ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,905, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).
"Display apparatus comprising a lens unit having a light entering surface with a concave surface" was invented by Michikazu Noguchi (Tokyo) and Yasuyuki Hanazawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes: a light guide panel; a light source unit including a plurality of light emitting diode elements arranged in an X direction at a position facing a side surface of the light guide panel; and a lens unit arranged between the light guide panel and the light source unit. The light source unit, the lens unit and the light guide panel are arranged ...