Stanley Electric Co., Ltd

Uruo Kobayashi

Youji Oki

Katsunori Kawano

Yoji Oki

Nobuo Matsui

Yoshinori Go

A planar illuminating device, comprising a light-transmitting plate made of a transparent material and having opposite side edges and opposing front and rear faces, two sources of light each arranged adjacent to one of the side edges of the plate, a reflector arranged behind the plate rear face and reflecting rays of light from the plate to the front face of the plate, a light diffuser arranged in front of the plate and diffusing rays of light from the plate. The device comprises a reflecting finish applied directly to the rear face of the plate. A reflecting surface of the reflecting finish faces substantially in the direction of the front face of the plate. The reflectance of part of the reflecting finish depends on the distance of that part from either of the two sources of light. The device further comprises parallel prismatic cuts along the front face of the plate. The longitudinal axes of the prismatic cuts are substantially parallel to rays of light passing from the sources of light through the plate. A combination of the reflecting finish and the reflector increases the surface illuminance and the uniformity in the surface illuminance of the planar illuminating device.

Planar illuminating device

A power source device for driving a liquid crystal device comprises an inverter for powering a back-light discharge lamp and a negative voltage power source generator for driving the liquid crystal device. The negative voltage generator is provided as part of the inverter. A step-up transformer of the inverter is commonly used as part of the negative voltage power source generator.

Power source device for driving liquid crystal

A liquid crystal display apparatus has a back illuminating device which is so arranged that a light emission area of a fluorescent lamp is positioned externally of a reflector, and a light guide is integrally provided at an end thereof with a folded or bent portion, an incident portion at the end of the folded or bent portion extending to that light emission area of the fluorescent lamp which is positioned externally of the reflector, to thereby guide light to a dial or indicator on the light guide.

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Tokyo, Japan

Uruo Kobayashi