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US 12,468,083 B2Granted
Display apparatus and vehicle
AssigneeContinental Automotive Technologies GmbH
InventorsManrico Joseph, Martin Jekel
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight for the display panel. The backlight has a reflector with a plurality of regularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities which are arranged in a grid. The reflector also has irregularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities in at least one peripheral region. In addition, the backlight has a plurality of light sources arranged in the cavities.
Claims11
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display panel and
- a backlight for the display panel, wherein the backlight includes
- a reflector with a plurality of regularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities which are arranged in a grid, wherein the reflector has irregularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities in at least one peripheral region,
- at least one light source arranged in each of the cavities, wherein the at least one light source is a side-emitting light-emitting diode, and
- an optical plate disposed between the display panel and the reflector,
- wherein walls of the cavities are rounded and the cavities are configured to reflect light emitted by the at least one light source toward the display panel, and
- wherein an upper extent of the reflector is spaced apart from a lower face of the optical plate by a predetermined distance.
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A vehicle with a display apparatus, the display apparatus comprising:
- a display panel and
- a backlight for the display panel, wherein the backlight includes
- a reflector with a plurality of regularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities which are arranged in a grid, wherein the reflector has irregularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities in at least one peripheral region,
- at least one light source arranged in each of the cavities, wherein the at least one light source is a side-emitting light-emitting diode, and
- an optical plate disposed between the display panel and the reflector
- wherein walls of the cavities are rounded and the cavities are configured to reflect the light emitted by the light sources toward the display panel, and
- wherein an upper extent of the reflector is spaced apart from a lower face of the optical plate by a predetermined distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.