3m Innovative Properties Company

Naoya Taniguchi

Shandon Dee Hart

Kenneth A Epstein

Gary Timothy Boyd

Eric Wayne Nelson

Keith Michael Kotchick

Leland Ray Whitney

Charles David Hoyle

Rui Zhang

Jie Zhou

Wade D Kretman

Byung-Soo Ko

Yuji Saito

John F Van Derlofske, Iii

David J Lamb

John T Cowher

Yasuyuki Daigo

Xianneng Peng

Xingpeng Yang

Seo-Hern Lee

Youngsoo Park

Ji-young Choi

Chideuk Kim

Min-Young Ji

Yang Yu

A backlight includes a light source and one or more light recycling films. The light source generates light that exits the light source with an angular exit distribution. The light recycling films are oriented in relation to the light source so that the prism peaks of the recycling films are oriented away from the light source. The recycling films have a range of optimal incident angles that allow light to pass through the recycling films without recycling. The components of the light source, the characteristics of the recycling films, or both, are configured to control the overlap between the exit distribution of the light source and the optimal incident angle range of the recycling films.

Systems and methods for controlling backlight output characteristics

Growing community of inventors

Sagamihara, Japan

Naoya Taniguchi