US20070139966A1 - Backlight assembly for liquid crystal display apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a backlight assembly and an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) apparatus, and more particularly to a backlight assembly for emitting a light in multiple directions, capable of displaying image information in two directions different to each other and an LCD apparatus having the same.
- LCD Liquid Crystal Display
- an LCD apparatus displays an image using a liquid crystal in which a light transmittance varies with an intensity of an electric field.
- the LCD apparatus has a flat shape having a thickness from a number of millimeters to dozens of millimeters including a liquid crystal layer that a thickness is no more than a number of micrometers.
- the LCD apparatus is widely used as a communication device such as a cellular phone and as a display device such as a mobile computer or a desktop computer and so on.
- the LCD apparatus employing a method that displays the image in only one direction had been developed to reduce a thickness and a volume thereof. Recently, the LCD apparatus has been developed to display a same image or a different image in two directions.
- the LCD apparatus includes a reflecting plate for dividing the light into the two directions and an LCD panel having a polarizing filter, a pixel electrode, a liquid crystal, two electrodes facing each other, a glass substrate, a polarizing plate.
- the LCD apparatus further includes a flat type light emitting part for emitting the light in opposite two directions and a display cell disposed on both surfaces of the light emitting part.
- the LCD apparatus further includes a backlight assembly, a first LCD panel and a second LCD panel disposed on both surfaces of the backlight assembly, respectively.
- the LCD apparatus divides the light so as to display the image in the opposite two directions, however, the LCD apparatus cannot control the intensity of the light divided into the opposite two directions.
- a cellular phone having an external display device and an internal display device will be described. For example, if a cellular phone of model “A” has an external display device having a brightness lower than that of an internal display device thereof, most of lights emitted from a light source are provided to the internal display device. Also, if a cellular phone of model “B” has an external display device having a brightness higher than that of an internal display device thereof, most of lights emitted from the light source are provided to the external display device.
- the LCD apparatus may divide the light into the opposite two directions, however, the LCD apparatus may not variably control the amount of the light divided into the opposite two directions according to an external situation.
- the present invention provides a backlight assembly capable of dividing a light into two lights having a different brightness and supplying the divided lights in two directions.
- the present invention also provides an LCD having a backlight assembly capable of dividing a light into two lights having a different brightness and displaying images same or different to each other in two directions.
- a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions, comprising: a light guide plate having a light incident surface for changing a first light input from between a first display area and a second display area into a second light, a lust light emitting surface for emitting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and a second light emitting surface for emitting a remained portion of the second light to the second display area as a fourth light, the light guide plate being disposed between the first and second display areas; and a brightness control part for reflecting a portion of the fourth light to the first display area and transmitting a remained portion of the fourth light to the second display area, so that a first brightness at the first display area and a second brightness at the second display area have a predetermined brightness ratio, respectively.
- a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions, comprising: a lamp assembly disposed between a first display area and a second display area, for providing a first light and a fifth lights between the first and second display areas, the first and fifth lights having a path different to each other; a first light guide plate having a first light incident surface for changing the first light into a second light, a first surface for reflecting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and a second surface for emitting the third light, the second surface being faced to the first surface; a second light guide plate having a second light incident surface for changing the fifth light into a sixth light, a third surface for reflecting a portion of the sixth light to the second display area as a seventh light and a fourth surface for emitting the seventh light, the fourth surface being faced to the third surface; and a reflecting plate disposed between the first and third surfaces, for reflecting a remained portion of the second light leaked from the first surface to the first display area as a fourth
- an LCD apparatus comprising: a lamp assembly disposed between a first display area and a second display area, for providing a first light between the first and second display areas; a light guide plate having a light incident surface for changing the first light into a second light, a first light emitting surface for emitting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and a second light emitting surface for emitting a remained portion of the second light to the second display area as a fourth light; a brightness control part for reflecting a portion of the fourth light to the first display area and transmitting a remained portion of the fourth light to the second display area, so that a first brightness at the first display area and a second brightness at the second display area have a predetermined brightness ratio, respectively; a first LCD panel assembly for changing the portions of the third and fourth lights into a first display light having an image information; and a second LCD panel assembly for changing the remained portion of the fourth light into a second display light having an image information.
- an LCD apparatus comprising: a lamp assembly disposed between a first display area and a second display area, for providing a first light and a fifth lights between the first and second display areas, the first and fifth lights having a path different to each other; a first light guide plate having a first light incident surface for changing the first into a second light, a first surface for reflecting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and transmitting a remained portion of the second light to the second display area as a fourth light, and a second surface facing to the first surface, for emitting the third light; a second light guide plate having a second light incident surface for changing the fifth light into a sixth light, a third surface for reflecting a portion of the sixth light to the second display area as a seventh light and transmitting a remained portion of the sixth light to the first display area as a eighth light, and a fourth surface facing to the third surface, for emitting the seventh light; a reflecting plate disposed between the first and third surfaces, for providing a first light and
- the light from the light source is divided into a light for the first display area and a light for the second display area of the LCD apparatus.
- the portion of the light provided to the second display area is reflected to the first display area and the remained portion of the light provided to the second display area is transmitted, thereby controlling the brightness ratio at the first and second display areas.
- it is able to display a required image in the two directions.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a light reflecting pattern disposed on a light guide plate of the backlight assembly shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a size and an arrangement of the light reflecting pattern shown in FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a second embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing brightness at a first display area and a second display area of the backlight assembly according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a light reflecting pattern disposed on a light guide plate shown in FIG. 7 ;
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing optical sheets disposed on the backlight assembly shown in FIG. 8 ;
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing a size of the light reflecting pattern shown in FIG. 10 ;
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing differences of the size between a first light reflecting pad and a second light reflecting pad shown in FIG. 10 ;
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing optical sheets disposed on the backlight assembly shown in FIG. 13 ;
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a graph showing a size of the light reflecting pattern shown in FIG. 15 ;
- FIG. 17 is a graph showing differences of the size between a first light reflecting pad and a second light reflecting pad shown in FIG. 15 ;
- FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an LCD apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 20 to 23 are schematic diagrams showing sizes and locations of a first LCD panel assembly and a second LCD panel assembly shown in FIG. 19 ;
- FIGS. 24 and 25 are schematic diagrams showing driving methods of the first and second LCD panel assemblies shown in FIG. 19 ;
- FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing an LCD apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram showing sizes and locations of a first LCD panel assembly and a second LCD panel assembly shown in FIG. 26 .
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- the light incident surface 310 of the light guide plate 300 a receives a first light 305 from an external.
- the first light 305 is emitted from a point light source such as a light emitting diode or a linear light source such as a CCFL.
- the light source that emits the first light has been indicated by a reference numeral “ 301 ”.
- the first light 305 is changed into a second light 315 during passing through the light incident surface 310 having a medium different to an air between the light source 301 and the light incident surface 310 .
- the second light 315 is reflected inside the light guide plate 300 a according to the refraction's law and emitted from the light guide plate 300 a to two directions.
- a light corresponding to a portion of the second light 315 is emitted from the first light surface 320 to the first display area 100 .
- the light emitted from the first light surface 320 to the first display area 100 is defined as a third light 325 .
- a light corresponding to a remained portion of the second light 315 is emitted from the second light emitting surface 330 to the second display area 200 .
- the light emitted from the second light emitting surface 330 and provided to the second display area 200 is defined as a fourth light 335 .
- the light guide plate 300 a has to be re-designed and re-manufactured.
- the brightness control member 400 controls the first and second brightness at the first and second display areas 100 and 200 .
- the brightness control member 400 reflects a portion of the fourth light 335 to the first display area 100 and transmits a remained portion of the fourth light 335 to the second display area 200 .
- the brightness control member 400 has a sheet shape or a plate shape comprised of a PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) resin.
- the brightness control member 400 may be fabricated to reflect the light of about 80% of the fourth light 335 and transmit the light of about 20% of the fourth light 335 or to reflect die light of about 20% of the fourth light 335 and transmit the light of about 80% of the fourth light 335 .
- the brightness control member 400 may be fabricated using a material for partially reflecting and transmitting a light.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a light reflecting pattern disposed on a light guide plate of the backlight assembly shown in FIG. 1 to make a new backlight assembly 500 b
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a size and an arrangement of the light reflecting pattern shown in FIG. 2 .
