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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Koya Nomoto, Saitama, JP;
Nobuaki Kuribara, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhito Kunishima, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light guide includes an incident surface, an emitting surface, a reflecting surface, and a light guide section. The incident surface receives light from a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged at least in a first direction. The emitting surface outputs incident light from the incident surface. The reflecting surface includes a plurality of lenses having optical power in the first direction and a second direction different from the first direction and is provided to be opposed to the incident surface. The light guide section includes a surface including the incident surface, the emitting surface, and the reflecting surface, and causes the light that has entered from the incident surface to be reflected by the plurality of lenses of the reflecting surface to guide the light to the emitting surface.