Surface light source device and liquid crystal display device using it
AssigneeAdvanced Display Inc.
InventorsAtsushi Itoh, Ikuo Ogo, Shigeru Yachi
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Abstract
A prism member is interposed between an LED board and a light incidence surface of a light guide plate. The prism member includes a prism sheet consisting of minute prisms that are arranged along the LED board and that have a function of refracting light that is emitted from each LED and thereby inputting, to the light incidence surface, refracted light that is scattered to both sides in the longitudinal direction of the light incidence surface. As a result, chrominance or luminance unevenness can be prevented even if the distance between the LED board and the light incidence surface is short.
Claims15
A surface light source device comprising:
- a thin rectangular light guide plate having a pair of major surfaces that are opposed to each other and a plurality of side surfaces that connect the pair of major surfaces, one of the major surfaces forming a light-emitting surface, the other major surface being provided with light reflecting means and one of the side surfaces forming a light incident surface;
- a light source assembly including a plurality of point light sources so as to be arranged along a longitudinal direction of the light incidence surface of the light guide plate;
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- a prism member disposed between the light source assembly and the light incidence surface, the prism member including a prism sheet consisting of a plurality of minute prisms that are arranged along an arrangement direction of the point light sources and that have a function of refracting light that is emitted from each of the point light sources and thereby inputting, to the light incidence surface, refracted light that is scattered to both sides in the longitudinal direction of the light incidence surface, the prism sheet being opposed to the point light sources, and the light incidence surface with air layers interposed in between, respectively.
A surface light source device comprising:
- a thin rectangular light guide plate having a pair of major surfaces that are opposed to each other and four side surfaces that connect the pair of major surfaces, one of the major surfaces forming a light-emitting surface, the other major surface being provided with light reflecting means and one of the side surfaces forming a light incident surface;
- a light source assembly including a plurality of point light sources that are disposed close to the light incident surface of the light guide plate so as to be arranged along a longitudinal direction of the light incidence surface;
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- a light diffusing material that is mixed in a light incidence portion of the light guide plate that is close to the light incidence surface, wherein the light diffusing material is mixed in such a manner that its density increases toward the light incidence surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.