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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Sato Atsushi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Sato Atsushi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Cheil Industries, Inc., Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 5/00 (2006.01); F21V 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A planar light source device having excellent in-plane uniformity of brightness includes an illuminator having an array of light sources, a light transmission plate in an optical path of light output by the illuminator, and a plurality of refractive diffusing elements on the light transmission plate, each refractive diffusing element providing more than two refractive surfaces in at least one vertical cross-section along the optical path at an angle determined in accordance with a pattern of the array of light sources. Each refractive diffusing element may be a polygonal prism or a microlens.