Light emitting display device including microprojection group and plurality of microrecesses, method for producing light guide plate and game machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11422300-B2
Application number	US-201917293055-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2019
Priority date	Dec 27, 2018
Publication date	Aug 23, 2022
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022

Abstract

A first light guide plate and a second light guide plate are arranged facing each other. A microprojection group comprising a plurality of microprojections is arranged in the visual recognition region of the surface facing the first light guide plate in the second light guide plate. The plurality of microprojections have a height and arrangement that ensure a distance where interference fringes are not visually recognized between the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate in contact with the second light guide plate. The microprojection group and the dimples configuring a design part formed on the second light guide plate are formed on an identical surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light emitting display device comprising:
a light guide plate comprising a plurality of microrecesses that emits light supplied within the light guide plate to outside;
a light source unit configured to supply light to the light guide plate; and
a microprojection group comprising a plurality of microprojections formed on the light guide plate and provided in a visual recognition region of the light guide plate, the microprojection group having a height and an arrangement that ensure a separation distance between a closest part of the light guide plate to an object between two adjacent microprojections that is greater than an occurrence distance of an occurrence of interference fringes such that the interference fringes are not visually recognized in a case where the microprojection group is in contact with the object positioned to face the light guide plate and light is transmitted between the light guide plate and the object,
wherein the microprojection group and the plurality of microrecesses are arranged on an identical surface.

2. A light emitting display device comprising:
a plurality of light guide plates comprising a plurality of microrecesses that emits light supplied within the plurality of light guide plates to outside, the plurality of light guide plates being arranged to be superimposed on each other in a plan view;
a plurality of light source units provided to correspond to the plurality of light guide plates; and
a microprojection group comprising a plurality of microprojections formed on one of two opposing light guide plates of the plurality of light guide plates and provided in a visual recognition region of the at least one light guide plate, the microprojection group having a height and an arrangement that ensure a separation distance between a closest part of the light guide plate to the other of the two opposing light guide plates between two adjacent microprojections that is greater than an occurrence distance of an occurrence of interference fringes such that the interference fringes are not visually recognized between the two opposing light guide plates in a case where the microprojection group is in contact with the other of the two opposing light guide plates,
wherein the microprojection group and the plurality of microrecesses are arranged on an identical surface.

3. The light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the microprojections are arranged in a staggered or random pattern.

4. The light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein 10 to 200 of the microprojections are provided per 1 cm 2 .

5. The light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the microprojections have a height of 5 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

6. The light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the microprojections has a bottom area of 1,000 μm 2 or more and 60,000 μm 2 or less.

7. A game machine comprising the light emitting display device according to claim 1 .

8. A method for manufacturing a light guide plate provided with, on one surface of the light guide plate, a plurality of microrecesses that emits light supplied within the light guide plate to outside and a microprojection group formed on the light guide plate and comprising a plurality of microprojections provided in a visual recognition region of the light guide plate, the microprojection group comprising a height and an arrangement that ensure a separation distance between a closest part of the light guide plate to an object between two adjacent microprojections that is greater than an occurrence distance of an occurrence of interference fringes such that the interference fringes are not visually recognized in a case where the microprojection group is in contact with the object disposed to face the light guide plate and light is transmitted between the light guide plate and the object,
the method comprising:
manufacturing a stamper body by electroforming with a prototype provided with the microrecesses; and
processing recesses to be the microprojections on a surface of the manufactured stamper body, the surface being provided with inverted products of the microrecesses.

9. The light emitting display device according to claim 2 , wherein the microprojections are arranged in a staggered or random pattern.

10. The light emitting display device according claim 2 , wherein 10 to 200 of the microprojections are provided per 1 cm 2 .

11. The light emitting display device according to claim 3 , wherein 10 to 200 of the microprojections are provided per 1 cm 2 .

12. The light emitting display device according to claim 2 , wherein the microprojections have a height of 5 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

13. The light emitting display device according to claim 3 , wherein the microprojections have a height of 5 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

14. The light emitting display device according to claim 4 , wherein the microprojections have a height of 5 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

15. The light emitting display device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the microprojections has a bottom area of 1,000 μm 2 or more and 60,000 μm 2 or less.

16. The light emitting display device according to claim 3 , wherein each of the microprojections has a bottom area of 1,000 μm 2 or more and 60,000 μm 2 or less.

17. The light emitting display device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the microprojections has a bottom area of 1,000 μm 2 or more and 60,000 μm 2 or less.

18. The light emitting display device according to claim 5 , wherein each of the microprojections has a bottom area of 1,000 μm 2 or more and 60,000 μm 2 or less.

19. A game machine comprising the light emitting display device according to claim 2 .

20. A game machine comprising the light emitting display device according to claim 3 .

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Ikeda Shogo
• Fujita Junya
• Kishimoto Jun
• Mori Masanori
• Okuda Mitsuru

Classifications

• G02B6/0076

  Stacked arrangements of multiple light guides of the same or different cross-sectional area · CPC title

• G02B6/0038

  Linear indentations or grooves, e.g. arc-shaped grooves or meandering grooves, extending over the full length or width of the light guide · CPC title

• G07F17/3216

  Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects · CPC title

• G02B6/0036 Primary

  2-D arrangement of prisms, protrusions, indentations or roughened surfaces · CPC title

• G02B6/0065

  Manufacturing aspects; Material aspects · CPC title