Prism sheet, illuminating device, surface emitting device, and liquid crystal display device
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1. A surface emitting device comprising:
- a light guiding plate;
a light source arranged in the vicinity of one edge of the light guiding plate; and
a prism sheet composed of a transparent sheet and arranged on one surface of the light guiding plate orthogonal to the one edge,wherein at least one of the one surface and an opposing surface of the light guiding plate has a plurality of rib-shaped prism portions each having a slight inclined plane and a steep inclined plane arranged closer to the one edge than the slight inclined plane, both the slight inclined plane and the steep inclined plane consecutively provided on at least one of the one surface and the opposing surface of the light guiding plate opposing the one surface,wherein a plurality of rib-shaped light refracting portions each having a refractive surface and a reflecting surface are consecutively provided on an incident surface of the prism sheet facing the light guiding plate, an emission surface opposite to the incident surface is a flat surface, and the prism sheet is arranged on the light guiding plate with the refractive surfaces facing the light source,wherein light introduced into the light guiding plate from the light source through the one edge is emitted from the slight inclined plane and is then incident on the light refracting portion, and the light incident on the light refracting portion is introduced into the transparent sheet by the refractive surface and is then refracted from the reflective surface in the transparent sheet to be emitted from the emission surface, andwherein, when an incident angle of the incident light with respect to the normal direction of the emission surface of the prism sheet is α
, an emission angle with respect to the emission surface is ψ
, an inclination angle of the refractive surface with respect to the emission surface is θ
1, an inclination angle of the reflective surface with respect to the emission surface is θ
2, and a refractive index of the transparent sheet is N, the inclination angles θ
1 and θ
2 satisfy the following Expression 3;
θ
2=½
[180−
θ
1−
sin−
1 {sin(α
−
θ
1)/N}−
sin−
1(sin ψ
/N)].
[Expression 3]
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Abstract
A surface emitting device includes a light guiding plate, a light source, and a prism sheet. The light guiding plate is provided with prism portions each having a slight inclined plane and a steep inclined plane arranged closer to one edge than the slight inclined plane. A plurality of light refracting portions each having a refractive surface and a reflective surface are provided on an incident surface of the prism sheet. Light introduced into the light guiding plate from the light source is emitted from the slight inclined plane and is then incident on the light refracting portion. The light is introduced into the prism sheet by the refracting surface and is then reflected from the reflective surface to be emitted.
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14 Claims
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1. A surface emitting device comprising:
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a light guiding plate; a light source arranged in the vicinity of one edge of the light guiding plate; and a prism sheet composed of a transparent sheet and arranged on one surface of the light guiding plate orthogonal to the one edge, wherein at least one of the one surface and an opposing surface of the light guiding plate has a plurality of rib-shaped prism portions each having a slight inclined plane and a steep inclined plane arranged closer to the one edge than the slight inclined plane, both the slight inclined plane and the steep inclined plane consecutively provided on at least one of the one surface and the opposing surface of the light guiding plate opposing the one surface, wherein a plurality of rib-shaped light refracting portions each having a refractive surface and a reflecting surface are consecutively provided on an incident surface of the prism sheet facing the light guiding plate, an emission surface opposite to the incident surface is a flat surface, and the prism sheet is arranged on the light guiding plate with the refractive surfaces facing the light source, wherein light introduced into the light guiding plate from the light source through the one edge is emitted from the slight inclined plane and is then incident on the light refracting portion, and the light incident on the light refracting portion is introduced into the transparent sheet by the refractive surface and is then refracted from the reflective surface in the transparent sheet to be emitted from the emission surface, and wherein, when an incident angle of the incident light with respect to the normal direction of the emission surface of the prism sheet is α
, an emission angle with respect to the emission surface is ψ
, an inclination angle of the refractive surface with respect to the emission surface is θ
1, an inclination angle of the reflective surface with respect to the emission surface is θ
2, and a refractive index of the transparent sheet is N, the inclination angles θ
1 and θ
2 satisfy the following Expression 3;
θ
2=½
[180−
θ
1−
sin−
1 {sin(α
−
θ
1)/N}−
sin−
1(sin ψ
/N)].
[Expression 3] - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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9. A prism sheet in which a plurality of rib-shaped light refracting portions each having a refractive surface and a reflective surface are consecutively provided on an incident surface of a transparent sheet, and an emission surface opposite to the incident surface is a flat surface,
wherein light obliquely incident on the transparent sheet is introduced into the transparent sheet by the refractive surface of each light refracting portion, wherein the incident light is reflected from the reflective surface inside the transparent sheet and is then emitted from the emission surface of the transparent sheet, wherein, when an inclination angle of the refractive surface with respect to the emission surface is θ -
1, an inclination angle of the reflective surface with respect to the emission surface is θ
2, an incident angle of the incident light with respect to the normal direction of the emission surface is α
, a refractive index of the transparent sheet is N, and the inclination angles θ
1 and θ
2 satisfy the following Expression 2;
θ
2=½
[180−
θ
1−
sin−
1 {sin(α
−
θ
1)/N}].
[Expression 2]wherein each light refracting portion has a top portion where the refractive surface meets the reflective surface, and a valley portion is formed between adjacent light refracting portions, wherein, when a height from the top portion to the valley portion is a height h of the light refracting portion and a height from the top portion to a point on a normal line with respect to the valley portion of the transparent sheet where the incident light passes is H, H<
h is satisfied.
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1, an inclination angle of the reflective surface with respect to the emission surface is θ
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Current AssigneeALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
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Original AssigneeALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
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InventorsSugiura, Takuro
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Primary Examiner(s)Harrington; Alicia
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Assistant Examiner(s)THOMAS, BRANDI N
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Application NumberUS10/999,588Publication NumberTime in Patent Office854 DaysField of Search359/625, 359/626, 359/627, 359/628, 359/640, 359/638US Class Current359/625CPC Class CodesG02B 6/0038 Linear indentations or groo...G02B 6/0053 Prismatic sheet or layer; B...G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet o...G02B 6/0063 for extracting light out bo...
