JPH0882717A - Liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Liquid crystal display device

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Publication number
JPH0882717A
JPH0882717A JP7111594A JP11159495A JPH0882717A JP H0882717 A JPH0882717 A JP H0882717A JP 7111594 A JP7111594 A JP 7111594A JP 11159495 A JP11159495 A JP 11159495A JP H0882717 A JPH0882717 A JP H0882717A
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transparent
light
fluorescent lamp
liquid crystal
crystal display
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Inventor
Toshihiko Sano
寿彦 佐野
Soichiro Ogawa
壮一郎 小川
Hiroshi Ono
宏 大野
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Hitachi Ltd
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a liquid crystal display device with which unequal luminance is obscure by providing this device with patterns formed by patterning in such a manner that the nonuniformity in the surface luminance of a second plane by the light from a fluorescent lamp is lessened. CONSTITUTION: The one end face of a transparent acrylic plate 1 is provided with the fluorescent lamp 2 in tight contact therewith and the three sides exclusive of the end face provided with the fluorescent lamp 2 are subjected to white coating. The rear surface of this transparent plate 1 is formed into a transparent state in a region of a distance L1 along the end face with which the fluorescent lamp 2 is brought into tight contact. Striped patterns 3 are formed in the region of a width L2 adjacent to this transparent region. These striped patterns 3 are alternately and repetitively formed with parts 4 where there is no light diffusion and light diffusing parts 5 along the optical axis of the fluoresent lamp 2. The rear surface of the transparent plate 1 is subjected to white coating (dotted area) in the transparent parts 4 where there is no light diffusion and the parts exclusive of the striped patterns 3. Then, only the direct light radiating from the fluorescent lamp 2 is emitted in the region proximate to the fluorescent lamp 2 where the rear surface is transparent and the regions of the striped patterns 3 suppress the luminance.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、導光板(ガイドライ
ト)を用いた液晶表示装置に関するものである。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device using a light guide plate (guide light).

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】表示板や、特に液晶表示パネルのバック
ライトとして用いられるライトガイドは、従来、透明板
の一端面に蛍光ランプを密着あるいは近接し、上記透明
板の裏面を白色に塗装するか、あるいはフレネル状(鋸
型)に凹凸加工しているが、光源近傍の高輝度によって
生じる輝度むらについては殆ど考慮されていなかった。
この光源近傍の高輝度を考慮したものとしては、実開昭
60‐75907号に記載されているように、透明板裏
面に点刻を千鳥状に施して光を拡散させるようにしたも
のがある。上記点刻は等比級数を満足させるように配列
しているが、液晶板が大型化しかつ薄型化される傾向を
考えると、点刻の大きさを小さくし、数を多く施さねば
ならなくなってくる。
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a light guide used as a backlight for a display plate, particularly a liquid crystal display panel, has a fluorescent lamp closely adhered to or close to one end surface of the transparent plate, and the back surface of the transparent plate is painted white. Alternatively, the unevenness is processed into a Fresnel shape (saw shape), but the uneven brightness caused by the high brightness in the vicinity of the light source is hardly considered.
In consideration of the high brightness in the vicinity of the light source, as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-75907, there is a transparent plate whose back surface is staggered to diffuse light. . Although the above-mentioned stippling is arranged so as to satisfy the geometrical series, considering the tendency that the liquid crystal plate becomes large and thin, it is necessary to reduce the size of stippling and to give a large number. come.

【0003】[0003]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】上記従来技術では液晶
板の大型化、薄型化につれて点刻の大きさを小さくし数
を多くするため、生産コストが高くなり、光源近傍の点
刻数が疎になり、液晶板上に斑点状の輝度むらが目立つ
ようになってくる。
In the above-mentioned prior art, as the liquid crystal plate is made larger and thinner, the size of the stippling is reduced and the number is increased, so that the production cost is increased and the number of stippling near the light source is sparse. As a result, spot-like luminance unevenness becomes noticeable on the liquid crystal plate.

【0004】本発明は、上記問題点を改善し、輝度むら
が目立たない液晶表示装置を得ることを目的とする。
An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to obtain a liquid crystal display device in which uneven brightness is not noticeable.

