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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Kyung-hoon Cha, Yongin-si, KR;
Sergey Shestak, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki-hyung Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/22 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0076 (2013.01); H04N 13/0404 (2013.01); H04N 13/0418 (2013.01); G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 6/0038 (2013.01); G02B 6/0043 (2013.01); G02B 6/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backlight unit and a two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) image display system including the same. The backlight unit includes a first light guide plate and a second light guide plate, wherein the first light guide plate includes a plurality of first diffusion units that are aligned to be spaced apart from each other, and the second light guide plate includes a plurality of second diffusion units that are aligned alternately with the first diffusion units. Thus, an emission direction of light is controlled, so that a 3D image may be displayed in a plurality of viewing zones.