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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiko Takagi, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Shinohara, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshimasa Osumi, Kyoto, JP;
Norikazu Kitamura, Osaka, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A light guide body configured to guide light from a light source that enters the light guide body has a light exit surface having at least one light emitting region from which light from the light source is emitted, and a plurality of reflection patterns arranged in a reflection region of a counter surface facing the light exit surface. The reflection region is a region corresponding to the at least one light emitting region. The reflection region has at least a first reflection region that reflects light in a first direction, and a second reflection region that reflects light in a second direction differing from the first direction.