Lighting device and display panel
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshinori MASATSUGU, Yusuke UESHIMA
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided is technology that enables a lighting device to luminously display a clear sign. A display panel 3 of a lighting device 1 has a layered structure including a transparent base layer 30, a decorative layer 33 having a general decorative portion 33g and a display decorative portion 33d, and a blocking layer 35 having a general blocking portion 35g and a display blocking portion 35d. A blocking outer-edge portion 35e which is at least a part of an outer edge of the display blocking portion 35d is located on a radially outer side relative to a paired decorative outer-edge portion 33e.
Claims4
A lighting device comprising:
- a plurality of light sources;
- a display panel located on a front side of the light sources;
- and
- a light-blocking case portion storing each light source in a state in which a light path of the light source directed toward the front side is opened, wherein
- the display panel has a layered structure including a transparent base layer, a decorative layer located on the front side relative to the transparent base layer, and a blocking layer located on a back side relative to the transparent base layer,
- the decorative layer has a general decorative portion, and a plurality of display decorative portions each located on the front side of the corresponding light source and having a higher light transmittance than the general decorative portion,
- the blocking layer has a general blocking portion, and a plurality of display blocking portions each opposed to the paired display decorative portion and having a higher light transmittance than the general blocking portion, and
- in a projection view when projected in a front-back direction, a blocking outer-edge portion which is at least a part of an outer edge of each display blocking portion is located on a radially outer side relative to a decorative outer-edge portion which is an outer edge of the paired display decorative portion.
A display panel located on a front side of a plurality of light sources, the display panel having a layered structure including a transparent base layer, a decorative layer located on the front side relative to the transparent base layer, and a blocking layer located on a back side relative to the transparent base layer, wherein
- the decorative layer has a general decorative portion, and a plurality of display decorative portions each located on the front side of the corresponding light source and having a higher light transmittance than the general decorative portion,
- the blocking layer has a general blocking portion, and a plurality of display blocking portions each opposed to the paired display decorative portion and having a higher light transmittance than the general blocking portion, and
- in a projection view when projected in a front-back direction, a blocking outer-edge portion which is at least a part of an outer edge of each display blocking portion is located on a radially outer side relative to a decorative outer-edge portion which is an outer edge of the paired display decorative portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.