- the light guide plate 300 a includes a plurality of light reflecting pads 331 disposed on the second light emitting surface 330 facing the brightness control member 400 .
- the light reflecting pads 331 reflect a portion of the second light 315 , which is in contact with the second light emitting surface 330 , to the first light emitting surface 320 .
- the light reflecting pads 331 are disposed on the second light emitting surface 330 in a matrix configuration.
- the light reflecting pads 331 are formed on the second light emitting surface 330 using a silk screen method. Plane Sizes of the light reflecting pads 331 become larger according as the light reflecting pads 331 are spaced more apart from the light incident surface 310 . Changing the plane sizes of the light reflecting pads 331 is for uniformly maintaining a reflecting amount of the fourth light 335 by the light reflecting pads 331 disposed over the second light emitting surface 330 .
- the first light emitting surface 320 is parallel to the second light emitting surface 330 .
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly 500 c for emitting a light in two directions according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing brightness at a first display area and a second display area of the backlight assembly according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly 500 a for emitting a light in two directions according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- the first light emitting surface 320 of the light guide plate 300 b is not parallel to the second light emitting surface 330 .
- a thickness between the first and second light emitting surfaces 320 and 322 is thickest at the light incident surface 310 and gradually becomes thinner according as the first and second light emitting surfaces 320 and 322 become more distant from the light incident surface 310 .
- the first brightness at the first display area 100 is higher than the second brightness at the second display area 200 .
- the brightness control member 400 has to be controlled to have a light reflectance higher than a light transmittance with respect to the fourth light 335 .
- the brightness control member 400 has to be controlled to have a light transmittance higher than a light reflectance with respect to the fourth light 335 .
- an optical sheet 340 may be disposed on the first light emitting surface 320 of the light guide plate 300 a.
- the prism sheet 344 disposed on the diffusion sheet 342 controls a direction of the light emitted through the diffusion sheet 342 to provide the light having an improved visual angle.
- the prism sheet 344 includes a body portion 344 a having a plate shape and a brightness enhancing portion 344 b for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to the first light emitting surface 320 .
- the brightness enhancing portion 344 b is successively disposed on the body portion 344 a and protruded from the body portion 344 a to have a triangle shape in section.
- the first light guide plate 700 a has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and is disposed between a first display area 100 and a second display area 200 .
- the first light guide plate 700 a includes four side surfaces including a first light incident surface 710 , a first surface 720 and a second surface 730 .
- the first light incident surface 710 of the first light guide plate 700 a receives the first light 952 from the lamp 950 .
- the first light 952 is changed into a second light 953 during passing through the first light incident surface 710 .
- the first surface 720 reflects a portion of the second light 953 satisfied with a reflection condition according to the refraction's law to the first display area 100 .
- a remained portion of the second light 953 not satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law is leaked to the second display area 200 .
- the portion of the second light 953 reflected to the first display area 100 is defined as a third light 954 and the remained portion of the second light 953 transmitted to the second display area 200 is defined as a fourth light 955 .
- the portion of the sixth light 957 reflected to the second display area 200 is defined as a seventh light 958 and the remained portion of the sixth light 957 transmitted to the first display area 100 is defined as a eighth light 959 .
- the fifth light 956 emitted from the lamp F 950 of the lamp assembly 940 is changed into the sixth light 957 .
- the portion of the sixth light 957 which is satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law, is reflected by the third surface 820 and provided to the second display area 200 through the fourth surface 830 as the seventh light 958 .
- the remained portion of the sixth light 957 which is not satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law, is supplied to the first display area 100 through the third surface 820 as the eighth light 959 .
- the third and seventh lights 954 and 958 are provided to the first and second display areas 100 and 200 through the first and second light guide plates 700 a and 800 a .
- the fourth and eighth lights 954 and 959 are leaked into the first and second light guide plates 700 a and 800 a.
- the fourth and eighth lights 955 and 959 are reflected form the reflecting plate 900 to provide the fourth and eighth lights 955 and 959 to the first and second display areas 100 and 200 , respectively.
- the first surface 720 of the first light guide plate 700 a is parallel to the second surface 730 thereof and the third surface 820 of the second light guide plate 800 a is parallel to the fourth surface 830 . Also, the first light guide plate 700 a has a size same to that of the second light guide plate 800 a.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a light reflecting pattern disposed on a light guide plate shown in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing optical sheets disposed on the backlight assembly shown in FIG. 8 .
- the first light guide plate 700 a includes a plurality of first light reflecting pads 721 disposed on the first surface 720 thereof and the second light guide plate 800 a includes a plurality of second light reflecting pads 821 disposed on the third surface 820 thereof.
- the first and second light reflecting pads 721 and 821 are disposed in the matrix configuration.
- Sizes of the first and second light reflecting pads 721 and 821 become larger according as the first and second light reflecting pads 721 and 821 are spaced more apart from the first and second light incident surface 710 and 810 , respectively.
- the backlight assembly 1000 a shown in FIG. 7 may further include a first optical sheet 740 and a second optical sheet 840 as shown in FIG. 9 .
- the first optical sheet 740 includes a body portion 742 having a plate shape and a brightness enhancing portion 744 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to the first surface 720 .
- the brightness enhancing portion 744 is successively disposed on the body portion 742 and protruded from the body portion 742 have a triangle shape in section.
- the second optical sheet 840 includes a body portion 842 having a plate shape and a brightness enhancing portion 844 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to the fourth surface 830 .
- the brightness enhancing portion 844 is successively disposed on the body portion 842 and protruded from the body portion 842 to have a triangle shape in section.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly 1000 c for emitting a light in two directions according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing a size of the light reflecting pattern shown in FIG. 10 .
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing differences of the size between a first light reflecting pad and a second light reflecting pad shown in FIG. 10 .
- the first light guide plate 700 a includes a first light reflecting pad 725 disposed on the first surface 720 thereof and the second light guide plate 800 b includes a second light reflecting pad 825 disposed on the third surface 820 thereof. Where the size of the first light guide plate 700 a is greater than that of the second light guide plate 800 b , the first light reflecting pad 725 disposed on the first surface 720 has a pattern different to that of the second light reflecting pad 825 disposed on the third surface 820 .
- sizes of the first and second light reflecting pads 725 and 825 become larger according as the first and second light reflecting pads 725 and 825 are spaced more apart from the first and second light incident surface 710 and 810 , respectively.
- the size of the first light reflecting pad 725 is not same to that of the second light reflecting pad 825 .
- a rate of change of the size of the second light reflecting pad 825 based on a distance between the second light incident surface 810 and the second light reflecting pad 825 is greater than that of the first light reflecting pad 725 based on a distance between the first light incident surface 710 and the first light reflecting pad 725 .
- a graph indicated by a reference “a” shows the rate of change of the size of the first light reflecting pad 725 and a graph indicated by a reference “b” shows the rate of change of the size of the second light reflecting pad 825 .
- the first and second light reflecting pads 725 and 825 When the sizes of the first and second light reflecting pads 725 and 825 are measured at a position spaced apart from the first and second light incident surface 710 and 810 by a reference “A”, the first light reflecting pad 725 has a size “B” and the second light reflecting pad 825 has a size “C” greater than the size “B”.
- the first and second light guide plates 700 and 800 of the backlight assembly 1000 may have a wedge shape.
- a thickness between the first and second surfaces 720 and 730 of the first light guide plate 700 b is thickest at the first light incident surface 710 and gradually becomes thinner according as the first and second surfaces 720 and 730 become more distant from the first light incident surface 710 . That is, the first surface 720 is inclined toward the second surface 730 .
- a thickness between the third and fourth surfaces 820 and 830 of the second light guide plate 800 c gradually becomes thinner according as the first and second surfaces 820 and 830 become more close to the second light incident surface 810 . That is, the third surface 820 is inclined toward the fourth surface 830 and is parallel to the first surface 720 .
- the first surface 720 of the first light guide plate 700 is parallel to the fourth surface 830 of the second light guide plate 800 c.
- the backlight assembly 1000 d shown in FIG. 13 may further include a first optical sheet 740 and a second optical sheet 840 as shown in FIG. 14 .
