US Patent Issued to S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS on July 29 for "Backlit image panels employing light guides with segmented light extraction patterns" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,706, issued on July 29, was assigned to S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INC. (Sacramento, Calif.).

"Backlit image panels employing light guides with segmented light extraction patterns" was invented by Sergiy Vasylyev (Elk Grove, Calif.) and Mykola Masalitin (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlit image panel comprising an image print layer and a planar light guide with a light input edge and a light extraction area. The panel includes one or more light sources positioned near the light input edge to illuminate the light guide, and a housing covering the light sources and the light input edge. A two-dimensional pat...