公开(公告)号：US20130002984A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-03

申请号：US13520346

申请日：2010-10-28

申请人： Hideki Uchida ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Satoshi Shibata ,  Hidefumi Yoshida

发明人： Hideki Uchida ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Satoshi Shibata ,  Hidefumi Yoshida

IPC分类号： G02F1/13357 ,  F21V8/00

CPC分类号： G02B6/0055 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02B6/0073 ,  G02B6/0078 ,  G09G3/342 ,  G09G3/3426 ,  G09G2320/0209

摘要： A light control device is provided which (i) controls an arbitrary area on a plane to emit light and (ii) can suppress a crosstalk. A light control device (1) of the present invention includes: a light guide plate (2), having rectangular parallelepiped light guide paths juxtaposed to each other, for guiding light entered an edge of a shorter side of the light guide path, in a longer side direction of the light guide paths; LEDs (3), provided at the respective edges, for emitting lights toward the respective light guide paths; and light-passage amount adjusting means for adjusting ratios of light-passage amount of the light guide plate (2). The light-passage amount adjusting means (i) is provided on a light exit surface side of the light guide plate (2) and (ii) has rectangular parallelepiped switching elements (4) which allow ratios of light-passage amount of the light guide plate (2) to be adjustable. The switching elements (4), juxtaposed to each other in the longer side direction, each extends in a direction perpendicular to the longer side direction.

摘要翻译： 提供一种光控制装置，其（i）控制平面上的任意区域发光，和（ii）可以抑制串扰。 本发明的光控制装置（1）包括：导光板（2），其具有彼此并列的长方体的导光路径，用于引导进入光导路径的较短侧的边缘的光， 导光路的长边方向; 设置在各个边缘处的LED（3）用于向各个导光路径发射光; 以及用于调节导光板（2）的光通过量的比例的光通过量调节装置。 光通过量调节装置（i）设置在导光板（2）的光出射面侧，（ii）具有长方体形的开关元件（4），其允许光导通道 板（2）可调。 在长边方向上彼此并列的开关元件（4）各自沿与长边方向垂直的方向延伸。

公开(公告)号：US20120176566A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-12

申请号：US13392549

申请日：2010-04-28

申请人： Hidefumi Yoshida ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda ,  Satoshi Shibata ,  Hideki Uchida ,  Kiyoshi Minoura

发明人： Hidefumi Yoshida ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda ,  Satoshi Shibata ,  Hideki Uchida ,  Kiyoshi Minoura

IPC分类号： G02F1/13357 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC分类号： G02F1/133615 ,  G02F1/13362 ,  G02F1/13471 ,  G02F2201/124

摘要： A backlight device of the present invention includes a substrate (2), a liquid crystal layer (4), and a scattering layer (5). The substrate (2) has a surface facing the liquid crystal layer (4), on which surface two comb electrodes (3a and 3b) are provided. The comb electrode (3a) includes a plurality of comb-teeth parts (33a) meshing with a plurality of comb-teeth parts (33b) of the comb electrode (3b). Therefore, the comb electrodes (3a and 3b) can causes electric fields to be generated, in response to an applied voltage, in at least two directions each parallel to the surface of the substrate (2). Further, there is a region whose effective refractive indexes with respect to polarized light p and polarized light s become large. It is therefore possible to control emission of both the polarized light p and the polarized light s.

摘要翻译： 本发明的背光装置包括基板（2），液晶层（4）和散射层（5）。 基板（2）具有面向液晶层（4）的表面，在该表面上设置有两个梳状电极（3a和3b）。 梳状电极（3a）包括与梳状电极（3b）的多个梳齿部（33b）啮合的多个梳齿部（33a）。 因此，梳状电极（3a和3b）可以响应于施加的电压，在平行于基板（2）的表面的至少两个方向上产生电场。 此外，存在相对于偏振光p和偏振光s的有效折射率变大的区域。 因此，可以控制偏振光p和偏振光s的发射。

公开(公告)号：US20120293566A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-22

申请号：US13518950

申请日：2010-10-28

申请人： Hideki Uchida ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Hidefumi Yoshida ,  Satoshi Shibata