- the first optical sheet 740 is disposed between the first display area 100 and the first light guide plate 700 b and faces the second surface 730 of the first light guide plate 700 b.
- the second optical sheet 840 is disposed between the second display area 200 and the second light guide plate 800 c and faces the fourth surface 830 of the second light guide plate 800 c.
- the first optical sheet 740 enhances optical properties such as a visual angle and a brightness distribution, etc., of the third light 954 and the portion of the eighth light 959 .
- the second optical sheet 840 enhances optical properties such as the visual angle and the brightness distribution, etc., of the seventh light 958 and the portion of the fourth light 955 .
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly 1000 f for emitting a light in two directions according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a graph showing a size of the light reflecting pattern shown in FIG. 15 .
- FIG. 17 is a graph showing differences of the size between a first light reflecting pad 721 and a second light reflecting pad 822 shown in FIG. 15 .
- the first and second light guide plates 700 b and 800 d may be formed to have sizes different to each other.
- the first light guide plate 700 b has a size greater than that of the second light guide plate 800 d.
- the first light guide plate 700 b includes a first light reflecting pad 721 disposed on the first surface 720 thereof and the second light guide plate 800 d includes a second light reflecting pad 822 disposed on the third surface 820 thereof. Where the size of the first light guide plate 700 b is greater than that of the second light guide plate 800 d , the first light reflecting pad 721 disposed on the first surface 720 has a pattern different to that of the second light reflecting pad 822 disposed on the third surface 820 .
- sizes of the first and second light reflecting pads 721 and 822 become larger according as the first and second light reflecting pads 721 and 822 are spaced more apart from the first and second light incident surface 710 and 810 , respectively.
- the size of the first light reflecting pad 721 is not same to that of the second light reflecting pad 822 .
- a rate of change of the size of the second light reflecting pad 822 based on a distance between the second light incident surface 810 and the second light reflecting pad 822 is greater than that of the first light reflecting pad 721 based on a distance between the first light incident surface 710 and the first light reflecting pad 721 .
- a graph indicated by a reference “a” shows the rate of change of the size of the first light reflecting pad 721
- a graph indicated by a reference “b” shows the rate of change of the size of the second light reflecting pad 822 .
- the first light reflecting pad 721 has a size “E” and the second light reflecting pad 822 has a size “F” greater than the size “E”.
- FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly 1000 f for emitting a light in two directions according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- the backlight assembly 1000 f may further include a first optical sheet 760 and a second optical sheet 860 .
- the first optical sheet 760 is disposed between the first display area 100 and the first light guide plate 700 b and faces the second surface 730 .
- the second optical sheet 860 is disposed between the second display area 200 and the second light guide plate 800 d and faces the fourth surface 830 .
- the second optical sheet 760 includes a body portion 762 having a plate shape and a brightness enhancing portion 764 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to the first surface 720 .
- the brightness enhancing portion 764 is successively disposed on the body portion 762 and protruded from the body portion 762 to have a triangle shape in section.
- the second LCD panel assembly 1200 is disposed on the second display area 200 .
- the second LCD panel assembly 1200 receives a light passed through the brightness control member 400 of the fourth light 335 emitted from the second light emitting surface 330 and emits a second display light 1210 having image information.
- the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1100 and 1200 have a first display area and a second display area, respectively.
- the first and second display areas are same to each other.
- first LCD panel assembly 1100 may have a first display area different to the second display area of a second LCD panel assembly 1250 as shown in FIG. 20 .
- a driving module may be disposed at a surplus space of the second LCD panel assembly 1250 . Therefore, the volume of the second LCD panel assembly 1250 may be reduced.
- the second LCD panel assembly 1250 may be disposed parallel to the second light emitting surface 332 .
- it is able to reduce the thickness of the LCD apparatus in total.
- optical properties of the second LCD panel assembly 1250 depend on a position of the second LCD panel assembly 1250 .
- a reference numeral 1252 indicates a first end portion of the second LCD panel assembly 1250 and a reference numeral 1254 indicates a second end portion opposite to the first end portion.
- the first end portion 1252 of the second LCD panel assembly 1250 is aligned to the light incident surface 310 of the light guide plate 300 . Where the first end portion 1252 is aligned to the light incident surface 310 , the second LCD panel assembly 1250 may obtain a lot of light than where the first end portion 1252 is not aligned to the light incident surface 310 . Also, as shown in FIG. 22 , in an LCD apparatus 1300 d the second LCD panel assembly 1250 may be disposed at a center portion with respect to the second light emitting surface 330 . Further, as shown in FIG. 23 , in an LCD apparatus 1300 e the second end portion 1254 of the second LCD panel assembly 1250 may be aligned to an end portion 410 of the brightness control member 400 .
- At least one of the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1100 and 1200 shown in FIG. 19 may be operated by a passive matrix method without using a thin film transistor.
- the passive matrix method is a manner that generates an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal using a driving signal applying part 1300 after injecting a liquid crystal between a first electrode 1310 and a second electrode 1320 intersected with the first electrode 1310 .
- the first LCD panel assembly 1100 Since the first LCD panel assembly 1100 is operated by the driving signal applying part 1300 same to that for operating the second LCD panel assembly 1200 , the first LCD panel assembly 1100 displays an image same to that displayed through the second LCD panel assembly 1200 .
- the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1100 and 1200 may include a first driving module for generating a first driving signal and a second driving module for generating a second driving signal, respectively.
- the first LCD panel assembly 1100 displays a first image
- the second LCD panel assembly 1200 displays a second image.
- At least one of the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1100 and 1200 shown in FIG. 19 may be operated by an active matrix method.
- the active matrix method is a manner that uses a thin film transistor 1400 and a pixel electrode 1450 receiving a power from the thin film transistor 1400 and generates an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal using a driving signal applying part 1470 .
- the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1100 and 1200 may include a first driving module for generating a first driving signal and a second driving module for generating a second driving signal, respectively.
- the first LCD panel assembly 1100 displays a first image
- the second LCD panel assembly 1200 displays a second image.
- FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing an LCD apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram showing sizes and locations of a first LCD panel assembly and a second LCD panel assembly shown in FIG. 26 .
- an LCD apparatus 1700 a includes a first LCD panel assembly 1500 , a second LCD panel assembly 1600 and the backlight assembly 1000 a shown in FIG. 7 .
- the first LCD panel assembly 1500 is disposed on the first display area 100 .
- the first LCD panel assembly 1500 receives the third light 954 emitted from the second surface 730 and the portion of the fourth light 955 reflected from the brightness control member 900 and emits a first display light 1510 having image information.
- the second LCD panel assembly 1600 is disposed on the second display area 200 .
- the second LCD panel assembly 1600 receives a light passed through the brightness control member 900 of the eighth light 959 emitted from the third surface 830 and emits a second display light 1610 having image information.
- first LCD panel assembly 1500 may have a first display area different to the second display area of a second LCD panel assembly 1600 as shown in FIG. 27 .
- the first display area of the first LCD panel assembly 1500 is greater than the second display area of the second LCD panel assembly 1600 .
- optical properties of the second LCD panel assembly 1600 depend on a position of the second LCD panel assembly 1600 .
- the first end portion 1620 of the second LCD panel assembly 1600 is aligned to the light incident surface 810 of the second light guide plate 800 a . Where the first end portion 1620 is aligned to the light incident surface 810 , the second LCD panel assembly 1600 may obtain a lot of light than where the first end portion 1620 is not aligned to the light incident surface 810 . Also, the second LCD panel assembly 1600 may be disposed at a center portion with respect to the second light emitting surface 830 as shown in FIG. 27 . Further, the second end portion 1640 of the second LCD panel assembly 1600 may be aligned to an end portion 910 of the brightness control member 900 .
- At least one of the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 shown in FIG. 26 may be operated by a passive matrix method without using a thin film transistor.
- the passive matrix method is a manner that generates an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal using a driving signal applying part 1300 after injecting a liquid crystal between a first electrode 1310 and a second electrode 1320 intersected with the first electrode 1310 .
- the first LCD panel assembly 1500 Since the first LCD panel assembly 1500 is operated by the driving signal applying part 1300 same to that for operating the second LCD panel assembly 1200 , the first LCD panel assembly 1500 displays an image same to that displayed through the second LCD panel assembly 1600 .
