Lighting device and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017127166-A1
Application number	US-201515318616-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 12, 2015
Priority date	Jun 20, 2014
Publication date	May 4, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A backlight device (illumination device) includes LEDs (light sources), sheet-shaped optical members that apply optical effects to light from the LEDs, and vibrating elements that are attached to the optical members and make the optical members vibrate. The vibrating elements can be attached to a non-effective region of the optical members, for example. Here, when an effective region is defined to be a region of the optical members that applies optical effects to the light from the LEDs and then emits that light effectively, the non-effective region can be a frame-shaped region that surrounds the effective region.

First claim

1 . An illumination device, comprising:
a light source; an optical member that is sheet-shaped and applies an optical effect to light from the light source; and a vibrating element attached to the optical member for causing the optical member to vibrate.

2 . The illumination device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vibrating element is attached to a periphery of the optical member.

3 . The illumination device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
additional optical members layered together and attached to an area on a surface of the optical member wherein the vibrating element is attached to another area on said surface of the optical member.

4 . The illumination device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the optical member includes at least a light guide plate for guiding light from the light source, and wherein the vibrating element is attached to the light guide plate.

5 . The illumination device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the light guide plate comprises a plurality of divided light guide plates, and wherein the vibrating element is provided in a plurality with one attaching to each of the plurality of divided light guide plates.

6 . The illumination device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the optical member includes a diffusion plate that diffuses light from the light source, whereas the light source has a light-emitting surface for emitting light and is arranged with that light-emitting surface opposing a surface of the diffusion plate, and wherein the vibrating element is attached to the diffusion plate.

7 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrating element is a film-shaped film-type vibrating element and makes surface-to-surface contact with a surface of the optical member.

8 . The illumination device according to claim 7 , wherein the film-type vibration element has had a reflective treatment for making a surface thereof reflect light.

9 . A display device, comprising:
the illumination device according to claim 1 ; and a display panel that is arranged on a light-emitting side of the illumination device and that uses light from the illumination device to display an image.

10 . The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
an outer case housing the display panel and the illumination device, wherein sound conduction openings that are open to outside are formed in the outer case.

11 . The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a touch panel disposed on a side of the display panel opposite to the illumination device and having a touch panel pattern for detecting a position of input from a user.

12 . The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal panel in which a liquid crystal material is sealed between a pair of substrates.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Noma Mikihiro

Classifications

• H04R1/04 Primary

  Structural association of microphone with electric circuitry therefor (in electric hearing aids H04R25/00) · CPC title

• G02F2001/133314

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/133603

  with LEDs · CPC title

• G02B6/0088

  of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package · CPC title

• G02F1/13338

  Input devices, e.g. touch panels · CPC title