发明人： Hideki Uchida ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Hidefumi Yoshida ,  Satoshi Shibata

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  H05B37/02

CPC分类号： G09G3/3611 ,  G02F2001/133601 ,  G09G3/3426 ,  G09G2310/0237 ,  G09G2310/024 ,  G09G2320/0238 ,  G09G2320/0633

摘要： Provided is a dimming device capable of emitting light from any area on a flat plane and which is minimized in crosstalk. The dimming device (1) according to the present invention includes: a light guiding plate (2); an LED (3) disposed on an edge of the light guiding plate (2); a switching section (4); a frame division section (5) that divides one frame period into a plurality of sub frame periods; a light source control section (6) that makes the LED (3) emit light every sub frame period; and a voltage application section (7). The switching section (4) includes scan electrodes (8) disposed in a direction parallel to a direction in which the LED (3) is disposed, a plurality of signal electrodes (10) disposed in a direction at right angles to the scan electrodes, and liquid crystal elements (9) with changeable light extraction rates from the light guiding plate (2). The voltage application section (7) selects a scan electrode out of the plurality of scan electrodes every sub frame period and applies a voltage thereto, and applies, to at least one of the plurality of signal electrodes, a voltage in accordance with a light extraction rate of the liquid crystal element (9). The present invention can be suitably used as a backlight of an image display device.

摘要翻译： 提供了能够从平面上的任何区域发射光并且在串扰中最小化的调光装置。 根据本发明的调光装置（1）包括：导光板（2）; 设置在所述导光板（2）的边缘上的LED（3）; 切换部分（4）; 帧分割部（5），其将一个帧周期分割成多个子帧周期; 使每个子帧周期LED（3）发光的光源控制部（6）; 和电压施加部（7）。 切换部分（4）包括沿与平行于LED（3）的方向平行的方向设置的扫描电极（8），沿与扫描电极成直角的方向设置的多个信号电极（10） 以及具有来自导光板（2）的可变光提取速率的液晶元件（9）。 电压施加部（7）在每个子帧周期中从多个扫描电极中选择扫描电极，对其施加电压，并且向多个信号电极中的至少一个施加根据光提取的电压 液晶元件（9）的速率。 本发明可以适当地用作图像显示装置的背光源。

公开(公告)号：US20120257144A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-11

申请号：US13515363

申请日：2010-09-09

申请人： Satoshi Shibata ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Hideki Uchida

发明人： Satoshi Shibata ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Hideki Uchida

IPC分类号： G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/13357

CPC分类号： G02B6/0041 ,  G02B6/0068

摘要： In order to provide a new light guiding unit capable of accommodating to area-active driving, and a lighting device, a lighting device (10) includes (i) a light guiding unit that includes (a) a light guiding plate (1) made of light-transmitting base material, (b) a plurality of columnar areas (4) filled with liquid crystal material, which columnar areas are provided in a direction intersecting with an in-plane direction of the light guiding plate (1), and (c) a transparent electrode with which a voltage is applied for driving the liquid crystal material, and (ii) an LED (2), as a primary light source.

摘要翻译： 为了提供能够适应于区域主动驱动的新的导光单元和照明装置，照明装置（10）包括（i）导光单元，其包括（a）制成的导光板（1） 透光性基材，（b）填充有液晶材料的多个柱状区域（4），在与导光板（1）的面内方向相交的方向上设置有柱状区域，以及（ c）施加电压以驱动液晶材料的透明电极，以及（ii）作为主光源的LED（2）。

公开(公告)号：US20120140513A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-07

申请号：US13389607

申请日：2010-07-07

申请人： Satoshi Shibata ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Hideki Uchida

发明人： Satoshi Shibata ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Hideki Uchida

