US 12,242,153 B2
Digital display screen and vehicle component comprising such a digital display screen
Edouard Da Silva, Herblay (FR); Romain Feilleux, Epinay sur Seine (FR); James Gourlay, Dumbarton (GB); and Derek Peden, Livingston (GB)
Assigned to Faurecia Clarion Electronics Europe, Paris (FR)
Filed by Faurecia Clarion Electronics Europe, Paris (FR)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/516,944.
Claims priority of application No. 22306755 (EP), filed on Nov. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176184 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133603 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A digital display screen comprising an image displaying element and a backlighting device configured to backlight said image displaying element, the backlighting device defining a plurality of lighting zones, each lighting zone comprising one light source controllable to adjust the lighting intensity generated by the lighting zone, the lighting zones comprising at least one first lighting zone defining a first lighting surface having a first area and at least one second lighting zone defining a second lighting surface having a second area, the second area being smaller than the first area;
wherein the backlighting device comprises zone barriers separating the lighting zones, at least one lighting zone being delimited by zones barriers located at the periphery of the lighting zones, each of the zone barriers being configured for blocking at least part of the light hitting the zone barrier; and
wherein the backlighting device comprises a support supporting the light sources, the support comprising a light-guiding layer, the light sources being covered by and/or embedded in the light-guiding layer and the zone barriers being covered by and/or embedded in the light-guiding layer.