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US 2014/0111974 A1Published application
Curved display apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsKwang-Wook CHOI, JooYoung KIM, Chi-O CHO, Insun HWANG
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a curved display panel having a first curvature; and a plurality of light source units arranged along the first curvature the display panel. Each light source unit includes a reflective part including a reflective upper surface which has a second curvature different from the first curvature of the display panel; and a light source part which is at a first side of the reflective part, and includes a light source which generates and provides a light to the reflective surface.
Claims20
A display apparatus comprising:
- a curved display panel having a first curvature;
- and
- a plurality of light source units arranged along the first curvature of the display panel, each light source unit comprising:
- a reflective part comprising a reflective upper surface which faces the display panel and has a second curvature different from the first curvature of the display panel;
- and
- a light source part which is at a first side of the reflective part, which generates and provides a light to the reflective surface.
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A backlight unit comprising:
- a plurality of light source units, each light source unit comprising:
- a reflective part comprising a curved reflective surface facing a curved display panel;
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- a light source part which is at a side of the reflective part, and generates and provides a light to the reflective surface,
- wherein a portion of the reflective surface of each light source unit is tangent to an imaginary curve parallel to a curvature of the display panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.