Patent ID: 7889290
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G01K,G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. An illumination display comprising: a light transmitting panel having sides and an edge, wherein the edge of the panel includes at least one light coupling portion and wherein at least one of the sides includes at least one enhanced illumination portion, wherein the enhanced illumination portion includes a raised enhanced illumination portion extending from one of the sides proximate the light coupling portion of the edge; at least one light source optically coupled into the light coupling portion of the edge of the light transmitting panel, wherein the light transmitting panel is configured to refract and reflect the coupled light such that an intensity of the light emitted from the at least one enhanced illumination portion is greater than an intensity of the light emitted from other portions of the light transmitting panel; and at least one liquid crystal display (LCD) panel disposed on at least a portion of the light transmitting panel other than the raised enhanced illumination portion, wherein the light transmitting panel is configured to provide backlighting for the LCD panel, and wherein the raised enhanced illumination portion forms a frame around at least a portion of the LCD panel.