- the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 may include a first driving module for generating a first driving signal and a second driving module for generating a second driving signal, respectively.
- the first LCD panel assembly 1500 displays a first image
- the second LCD panel assembly 1600 displays a second image.
- At least one of the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 shown in FIG. 26 may be operated by an active matrix method.
- the active matrix method is a manner that uses a thin film transistor 1400 and a pixel electrode 1450 receiving a power from the thin film transistor 1400 and generates an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal using a driving signal applying part 1470 .
- the first LCD panel assembly 1500 Since the first LCD panel assembly 1500 is operated by the driving signal applying part 1470 same to that for operating the second LCD panel assembly 1600 , the first LCD panel assembly 1500 displays an image same to that displayed through the second LCD panel assembly 1600 .
- the first and second LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 may include a first driving module for generating a first driving signal and a second driving module for generating a second driving signal, respectively.
- the first LCD panel assembly 1500 displays a first image
- the second LCD panel assembly 1600 displays a second image.
- the LCD apparatus may display images in the two directions, which are same to each other or different to each other. Where the images are different to each other, the LCD apparatus may display the images to have a first and a second brightness that are different to each other, using the brightness control member. Thus, a user may obtain various images through the LCD apparatus.
Abstract
A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate for emitting a light in two direction and a brightness control member for controlling the brightness ratio of the light emitting in the two directions. An LCD apparatus including first and second LCD panels, displays images in the two directions with individual brightnesses which are similar to one another or different from one another depending on the brightness control member.
Description
- This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/504,613 filed Aug. 13, 2004, which is the U.S. National Stage of application PCT/KR03/00348 having an International Filing Date of Feb. 20, 2003, which claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2002-0020568 filed on Apr. 16, 2002 and Korean Patent Application No. 10-2002-0072040 filed on Nov. 19, 2002, all of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.”
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a backlight assembly and an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) apparatus, and more particularly to a backlight assembly for emitting a light in multiple directions, capable of displaying image information in two directions different to each other and an LCD apparatus having the same.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- In general, an LCD apparatus displays an image using a liquid crystal in which a light transmittance varies with an intensity of an electric field. The LCD apparatus has a flat shape having a thickness from a number of millimeters to dozens of millimeters including a liquid crystal layer that a thickness is no more than a number of micrometers.
- The LCD apparatus is widely used as a communication device such as a cellular phone and as a display device such as a mobile computer or a desktop computer and so on.
- The LCD apparatus employing a method that displays the image in only one direction had been developed to reduce a thickness and a volume thereof. Recently, the LCD apparatus has been developed to display a same image or a different image in two directions.
- In order to display the image in the two directions, the LCD apparatus includes a reflecting plate for dividing the light into the two directions and an LCD panel having a polarizing filter, a pixel electrode, a liquid crystal, two electrodes facing each other, a glass substrate, a polarizing plate. The LCD apparatus further includes a flat type light emitting part for emitting the light in opposite two directions and a display cell disposed on both surfaces of the light emitting part. The LCD apparatus further includes a backlight assembly, a first LCD panel and a second LCD panel disposed on both surfaces of the backlight assembly, respectively.
- The LCD apparatus divides the light so as to display the image in the opposite two directions, however, the LCD apparatus cannot control the intensity of the light divided into the opposite two directions.
- As an example of a display device which needs to control the intensity of die light, a cellular phone having an external display device and an internal display device will be described. For example, if a cellular phone of model “A” has an external display device having a brightness lower than that of an internal display device thereof, most of lights emitted from a light source are provided to the internal display device. Also, if a cellular phone of model “B” has an external display device having a brightness higher than that of an internal display device thereof, most of lights emitted from the light source are provided to the external display device.
- As aforementioned above, the LCD apparatus may divide the light into the opposite two directions, however, the LCD apparatus may not variably control the amount of the light divided into the opposite two directions according to an external situation.
- The present invention provides a backlight assembly capable of dividing a light into two lights having a different brightness and supplying the divided lights in two directions.
- The present invention also provides an LCD having a backlight assembly capable of dividing a light into two lights having a different brightness and displaying images same or different to each other in two directions.
- In one aspect of the invention, there is provided a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions, comprising: a light guide plate having a light incident surface for changing a first light input from between a first display area and a second display area into a second light, a lust light emitting surface for emitting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and a second light emitting surface for emitting a remained portion of the second light to the second display area as a fourth light, the light guide plate being disposed between the first and second display areas; and a brightness control part for reflecting a portion of the fourth light to the first display area and transmitting a remained portion of the fourth light to the second display area, so that a first brightness at the first display area and a second brightness at the second display area have a predetermined brightness ratio, respectively.
- In another aspect, there is provided a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions, comprising: a lamp assembly disposed between a first display area and a second display area, for providing a first light and a fifth lights between the first and second display areas, the first and fifth lights having a path different to each other; a first light guide plate having a first light incident surface for changing the first light into a second light, a first surface for reflecting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and a second surface for emitting the third light, the second surface being faced to the first surface; a second light guide plate having a second light incident surface for changing the fifth light into a sixth light, a third surface for reflecting a portion of the sixth light to the second display area as a seventh light and a fourth surface for emitting the seventh light, the fourth surface being faced to the third surface; and a reflecting plate disposed between the first and third surfaces, for reflecting a remained portion of the second light leaked from the first surface to the first display area as a fourth light and reflecting a remained portion of the fifth light leaked from the third surface to the second display area as an eighth light.
- In further aspect, there is provided an LCD apparatus comprising: a lamp assembly disposed between a first display area and a second display area, for providing a first light between the first and second display areas; a light guide plate having a light incident surface for changing the first light into a second light, a first light emitting surface for emitting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and a second light emitting surface for emitting a remained portion of the second light to the second display area as a fourth light; a brightness control part for reflecting a portion of the fourth light to the first display area and transmitting a remained portion of the fourth light to the second display area, so that a first brightness at the first display area and a second brightness at the second display area have a predetermined brightness ratio, respectively; a first LCD panel assembly for changing the portions of the third and fourth lights into a first display light having an image information; and a second LCD panel assembly for changing the remained portion of the fourth light into a second display light having an image information.
- In still another aspect, there is provided an LCD apparatus comprising: a lamp assembly disposed between a first display area and a second display area, for providing a first light and a fifth lights between the first and second display areas, the first and fifth lights having a path different to each other; a first light guide plate having a first light incident surface for changing the first into a second light, a first surface for reflecting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and transmitting a remained portion of the second light to the second display area as a fourth light, and a second surface facing to the first surface, for emitting the third light; a second light guide plate having a second light incident surface for changing the fifth light into a sixth light, a third surface for reflecting a portion of the sixth light to the second display area as a seventh light and transmitting a remained portion of the sixth light to the first display area as a eighth light, and a fourth surface facing to the third surface, for emitting the seventh light; a reflecting plate disposed between the first and third surfaces, for reflecting a remained portion of the second light leaked from the first surface to the first display area as a fourth light and reflecting a remained portion of the fifth light leaked from the third surface to the second display area as an eighth light; a first LCD panel assembly for generating a first display light having an image information using the third and fourth lights; and a second LCD panel assembly for generating a second display light having an image information using the seventh and eight lights.
- According to the backlight assembly for the LCD apparatus, the light from the light source is divided into a light for the first display area and a light for the second display area of the LCD apparatus. The portion of the light provided to the second display area is reflected to the first display area and the remained portion of the light provided to the second display area is transmitted, thereby controlling the brightness ratio at the first and second display areas. Thus, it is able to display a required image in the two directions.
