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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Japan Display Inc., Minato-ku, JP;
Ken Onoda, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Komura, Tokyo, JP;
Youichi Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Fukuma, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Display Inc., Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a light-emitting device includes a light source unit which emits polarized light in a first direction, a bending portion which is irradiated with the polarized light in the first direction and bends the light in a second direction, and a lightguide member which is irradiated with the polarized light caused to bend in the bending portion. The lightguide member comprises an exit surface, bends the polarized light in a third direction, and emits the light through the exit surface. The light source unit includes a first source which emits first light, and a second source which emits second light. The bending portion includes a first incident portion which the first light enters, and a second incident portion which the second light enters.