【0005】[0005]

【課題を解決するための手段】上記目的は、その平面形
状が矩形の透明板の少なくとも一つの端面に隣接して設
けた線状光源と、上記透明板の第一の平面上に設けられ
た液晶表示パネルと、上記透明板の上記第一の平面とは
反対側の第二の平面上を部分的に着色することにより、
上記光源からの光に基づいて上記第一の平面から出射さ
れる光の表面輝度の不均一を低減するようにパターニン
グされたパターンを有する導光板とを有し、その一辺が
上記導光板の一端面上にあり、かつ、上記一端面の全幅
の幅と所要の長さを有する矩形領域の内部には、上記パ
ターンを設けないように上記導光板が構成され、さらに
上記矩形領域に隣接して、上記第二の平面上にパターン
を設けた部分とパターンを設けない部分とが交互に繰り
返されるような縞状パターンが形成されていることによ
り達成される。
The above object is to provide a linear light source provided adjacent to at least one end surface of a transparent plate having a rectangular planar shape, and a linear light source provided on the first flat surface of the transparent plate. By partially coloring the liquid crystal display panel and the second plane opposite to the first plane of the transparent plate,
A light guide plate having a pattern that is patterned to reduce the unevenness of the surface brightness of the light emitted from the first plane based on the light from the light source, and one side of the light guide plate is one of the light guide plates. The light guide plate is formed so that the pattern is not provided inside the rectangular region having the entire width and the required length of the one end face on the end face, and further adjacent to the rectangular region. This is achieved by forming a striped pattern in which a portion provided with a pattern and a portion not provided with a pattern are alternately repeated on the second plane.

【0006】[0006]

【作用】本発明による液晶表示装置は、液晶表示パネル
と該液晶表示パネルに光を導くための導光板と、導光板
に光を入射する線状光源の蛍光ランプ等により構成され
ている。上記導光板は、平面形状が矩形の透明板の一端
面または複数端面に蛍光ランプを密着または接近して設
け、上記透明板が液晶表示パネルに相対する第一平面と
反対側の第二平面上を部分的に着色することにより、上
記蛍光ランプから出射した光を上記液晶表示パネルに導
き、かつ、蛍光ランプからの光による第二平面の表面輝
度不均一を低減するようにパターニングされたパターン
を設けたものであって、上記導光板を用いることにより
導光板を形成する透明板表面の輝度を均一化し、液晶表
示パネル上に輝度むらが目立たない液晶表示装置を得る
ことができる。
The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention comprises a liquid crystal display panel, a light guide plate for guiding light to the liquid crystal display panel, and a fluorescent lamp of a linear light source for making light incident on the light guide plate. The light guide plate is provided with fluorescent lamps in close contact with or close to one end face or a plurality of end faces of a transparent plate having a rectangular planar shape, and the transparent plate is on a second plane opposite to the first plane facing the liquid crystal display panel. By partially coloring the, the light emitted from the fluorescent lamp is guided to the liquid crystal display panel, and a pattern patterned to reduce the unevenness of the surface brightness of the second plane due to the light from the fluorescent lamp is formed. By providing the above-mentioned light guide plate, the brightness of the surface of the transparent plate forming the light guide plate can be made uniform, and a liquid crystal display device in which uneven brightness is not noticeable on the liquid crystal display panel can be obtained.

【0007】[0007]

【実施例】つぎに本発明の実施例を図面とともに説明す
る。図1は本発明による液晶表示装置の一実施例におけ
る透明板を示す図、図2は上記実施例に示す透明板の表
面における輝度分布を示す図である。図1は高さ138
mm、幅136mm、厚さ10mmのアクリル透明板1
の一端面に、蛍光ランプ2を密着して設けた導光板の裏
面を示す図で、上記蛍光ランプ2を設けた端面以外の三
方の端面には白色塗装を施している。上記透明板1は、
蛍光ランプ2を密着した端面に沿う距離L1の領域(約
10mm)は透明な状態とし、上記透明領域に隣接する
幅L2の領域に縞状パターン3を形成した。上記縞状パ
ターン3は、幅0.25mmの光拡散がない部分4と幅
0.75mmの光拡散部分5とを、蛍光ランプ2の光軸
に沿って交互に繰り返して形成している。なお、上記透
明板1の裏面は、上記光拡散がない透明部分4および縞
状パターン3を除いた部分に、白色塗装(点描域)を行
っている。
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a transparent plate in an embodiment of the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a luminance distribution on the surface of the transparent plate shown in the above embodiment. FIG. 1 shows height 138
mm, width 136 mm, thickness 10 mm acrylic transparent plate 1
FIG. 3 is a view showing the back surface of a light guide plate in which one end face of which is provided with the fluorescent lamp 2 in close contact therewith. White coating is applied to the three end faces other than the end face where the fluorescent lamp 2 is provided. The transparent plate 1 is
A region (about 10 mm) having a distance L 1 along the end face where the fluorescent lamp 2 is in close contact was made transparent, and a striped pattern 3 was formed in a region having a width L 2 adjacent to the transparent region. The striped pattern 3 is formed by alternately repeating a light diffusion portion 5 having a width of 0.25 mm and a light diffusion portion 5 having a width of 0.75 mm along the optical axis of the fluorescent lamp 2. The back surface of the transparent plate 1 is white-painted (dotted area) except for the transparent portion 4 and the striped pattern 3 where the light is not diffused.

