| ReturnTo Theme-Group-Choice | Onelevelup |
| 2H391 | LIQUID CRYSTAL 4-2 (COMBINATION WITH LIGHTING DEVICE) | |
| G02F1/13357 | ||
| G02F1/13357 | AA | AA00 DIRECT-VIEW LIGHTING DEVICES |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | ||||||
| . Irradiation from the rear surface of a liquid crystal panel (backlight) | . . No light-guiding plate | . . . Directly-beneath-type backlight | . . . A light source existing in the lateral side (hollow light guiding) | |||||||||
| AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | AA19 | |||||
| . . Light-guiding plate existing | . . . Light source existing in the lateral side of a light-guiding plate | . . . . Light source existing on a surface other than a side surface of a light-guiding plate (such as the front and rear surfaces in an edge portion) | . . . . Light source existing in a periphery portion | . . . . . Light sources existing in more than two sides | . . . . Light source in a corner portion | . . . Light source existing on the main surface of a light-guiding plate (other than near an end portion) | . . . Light source inside a light-guiding plate | |||||
| AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA25 | AA27 | AA29 | |||||||
| . Irradiation from the surface of a liquid crystal panel (front light) | . . No light-guiding plate | . . Light-guiding plate existing | . Irradiation from the side of a liquid crystal panel | . Light source inside a liquid crystal panel | . Ones radiating light from both sides of a lighting device | |||||||
| AA31 | ||||||||||||
| . Curved lighting devices and flexible lighting devices | ||||||||||||
| AB | AB00 LIGHT SOURCES OF DIRECT-VIEW LIGHTING DEVICES |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB04 | AB05 | AB06 | AB07 | AB08 | AB09 | ||
| . Types of light sources | . . Lamp | . . Fluorescent tube | . . LED | . . . Multiple color LED (RGB and the like) | . . . Features existing in a wavelength conversion layer | . . EL | . . Laser | . . Ones taking in outside light | ||||
| AB11 | AB12 | AB13 | AB14 | AB15 | ||||||||
| . Ones using different light sources | . . Using different types of light sources (not including outside light) | . . Use of light sources having different characteristics | . . . Ones using light sources of different colors | . . . Ones using light sources of different light directions | ||||||||
| AB21 | AB22 | AB23 | AB24 | |||||||||
| . Features existing in alignment of a plurality of light sources | . . Arranging a plurality of light sources ununiformly | . . Features existing in arrangement directions of plurality of light sources | . . Features existing in arrangement of light sources of multiple colors | |||||||||
| AB31 | AB32 | AB33 | AB34 | AB35 | AB36 | AB37 | AB38 | AB39 | AB40 | |||
| . Features existing in characteristics of light | . . Features existing in color or spectrum of light | . . . Wavelength elements | . . . . Wavelength conversion elements (except for ones unified with a light source) | . . . Ones to provide colored light (excluding Color Sequential) | . . . . Ones to provide spatially uniform colored light | . . . . Ones in which each piece of color light illuminates at a different incident angle | . . Features existing in polarization and a phase of light | . . . Ones to provide polarized light | . . . . Polarization converting film (luminance improvement, reflective polarization) | |||
| AB42 | AB43 | AB44 | AB45 | AB46 | ||||||||
| . . Features existing in intensity and directions of light (except for driving methods) | . . . Oblique directions | . . . . Arranging a light source in an oblique manner | . . . Features existing in directionality (half-value angle) | . . . . Ones having anisotropic nature | ||||||||
| AC | AC00 OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF DIRECT-VIEW LIGHTING DEVICES (OTHER THAN ONES UNIFIED WITH A LIGHT GUIDE MEMBER) |
AC01 | AC02 | AC03 | AC04 | AC05 | AC06 | AC07 | AC08 | AC09 | AC10 | |
| . Means for improving incidence from a light source | . . Deflection members | . . . Lens or prism | . . . . Individual lenses or prisms in a plurality of light sources | . . . . Common lens or prism in a plurality of light sources | . . . Non-uniform | . . Reflection elements | . . . Reflection elements in front of a light source | . . . Reflection elements in the side of a light source | . . . Reflection element in the back side of a light source (light source reflector and the like) | |||
| AC11 | AC12 | AC13 | AC14 | AC15 | ||||||||
| . Means for improving emission from a lighting device | . . Deflection member | . . . Diffusion and scattering element (except for lenses and prisms) | . . . . Anisotropic diffusion or scattering element | . . . . Non-uniform | ||||||||
| AC23 | AC24 | AC25 | AC26 | AC27 | AC28 | AC29 | AC30 | |||||