- The above and other advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a light reflecting pattern disposed on a light guide plate of the backlight assembly shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a size and an arrangement of the light reflecting pattern shown inFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a second embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 5 is a graph showing brightness at a first display area and a second display area of the backlight assembly according to the present invention; -
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a third embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a light reflecting pattern disposed on a light guide plate shown inFIG. 7 ; -
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing optical sheets disposed on the backlight assembly shown inFIG. 8 ; -
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 11 is a graph showing a size of the light reflecting pattern shown inFIG. 10 ; -
FIG. 12 is a graph showing differences of the size between a first light reflecting pad and a second light reflecting pad shown inFIG. 10 ; -
FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing optical sheets disposed on the backlight assembly shown inFIG. 13 ; -
FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 16 is a graph showing a size of the light reflecting pattern shown inFIG. 15 ; -
FIG. 17 is a graph showing differences of the size between a first light reflecting pad and a second light reflecting pad shown inFIG. 15 ; -
FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a eighth embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an LCD apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention; - FIGS. 20 to 23 are schematic diagrams showing sizes and locations of a first LCD panel assembly and a second LCD panel assembly shown in
FIG. 19 ; -
FIGS. 24 and 25 are schematic diagrams showing driving methods of the first and second LCD panel assemblies shown inFIG. 19 ; -
FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing an LCD apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram showing sizes and locations of a first LCD panel assembly and a second LCD panel assembly shown inFIG. 26 . -
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a first embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , abacklight assembly 500 a includes alight guide plate 300 a and abrightness control member 400. Thelight guide plate 300 a has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and is disposed between afirst display area 100 and asecond display area 200. Thelight guide plate 300 a includes four side surfaces including alight incident surface 310, a firstlight emitting surface 320 and a secondlight emitting surface 330. - Particularly, the first and second
light emitting surfaces light emitting surface 320 is connected to the secondlight emitting surface 320 by means of four side surfaces including thelight incident surface 310, which are perpendicular to the first and secondlight emitting surfaces - The
light incident surface 310 of thelight guide plate 300 a receives afirst light 305 from an external. Thefirst light 305 is emitted from a point light source such as a light emitting diode or a linear light source such as a CCFL. The light source that emits the first light has been indicated by a reference numeral “301”. - The
first light 305 is changed into asecond light 315 during passing through thelight incident surface 310 having a medium different to an air between thelight source 301 and thelight incident surface 310. Thesecond light 315 is reflected inside thelight guide plate 300 a according to the refraction's law and emitted from thelight guide plate 300 a to two directions. A light corresponding to a portion of thesecond light 315 is emitted from thefirst light surface 320 to thefirst display area 100. The light emitted from thefirst light surface 320 to thefirst display area 100 is defined as athird light 325. - A light corresponding to a remained portion of the
second light 315 is emitted from the secondlight emitting surface 330 to thesecond display area 200. The light emitted from the secondlight emitting surface 330 and provided to thesecond display area 200 is defined as afourth light 335. - Accordingly, it is possible to supply the
first light 305 to the first andsecond display areas light guide plate 300 a. - However, it is difficult to control a first brightness at the first display area and a second brightness at the second display area using only the
light guide plate 300 a. In order to control the first and second brightness, thelight guide plate 300 a has to be re-designed and re-manufactured. - In the present invention, the
brightness control member 400 controls the first and second brightness at the first andsecond display areas brightness control member 400 reflects a portion of thefourth light 335 to thefirst display area 100 and transmits a remained portion of thefourth light 335 to thesecond display area 200. - The
brightness control member 400 has a sheet shape or a plate shape comprised of a PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) resin. Thebrightness control member 400 may be fabricated to reflect the light of about 80% of thefourth light 335 and transmit the light of about 20% of thefourth light 335 or to reflect die light of about 20% of thefourth light 335 and transmit the light of about 80% of thefourth light 335. Thebrightness control member 400 may be fabricated using a material for partially reflecting and transmitting a light. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a light reflecting pattern disposed on a light guide plate of the backlight assembly shown inFIG. 1 to make a new backlight assembly 500 b, andFIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a size and an arrangement of the light reflecting pattern shown inFIG. 2 . - Referring to
FIGS. 2 and 3 , thelight guide plate 300 a includes a plurality oflight reflecting pads 331 disposed on the secondlight emitting surface 330 facing thebrightness control member 400. Thelight reflecting pads 331 reflect a portion of thesecond light 315, which is in contact with the secondlight emitting surface 330, to the firstlight emitting surface 320. - The
light reflecting pads 331 are disposed on the secondlight emitting surface 330 in a matrix configuration. Thelight reflecting pads 331 are formed on the secondlight emitting surface 330 using a silk screen method. Plane Sizes of thelight reflecting pads 331 become larger according as thelight reflecting pads 331 are spaced more apart from thelight incident surface 310. Changing the plane sizes of thelight reflecting pads 331 is for uniformly maintaining a reflecting amount of thefourth light 335 by thelight reflecting pads 331 disposed over the secondlight emitting surface 330. - As shown in
FIG. 2 , the firstlight emitting surface 320 is parallel to the secondlight emitting surface 330. -
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing abacklight assembly 500 c for emitting a light in two directions according to a second embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 5 is a graph showing brightness at a first display area and a second display area of the backlight assembly according to the present invention.FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing abacklight assembly 500 a for emitting a light in two directions according to a third embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , the firstlight emitting surface 320 of thelight guide plate 300 b is not parallel to the secondlight emitting surface 330. Particularly, a thickness between the first and secondlight emitting surfaces 320 and 322 is thickest at thelight incident surface 310 and gradually becomes thinner according as the first and secondlight emitting surfaces 320 and 322 become more distant from thelight incident surface 310. - Referring to
FIG. 5 , the first brightness at thefirst display area 100 is higher than the second brightness at thesecond display area 200. In order to obtain the result that the first brightness is higher than the second brightness, thebrightness control member 400 has to be controlled to have a light reflectance higher than a light transmittance with respect to thefourth light 335. Similarly, in order to obtain a result that the second brightness at thesecond display area 200 is higher than the first brightness at thefirst display area 100, thebrightness control member 400 has to be controlled to have a light transmittance higher than a light reflectance with respect to thefourth light 335. - As shown in
FIG. 6 , in order to enhance optical properties of thelight guide plate 300 a of thebacklight assembly 500 a, anoptical sheet 340 may be disposed on the firstlight emitting surface 320 of thelight guide plate 300 a. - The
optical sheet 340 includes adiffusion sheet 342 and aprism sheet 344. Thediffusion sheet 342 diffuses thethird light 325 and the portion of the fourth light 355 reflected from thebrightness control member 400 to provide a light having a uniform brightness to thefirst display area 100. - The
prism sheet 344 disposed on thediffusion sheet 342 controls a direction of the light emitted through thediffusion sheet 342 to provide the light having an improved visual angle. Particularly, theprism sheet 344 includes abody portion 344 a having a plate shape and abrightness enhancing portion 344 b for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to the firstlight emitting surface 320. Thebrightness enhancing portion 344 b is successively disposed on thebody portion 344 a and protruded from thebody portion 344 a to have a triangle shape in section. -
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 7 , abacklight assembly 1000 a includes a firstlight guide plate 700 a, a secondlight guide plate 800 a, alamp assembly 940 and abrightness control member 900. - The
lamp assembly 940 includes alamp 950 and alamp reflector 930. Thelamp 950 may include an LED as a point light source or a CCFL as a linear light source. A light incident to the first light guide plate 700 from the light source is defined as afirst light 952 and a light incident to the second light guide plate 800 from the light source is defined as afifth light 956. - The
lamp reflector 930 reflects the light emitted from thelamp 950 in a radial shape to provide the light to the directions to which the first andfifth lights lamp reflector 930 includes first and second side surfaces 932 and 934 and a connectingside surface 936 that connects thefirst side surface 932 to thesecond side surface 934. The first and second side surfaces 932 and 934 and the connectingside surface 936 have a reflectance higher than that of outer surfaces thereof. The first and secondlight guide plates - The first
