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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Jvckenwood Corporation, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Tatsuru Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Yokohama-Shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133611 (2013.01); G02B 6/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/0058 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02F 1/133605 (2013.01); G02F 1/133606 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1529 (2019.05);
Abstract

The liquid crystal illumination device includes a light source projecting light to a liquid crystal panel, a first diffusion unit diffusing the projected light, a first light guide unit including a radially widened reflection surface and reflect the diffused light at the reflection surface, a reflecting mirror including an opening, part of the light guided by the first light guide unit being reflected and returned to inside the first light guide unit, and remaining light passing through the opening, a light collecting unit collecting light passing through an opening on the reflecting mirror, and a second diffusion unit diffusing the collected light toward the liquid crystal panel. The opening on the reflecting mirror is formed correspondingly to a display region where the liquid crystal panel display an image. A haze value of the first diffusion unit is set to a value higher than that of the second diffusion unit.


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