摘要:
Uneven brightness is less likely to occur in lighting devices at low cost. A backlight unit 12 includes LEDs 17, a chassis 14 having a bottom plate 14a and housing the LEDs 17, and an LED drive controller 24 controlling drive of the LEDs 17. The LEDs 17 are arranged in a matrix in row and column directions (X-axis direction and Y-axis direction) along the bottom plate 14a, forming respective LED groups 25 each along the row direction. The LED groups 25 include a middle LED group 28 and an end side LED group 29. The middle LED group 28 is located in a middle portion of the bottom plate 14a in the column direction group and the end side LED group 29 is located closer to an end of the bottom part from the middle portion group. The LED drive controller 24 controls light of at least one of the middle LED group 28 and the end side LED group 29 such that the end side LED group 29 has relatively high brightness and the middle LED group 28 has relatively low brightness.
摘要:
The edge light type backlight device (12) includes a light guide plate (19); an LED light source (17); a reflective sheet (25), the edge thereof on the side facing the LED light source (17) extending toward the LED light source (17) beyond the surface of the light-guiding plate (19) that faces the LED light source (17); and a chassis (14) that has a bottom plate (14a) and side plates (14b) rise from one surface of the bottom plate (14a) and that stores therein the LED light source (17), the reflective sheet (25), and the light guide plate (19). The LED light source (17) is affixed to the side plate (14b) of the chassis (14). In the reflective sheet (25), near an edge of the reflective sheet (25) on a side facing the LED light source (17), a fold line (25a) for bending is disposed across two edges connected to that edge.
摘要:
A backlight unit 12 includes an LED 16 and a light guide plate 18. The LED 16 has light emitting surfaces 16d, 16e. The light guide plate 18 has light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c and a light exit surface 18d. The light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c are provided to face the light emitting surfaces 16d, 16e respectively and rays of light emitted from the light emitting surfaces 16d, 16e enter the light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c. The rays of light entering the light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c exit from the light exit surface 18d. The light emitting surfaces 16d, 16e include a first light emitting surface 16d substantially parallel to the light exit surface 18d and second light emitting surfaces 16e. A plane on the first light emitting surface 16d crosses a plane on each second light emitting surface 16e. The light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c include a first light entrance surface 18b provided to face the first light emitting surface 16d and substantially parallel to the light exit surface 18d and second light entrance surfaces 18c provided to face the second light emitting surfaces 16e. A plane on the first light entrance surface 18b crosses a plane on each second light entrance surface 18c.
摘要:
Provided is an illumination apparatus which prevents variations in the distance between the light-receiving surface of a light guide plate and a light source. Also provided is a display device which incorporates the illumination apparatus. The light guide plate, which constitutes a backlight unit, receives light through a light-receiving surface with the light-receiving surface oriented toward the light being emitted. In the backlight unit, pillars extend to intersect the direction of emission from an LED and are thus brought into contact with a device-carrying board and the light guide plate, which are superposed one on the other, thereby securing the device-carrying board and the light guide plate.
摘要:
A lens (11) is bowl-shaped. The inner surface (11N) of the bowl shape is a housing recess (11N) which serves as a light receiving surface, and the outer surface (11S) of the bowl shape is a lens surface (11S) which serves as a light emission surface. The inner surface (11N) of the bowl shape is tapered toward the bottom of the bowl-shaped lens (11), and a conical, tip recess (12) which is receded from the outer surface (11S) is formed at the tapered end which is the bottom of the bowl-shaped lens (11).
摘要:
In a support pin (11) for supporting optical members (43 to 45) through which light from a LED (24) passes, the portion of a top (14), which is in contact with a diffusion plate (43), is formed of a light reflective material, and the portion of a column (12), which supports the top (14), is formed of a light transmissive material.
摘要:
A light guide of the present invention is excellent in luminance uniformity and can have a reduction in the number of components and a reduction in production cost. The light guide of the present invention includes a main body of a light guide plate having a light incident plane and a light exit plane, and a distance maintaining section (10) for maintaining a distance between the light exit plane and an optical member for receiving light emitted from the light exit plane, the distance maintaining section (10) being provided on the light exit plane, the optical member being placed to face the light exit plane, and the distance maintaining section (10) (i) extends from the light exit plane to the optical member, (ii) has a length of not less than 0.3 mm but not more than 50 mm in a direction in which the light exit plane and the optical member are connected to each other via the distance maintaining section (10), and (iii) is provided integral with the main body of the light guide plate.
摘要:
A backlight unit 12 includes an LED 16 and a light guide plate 18. The LED 16 has light emitting surfaces 16d, 16e. The light guide plate 18 has light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c and a light exit surface 18d. The light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c are provided to face the light emitting surfaces 16d, 16e respectively and rays of light emitted from the light emitting surfaces 16d, 16e enter the light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c. The rays of light entering the light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c exit from the light exit surface 18d. The light emitting surfaces 16d, 16e include a first light emitting surface 16d substantially parallel to the light exit surface 18d and second light emitting surfaces 16e. A plane on the first light emitting surface 16d crosses a plane on each second light emitting surface 16e. The light entrance surfaces 18b, 18c include a first light entrance surface 18b provided to face the first light emitting surface 16d and substantially parallel to the light exit surface 18d and second light entrance surfaces 18c provided to face the second light emitting surfaces 16e. A plane on the first light entrance surface 18b crosses a plane on each second light entrance surface 18c.
摘要:
A backlight unit 12 includes LEDs 16, light guide plates 18, an air layer AR and a scattering structures. Each light guide plate 18 has a light entrance surface 34 and a light exit surface 36. The light entrance surface 34 faces the corresponding LED 16 and light from the LED 16 enters through the light entrance surface 34. The light exit surface 36 through which light exits is arranged along an arrangement direction in which the LED 16 and the light entrance surface 34 are arranged. The light guide plates 18 are arranged in a parallel layout so as to be parallel to the light exit surface 36 and perpendicular to the arrangement direction. The air layer AR is provided between the adjacent light guide plates 18 and has a refraction index lower than that of the light guide plates 18. The scattering structures are provided in side-edge surfaces 31a that are interfaces between the light guide plates 18 and the air layer AR. The scattering structures are configured to scatter light inside the light guide plates 18. With this configuration, uneven brightness is less likely to occur.
摘要:
A feeding apparatus for a wide metal strip, wherein a plurality of through-holes are formed with predetermined gaps in a length direction and a width direction, into a cutter and pulls narrow metal strips formed by cutting the wide metal strip between the through-holes in the length direction so that through-holes are formed along only the length direction. The feeding apparatus includes a feeding-in apparatus that is provided on an entrance side of the cutter that feeds the wide metal strip into the cutter and a pulling-out apparatus that is provided on an exit side of the cutter that pulls out the narrow metal strips, which have been cut out by the cutter. A linking member drives the feeding-in apparatus and the pulling-out apparatus in concert so that the wide metal strip is fed into the cutter together with the narrow metal strips out being pulled out from the cutter.