Light guide member having light mixing protrusion, flat light source device, and display device
US7942546B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/133609
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A light guide member capable of reducing an unevenness of luminescent color and further a nonuniformity in luminance when obtaining a white color by a color mixture using a plurality of light sources. Also disclosed are a flat light source device and a display device. A protrusion (4) of a cylindrical shape is formed upward a plurality color of LED light sources 5R, 5G, 5B, e.g., RGB color at a backside face of a light guide member (1), and a conical depression (3) is disposed at the position directly over the protrusion. Lights of each color from LED light sources 5R, 5G, 5B are mixed at the protrusion (4), thereafter reflect at the depression (3) and propagate in a horizontal direction at a light guide portion (2).
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