| . . . Lens or prism | . . . . Lenses or prisms in the both sides | . . . . Prisms, protrusions, grooves arranged two-dimensionally | . . . . Combination with other lenses and prisms | . . . . Diffusion and scattering function | . . . . Non-uniform | . . . . . Density, an area and the like are changed by a distance to a light source | . . . Beam direction control member, ex.) a louver | |||||
| AC32 | ||||||||||||
| . . Reflection element | ||||||||||||
| AC42 | ||||||||||||
| . . Light shielding element | ||||||||||||
| AC51 | AC52 | AC53 | AC54 | AC55 | ||||||||
| . Optical members arranged in surfaces other than the incident and emitting surfaces of a light-guiding plate | . . Deflection member | . . Reflection element: ex.) a light-guiding plate reflector | . . . In the side of a light-guiding plate | . . Non-uniform | ||||||||
| AD | AD00 LIGHT GUIDE MEMBERS OF DIRECT-VIEW LIGHTING DEVICES |
AD01 | AD02 | AD03 | AD04 | AD05 | AD06 | AD07 | AD08 | AD09 | AD10 | |
| . Planar light guide members and light-guiding plates | . . Means for improving incidence to a light-guiding plate | . . . Prisms, protrusions, grooves, scattering particles, uneven surfaces | . . . . Incident surface | . . . . Neighborhood of an incident surface excluding the incident surface | . . . Ones to control a beam by a shape of a light-guiding plate | . . . . Ones according to a planar shape of a light-guiding plate | . . . . Ones according to a cross-section shape of a light-guiding plate | . . . . . Bended light-guiding plate | . . . . Ones according to a shape of a light-guiding plate surrounding a light source | |||
| AD13 | ||||||||||||
| . . . Reflection member | ||||||||||||
| AD22 | AD23 | AD24 | AD25 | AD26 | AD27 | AD28 | AD29 | |||||
| . . Means for improving emission from a light-guiding plate | . . . Scattered-dots-like member and reflecting-dots-like member | . . . . Provided inside a light-guiding plate | . . . . Provided on the surface of a light-guiding plate | . . . . . Emitting surface side | . . . . . Opposite surface of the emitting surface | . . . . Being non-uniform | . . . . . Density, an area and the like changing along a light-guiding plate | |||||
| AD33 | AD34 | AD35 | AD36 | AD37 | AD38 | AD39 | ||||||
| . . . Prisms, protrusions, grooves | . . . . Curved prisms, protrusions, grooves | . . . . Prisms, protrusions, grooves arranged two-dimensionally | . . . . Emitting surface | . . . . Opposite surface of the emitting surface | . . . . Both of the emitting surface and the opposite surface of the emitting surface | . . . . Side surface other than the incident surface | ||||||
| AD43 | AD44 | AD45 | AD46 | |||||||||
| . . . . Non-uniform | . . . . . Density, an area and the like changing along a light-guiding plate | . . . Low refractive index layer, high refractive index layer | . . . Features existing in a shape of a light-guiding plate | |||||||||
| AD51 | AD52 | AD53 | AD54 | AD55 | AD56 | AD57 | AD58 | AD59 | ||||
| . Ones arranging a plurality of light-guiding plates | . . Optically connecting a plurality of light-guiding plates | . . . Light guide member to transform a point light source to a linear light source | . . Ones in which a plurality of light-guiding plates are independent optically | . . . Ones in which a plurality of light-guiding plates are laminated | . . . Arranging a plurality of light-guiding plates in a planer manner (ones for a large area and the like) | . . . . Light source between a plurality of light-guiding plates | . . . . Light source in each light-guiding plate | . . . . Common light source for a plurality of light-guiding plates | ||||
| AD61 | ||||||||||||
| . Fiber | ||||||||||||
| BA | BA00 PROJECTION LIGHTING DEVICES |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | |||||||
| . One liquid crystal panel | . Two liquid crystal panels | . Three liquid crystal panels | . Four or more liquid crystal panels | |||||||||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | ||||||||||
| . Light source | . . Other than lamps | . . A plurality of light sources | ||||||||||
| BA21 | BA22 | BA23 | BA24 | BA25 | BA26 | BA27 | BA28 | BA29 | BA30 | |||
| . Projection optical system | . . Separating/multiplexing optical system | . . . Dichroic mirrors | . . . Polarized beam splitter | . . Wavelength elements (excluding a separating/multiplexing system) | . . Polarizing elements (except for ones a separating/multiplexing system) | . . Phase elements | . . Reflection element (excluding a separating/multiplexing system) | . . Lenses, prism s | . . Light guide member | |||
| CA | CA00 OTHER COMPONENTS OF A LIGHTING DEVICE |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | CA10 | |
