IP Library Granted Patent US 9,581,887
Granted Patent B2
US 9,581,887 · App. 14/205,405 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Light source device and display device

Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
G03B21/28G03B21/204G03B21/208G03B21/2066
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Patent No.
US 9,581,887
App. No.
14/205,405
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a light source device including at least one light source configured to emit light, a diffusion plate configured to diffuse and reflect the light emitted from the light source, and a partial transmission member which is provided between the light source and the diffusion plate and has a transmission region which allows the light to pass through and a reflection region which reflects the light and is except the transmission region.

Claims (39)

1. A light source device, comprising:

at least one light source configured to emit light;

a diffusion plate that comprises an arrangement that is configured to diffuse and reflect the light emitted from the at least one light source; and

a partial transmission member which is provided between the at least one light source and the diffusion plate and has a transmission region which is configured to allow the light emitted from the at least one light source to pass through and a reflection region which is configured to reflect the light reflected from the diffusion plate, and is except the transmission region,

wherein the partial transmission member is disposed to incline relative to an optical axis which passes through a center of the partial transmission member and is parallel to an emission direction of the at least one light source so as to guide the reflected light from the diffusion plate in an emission direction of light of the light source device.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission region of the partial transmission member is provided at a position on which the light emitted from the at least one light source is incident.

3. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one light source and the transmission region of the partial transmission member are arranged on the optical axis which passes through the center of the partial transmission member and is parallel to the emission direction of the light of the at least one light source, and

wherein a diffusion plane of the diffusion plate is provided to be normal to the optical axis.

4. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one light source and the transmission region of the partial transmission member are arranged at positions with a bias from the optical axis which passes through the center of the partial transmission member and is parallel to the emission direction of the light of the at least one light source, and

wherein a diffusion plane of the diffusion plate is disposed to incline relative to the optical axis in a manner that light rays large in reflection intensity out of the reflected light that has the light from the at least one light source reflected on the diffusion plane proceed on the optical axis.

5. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one light source and the transmission region of the partial transmission member are arranged at positions with a bias from the optical axis which passes through the center of the partial transmission member and is parallel to the emission direction of the light of the at least one light source, and

wherein the diffusion plate has Ranbashian characteristics and a diffusion plane of the diffusion plate is provided to be normal to the optical axis.

6. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusion plate is moved by a driving unit.

7. The light source device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fluorescent material configured to emit fluorescent emission light different in wavelength region from light used for irradiation of the fluorescent material;

a second light source configured to emit the light used for irradiation of the fluorescent material; and

a combining unit, disposed between the fluorescent material and the second light source, is configured to reflect light in a wavelength region of the fluorescent emission light emitted from the fluorescent material in a reflection direction of the light on the partial transmission member, and allow light in another wavelength to pass through.

8. A display device, comprising:

a light source unit;

a light modulating/combining system configured to modulate and combine incident light;

an illumination optical system configured to guide light emitted from the light source unit to the light modulating/combining system; and

a projection optical system configured to perform projection of an image emitted from the light modulating/combining system,

wherein the light source unit includes:

at least one light source configured to emit light,

a diffusion plate that comprises an arrangement that is configured to diffuse and reflect the light emitted from the at least one light source, and

a partial transmission member which is provided between the at least one light source and the diffusion plate and has a transmission region which is configured to allow the light emitted from the at least one light source to pass through and a reflection region which is configured to reflect the light reflected from the diffusion plate, and is except the transmission region,

wherein the partial transmission member is disposed to incline relative to an optical axis which passes through a center of the partial transmission member and is parallel to an emission direction of the at least one light source so as to guide the reflected light from the diffusion plate in an emission direction of light of the light source device.

9. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the light undergoes diffuse reflection at a condensing point of the diffusion plate.

10. The light source device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a lens disposed between the diffusion plate and the partial transmission member.

11. The light source device according to claim 10 , wherein the lens is configured to focus the light emitted from the at least one light source on the condensing point of the diffusion plate.

12. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the light undergoes diffuse reflection at a condensing point of the diffusion plate.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a lens disposed between the diffusion plate and the partial transmission member.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the lens is configured to focus the light emitted from the at least one light source on the condensing point of the diffusion plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2014
From: TAJIRI, SHINICHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032440/0204 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-060364 · Mar 22, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140285774A1 · Sep 25, 2014