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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Toyokazu Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Maeda, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventors:
Toyokazu Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Maeda, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens array sheet includes a lens layer having a lens surface on which a plurality of lenses are formed in an array, a light reflection layer arranged at an opposite side to the lens surface of the lens layer and having an opening within a light focusing region in the lenses to transmit light, for reflecting light at a site other than the opening, and a light diffusion layer arranged between the lens layer and the light reflection layer, for diffusing light, which passes through the opening and is directed toward the lens layer.