light guide plate 700 a has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and is disposed between afirst display area 100 and asecond display area 200. The firstlight guide plate 700 a includes four side surfaces including a firstlight incident surface 710, afirst surface 720 and asecond surface 730. - The first and
second surfaces second surfaces - The first
light incident surface 710 of the firstlight guide plate 700 a receives thefirst light 952 from thelamp 950. Thefirst light 952 is changed into asecond light 953 during passing through the firstlight incident surface 710. Thefirst surface 720 reflects a portion of thesecond light 953 satisfied with a reflection condition according to the refraction's law to thefirst display area 100. A remained portion of thesecond light 953 not satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law is leaked to thesecond display area 200. - Hereinafter, the portion of the
second light 953 reflected to thefirst display area 100 is defined as athird light 954 and the remained portion of thesecond light 953 transmitted to thesecond display area 200 is defined as afourth light 955. - The second
light guide plate 800 a has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The secondlight guide plate 800 a is disposed between afirst display area 100 and asecond display area 200 and adjacent to thefirst surface 720 of thelight guide plate 700 a. Also, the first and secondlight guide plates light guide plate 800 a includes four side surfaces including a secondlight incident surface 810, athird surface 820 and afourth surface 830. The four side surfaces connect thethird side surface 820 to thefourth surfaces light guide plate 800 a. Thefourth surface 830 has a shape same to that of thethird surface 820. - The second
light incident surface 810 of the light guide plate 800 receives the fifth light 956 from thelamp 950. Thefifth light 956 is changed into asixth light 957 during passing through the secondlight incident surface 810. Thethird surface 820 reflects a portion of thesixth light 957 satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law to thesecond display area 200. A remained portion of thesixth light 957 not satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law is leaked to thesecond display area 200. - Hereinafter, the portion of the
sixth light 957 reflected to thesecond display area 200 is defined as aseventh light 958 and the remained portion of thesixth light 957 transmitted to thefirst display area 100 is defined as aeighth light 959. - The
brightness control member 900, that is a reflectingplate 900 is disposed between the first and secondlight guide plates plate 900 has a sheet shape or a plate shape comprised of a PET resin. The reflectingplate 900 reflects thefourth light 955 leaked from thefirst surface 720 of the firstlight guide plate 700 a to thefirst display area 100 and reflects theeighth light 959 leaked from thethird surface 820 of thelight guide plate 800 a to thesecond display area 200. - Hereinafter, operations of the
backlight assembly 1000 a will be described with reference toFIG. 7 . - The first and
fifth lights lamp 950 of thelamp assembly 940 are input to the first and second light incident surfaces 710 and 810 of the first and secondlight guide plate first light 952 is changed into thesecond light 953. - The portion of the
second light 953, which is satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law, is reflected by thefirst surface 720 and provided to thefirst display area 100 through thesecond surface 730 as thethird light 954. The remained portion of thesecond light 953, which is satisfied with the transmittal condition of the refraction's law, is supplied to thesecond display area 100 through thefirst surface 720 as thefourth light 955. - The
fifth light 956 emitted from the lamp F950 of thelamp assembly 940 is changed into thesixth light 957. The portion of thesixth light 957, which is satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law, is reflected by thethird surface 820 and provided to thesecond display area 200 through thefourth surface 830 as theseventh light 958. The remained portion of thesixth light 957, which is not satisfied with the reflection condition of the refraction's law, is supplied to thefirst display area 100 through thethird surface 820 as theeighth light 959. - The third and
seventh lights second display areas light guide plates eighth lights light guide plates - The fourth and
eighth lights plate 900 to provide the fourth andeighth lights second display areas - In the
backlight assembly 1000 a, thefirst surface 720 of the firstlight guide plate 700 a is parallel to thesecond surface 730 thereof and thethird surface 820 of the secondlight guide plate 800 a is parallel to thefourth surface 830. Also, the firstlight guide plate 700 a has a size same to that of the secondlight guide plate 800 a. -
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a light reflecting pattern disposed on a light guide plate shown inFIG. 7 .FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing optical sheets disposed on the backlight assembly shown inFIG. 8 . - As shown in
FIG. 8 , in abacklight assembly 1000 b the firstlight guide plate 700 a includes a plurality of firstlight reflecting pads 721 disposed on thefirst surface 720 thereof and the secondlight guide plate 800 a includes a plurality of secondlight reflecting pads 821 disposed on thethird surface 820 thereof. The first and secondlight reflecting pads - Sizes of the first and second
light reflecting pads light reflecting pads light incident surface - The
backlight assembly 1000 a shown inFIG. 7 may further include a firstoptical sheet 740 and a secondoptical sheet 840 as shown inFIG. 9 . - Referring to
FIG. 9 , the firstoptical sheet 740 is disposed between thefirst display area 100 and the firstlight guide plate 700 a and faces thesecond surface 730 of the firstlight guide plate 700 a. - The first
optical sheet 740 includes abody portion 742 having a plate shape and abrightness enhancing portion 744 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to thefirst surface 720. Thebrightness enhancing portion 744 is successively disposed on thebody portion 742 and protruded from thebody portion 742 have a triangle shape in section. - The second
optical sheet 840 is disposed between thesecond display area 200 and the second light guide plate 800 and faces thefourth surface 830 of the secondlight guide plate 800 a. - The second
optical sheet 840 includes abody portion 842 having a plate shape and abrightness enhancing portion 844 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to thefourth surface 830. Thebrightness enhancing portion 844 is successively disposed on thebody portion 842 and protruded from thebody portion 842 to have a triangle shape in section. - The first
optical sheet 740 enhances optical properties such as a visual angle and a brightness distribution, etc., of thethird light 954 and the portion of theeighth light 959. The secondoptical sheet 840 enhances optical properties such as the visual angle and the brightness distribution, etc., of theseventh light 958 and the portion of thefourth light 955. -
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing abacklight assembly 1000 c for emitting a light in two directions according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG.11 is a graph showing a size of the light reflecting pattern shown inFIG. 10 .FIG. 12 is a graph showing differences of the size between a first light reflecting pad and a second light reflecting pad shown inFIG. 10 . - Referring to
FIG. 10 , the first and secondlight guide plates FIG. 10 , the firstlight guide plate 700 a has a size greater than that of the secondlight guide plate 800 b. - The first
light guide plate 700 a includes a firstlight reflecting pad 725 disposed on thefirst surface 720 thereof and the secondlight guide plate 800 b includes a secondlight reflecting pad 825 disposed on thethird surface 820 thereof. Where the size of the firstlight guide plate 700 a is greater than that of the secondlight guide plate 800 b, the firstlight reflecting pad 725 disposed on thefirst surface 720 has a pattern different to that of the secondlight reflecting pad 825 disposed on thethird surface 820. - As shown in
FIG. 11 , sizes of the first and secondlight reflecting pads light reflecting pads light incident surface light reflecting pad 725 is not same to that of the secondlight reflecting pad 825. - Referring to
FIG. 12 , a rate of change of the size of the secondlight reflecting pad 825 based on a distance between the secondlight incident surface 810 and the secondlight reflecting pad 825 is greater than that of the firstlight reflecting pad 725 based on a distance between the firstlight incident surface 710 and the firstlight reflecting pad 725. InFIG. 12 , a graph indicated by a reference “a” shows the rate of change of the size of the firstlight reflecting pad 725 and a graph indicated by a reference “b” shows the rate of change of the size of the secondlight reflecting pad 825. - When the sizes of the first and second
light reflecting pads light incident surface light reflecting pad 725 has a size “B” and the secondlight reflecting pad 825 has a size “C” greater than the size “B”. -
FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing abacklight assembly 1000 d for emitting a light in two directions according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing optical sheets disposed on abacklight assembly 1000 e, similar to the backlight assembly shown inFIG. 13 , only omitting the reflectingpads - Referring to
FIG. 13 , the first and second light guide plates 700 and 800 of the backlight assembly 1000 may have a wedge shape. A thickness between the first andsecond surfaces light guide plate 700 b is thickest at the firstlight incident surface 710 and gradually becomes thinner according as the first andsecond surfaces light incident surface 710. That is, thefirst surface 720 is inclined toward thesecond surface 730. A thickness between the third andfourth surfaces light guide plate 800 c gradually becomes thinner according as the first andsecond surfaces light incident surface 810. That is, thethird surface 820 is inclined toward thefourth surface 830 and is parallel to thefirst surface 720. Also, thefirst surface 720 of the first light guide plate 700 is parallel to thefourth surface 830 of the secondlight guide plate 800 c. - The first
light guide plate 700 b includes a firstlight reflecting pad 721 disposed on thefirst surface 720 thereof and the secondlight guide plate 800 c includes a secondlight reflecting pad 821 disposed on thethird surface 820 thereof. Sizes of the first and secondlight reflecting pads light reflecting pads light incident surface - The
