DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20100156657A1
• Filed: 10/13/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Dong Hyun, LEE, Wang Gun
• Granted Patent: US 8,390,470 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/815.400
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/002 by shaping at least a portion of the light guide, e.g. with collimating, focussing or diverging surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0028 Light guide, e.g. taper
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0038 Linear indentations or grooves, e.g. arc-shaped grooves or meandering grooves, extending over the full length or width of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0095 Light guides as housings, housing portions, shelves, doors, tiles, windows, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

A display device is provided. The display includes a display main body, a light source, a diffusion part, and a transmission part. The display main body includes a display module and a cabinet protecting the display module. The light source generates light according to an operating state of the display main body. The diffusion part receives the light from the light source and includes a reflective surface oblique to an incident direction of the light. The transmission part includes an optical imaging part on which the light diffused from the diffusion part is projected and transmits the light to the outside at one side of the diffusion part.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a display main body comprising a display module and a cabinet protecting the display module;

a light source generating light according to an operating state of the display main body;

a diffusion part to which the light from the light source is incident, and comprising a reflective surface oblique to an incident direction of the light; and

a transmission part disposed at a side of the diffusion part, and comprising an optical imaging part providing a predetermined region through which the light that is diffused from the diffusion part is projected, the transmission part transmitting the light externally.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the diffusion part is provided in the display main body.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the diffusion part further comprises:

an incident surface to which the light generated in the light source is incident; and

a projection surface disposed in a direction crossing the incident surface, and through which the light reflected by the reflective surface is transmitted.

4. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the incident surface is smaller in size than the projection surface, and the incident surface and the projection surface are disposed perpendicular to each other.

5. The display device according to claim 3, wherein one edge of the incident surface is contacted with one edge of the projection surface, an opposite edge of the incident surface is contacted with one edge of the reflective surface, and an opposite edge of the projection surface is contacted with an opposite edge of the reflective surface.

6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the reflective surface comprises a plurality of grooves.

7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the optical imaging part is formed of a metal material, or is tilted at a predetermined angle toward a front of the display main body.

8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission part comprises first and second transmission layers that are formed of different media, respectively, the first and second transmission layers being disposed in a direction crossing a direction of the light projected from the diffusion part.

9. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission part comprises steps perpendicular to a direction in which the light is transmitted within the transmission part, the steps having light projected thereon.

10. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the light source is located at a side of the diffusion part and irradiates light on a side surface of the diffusion part, and the light irradiated on the diffusion part is transmitted through the transmission part disposed at a bottom of the diffusion part and is transmitted downward of the display main body.

11. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the region of the optical imaging part through which the light is projected is moved from one point to another point of the optical imaging part according to time.

12. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the portion of the optical imaging part on which the light is projected is moved in a direction away from the light source.

13. The display device according to claim 11, wherein a time when the portion on which the light is projected is changed from one point to another point of the optical imaging part is extended as an inclination of the reflective surface is reduced.

14. The display device according to claim 11, wherein a color and intensity of the light generated in the light source are regulated according to the operating state of the display device.

15. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the light source comprises a plurality of light emitting devices sequentially or non-sequentially operating according to the operating state of the display device.