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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Michel Cadio, Carmel, IN (US);
Estill Thone Hall, Jr., Fishers, IN (US);
Brent Hoffman, Camby, IN (US);
Michel Cadio, Carmel, IN (US);
Estill Thone Hall, Jr., Fishers, IN (US);
Brent Hoffman, Camby, IN (US);
TTE Technology Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A backlight assembly for a display panel includes a light pipe that is divided into a plurality of horizontal portions, a light source including a plurality of selectively illuminated lamps arranged at lateral sides of each of the horizontal portions for emitting light into the light pipe, a plurality of diffusion surfaces, each of the diffusion surfaces being provided on a selected area of a respective one of the plurality of the horizontal portions, wherein each of the diffusion surfaces causes light to be emitted from the selected area of the respective horizontal portion when the light pipe is illuminated by the lamp associated therewith.