Transmission member, irradiation device and electronic pen
According to an aspect of the invention, an atransmission member includes plural first surfaces disposed side by side in a width direction of an optical path from a light source to an irradiation target, the plural first surfaces refracting light from the light source entering each of the first surfaces in a direction toward the irradiation target; a second surface interposed between the first surfaces adjacent to each other to form first highs and lows together with the adjacent first surfaces; and a third surface from which light refracted on the first surfaces exits, second highs and lows having a smaller interval than an interval of the first highs and lows being provided on the third surface.
1. A transmission member for a pen, the transmission member comprising:
a plurality of first surfaces disposed side by side in a width direction of an optical path from a light source to an irradiation target, the plurality of first surfaces refracting light from the light source entering each of the first surfaces in a direction toward the irradiation target;
a plurality of second surfaces, each interposed between each of the first surfaces adjacent to each other to form respective first highs and lows together with the adjacent first surfaces; and
a third surface with an exit area from which light refracted on the first surfaces passes through and exits the transmission member, the exit area having a plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas in the width direction, each of the first areas having second highs and lows at a smaller interval than an interval of the first highs and lows, and each of the plurality of second areas being flat, each first area of the plurality of first areas being separated from another first area by one second area of the plurality of second areas, each of the first areas being aligned with a corresponding second surface of the plurality of second surfaces with respect to the optical path from the light source, and each of the second areas being aligned with a corresponding first surface of the plurality of first surfaces with respect to the optical path from the light source.
2. The transmission member according to claim 1 , wherein the second highs and lows are provided in each of the plurality of first areas of the third surface from which light entering a gap between the adjacent first surfaces exits.
3. The transmission member according to claim 2 , wherein
the light source emits radially traveling light, and
each of the plurality of first surfaces refracts the radially traveling light in a direction toward the irradiation target.
4. The transmission member according to claim 1 , wherein
the light source emits radially traveling light, and
each of the plurality of first surfaces refracts the radially traveling light in a direction toward the irradiation target.
5. An irradiation device comprising:
the transmission member according to claim 1 ; and
a light source that irradiates the transmission member with light.
6. An electronic pen comprising:
the irradiation device according to claim 5 ;
a pen point;
an image capturing device that captures an image of a region based on light emitted to a medium by the irradiation device and reflected in the region on the medium at a position corresponding to a contact position at which the pen point contacts with the medium; and
a processing device that performs a process with respect to the image captured by the image capturing device.
7. The transmission member according to claim 1 , wherein a distance in the width direction between each of the plurality of first areas of the third surface is constant.
8. A transmission member for a pen, the transmission member comprising:
a plurality of first surfaces disposed side by side in a width direction of an optical path from a light source to an irradiation target, the plurality of first surfaces refracting light from the light source entering each of the first surfaces in a direction toward the irradiation target;
a plurality of second surfaces, each interposed between each of the first surfaces adjacent to each other to form respective first highs and lows together with the adjacent first surfaces; and
a third surface with an exit area from which light refracted on the first surfaces passes through and exits the transmission member, the exit area having a plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas in the width direction, each of the first areas having second highs and lows at a smaller interval than an interval of the first highs and lows, each of the plurality of second areas being flat, each first area of the plurality of first areas being separated from another first area by one second area of the plurality of second areas, each of the second areas being aligned with a corresponding second surface of the plurality of second surfaces with respect to the optical path from the light source, and each of the first areas being aligned with a corresponding first surface of the plurality of first surfaces with respect to the optical path from the light source.