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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2023
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lighting device capable of changing light direction includes: a light guide plate having a first side surface extending in a first direction; and LEDs at the first side surface, in which the light guide plate has a first area extending in a second direction which is a direction perpendicular to the first direction and a second area extending in the second direction and adjacent to the first area, corresponding to the first area, at least one LED is arranged at the first side surface, corresponding to the second area, at least one LED is arranged at the first side surface, a first prism array is formed under a bottom surface of the first area, and a second prism array is formed under a bottom surface of the second area, and a prism height of the second prism array is taller than a prism height of the first prism array.