【0008】蛍光ランプ2から出射し透明板1の内部を
進行する光は、透明で平滑な面では全反射を繰り返しな
がら進行するため、上記透明板1の外側に光が出射する
ことはないが、白色塗装された裏面では白色塗装面で拡
散反射を行うため、上記反射光が透明な表面から拡散光
として出射する。したがって、透明板1の裏面が白色塗
装されている部分の表面は輝度が高くなる。また、透明
板1の内部を進行する光は、反射を繰り返す光路の距離
が長くなるにつれて輝度を低下させるから、上記透明板
1の表面において、高輝度である蛍光ランプ2に近接し
た裏面が透明な領域は、蛍光ランプ2からの直射光だけ
が出射するようにし、上記裏面が透明な領域に隣接する
縞状パターン3を設けた領域の輝度を抑制し、上記縞状
パターン3に続く蛍光ランプ2から遠い領域の表面輝度
を高めるようにすることによって、上記透明板1を用い
た導光板の表面輝度をほぼ均一化することが可能であ
る。
The light emitted from the fluorescent lamp 2 and traveling inside the transparent plate 1 proceeds while repeating total reflection on a transparent and smooth surface, so that the light does not go out to the outside of the transparent plate 1. Since the white-coated back surface diffuses and reflects on the white-coated surface, the reflected light is emitted from the transparent surface as diffused light. Therefore, the brightness of the surface of the part where the back surface of the transparent plate 1 is painted white becomes high. Further, since the light traveling inside the transparent plate 1 decreases in brightness as the distance of the optical path that repeats reflection becomes longer, the back surface of the transparent plate 1 close to the fluorescent lamp 2 having high brightness is transparent. In such a region, only the direct light from the fluorescent lamp 2 is emitted, the brightness of the region where the striped pattern 3 adjacent to the region where the back surface is transparent is provided is suppressed, and the fluorescent lamp following the striped pattern 3 is suppressed. By increasing the surface brightness of the region far from 2, it is possible to make the surface brightness of the light guide plate using the transparent plate 1 substantially uniform.

【0009】図2は一次光源である蛍光ランプからの距
離に対する導光板の表面輝度の変化を示した図である。
図2において、曲線6は図1に示す導光板の縞状パター
ンで裏面に白色塗装を施した光拡散部分に沿う鎖線A上
の表面輝度分布を示している。上記縞状パターン3の裏
面が白色塗装された図1のAにおける輝度分布は曲線6
に示すように、透明板1の端部から距離L1をこえた付
近、すなわち縞状パターン3の領域で上昇したのち、な
だらかに下降し、縞状パターン3の裏面が透明であるB
では、輝度分布が曲線7に示すように縞状パターン3の
領域で低下し、透明板1の端部からの距離L2付近で上
昇したのちは比較的ゆるやかに変化するが、本実施例に
示す導光板全体としての表面輝度は、図2の曲線8に示
すようにほぼ均一な状態にすることができた。
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing changes in the surface luminance of the light guide plate with respect to the distance from the fluorescent lamp which is the primary light source.
In FIG. 2, a curve 6 shows the surface luminance distribution on the chain line A along the light diffusing portion with the white coating on the back surface in the striped pattern of the light guide plate shown in FIG. The brightness distribution in FIG. 1A in which the back surface of the striped pattern 3 is painted white is a curve 6
As shown in FIG. 2, the transparent plate 1 rises in the vicinity of a distance L 1 from the end, that is, in the area of the striped pattern 3, and then gently descends, and the back surface of the striped pattern 3 is transparent.
Then, the luminance distribution decreases in the region of the striped pattern 3 as shown by the curve 7, rises in the vicinity of the distance L 2 from the end of the transparent plate 1, and then changes relatively gently. The surface brightness of the entire light guide plate shown could be made substantially uniform as shown by the curve 8 in FIG.

【0010】上記実施例において、蛍光ランプ2に接す
る透明な領域も拡散部分の幅を零とした縞状パターンの
1種であると見なせば、本実施例は縞状幅の比率が2種
類である導光板となるが、上記縞状パターンの光拡散が
ない部分と光拡散部との幅の比率は3種類あるいは4種
類以上とすることも可能で、上記各縞状パターンの領域
の変化とともにより細かい輝度の調整を行うことができ
る。ただし、縞状パターン3において、透明な光拡散が
ない部分の幅4が大きすぎると、導光板の表面に暗い影
を生じるおそれがあるため、光拡散部分5と交互に配置
して縞状パターン3を形成する場合は、上記透明な光拡
散がない部分の幅が小さい方が好ましい。
In the above embodiment, if the transparent region in contact with the fluorescent lamp 2 is also considered as one kind of stripe pattern in which the width of the diffusion portion is zero, this embodiment has two stripe width ratios. However, the ratio of the width of the striped pattern where there is no light diffusion to the width of the light diffused portion can be three types or four or more types. Along with this, finer brightness adjustment can be performed. However, in the striped pattern 3, if the width 4 of the transparent non-light-diffusing portion is too large, a dark shadow may be generated on the surface of the light guide plate. In the case of forming No. 3, it is preferable that the width of the transparent non-light-diffusing portion is smaller.