IPC分类号： F21V7/04 ,  F21V8/00

CPC分类号： G02B6/0055 ,  G02B6/0035 ,  G02F1/133615 ,  G02F2001/133616

摘要： An illumination device (10) includes (i) a light guide plate (1) made from a light-transmitting material, (ii) a light extracting layer (7) including (a) a light reflecting member, which is provided on a first surface (lower surface (1a)) side of the light guide plate (1), for reflecting light (3) that enters from the light guide plate (1) such that the light (3) is emitted from a second surface (upper surface (1b)) side of the light guide plate (1), the second surface facing the first surface of the light guide plate (1) and (b) a shutter member for switching between transmission and non-transmission of light, and (iii) LEDs (2) each serving as a primary light source. The light guide plate (1) includes a plurality of pillar regions (4) which are provided in a direction perpendicular to an in-plane direction of the light guide plate (1), and which have a refractive index different from that of the light-transmitting material. This makes it possible to provide a novel light guide unit, an illumination device and the like that can carry out an area active driving.

摘要翻译： 照明装置（10）包括（i）由透光材料制成的导光板（1），（ii）光提取层（7），其包括：（a）光反射部件，其设置在第一 导光板（1）的表面（下表面（1a））侧，用于反射从导光板（1）进入的光（3），使得光（3）从第二表面（上表面 （1b））侧，所述第二表面面对所述导光板（1）的第一表面，以及（b）用于在透光和不透光之间切换的遮挡构件，和 ）LED（2），每个用作主要光源。 导光板（1）具有沿着与导光板（1）的面内方向垂直的方向设置的多个柱状区域（4），其具有与光的折射率不同的折射率 - 发射材料。 这使得可以提供可以执行区域主动驱动的新颖的导光单元，照明装置等。

公开(公告)号：US09496443B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-15

申请号：US14112723

申请日：2012-04-09

申请人： Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda ,  Hideki Uchida ,  Tokiyoshi Umeda ,  Hideomi Yui

发明人： Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda ,  Hideki Uchida ,  Tokiyoshi Umeda ,  Hideomi Yui

IPC分类号： H01L31/055 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  H01L31/054

CPC分类号： H01L31/055 ,  G02B6/0003 ,  G02B6/0016 ,  H01L31/02327 ,  H01L31/0547 ,  Y02B10/12 ,  Y02E10/52

摘要： A solar cell module includes a light guide body that guides incident light to propagate therein, and a solar cell element that receives the light propagating within the light guide body, wherein the light guide body is made of a light-transmissive base material and has a curved surface in at least a part thereof.

摘要翻译： 太阳能电池模块包括引导入射光以在其中传播的导光体和接收在导光体内传播的光的太阳能电池元件，其中导光体由透光性基材制成，并具有 在其至少一部分的曲面。

公开(公告)号：US20140026962A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-30

申请号：US14112723

申请日：2012-04-09

申请人： Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda ,  Hideki Uchida ,  Tokiyoshi Umeda ,  Hideomi Yui

发明人： Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda ,  Hideki Uchida ,  Tokiyoshi Umeda ,  Hideomi Yui

IPC分类号： H01L31/0232

CPC分类号： H01L31/055 ,  G02B6/0003 ,  G02B6/0016 ,  H01L31/02327 ,  H01L31/0547 ,  Y02B10/12 ,  Y02E10/52

摘要： A solar cell module includes a light guide body that guides incident light to propagate therein, and a solar cell element that receives the light propagating within the light guide body, wherein the light guide body is made of a light-transmissive base material and has a curved surface in at least a part thereof.

摘要翻译： 太阳能电池模块包括引导入射光以在其中传播的导光体和接收在导光体内传播的光的太阳能电池元件，其中导光体由透光性基材制成，并具有 在其至少一部分的曲面。

公开(公告)号：US09063261B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-23

申请号：US13814560

申请日：2011-07-25

申请人： Shohei Katsuta ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Satoshi Shibata ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda

发明人： Shohei Katsuta ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Satoshi Shibata ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda

IPC分类号： F21V8/00

CPC分类号： G02B6/0035 ,  G02B6/002 ,  G02B6/003 ,  G02B6/0038 ,  G02B6/005 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02B6/0078

摘要： A light-controlling element includes an illumination unit capable of controlling an amount of emitted light, and a light guide body on which the light emitted from the illumination unit is incident. The light guide body has a function of propagating the light while totally reflecting the light inside the light guide body, and the light guide body has a function of propagating the light emitted from the illumination unit at a plurality of different propagation angles inside the light guide body. The light guide body includes a plurality of light extraction regions having a function of extracting the light to the outside. At least two of the plurality of light extraction regions have different incidence angle ranges in which the light is capable of being extracted to the outside.

