US 12,360,417 B2
Liquid crystal module and head-mounted display
Junki Nakajima, Kameyama (JP); Yohji Inui, Kameyama (JP); Takafumi Tobi, Kameyama (JP); and Katsutoshi Kikuchi, Kameyama (JP)
Assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corporation, Kameyama (JP)
Filed by Sharp Display Technology Corporation, Kameyama (JP)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/807,348.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-158356 (JP), filed on Sep. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0102856 A1, Mar. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/1336 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0043 (2013.01); G02B 6/0045 (2013.01); G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid crystal module comprising:
a lens unit including at least a first lens;
a liquid crystal panel; and
a backlight unit, all of which are provided in a stated order, wherein
the backlight unit includes:
a light-guide plate; and
a first light source opposite a first side face of the light-guide plate, and
the light-guide plate has:
the first side face; and
a light-exiting face through which light incident on the first side face is discharged toward the liquid crystal panel,
the light-guide plate further having a curved face portion in a cross-section in a first direction that is perpendicular to the first side face and the light-exiting face.