backlight assembly 1000 d shown inFIG. 13 may further include a firstoptical sheet 740 and a secondoptical sheet 840 as shown inFIG. 14 . - Referring to
FIG. 14 , the firstoptical sheet 740 is disposed between thefirst display area 100 and the firstlight guide plate 700 b and faces thesecond surface 730 of the firstlight guide plate 700 b. - The first
optical sheet 750 includes abody portion 752 having a plate shape and abrightness enhancing portion 754 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to thefirst surface 720. Thebrightness enhancing portion 754 is successively disposed on thebody portion 752 and protruded from thebody portion 752 to have a triangle shape in section. - The second
optical sheet 840 is disposed between thesecond display area 200 and the secondlight guide plate 800 c and faces thefourth surface 830 of the secondlight guide plate 800 c. - The second
optical sheet 850 includes abody portion 852 having a plate shape and abrightness enhancing portion 854 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to thefourth surface 830. Thebrightness enhancing portion 854 is successively disposed on thebody portion 852 and protruded from thebody portion 852 to have a triangle shape in section. - The first
optical sheet 740 enhances optical properties such as a visual angle and a brightness distribution, etc., of thethird light 954 and the portion of theeighth light 959. The secondoptical sheet 840 enhances optical properties such as the visual angle and the brightness distribution, etc., of theseventh light 958 and the portion of thefourth light 955. -
FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing abacklight assembly 1000 f for emitting a light in two directions according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 16 is a graph showing a size of the light reflecting pattern shown inFIG. 15 .FIG. 17 is a graph showing differences of the size between a firstlight reflecting pad 721 and a secondlight reflecting pad 822 shown inFIG. 15 . - Referring to
FIG. 15 , the first and secondlight guide plates FIG. 15 , the firstlight guide plate 700 b has a size greater than that of the secondlight guide plate 800 d. - The first
light guide plate 700 b includes a firstlight reflecting pad 721 disposed on thefirst surface 720 thereof and the secondlight guide plate 800 d includes a secondlight reflecting pad 822 disposed on thethird surface 820 thereof. Where the size of the firstlight guide plate 700 b is greater than that of the secondlight guide plate 800 d, the firstlight reflecting pad 721 disposed on thefirst surface 720 has a pattern different to that of the secondlight reflecting pad 822 disposed on thethird surface 820. - As shown in
FIG. 16 , sizes of the first and secondlight reflecting pads light reflecting pads light incident surface light reflecting pad 721 is not same to that of the secondlight reflecting pad 822. - Referring to
FIG. 17 , a rate of change of the size of the secondlight reflecting pad 822 based on a distance between the secondlight incident surface 810 and the secondlight reflecting pad 822 is greater than that of the firstlight reflecting pad 721 based on a distance between the firstlight incident surface 710 and the firstlight reflecting pad 721. InFIG. 17 , a graph indicated by a reference “a” shows the rate of change of the size of the firstlight reflecting pad 721 and a graph indicated by a reference “b” shows the rate of change of the size of the secondlight reflecting pad 822. - When the sizes of the first and second
light reflecting pads light incident surface light reflecting pad 721 has a size “E” and the secondlight reflecting pad 822 has a size “F” greater than the size “E”. -
FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing abacklight assembly 1000 f for emitting a light in two directions according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 18 , thebacklight assembly 1000 f may further include a firstoptical sheet 760 and a secondoptical sheet 860. - The first
optical sheet 760 is disposed between thefirst display area 100 and the firstlight guide plate 700 b and faces thesecond surface 730. - The first
optical sheet 760 includes abody portion 762 having a plate shape and abrightness enhancing portion 764 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to thefirst surface 720. Thebrightness enhancing portion 764 is successively disposed on thebody portion 762 and protruded from thebody portion 762 to have a triangle shape in section. - The second
optical sheet 860 is disposed between thesecond display area 200 and the secondlight guide plate 800 d and faces thefourth surface 830. - The second
optical sheet 760 includes abody portion 762 having a plate shape and abrightness enhancing portion 764 for enhancing the brightness, which is disposed on a surface facing to thefirst surface 720. Thebrightness enhancing portion 764 is successively disposed on thebody portion 762 and protruded from thebody portion 762 to have a triangle shape in section. -
FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an LCD apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 20 to 23 are schematic diagrams showing sizes and locations of a first LCD panel assembly and a second LCD panel assembly shown inFIG. 19 . - Referring to
FIG. 19 , an LCD apparatus 1300 a includes a firstLCD panel assembly 1100, a secondLCD panel assembly 1200 and thebacklight assembly 500 a shown inFIG. 1 . - The first
LCD panel assembly 1100 is disposed on thefirst display area 100. The firstLCD panel assembly 1100 receives thethird light 325 emitted from the firstlight emitting surface 320 and the portion of thefourth light 335 reflected from thebrightness control member 400 and emits afirst display light 1110 having image information. - The second
LCD panel assembly 1200 is disposed on thesecond display area 200. The secondLCD panel assembly 1200 receives a light passed through thebrightness control member 400 of thefourth light 335 emitted from the secondlight emitting surface 330 and emits asecond display light 1210 having image information. - The first and second
LCD panel assemblies - Further, the first
LCD panel assembly 1100 may have a first display area different to the second display area of a secondLCD panel assembly 1250 as shown inFIG. 20 . - Referring to
FIG. 20 , in anLCD apparatus 1300 b the first display area of the firstLCD panel assembly 1100 is greater than the second display area of the secondLCD panel assembly 1250. - Where the second display area of the second
LCD panel assembly 1250 is smaller than the first display area of the firstLCD panel assembly 1100, a driving module may be disposed at a surplus space of the secondLCD panel assembly 1250. Therefore, the volume of the secondLCD panel assembly 1250 may be reduced. - As shown in
FIG. 4 , when the secondlight emitting surface 332 of the light guide plate 300 is inclined, the secondLCD panel assembly 1250 may be disposed parallel to the secondlight emitting surface 332. Thus, it is able to reduce the thickness of the LCD apparatus in total. - Where the first
LCD panel assembly 1100 is greater than the second LCD panel assembly 120, optical properties of the secondLCD panel assembly 1250 depend on a position of the secondLCD panel assembly 1250. - In
FIG. 21 , in anLCD apparatus 1300 c, areference numeral 1252 indicates a first end portion of the secondLCD panel assembly 1250 and areference numeral 1254 indicates a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. - The
first end portion 1252 of the secondLCD panel assembly 1250 is aligned to thelight incident surface 310 of the light guide plate 300. Where thefirst end portion 1252 is aligned to thelight incident surface 310, the secondLCD panel assembly 1250 may obtain a lot of light than where thefirst end portion 1252 is not aligned to thelight incident surface 310. Also, as shown inFIG. 22 , in anLCD apparatus 1300 d the secondLCD panel assembly 1250 may be disposed at a center portion with respect to the secondlight emitting surface 330. Further, as shown inFIG. 23 , in an LCD apparatus 1300 e thesecond end portion 1254 of the secondLCD panel assembly 1250 may be aligned to anend portion 410 of thebrightness control member 400. -
FIGS. 24 and 25 are schematic diagrams showing driving methods of the first and second LCD panel assemblies shown inFIG. 19 . - Referring to
FIG. 24 , at least one of the first and secondLCD panel assemblies FIG. 19 may be operated by a passive matrix method without using a thin film transistor. The passive matrix method is a manner that generates an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal using a drivingsignal applying part 1300 after injecting a liquid crystal between afirst electrode 1310 and asecond electrode 1320 intersected with thefirst electrode 1310. - Since the first
LCD panel assembly 1100 is operated by the drivingsignal applying part 1300 same to that for operating the secondLCD panel assembly 1200, the firstLCD panel assembly 1100 displays an image same to that displayed through the secondLCD panel assembly 1200. - On the contrary, the first and second
LCD panel assemblies LCD panel assembly 1100 displays a first image and the secondLCD panel assembly 1200 displays a second image. - As shown in
FIG. 25 , at least one of the first and secondLCD panel assemblies FIG. 19 may be operated by an active matrix method. The active matrix method is a manner that uses athin film transistor 1400 and apixel electrode 1450 receiving a power from thethin film transistor 1400 and generates an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal using a drivingsignal applying part 1470. - Since the first
LCD panel assembly 1100 is operated by the drivingsignal applying part 1470 same to that for operating the secondLCD panel assembly 1200, the firstLCD panel assembly 1100 displays an image same to that displayed through the secondLCD panel assembly 1200. - On the contrary, the first and second
LCD panel assemblies LCD panel assembly 1100 displays a first image and the secondLCD panel assembly 1200 displays a second image. -
FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing an LCD apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram showing sizes and locations of a first LCD panel assembly and a second LCD panel assembly shown inFIG. 26 . - Referring to
FIG. 26 , anLCD apparatus 1700 a includes a first LCD panel assembly 1500, a secondLCD panel assembly 1600 and thebacklight assembly 1000 a shown inFIG. 7 . - The first LCD panel assembly 1500 is disposed on the
first display area 100. The first LCD panel assembly 1500 receives thethird light 954 emitted from thesecond surface 730 and the portion of thefourth light 955 reflected from thebrightness control member 900 and emits afirst display light 1510 having image information. - The second
