallel between the housing and the lens plates to provide illuminating rays. The lens plates correspond to the lamps respectively, each of which being mounted at the center axis of the corresponding lens plate so that the illuminating rays provided by the lamps diffuse through the lens plates. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display device using the lens-arrayed backlight module. |
| Inventors: | Li, Szu-Han (Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County, TW); Kuo, Yi-Chen (Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County, TW); Hsu, Hui-Ju (Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County, TW); Hsiao, Chun-Chung (Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County, TW); Chu, Chun-Chien (Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County, TW) |
| Assignees: | AU Optronics Corporation (Hsin-Chu, TW) |
| Claim: | 1. A lens-arrayed backlight module, comprising: a housing; a plurality of light sources disposed in parallel within the housing to provide illuminating rays; and a plurality of lens plates disposed in parallel within the housing, not only opposite to but also corresponding to the light sources respectively, the light sources corresponding to the center axis of the lens plates respectively so that the illuminating rays provided by the light sources diffused through the lens plates, wherein the lens plates include at least one first positioning component, which is one of a protrusion and a recess, and the light sources include at least one corresponding second positioning component, which is the other one of the protrusion and the recess, the first positioning component is assembled to the corresponding second positioning component so that the light sources are disposed to the center axis of the lens plates. |
| Claim: | 2. The lens-arrayed backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the light sources are cold cathode florescent lamps (CCFLs). |
| Claim: | 3. The lens-arrayed backlight module of claim 1 , wherein each of the lens plates is a concave lens. |
| Claim: | 4. The lens-arrayed backlight module of claim 1 , wherein each of the lens plates is a pair of prisms. |
| Claim: | 5. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; a housing mounted on one side of the liquid crystal display panel; a plurality of light sources disposed in parallel between the housing and the liquid crystal display panel to provide the liquid crystal display device with illuminating rays; and a plurality of lens plates corresponding to the light sources and the liquid crystal display device, the light sources corresponding to the center axis of the lens plates respectively so that the illuminating rays provided by the light sources diffused through the lens plates first and then project onto the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the lens plates include at least one first positioning component, which is one of a protrusion and a recess, and the light sources include at least one corresponding second positioning component, which is the other one of the protrusion and the recess, the first positioning component is assembled to the corresponding second positioning component so that the light sources are disposed to the center axis of the lens plates. |
| Claim: | 6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of light sources are cold cathode florescent lamps (CCFLs). |
| Claim: | 7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5 , wherein each of the lens plates is a concave lens. |
| Claim: | 8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5 , wherein each of the lens plates is a pair of prisms. |
| Claim: | 9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5 , wherein the housing has a plurality of long positioning walls and a plurality of lateral positioning walls, the long positioning walls corresponding to a plurality of long sidewalls of the lens plates and the lateral positioning sidewalls corresponding to a plurality of lateral positioning sidewalls of the light sources so as to position the center axis of the lens plates with respect to the light sources. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 362/225 |
| Patent References Cited: | 6331063 December 2001 Kamada et al. 6880953 April 2005 Shin 6913378 July 2005 Ho 2002/0003706 January 2002 Dealey et al. 2002/0136001 September 2002 Lefkovitz et al. 2003/0007359 January 2003 Sugawara et al. 2004/0141104 July 2004 Yu et al. |
| Assistant Examiner: | Tsidulko, Mark |
| Primary Examiner: | O'Shea, Sandra |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Bacon & Thomas, PLLC |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.07234835 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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