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A light excitation diffusion sheet for a backlight unit adapted to absorb a portion of light emitted from a light source of a blue wavelength or a mixed wavelength of a blue wavelength and at least one other wavelength, to emit light at different wavelengths from the light emitted from the light source, and to allow the rest of the light emitted from the light source to penetrate the sheet The light excitation-diffusion sheet comprises a light-exciting material exciting and amplifying the light from the light source and a light-diffusing material scattering and diffusing the light from the light source. The light-exciting material and the light-diffusing material are uniformly distributed in the light excitation-diffusion sheet The use of the light excitation-diffusion sheet enables production of edge light type and direct light type backlight units having diffusion and prism functions, good color purity and improved light efficiency at reduced costs.

Photovoltaic devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. In one example, a photovoltaic device includes: a substrate; a transparent conductive layer deposited on the substrate; a semiconductor layer provided with a P layer, an I layer, and a N layer sequentially deposited on the transparent conductive layer; and a rear electrode deposited on the N layer of the semiconductor layer, wherein the P layer is a P-type oxide semiconductor.

A concave diffraction grating for integrated optics is constructed by replacing the reflective metallic part by either multiple thin elements of metal or multiple elements of dielectric material, each partially reflecting the light, and arranged on elliptical fashion in order to distribute the diffraction / reflection of light and provide aberration-free focusing, by combining diffraction condition and Bragg condition of these curved reflectors.

A light emitting device comprises: a concave mirror having one focal point; a plurality of main light sources each of which is arranged between the focal point and a light reflection surface of the concave mirror, and emits light toward the light reflection surface; and a plurality of main lenses each of which is arranged between a corresponding one of the main light sources and the light reflection surface, refracts the light emitted from the corresponding main light source toward the light reflection surface, and produces a virtual image of the main light source on the focal point situated at a backside of the main light source.

Provided is a tooth whitening apparatus. The tooth whitening apparatus includes a whitening unit having a light emitting part emitting light to all of teeth of a patient; and a wearable set to which the whitening unit is mounted, the wearable set being worn on head of the patient.

A quantum rod light-emitting display device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a quantum rod layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein quantum rods in the quantum rod layer are arranged in one direction; a backlight unit provided under the display panel and configured to provide light to the display panel; and a short-wavelength pass filter film formed between the display panel and the backlight unit, and configured to transmit the light having a predetermined wavelength range.

A voltage control system for an LED operates to dynamically determine and set a minimum permissible voltage on an energy storage device such as a capacitor such that the energy storage device operates at a minimum possible voltage to compensate for component variations and dimming signal variations while maintaining flicker-free operation of the LED.

A light emitting device comprises: a concave mirror having one focal point; a plurality of main light sources each of which is arranged between the focal point and a light reflection surface of the concave mirror, and emits light toward the light reflection surface; and a plurality of main lenses each of which is arranged between a corresponding one of the main light sources and the light reflection surface, refracts the light emitted from the corresponding main light source toward the light reflection surface, and produces a virtual image of the main light source on the focal point situated at a backside of the main light source.

An improved plasma lighting system is provided which includes a bulb filled with both metal halide and mercury as primary light-emitting materials. By maintaining an operating pressure of the metal halide at between approximately 0.1 and 10 atm, and an operating pressure of the mercury at between approximately 30 and 150 atm, a point source of light characteristic and a spectrum characteristic of the emitted light is improved. Therefore, the plasma lighting system can be applied to an optical system that requires a point source of light, and can maximize lighting efficiency to provide improved overall emission characteristics.

A three-dimensional augmented reality head-up display includes a display device functioning as a light source; and a freeform surface mirror for reflecting light from the light source onto a windshield of a vehicle. An image created by the light from the light source is focused on the ground in front of the vehicle as a virtual image of a three-dimensional perspective, through a reflection method in which the light from the light source is reflected onto the windshield by means of the freeform surface mirror.

A backlight unit (BLU) is disclosed. The BLU may include a light emitting diode (LED) module including at least one LED chip mounted on a substrate in a chip-on-board (COB) type, and a light guide panel including an incidence surface configured to receive light emitted from an emission surface of the LED chip and to include at least one insertion recess disposed corresponding to the LED chip, such that the LED chip is bonded to the LED module to be inserted in the insertion recess.

The present invention relates to a high-density optical disk having thin film layer made from a thermochromic polymer with a red-shift which exhibits self-focusing and optical bleaching. After an incident light beam passes through the polymer medium, not only can the spot size of the beam be reduced but also transmittance can be enhanced due to these kinds of third-order nonlinear optical response. Thus, a high-density disk structured according to the present invention is capable of the signal reproduction resolution beyond the diffraction limit with an efficient reflectivity. Accordingly, data recording density of a high-density disk can be improved greatly.

Provided is a blind spot detection module, including: a light source module linked with a sensor signal for detection of an object in an area behind a vehicle to emit light; and a reflector module including a warning optical pattern for transmitting light emitted from the light source module, wherein the light source module comprises a light guide member adopted to receive a light emitting element and to guide light to the reflector module.

The present disclosure relates to a flat panel display having an optical imaging sensor such as a fingerprint image sensor. The present disclosure provides a flat panel display having an image sensor comprising: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, the display panel having a top surface; a directional optical unit attached to the top surface of the display panel, the directional optical unit having a length along a length axis of the display panel, a width along a width axis of the display panel and a thickness along a thickness axis of the display panel; a sensing light control film disposed under the display panel; and an image sensor disposed under the sensing light control film.

The present invention pertains to a vehicle lamp, comprising: a lamp body in which a first illuminating direction and a second illuminating direction perpendicular to the first illuminating direction are open; an illumination lens for forming a lamp by closing the lamp body and having a first illumination surface through which the light from the light source outgoes to the first illuminating direction, and a second illumination surface through which the light from the light source outgoes to the second illuminating direction; a first reflecting surface for reflecting the light from the light source into the first illuminating direction; a shield for shielding a part of the light proceeded from the light source to the first illuminating direction; and a second reflecting surface formed on the surface facing the light source of the shield, wherein the second reflecting surface reflects and directs the light shielded by the shield into the second illuminating direction. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a vehicle lamp with a shield of a double directional illumination structure that can emit light into a lateral direction without interfering with forward illumination by means of one light source, achieving high light efficiency and maximized spatial utilization.

The present disclosure relates to a flat panel display having an optical imaging sensor such as a fingerprint image sensor. The present disclosure provides a flat panel display having an image sensor comprising: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, the display panel having a top surface; a directional optical unit attached to the top surface of the display panel, the directional optical unit having a length along a length axis of the display panel, a width along a width axis of the display panel and a thickness along a thickness axis of the display panel; a sensing light control film disposed under the display panel; and an image sensor disposed under the sensing light control film.