Curved display apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun Seok AN, Chan Hong PARK, Young Chol LEE, Byoung Jin CHO, Sung Hwan KIM, Jee Su PARK
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Abstract
A curved display apparatus includes a curved display panel, a curved bottom sash disposed at a rear of the display panel such that the curved bottom sash is spaced apart from the display panel, and a plurality of backlight units disposed at opposite inner sides of the bottom sash to irradiate light to the bottom sash. The inside of the bottom sash reflects the light irradiated from the backlight units to the display panel. Consequently, a light guide plate may be omitted from the display apparatus.
Claims24
A curved display apparatus comprising:
- a curved display panel;
- a curved bottom sash disposed at a rear of the display panel such that the curved bottom sash is spaced apart from the display panel;
- and
- at least one backlight unit disposed on at least one inner side of the bottom sash to irradiate light to the bottom sash, wherein
- the bottom sash reflects the light irradiated from the backlight unit to the display panel.
A curved display apparatus comprising:
- a curved display panel having opposite sides protruding forward;
- a curved bottom sash having opposite sides protruding forward, the bottom sash being disposed at a rear of the display panel such that the curved bottom sash is spaced apart from the display panel;
- and
- a backlight unit disposed on at least one inner side of the bottom sash, wherein
- the bottom sash is curved to have curvature varying toward opposite sides thereof such that light irradiated from the backlight unit is reflected to the display panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.