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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
Masahiro Imoto, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuharu Yoshimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Suto, Osaka, JP;
Shohichi Fukutome, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Hisashi Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihisa Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Imoto, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuharu Yoshimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Suto, Osaka, JP;
Shohichi Fukutome, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Hisashi Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihisa Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an illuminating device including a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a line, the illuminating device illuminates an irradiation target by irradiating the irradiation target with light that is emitted from the light-emitting elements via a first and a second optical paths. In the illuminating device, a light diffusing portion for diffusing light is provided in one of the first optical path and the second optical path, and an irradiation light amount of said one of the first optical path and the second optical path in which the light diffusing portion is provided is larger than an irradiation light amount of the other optical path.