1. A shipping container breach detection system comprising:
a shipping container;
a breach detection system (BDS) integrated into the shipping container and including a record;
at least one reporting station for receiving record data from the BDS; and
a monitoring station in network communication with the at least one reporting station,
the BDS comprising a local timer adapted to contribute a time value to the record when the shipping container is sealed and further adapted to contribute a revised time value to the record when the integrity of the container is breached and the monitoring station comprising a corresponding master timer synchronized with the local timer of the BDS.
2. The shipping container breach detection system of claim 1 further comprising:
a plurality of conductors, wherein each conductor is embedded in structures that comprise the shipping container adapted to form one or more circuits; and
a processor, the processor adapted to determine if any one of the one or more circuits is opened after the container is sealed.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein a conductor comprises an electrical conductor.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein a conductor comprises a light conductor.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor comprises a tamper-resistant integrated circuit.
6. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is adapted to encrypt the record.
7. The system of claim 2 wherein:
the BDS further comprises a transmitter adapted to transmit the record to the at least one reporting station; and
said monitoring station is adapted to receive the record over a network from the at least one reporting station and make a determination that the integrity of the container has been breached.
8. The system of claim 7 wherein the monitoring station is further adapted to take remedial action when the determination that the integrity of the container has been breached has been made.
9. A method for detecting a breach in the integrity of a shipping container comprising:
integrating a breach detection system (BDS) into a shipping container;
sealing the container;
setting a local timer in the BDS upon the sealing of the container to contribute a time value to a record;
synchronizing a corresponding master timer at a monitoring station with the local timer;
revising the time value in the record when the integrity of the container is breached;
transmitting the record to a reporting station; and
communicating the record from the reporting station to the monitoring station over a network.
10. The method for detecting a breach in the integrity of a shipping container of claim 9 further comprising:
providing the BDS with a plurality of conductors, wherein each conductor is embedded in structures that comprise the shipping container so as to form one or more circuits; and
providing the BDS with a processor adapted to determine if any one of the one or more circuits is opened after the container is sealed.
11. The method for detecting a breach in the integrity of a shipping container of claim 9 wherein the conductor comprises an electrical conductor.
12. The method for detecting a breach in the integrity of a shipping container of claim 9 wherein the conductor comprises a light conductor.
13. The method for detecting a breach in the integrity of a shipping container of claim 10 wherein the processor comprises a tamper-resistant integrated circuit.
14. The method for detecting a breach in the integrity of a shipping container of claim 10 wherein the processor is adapted to encrypt the record.
15. The method for detecting a breach in the integrity of a shipping container of claim 10 further comprising:
providing a transmitter to the BDS to transmit the record to the reporting station; and
receiving the record at the monitoring station over a network from the reporting station and making a determination that the integrity of the container has been breached.
16. The method for detecting a breach in the integrity of a shipping container of claim 10 wherein the monitoring station is further adapted to take remedial action when the determination that the integrity of the container has been breached has been made.
17. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one reporting station lacks a decryption key and the monitoring station includes a decryption key.
18. The system of claim 2, wherein the monitoring station comprises a list of all items in the shipping container.
19. The method of claim 14, further comprising decrypting of the record at the monitoring station.
20. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing a list of all items in the shipping container at the monitoring station.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A display device, comprising:
a lighting device; and
a display panel that faces the lighting device,
the lighting device including:
a first light source substrate that includes a first surface on which a first light emitting element are mounted;
a second light source substrate that includes a second surface on which a second light emitting element are mounted;
a first light source support member that holds the first light source substrate;
a second light source support member that holds the second light source substrate;
a light guide element that faces the first surface and the second surface; and
a light source driver that controls each of an amount of light to be emitted from the first light emitting element and an amount of light to be emitted from the second light emitting element individually in conjunction with an image to be displayed.
2. The display device according to claim 1,
wherein a first positioning structure is positioned between the first light emitting element and a first side of the first light source substrate, the first side being closest to the second light source substrate among all of sides of the first light source substrate, and the first positioning structure fixing the first light source substrate to the first light source support member.
3. The display device according to claim 2,
wherein the first positioning structure fixes the first light source substrate to the first light source support member from the first surface of the first light source substrate.
4. The display device according to claim 3,
wherein a second positioning structure is positioned between the second light emitting element and a second side of the second light source substrate, the second side being closest to the first light source substrate among all of sides of the second light source substrate, and the second positioning structure fixing the second light source substrate to the second light source support member from the second surface of the second light source substrate.
5. The display device according to claim 2,
wherein a third positioning structure is positioned between the first light emitting element and a third side of the first light source substrate, the third side being opposite to the first side of the first light source substrate.
6. The display device according to claim 5,
wherein a fourth positioning structure is positioned between the second light emitting element and a fourth side of the second light source substrate, the fourth side being opposite to the second side of the second light source substrate.
7. A display device, comprising:
a lighting device; and
a display panel that faces the lighting device,
the lighting device including:
a first light source substrate that includes a first surface on which a plurality of first light emitting elements are mounted;
a second light source substrate that includes a second surface on which a plurality of second light emitting elements are mounted;
a first light source support member that holds the first light source substrate;
a second light source support member that holds the second light source substrate;
a light guide element that faces the first surface and the second surface; and
a light source driver which controls each of a first amount of light to be emitted from the plurality of first light emitting elements and a second amount of light to be emitted from the plurality of second light emitting elements individually in conjunction with an image to be displayed.
8. The display device according to claim 7,
wherein a first positioning structure is positioned between a first side of the first light source substrate and one of the first light emitting elements which is positioned closest to the first side, the first side being closest to the second light source substrate among all of sides of the first light source substrate, and the first positioning structure fixing the first light source substrate to the first light source support member.
9. The display device according to claim 8,
wherein the first positioning structure fixes the first light source substrate to the first light source support member from the first surface of the first light source substrate.
10. The display device according to claim 9,
wherein a second positioning structure is positioned between a second side of the second light source substrate and one of the plurality of second light emitting elements, the second side being closest to the first light source substrate among all of sides of the second light source substrate, and the second positioning structure fixing the second light source substrate to the second light source support member from the second surface of the second light source substrate.