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TRANSPARENT LIGHT GUIDE

  • US 20150049505A1
  • Filed: 07/03/2014
  • Published: 02/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A mobile electronic device comprising:

  • a display having a display active area;

    a light guide operable to illuminate the display active area, the light guide including—

    a light source;

    a light guide panel element having a light input surface to receive light and a light output surface located proximate to the display active area; and

    a light guide ring shaped to substantially surround the light guide panel element and having at least one end located proximate to the light source;

    wherein the light guide ring is shaped such that a significant portion of light from the light source enters the end of the light guide ring and moves through the light guide ring around the light guide panel element, andwherein at least a portion of the light moving through the light guide ring moves into the light input surface of the light guide panel element and is redirected out the light output surface toward the display active area.

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