【0011】[0011]

【発明の効果】上記のように本発明による液晶表示装置
は、その平面形状が矩形の透明板の少なくとも一つの端
面に隣接して設けた線状光源と、上記透明板の第一の平
面上に設けられた液晶表示パネルと、上記透明板の上記
第一の平面とは反対側の第二の平面上を部分的に着色す
ることにより、上記光源からの光に基づいて上記第一の
平面から出射される光の表面輝度の不均一を低減するよ
うにパターニングされたパターンを有する導光板を有
し、その一辺が上記導光板の一端面上にあり、かつ、上
記一端面の全幅の幅と所要の長さを有する矩形領域の内
部には上記パターンを設けないように上記導光板は構成
され、さらに上記矩形領域に隣接して、上記第二の平面
上にパターンを設けた部分とパターンを設けない部分と
が交互に繰り返すような縞状パターンが形成されている
ことにより、光源の光を上記導光板を介して液晶表示パ
ネルに導くに際して、入射光の有効利用をはかるととも
に、液晶表示パネルに目立つような輝度むらを生じるこ
とがない液晶表示装置を得ることができる。
As described above, the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention has a linear light source provided adjacent to at least one end face of a transparent plate having a rectangular planar shape, and a linear light source on the first planar surface of the transparent plate. The liquid crystal display panel provided in, and by partially coloring the second plane opposite to the first plane of the transparent plate, the first plane based on the light from the light source. A light guide plate having a pattern that is patterned so as to reduce the unevenness of the surface brightness of light emitted from the light guide plate, one side of which is on one end face of the light guide plate, and the entire width of the one end face. And the light guide plate is configured such that the pattern is not provided inside a rectangular area having a required length, and a portion and a pattern which are adjacent to the rectangular area and provided with a pattern on the second plane. The part that does not have is repeated alternately With such a striped pattern, when the light of the light source is guided to the liquid crystal display panel through the light guide plate, the incident light is effectively used and the uneven brightness of the liquid crystal display panel is noticeable. It is possible to obtain a liquid crystal display device which does not have

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明による液晶表示装置の一実施例における
構成の一部を示す図である。
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a part of the configuration of an embodiment of a liquid crystal display device according to the present invention.

【図2】上記実施例における導光板の表面輝度分布を示
す図である。
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a surface luminance distribution of a light guide plate in the above embodiment.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1…透明板 2…蛍光ランプ 3…縞状パターン 4…透明な光拡散がない部分 5…白色着色を行った光拡散部分 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Transparent plate 2 ... Fluorescent lamp 3 ... Stripe pattern 4 ... Transparent non-light-diffusing portion 5 ... White-light-diffusing portion

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】その平面形状が矩形の透明板の少なくとも
一つの端面に隣接して設けた線状光源と、上記透明板の
第一の平面上に設けられた液晶表示パネルと、上記透明
板の上記第一の平面とは反対側の第二の平面上を部分的
に着色することにより、上記光源からの光に基づいて上
記第一の平面から出射される光の表面輝度の不均一を低
減するようにパターニングされたパターンを有する導光
板とを有し、その一辺が上記導光板の一端面上にあり、
かつ、上記一端面の全幅の幅と所要の長さを有する矩形
領域の内部には上記パターンを設けないように、上記導
光板は構成され、さらに上記矩形領域に隣接して、上記
第二の平面上にパターンを設けた部分とパターンを設け
ない部分とが交互に繰り返すような縞状パターンが形成
されていることを特徴とする液晶表示装置。
1. A linear light source provided adjacent to at least one end surface of a transparent plate having a rectangular planar shape, a liquid crystal display panel provided on a first plane of the transparent plate, and the transparent plate. By partially coloring the second plane opposite to the first plane, the unevenness of the surface brightness of the light emitted from the first plane based on the light from the light source is reduced. And a light guide plate having a pattern patterned to reduce, one side of which is on one end face of the light guide plate,
And, the light guide plate is configured such that the pattern is not provided inside the rectangular region having the full width of the one end face and the required length, and further, adjacent to the rectangular region, the second light guide plate is formed. A liquid crystal display device, wherein a striped pattern is formed such that a portion provided with a pattern and a portion not provided with a pattern are alternately repeated on a plane.
JP7111594A 1995-05-10 1995-05-10 Liquid crystal display device Pending JPH0882717A (en)

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JPS57128383A (en) * 1981-02-02 1982-08-09 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Surface lighting apparatus

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JPS57128383A (en) * 1981-02-02 1982-08-09 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Surface lighting apparatus

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