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Title:
LIGHT PIPE, ILLUMINATING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009258656
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To emit an illuminating light having high directivity of light and an uniformized luminance distribution so as to improve the utilization efficiency of the light, in a light pipe 1 configured so that the light from a light source is made incident through an incidence end 5, repeatedly reflected by a sidewall surface 3 and is then emitted from an injection end 6.

A light guide 2 includes a translucent partition part 12 for partitioning the internal space of the light guide 2 in the longitudinal direction of the light guide 2, and a refraction part 4, formed on a surface of the incident end 5-side region of the partition part 12. The emission angle of the light emitted through an emitting end 6 is set smaller than the incident angle of the light introduced through the incident end 5.


Inventors:
IKEDA YUJI
HAYAKAWA KAZUHIRO
Application Number:
JP2009029974A
Publication Date:
November 05, 2009
Filing Date:
February 12, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
BROTHER IND LTD
International Classes:
G03B21/14; G02B5/00; G02B19/00; G02B27/09; G02B27/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kenichiro Matsuo