ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE

Abstract

According to an aspect of the disclosure, an illumination device includes: a first light source; a first light guide plate including at least a part of an outer circumferential end face as a first end face configured to face the first light source and receive incident light, a first main surface, and a second main surface; a first sheet including one main surface as a third main surface configured to face the first main surface and a fourth main surface; a second light source; and a second light guide plate including at least a part of an outer circumferential end face as a second end face configured to face the second light source, a fifth main surface, and a sixth main surface configured to face the fourth main surface.

Description

Claims

1. An illumination device comprising: a first light source;a first light guide plate including at least a part of an outer circumferential end face as a first end face configured to face the first light source and receive incident light, including one main surface as a first main surface configured to emit light, and including an other main surface as a second main surface;a first sheet including one main surface as a third main surface configured to face the first main surface and receive incident light, and including an other main surface as a fourth main surface configured to emit light;a second light source; anda second light guide plate including at least a part of an outer circumferential end face as a second end face configured to face the second light source and receive incident light, including one main surface as a fifth main surface configured to emit light, and including an other main surface as a sixth main surface configured to face the fourth main surface,wherein the first sheet includes at least two first light blocking portions and a first light-transmitting portion, the two first light blocking portions being disposed at an interval in a first direction including a direction from the first light source toward the first light guide plate and being configured to block light, and the first light-transmitting portion being disposed between the two first light blocking portions and being configured to transmit light, andthe sixth main surface of the second light guide plate is provided with a first lens including a first inclined surface having an inclination rising from a side opposite to the second light source in the first direction toward the second light source side.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the first inclined surface has an angle formed with respect to the first direction in a range from 27° to 40°.

3. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the first lens includes a second inclined surface having an inclination rising from the second light source in the first direction toward the side opposite to the second light source.

4. The illumination device according to claim 3, wherein the second inclined surface has an angle formed with respect to the first direction in a range from 3° to 10°.

5. The illumination device according to claim 3, wherein the first lens includes a first plane located between the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface in the first direction and disposed along the first direction.

6. The illumination device according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of the first lenses are disposed side by side in the first direction, andthe sixth main surface of the second light guide plate is provided with a second plane located between two of the first lenses adjacent to each other in the first direction and disposed along the first direction.

7. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the first lens includes a first plane adjacent to the first inclined surface in the first direction and disposed along the first direction, and a plurality of the first lenses are disposed side by side in the first direction, and,among three of the first lenses included in a plurality of the first lenses and aligned continuously in the first direction, the first inclined surface provided in the first lens located at the center in the first direction is connected to the first plane provided in the adjacent first lens on the side opposite to the second light source in the first direction, and the first plane provided in the first lens located at the center in the first direction is connected to the first inclined surface provided in the adjacent first lens on the second light source side in the first direction.

8. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the fifth main surface of the second light guide plate is provided with a plurality of second lenses disposed side by side along a second direction orthogonal to both of the first direction and a normal direction of the main surface of the first light guide plate, the plurality of second lenses extending along the first direction.

9. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the sixth main surface of the second light guide plate is provided with a plurality of third lenses disposed side by side at an interval along a second direction orthogonal to both of the first direction and a normal direction of the main surface of the first light guide plate, the plurality of third lenses extending along the first direction, anda plurality of the first lenses are disposed in an alternating manner with the plurality of third lenses in the second direction.

10. The illumination device according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of third lenses include a central side third lens, and an end side third lens located closer to an end side in the second direction in the sixth main surface than the central side third lens,the plurality of the first lenses include a central side first lens, and an end side first lens located closer to the end side in the second direction in the sixth main surface than the central side first lens,a dimension of the end side third lens in the second direction is smaller than a dimension of the central side third lens in the second direction, anda dimension of the end side first lens in the second direction is greater than a dimension of the central side first lens in the second direction.

11. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the first lenses are disposed side by side in the first direction, andthe plurality of the first lenses include one first lens including a gentle inclined surface as the first inclined surface, and include an other first lens including, as the first inclined surface, a steep inclined surface having an angle with respect to the first direction greater than an angle of the gentle inclined surface.

12. The illumination device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first prism sheet including one main surface facing the first main surface, the first prism sheet including a plurality of first prisms disposed side by side along the first direction and configured to extend along a second direction orthogonal to both of the first direction and a normal direction of the main surface of the first light guide plate; anda second prism sheet located on a side opposite to the first light guide plate with respect to the first prism sheet, the second prism sheet including a plurality of second prisms disposed side by side along the first direction and configured to extend along the second direction,wherein the first prism includes a third inclined surface having an inclination rising from the first light source side in the first direction in the first prism sheet toward a side opposite to the first light source, and includes a fourth inclined surface having an inclination rising from the side opposite to the first light source in the first direction in the first prism sheet toward the first light source side,the second prism includes a fifth inclined surface having an inclination rising from the first light source side in the first direction in the second prism sheet toward the side opposite to the first light source, and includes a sixth inclined surface having an inclination rising from the side opposite to the first light source in the first direction in the second prism sheet toward the first light source side, andan angle formed by the fifth inclined surface in the second prism with respect to the first direction is smaller than an angle formed by the third inclined surface in the first prism with respect to the first direction.

13. The illumination device according to claim 1, further comprising: a second sheet including one main surface as a seventh main surface configured to face the fourth main surface and receive incident light, and including an other main surface as an eighth main surface configured to emit light; anda third sheet including one main surface as a ninth main surface configured to face the eighth main surface and receive incident light, and including an other main surface as a tenth main surface configured to face the sixth main surface and emit light,wherein the second sheet includes a fourth lens disposed on the seventh main surface or the eighth main surface,the third sheet includes at least two second light blocking portions and a second light-transmitting portion, the two second light blocking portions being disposed at an interval in the first direction and being configured to block light, and the second light-transmitting portion being disposed between the two second light blocking portions and being configured to transmit light,the fourth lens includes a seventh inclined surface having an inclination rising from an end side in the first direction in the second sheet toward a central side, andthe third sheet has a ratio acquired by dividing a width of the second light-transmitting portion by a height of the second light-transmitting portion being greater than a ratio acquired by dividing a width of the first light-transmitting portion by a height of the first light-transmitting portion.

14. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the first light source is disposed on one side in the first direction with respect to the first light guide plate, andthe second light source is disposed on the other side in the first direction with respect to the second light guide plate.

15. A display device comprising: the illumination device according to claim 1; anda display panel configured to perform display by using light from the illumination device.