Light-emitting unit, display apparatus, and lighting apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Tomoyuki Yoshimatsu
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Tomoyuki Yoshimatsu
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A light-emitting unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices disposed two-dimensionally on a mounting surface; a light guide plate that is disposed at a position opposed to each of the light-emitting devices, and has uneven layers on a bottom surface and a top surface, the uneven layers controlling entry and exit of light; and a reflective structure that is fixed to at least the bottom surface out of the mounting surface and the bottom surface, and has a reflective section, the reflective section reflecting output light from each of the light-emitting devices toward the bottom surface.
A light-emitting unit, comprising:
A display apparatus comprising:
A lighting apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide: provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
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This application is a U.S. National Phase of International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2017/004220 filed on Feb. 6, 2017, which claims priority benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. JP 2016-070498 filed in the Japan Patent Office on Mar. 31, 2016. Each of the above-referenced applications is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to a light-emitting unit, and to a display apparatus and a lighting apparatus that include such a light-emitting unit.
In recent years, a display apparatus such as a liquid crystal display apparatus has been making progress on reduction in thickness thereof with advances in technologies of a display panel and electronic components (for example, see PTL 1).
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an overall configuration example of a light-emitting unit according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a configuration example of a major part of the light-emitting unit illustrated in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a configuration example of a light-emitting device illustrated in FIG. 1.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the drawings. It is to be noted that description is given in the following order.
1. First Embodiment (Light-Emitting Unit)
2. Second Embodiment (Display Apparatus)