| . Outer frame member, support member | . . Supporting structure of lighting device | . . . Positioning of light source | . . . Positioning of optical member to improve incidence from a light source | . . . . Shape of optical member | . . . Positioning of light guide member | . . . . Shape of light guide member | . . . Positioning of emission-side member (optical sheet and the like) | . . . . Shape of optical member | . . Adhesive agents, gluing agents | |||
| CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | ||||||||
| . . Optical functions | . . . Transmission function | . . . Light shielding function | . . . Reflection function | . . . Fixed indication: ex.) logos | ||||||||
| CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | CA26 | ||||||||
| . . Thermal function | . . . Heating member | . . . Cooling member | . . . Heat insulating member | . . . Heat-equalizing member | ||||||||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA33 | CA34 | CA35 | ||||||||
| . Electrical characteristics in lighting device | . . Electromagnetic wave shielding, measures against EMI | . . Electrical details | . . . Wiring of light source | . . . Drive circuit of light source | ||||||||
| CB | CB00 DRIVING METHOD OF LIGHTING DEVICE |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | CB06 | CB07 | CB08 | CB09 | ||
| . Driving method of light source | . . Color control | . . . Color sequential (no light source scan) | . . Luminance control | . . . Black insertion (light source scan is prioritized) | . . Lighting area control (independent of image signal contents) | . . . Light source scan | . . . . Light source scan and also color sequential | . . . Ones in which light leaks to adjacent areas | ||||
| CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | |||||||||
| . . Light source control in accordance with the contents of images | . . . Area control, local dimming | . . . . Ones in which light leaks to adjacent areas | . . . Control for each color | |||||||||
| CB22 | CB23 | CB24 | CB25 | CB26 | CB27 | CB28 | ||||||
| . . Light source control in accordance with sensor | . . . Photo sensor | . . . . Luminance sensor | . . . . Chromaticity sensor | . . . . Sensor for light source | . . . . Sensor for outside light | . . . Temperature sensor | ||||||
| CB32 | CB34 | |||||||||||
| . . Light source control in accordance with a plurality of modes | . . Control at the time of power On/Off | |||||||||||
| CB41 | CB42 | CB43 | ||||||||||
| . Control of light according to means other than light sources (excluding indication) | . . Movable optical member | . . Light control panel (liquid crystal panel) | ||||||||||
| CB51 | CB52 | CB53 | ||||||||||
| . Driving method of liquid crystal display panel | . . Synchronization with drive of light source (except for color sequential and the like) | . . Black insertion | ||||||||||
| DA | DA00 METHODS OF PRODUCING LIGHTING DEVICE |
DA01 | DA03 | DA05 | DA07 | DA08 | ||||||
| . Test, inspection | . Assembly | . Component replacement, recycling | . Methods of producing optical element, and production equipment | . . Light-guiding plate | ||||||||
| EA | EA00 OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANELS HAVING FEATURES RELATED TO LIGHT SOURCES |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | ||||||
| . Wavelength element | . . Color filter | . . . Reflective color filter | . . . Including white (transparent) pixels | . . Wavelength conversion filter (fluorescence filter and the like) | ||||||||
| EA11 | EA13 | EA14 | EA16 | |||||||||
| . Light shielding element (absorption element and the like) | . Polarizing elements | . . Reflective polarization plate | . Phase element | |||||||||
| EA21 | EA22 | EA23 | EA24 | EA26 | EA28 | EA29 | ||||||
| . Reflection element | . . Reflective indication, reflective and permeable indication | . . Reflection elements other than ones for indication | . . Antireflection film | . Diffusion and scattering elements | . Refraction element | . . Micro lens, micro prism | ||||||
| EB | EB00 OTHER COMPONENTS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANELS |
EB01 | EB02 | EB03 | EB06 | EB07 | EB08 | |||||
| . A plurality of liquid crystal panel (excluding ones of projection-types) | . . Lamination arrangement | . . Planar arrangement | . Other elements | . . Marking | . . Touch panel | |||||||
| FA | FA00 SPECIAL APPLICATION AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | |||
| . Special indication function | . . Double-faced indication | . . Three-dimensional indication | . . Dual-view, multi-view | . . Variable control of viewing angle (direction) | . . Head mount display (HMD) | . . Head-up display (HUD) | . . Nonrectangular panel (instruments, clocks and the like) | |||||
| FA11 | FA12 | FA13 | ||||||||||
| . Application and functions other than indication | . . Light function (flashlight function and the like) | . . Mirror function (capable of being switched to a mirror) |