Light-emitting device including movement mechanism
AssigneeNichia Corporation
InventorNorimasa YOSHIDA
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Abstract
A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting unit having a light-emitting surface; a light guide member configured to guide light from the light-emitting unit, the light guide member having a first surface that includes an incident portion on which light from the light-emitting unit is incident, and a second surface from which the light exits, the second surface including a plurality of concentric protrusions; and a movement mechanism configured to move the light guide member such that the incident portion and the plurality of concentric protrusions move together relative to the light-emitting unit in a first direction that intersects a center axis of the light-emitting surface.
Claims18
A light-emitting device comprising:
- a light-emitting unit having a light-emitting surface;
- a light guide member configured to guide light from the light-emitting unit, the light guide member having a first surface that comprises an incident portion on which light from the light-emitting unit is incident, and a second surface from which the light exits, the second surface comprising a plurality of concentric protrusions;
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- a movement mechanism configured to move the light guide member such that the incident portion and the plurality of concentric protrusions move together relative to the light-emitting unit in a first direction that intersects a center axis of the light-emitting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.