摘要翻译： 光控制元件包括能够控制发光量的照明单元和从照明单元发射的光入射到该导光体的导光体。 导光体具有传播光的功能，同时全面反射导光体内部的光，并且导光体具有在光导内部以多个不同的传播角传播从照明单元发射的光的功能 身体。 导光体包括具有将光提取到外部的功能的多个光提取区域。 多个光提取区域中的至少两个具有不同的入射角范围，其中光能够被提取到外部。

公开(公告)号：US20130141937A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-06

申请号：US13814560

申请日：2011-07-25

申请人： Shohei Katsuta ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Satoshi Shibata ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda

发明人： Shohei Katsuta ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada ,  Satoshi Shibata ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda

IPC分类号： F21V8/00

CPC分类号： G02B6/0035 ,  G02B6/002 ,  G02B6/003 ,  G02B6/0038 ,  G02B6/005 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02B6/0078

摘要： A light-controlling element includes an illumination unit capable of controlling an amount of emitted light, and a light guide body on which the light emitted from the illumination unit is incident. The light guide body has a function of propagating the light while totally reflecting the light inside the light guide body, and the light guide body has a function of propagating the light emitted from the illumination unit at a plurality of different propagation angles inside the light guide body. The light guide body includes a plurality of light extraction regions having a function of extracting the light to the outside. At least two of the plurality of light extraction regions have different incidence angle ranges in which the light is capable of being extracted to the outside.

摘要翻译： 光控制元件包括能够控制发光量的照明单元和从照明单元发射的光入射到该导光体的导光体。 导光体具有传播光的功能，同时全面反射导光体内部的光，并且导光体具有在光导内部以多个不同的传播角传播从照明单元发射的光的功能 身体。 导光体包括具有将光提取到外部的功能的多个光提取区域。 多个光提取区域中的至少两个具有不同的入射角范围，其中光能够被提取到外部。

公开(公告)号：US20140160410A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-12

申请号：US13880181

申请日：2011-10-18

申请人： Emi Yamamoto ,  Toru Kanno ,  Hidefumi Yoshida ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada

发明人： Emi Yamamoto ,  Toru Kanno ,  Hidefumi Yoshida ,  Tsuyoshi Maeda ,  Tsuyoshi Kamada

IPC分类号： G02B5/02 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC分类号： G02B5/0268 ,  B29D11/00798 ,  G02B5/021 ,  G02B5/0221 ,  G02B5/0231 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133504 ,  G06F3/0412

摘要： A light-diffusion member includes a substrate having light transparency, a plurality of light-diffusion parts formed on one surface of the substrate, and a light-absorbing layer formed in a region other than a region where the light-diffusion parts are formed, among the one surface of the substrate. Each light-diffusion part includes a light-emission end surface on the side of the substrate and a light-incident end surface of an area larger than an area of the light-emission end surface on a side opposite to the side of the substrate. The height from the light-incident end surface of the light-diffusion part to the light-emission end surface thereof is larger than the thickness of the light-absorbing layer. The plurality of light-diffusion parts are randomly arranged on the one surface of the substrate.

摘要翻译： 光扩散构件包括具有透光性的基板，形成在基板的一个表面上的多个光扩散部分和形成在除了形成有光扩散部分的区域之外的区域中的光吸收层， 在基板的一个表面中。 每个光扩散部分包括在基板一侧上的发光端面和在与基板侧相反的一侧上的发光端面的面积的面积的光入射端面。 从光扩散部的光入射端面到其发光端面的高度大于光吸收层的厚度。 多个光扩散部件被随机地布置在基板的一个表面上。