LCD panel assembly 1600 is disposed on thesecond display area 200. The secondLCD panel assembly 1600 receives a light passed through thebrightness control member 900 of theeighth light 959 emitted from thethird surface 830 and emits asecond display light 1610 having image information. - The first and second
LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 have a first display area and a second display area, respectively. The first and second display areas are same to each other. - Further, the first LCD panel assembly 1500 may have a first display area different to the second display area of a second
LCD panel assembly 1600 as shown inFIG. 27 . - Referring to
FIG. 27 , the first display area of the first LCD panel assembly 1500 is greater than the second display area of the secondLCD panel assembly 1600. Where the first LCD panel assembly 1500 is greater than the secondLCD panel assembly 1600, optical properties of the secondLCD panel assembly 1600 depend on a position of the secondLCD panel assembly 1600. - In
FIG. 27 , referring to an LCD apparatus 1700 b, areference numeral 1620 indicates a first end portion of the secondLCD panel assembly 1600 and areference numeral 1640 indicates a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. - The
first end portion 1620 of the secondLCD panel assembly 1600 is aligned to thelight incident surface 810 of the secondlight guide plate 800 a. Where thefirst end portion 1620 is aligned to thelight incident surface 810, the secondLCD panel assembly 1600 may obtain a lot of light than where thefirst end portion 1620 is not aligned to thelight incident surface 810. Also, the secondLCD panel assembly 1600 may be disposed at a center portion with respect to the secondlight emitting surface 830 as shown inFIG. 27 . Further, thesecond end portion 1640 of the secondLCD panel assembly 1600 may be aligned to an end portion 910 of thebrightness control member 900. - At least one of the first and second
LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 shown inFIG. 26 may be operated by a passive matrix method without using a thin film transistor. The passive matrix method is a manner that generates an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal using a drivingsignal applying part 1300 after injecting a liquid crystal between afirst electrode 1310 and asecond electrode 1320 intersected with thefirst electrode 1310. - Since the first LCD panel assembly 1500 is operated by the driving
signal applying part 1300 same to that for operating the secondLCD panel assembly 1200, the first LCD panel assembly 1500 displays an image same to that displayed through the secondLCD panel assembly 1600. - On the contrary, the first and second
LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 may include a first driving module for generating a first driving signal and a second driving module for generating a second driving signal, respectively. In this case, the first LCD panel assembly 1500 displays a first image and the secondLCD panel assembly 1600 displays a second image. - At least one of the first and second
LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 shown inFIG. 26 may be operated by an active matrix method. The active matrix method is a manner that uses athin film transistor 1400 and apixel electrode 1450 receiving a power from thethin film transistor 1400 and generates an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal using a drivingsignal applying part 1470. - Since the first LCD panel assembly 1500 is operated by the driving
signal applying part 1470 same to that for operating the secondLCD panel assembly 1600, the first LCD panel assembly 1500 displays an image same to that displayed through the secondLCD panel assembly 1600. - On the contrary, the first and second
LCD panel assemblies 1500 and 1600 may include a first driving module for generating a first driving signal and a second driving module for generating a second driving signal, respectively. In this case, the first LCD panel assembly 1500 displays a first image and the secondLCD panel assembly 1600 displays a second image. - According to the present invention, the LCD apparatus may display images in the two directions, which are same to each other or different to each other. Where the images are different to each other, the LCD apparatus may display the images to have a first and a second brightness that are different to each other, using the brightness control member. Thus, a user may obtain various images through the LCD apparatus.
- Although the exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described, it is understood that the present invention should not be limited to these exemplary embodiments but various changes and modifications can be made by one ordinary skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present invention as hereinafter claimed.
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1. A backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions, comprising:
a light guide plate having a light incident surface for changing a first light provided into a space between a first display area and a second display area into a second light, a first light emitting surface for emitting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and a second light emitting surface for emitting a remained portion of the second light to the second display area as a fourth light, the light guide plate being disposed between the first and second display areas; and
a brightness control part for reflecting a portion of the fourth light to the first display area and transmitting a remained portion of the fourth light to the second display area, so that a first brightness at the first display area and a second brightness at the second display area have a predetermined brightness ratio, respectively.
2. The backlight assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second light emitting surface comprises at least one light reflecting pad having a dot shape, for reflecting the second light to the first display area and the light reflecting pad becomes larger according as the light reflecting pad is spaced more apart from the light incident surface.
3. The backlight assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first and second light emitting surfaces are parallel to each other.
4. The backlight assembly of claim 1 , wherein the light guide plate has a wedge shape in which a thickness thereof becomes thinner as it is far from the light incident surface.
5. The backlight assembly of claim 1 , wherein the brightness control part comprises a sheet for reflecting and transmitting a light.
6. The backlight assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first brightness is greater than the second brightness.
7. The backlight assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first light is emitted from a point light source such as a light emitting diode or a linear light source such as a CCFL.
8. The backlight assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an optical sheet for increasing optical properties of the third light, the optical sheet being disposed adjacent to the first light emitting surface.
9. A backlight assembly for emitting a light in two directions, comprising:
a lamp assembly disposed between a first display area and a second display area, for providing a first light and a fifth lights into a space between the first and second display areas, the first and fifth lights having a path different to each other;
a first light guide plate having a first light incident surface for changing the first light into a second light, a first surface for reflecting a portion of the second light to the first display area as a third light and a second surface for emitting the third light, the second surface being faced to the first surface;
a second light guide plate having a second light incident surface for changing the fifth light into a sixth light, a third surface for reflecting a portion of the sixth light to the second display area as a seventh light and a fourth surface for emitting the seventh light, the fourth surface being faced to the third surface; and
a reflecting plate disposed between the first and third surfaces, for reflecting a remained portion of the second light leaked from the first surface to the first display area as a fourth light and reflecting a remained portion of the fifth light leaked from the third surface to the second display area as an eighth light.
10. The backlight assembly of claim 9 , wherein the first and second surfaces are parallel to each other and the third and fourth surfaces are parallel to each other.
11. The backlight assembly of claim 10 , wherein the first and third surfaces comprise a first light reflecting pad and a second light reflecting pad having a dot shape, respectively, the first and second light reflecting pads become larger according as the first and second light reflecting pads are spaced more apart from the first and second light incident surface.
12. The backlight assembly of claim 10 , further comprising a first optical sheet disposed at a place facing the first surface, for increasing optical properties of the third light and a second optical sheet disposed at a place facing the fourth surface, for increasing optical properties of the seventh light.
13. The backlight assembly of claim 10 , wherein the first optical sheet comprises a first body portion having a plate shape and a first brightness enhancing protrusion portion protruded from the first body portion facing to the second surface to have a triangle shape in section, and the second optical sheet comprises a second body portion having a plate shape and a second brightness protrusion portion protruded from the second body portion facing to the fourth surface to have a triangle shape in section.
14. The backlight assembly of claim 10 , wherein the first light guide plate has a plane size greater than that of the second light guide plate.
15. The backlight assembly of claim 14 , wherein the first and third surfaces comprise a first light reflecting pad and a second light reflecting pad having a dot shape, respectively, the first and second light reflecting pads become larger according as the first and second light reflecting pads are spaced more apart from the first and second light incident surface, and a change rate of size of the second light reflecting pad is greater than that of the first light reflecting pad.
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22. The backlight assembly of claim 9 , wherein the lamp assembly comprises:
a lamp for generating light in a radial shape; and
a lamp reflector for changing the light from the lamp into the first and fifth lights, the lamp reflector being fixed to the second and fourth surfaces while receiving the lamp therein.
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