Surface illuminating device and image display apparatus
US8118469B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/133607
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surface illuminating device is provided and includes a plurality of linear light sources, a light-transmissive optical sheet including a luminance-distribution control layer for decreasing unevenness in luminance of light emitted from the linear light sources, and a reflection surface for reflecting the light emitted from the linear light sources. The luminance-distribution control layer includes a plurality of protrusions. In a range of 0≦x≦L/2, protruding directions of some or all the protrusions are inclined such that the protruding directions of the protrusions are located farther from a Z direction, which is an optical axis of a linear light source in an X direction, to the X direction as the protrusions are located farther from the position of x=0 in the X direction, where the X direction represents the arrangement direction of the linear light sources.
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