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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Ryoh Araki, Osaka, JP;
Kei Oyobe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinobu Hirayama, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Yanagi, Osaka, JP;
Ryoh Araki, Osaka, JP;
Kei Oyobe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinobu Hirayama, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Yanagi, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lens cap () is arranged to cover a light-emitting surface () of a light source (), the lens thereby guiding light from the light source () in oblique directions relative to the light source (). The lens cap () includes, in a planar view, a light transmitting region () and a light blocking region (), the light transmitting region () divided into a plurality of light transmitting regions by the light blocking region () so that the light from the light source () passes through the plurality of light transmitting regions () and is separated into beams traveling in different directions.