Display device with halo
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsJohn Robert Taylor, Jr., John Michael Reiszl, Damon Bryan Smith
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Abstract
A display device includes a front portion, a rear portion, a halo, and sides extending between the front portion and the rear portion. The front portion, the rear portion, and the sides form an enclosure. The halo includes a rim and an internal structure. The rim is positioned between the front portion and the rear portion. The internal structure is at least partially within the enclosure and includes a sweep portion and a receiving post. The receiving post and the sweep portion are configured to receive light emitted by one or more light emitting devices and at least one of guide, direct, diffuse, focus, and scatter light emitted by the one or more light emitting devices out of the display device.
Claims21
A display device comprising:
- a front portion and a rear portion;
- sides extending between the front portion and the rear portion, wherein the sides, the front portion, and the rear portion form an enclosure;
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- a halo comprising a rim and an internal structure, wherein the rim is positioned between the front portion and the rear portion along the sides that extend between the front portion and the rear portion and the internal structure of the halo is at least partially within the enclosure and comprises a sweep portion and a receiving post, the sweep portion extending along a path and having a width that decreases along the path in a direction parallel with a perimeter of the rim;
- wherein the receiving post and the sweep portion are configured to receive light emitted by one or more light emitting devices and at least one of guide, direct, diffuse, focus, and scatter light emitted by the one or more light emitting devices out of the sides of the display device through the rim.
A display device comprising:
- a front portion and a rear portion;
- sides extending between the front portion and the rear portion, wherein the sides, the front portion, and the rear portion form an enclosure;
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- a halo comprising a rim and an internal structure, wherein the rim is positioned between the front portion and the rear portion along the sides that extend between the front portion and the rear portion and the internal structure of the halo is at least partially within the enclosure and comprises a sweep portion and a receiving post;
- wherein the halo tracks a gradient color of a status bar of the display device;
- wherein the receiving post and the sweep portion are configured to receive light emitted by one or more light emitting devices and at least one of guide, direct, diffuse, focus, and scatter light emitted by the one or more light emitting devices out of the sides of the display device through the rim.
A display device comprising:
- a front portion and a rear portion;
- sides extending between the front portion and the rear portion, wherein the sides, the front portion, and the rear portion form an enclosure;
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- a halo comprising a rim and an internal structure, wherein the rim is positioned between the front portion and the rear portion along the sides that extend between the front portion and the rear portion and the internal structure of the halo is at least partially within the enclosure;
- wherein the internal structure comprises a sweep portion configured to receive light emitted by one or more light emitting devices and at least one of guide, direct, diffuse, focus, or scatter light emitted by the one or more light emitting devices out of the sides of the display device through the rim, the sweep portion extending from one of the one or more light emitting devices to the rim and increasing in width along a path of the sweep portion in a direction parallel with a perimeter of the rim.
A display device comprising:
- a front portion and a rear portion;
- sides extending between the front portion and the rear portion, wherein the sides, the front portion, and the rear portion form an enclosure;
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- a halo diffusion element comprising a rim and a sweep portion, wherein the rim is positioned between the front portion and the rear portion along the sides that extend between the front portion and the rear portion and the sweep portion extends at least partially within the enclosure;
- wherein the halo diffusion element is configured to diffuse light emitted by a light emitting device within the enclosure outwards from the sides of the display device through the sweep portion and the rim between the front portion and the rear portion to facilitate an off-axis viewing angle of light emitted by the light emitting device, the sweep portion extending from one of the light emitting device and the rim and comprising a width that varies along a path of the sweep portion in a direction parallel with a perimeter of the rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.