摘要:
A light source section (1) that emits linearly polarized laser light; a light guide (12) that is shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped whose one main surface has a mirror array (12c) thereon, the mirror array (12c) having formed thereon a plurality of reflecting surfaces that totally reflect the laser light incident on an incident surface (12a), of the light guide, perpendicular to the one main surface and emit the laser light from an emitting surface (12b), of the light guide, perpendicular to the one main surface, the reflecting surfaces being formed in a stepped manner; and a light-guiding plate (3) that makes the laser light, emitted from the light guide (12), incident on an incident surface (3a) of the light-guiding plate and emits the laser light from an emitting surface (3b) of the light-guiding plate, are provided.
摘要:
A planar illumination device includes a laser light source; a light guide plate for guiding light entered through an end surface to be outputted from a first principal surface; an optical element which forms diffusing light outputted from the laser light source into a substantially parallel light in a thickness-wise direction of the light guide plate and which outputs the resulting parallel light to the end surface of the light guide plate; and a first light deflecting unit for deflecting a propagation direction in the light guide plate of the light incident thereon, wherein the first light deflecting unit is arranged such that a degree of deflection of the light incident on the light guide plate differs according to positions in the light guide plate, to make an amount of light outputted from the first principal surface uniform in the first principal surface.
摘要:
Provided is a planar lighting apparatus performing a display (i) without luminance nonuniformity, (ii) with a specified luminance distribution in a scanning direction and (iii) having a high luminance and a large area. Also provided is a liquid crystal display device using the planar lighting apparatus. In the plan lighting apparatus, a scanning light quantity of a scanning light 13 to a light guide section 15 is controlled by a controller 20, so at to emit an outgoing light 16 from a principal surface 17 with a specified luminance distribution in a scanning direction 21 of the scanning light 13.
摘要:
A light guide body is arranged and light emerging from the light guide body is made incident on a light guide plate. The light guide body is formed to introduce the incident light to the light guide plate in such a manner that the light incident on an end surface of the light guide plate has a specified light quantity distribution.
摘要:
Provided are a planar lighting apparatus which can perform display without luminance nonuniformity and with a specified luminance distribution in a scanning direction and has high luminance and a large area, and a liquid crystal display device using such a planar lighting apparatus. The scanning light quantity of scanning light 13 to a light guide section 15 is controlled by a controller 20, so that outgoing light 16 is emitted from a principal surface 17 with a specified luminance distribution in a scanning direction 21 of the scanning light 13.
摘要:
An information display device (10) includes a light source (11), a light guide plate (13) to which light from the light source (11) enters from a side surface and from which the light exits from one principal surface, and a liquid crystal panel (16) disposed adjacently to the light guide plate (13). Outside light is injected into the light guide plate (13) from an opposing surface opposing the one principal surface. The light guide plate (13) includes a light control mirror (19) electrically switchable to transmit light and to reflect light. At least one of the light from the light source (11) and the outside light exits from the one principal surface of the light guide plate (13). The light passes through the liquid crystal panel (16) and a character or an image is displayed.
摘要:
A planar illumination device is provided with a plurality of light guide paths, on which scanned light in different scanning sections of a scanning range by a scanning unit is respectively incident, and an illumination unit having a plurality of emission regions for emitting the light guided by the respective light guide paths. The number of the emission regions is 2 or more and 1000 or less, and the respective emission regions successively become luminous as the scanned light is incident on the respective light guide paths.
摘要:
A surface illumination apparatus includes: a light source; an end-surface light-guide portion which guides light emitted from the light source in a long-side direction thereof and generates emitted light in a short-side direction thereof; and a light guide plate which allows the emitted light to be incident upon an end-surface portion thereof and emits the incident light from one main-surface portion thereof. The end-surface light-guide portion includes a plurality of polarization control portions arranged in the long-side direction; the plurality of polarization control portions each has a half-wave plate and a polarizing prism; the end-surface light-guide portion emits the emitted light in the form of either of S-polarized light and P-polarized light, using the plurality of polarization control portions; and the light guide plate emits, as output light, either of S-polarized light and P-polarized light from the one main-surface portion.
摘要:
A light projection device, includes a movable projector section which illuminates or display information by projecting light while moving a projection position; a position detecting section which detects a position of a lost article instructed by a user; a view field detecting section which detects a view field of the user, and a controller section which controls said movable projection section based on the lost article detected by the position detecting section and the view field of the user detected by the view field detecting section, and either directly illuminates the lost article or projects guide information for guiding the user to the lost article within a view field of the user.
摘要:
A wavelength conversion laser 100 is provided with a solid-state laser having a cavity, and a wavelength converting element 6 arranged within the cavity. The solid-state laser includes two or more types of laser crystals 4 and 5 and oscillates solid-state laser light of multiple wavelengths. The wavelength converting element 6 converts the solid-state laser light of multiple wavelengths into light of second harmonic waves and sum-frequency wave of multiple wavelengths and simultaneously generates the second harmonic waves and sum-frequency wave of multiple wavelengths. The wavelength conversion laser 100 outputs converted wavelength light having a broad spectral width and low coherency, thereby enabling it to carry out highly efficient and stable high-output oscillation.