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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Brightview Technologies, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Kenneth Lee Walker, Semora, NC (US);
Juhyun John Lee, Morrisville, NC (US);
BrightView Technologies, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A back light unit includes a plurality of light emitting diodes positioned on a substrate and a plurality of flat lenses. A respective one of the plurality of flat lens are positioned a distance above a respective one of the plurality of light emitting diodes. Each of the plurality of flat lenses includes a plurality of annular segments having a common center. Each of the plurality of annular segments includes a prism shape microstructure having a first facet configured to refract the light in a desired direction and a second facet oriented in a plane that is parallel to a plane of an emitting surface of respective ones of the plurality of light emitting diode.