JP2016186949A - Illumination device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination device which illuminates a wide range along an arbitrary direction uniformly in a state where illumination efficiency is enhanced by reducing light that does not contribute to illumination.SOLUTION: An illumination device 100 includes: a plurality of light source elements 110 each of which is configured by a light emitting diode 111 and a condenser lens 112 for condensing and emitting the light of the light emitting diode 111; and an anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 arranged on the light emission side of the condenser lens 112. The anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 has a wave-like irregular pattern 121 extending in one direction and opposing to the condenser lens 112 on one surface. The irregular pattern 121 meanders in a wave-like form along one direction, and a ratio (B/G) of average depth B of the irregular patterns to a most frequent pitch G of the irregular patterns is 0.4-1.0. An irregular pattern forming surface of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 is oppositely disposed to the light source elements 110, and light from the condenser lens 112 enters the irregular pattern forming surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an illumination device that employs a light emitting diode (LED) as a light source.

Conventionally, a light source unit composed of a plurality of light emitting diode light sources arranged in a line and an anisotropic light diffuser provided on the light emitting side of the light source unit are provided, and the anisotropic light diffuser emits light in the longitudinal direction of the light source unit. There is an illuminating device that diffuses (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Also, a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged on the case substrate and each emitting light source light, and arranged on the light source light emitting side of each of the plurality of light emitting diodes, condensing the light source light and emitting it as outgoing light A plurality of condensing lenses, and a light diffusing means that is provided on the outgoing light exit side of the condensing lens and diffuses the outgoing light to be emitted as diffused light. There is an illuminating device arranged so as to be shifted from the central axis of the lens for use (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP2013-8520A (Claims, paragraph [0043]) JP 2011-222316 A (Claims, FIG. 1)

However, in the former illumination device 500, as shown in FIG. 28, the light L0 emitted from the light emitting diode 511 is incident on the anisotropic light diffuser 520 at an incident angle θ1 that exceeds the critical angle θ of the anisotropic light diffuser 520. Since the light is totally reflected by the anisotropic light diffuser 520 and is not emitted from the anisotropic light diffuser 520, there is a problem in that light that does not contribute to illumination occurs and the efficiency of illumination cannot be increased.
On the other hand, there is a demand not only for illuminating an illumination target such as a road surface by installing the latter illumination device alone, but also for uniformly illuminating a wide range along a certain direction with a plurality of illumination devices installed.

  Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention, that is, the object of the present invention is to uniformly illuminate a wide range along an arbitrary direction in a state in which light that does not contribute to illumination is reduced and illumination efficiency is increased. Is to provide a device.

  The illumination device of the present invention according to Item 1 includes a plurality of light source elements each composed of a light emitting diode and a condensing lens that condenses and emits light from the light emitting diode, and a light emitting side of the condensing lens An anisotropic light diffusing sheet disposed on the one side, the anisotropic light diffusing sheet extending in one direction and having a wavy uneven pattern facing the condenser lens on one side, wherein the uneven pattern is in the one direction And the ratio (B / G) of the average depth B of the concavo-convex pattern to the most frequent pitch G of the concavo-convex pattern is 0.4 to 1.0, and the concavo-convex of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet A pattern forming surface is disposed to face the light source element, and light from the condenser lens is incident on the concave / convex pattern forming surface, thereby solving the above-described problems.

  In addition to the configuration described in item 1, the illumination device of the present invention according to item 2 is smoothed by causing light to enter the concave-convex pattern forming surface side of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet along the normal direction of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet. When the diffused light is emitted from the surface side, the intensity of the light emitted to the smooth surface side along the normal direction of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet is set to 1, and the diffused light with respect to the light intensity 1 in the normal direction is When the angle range where the intensity becomes 1/10 or more is 1/10 value angle, the 1/10 value angle of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet is 70 ° to 80 ° in the uneven arrangement direction of the uneven pattern, and the unevenness The above-described problem is solved by the fact that the unevenness extending direction of the pattern is 5 ° to 15 °.

In the illumination device of the present invention according to Item 3, in addition to the configuration according to Item 1 or Item 2, the anisotropic light diffusing sheet has an uneven arrangement direction of the uneven pattern along an element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements. In this state, the above-described problem is solved by being arranged on the light emitting side of the condenser lens.

The illumination device of the present invention according to Item 4 has the spherical lens or aspherical shape in addition to the configuration according to Item 3,
The plurality of light source elements includes a light source element in which the center of a spherical or aspherical condensing lens is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode to one side along the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements. It solves the problem.

  In addition to the configuration described in item 4, the illumination device of the present invention according to item 5 includes a light-emitting diode in which the plurality of light source elements have a spherical or aspherical condensing lens centered on the side opposite to the one side. By including the light source element shifted from the center, the above-described problem is solved.

  In the illumination device of the present invention according to Item 6, in addition to the configuration according to Item 1 or Item 2, the anisotropic light diffusion sheet intersects the uneven arrangement direction of the uneven pattern with the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements. By being arranged on the light emitting side of the condensing lens in such a state, the above-described problems are solved.

  According to the illumination device of the present invention relating to item 1, a plurality of light source elements each composed of a light emitting diode and a condensing lens that condenses and emits the light of the light emitting diode, and light emission of the condensing lens An anisotropic light diffusing sheet disposed on the side, the anisotropic light diffusing sheet has a wavy uneven pattern extending in one direction and facing the condenser lens on one side, and the uneven pattern is in one direction. Since the light generated by the light emitting diode is condensed by the condenser lens, the light emitted from the light emitting diode is incident on the anisotropic light diffusing sheet at an angle smaller than the critical angle of the anisotropic light diffusing sheet. At the same time, the light emitted from the condenser lens is diffused and distributed along a direction orthogonal to one direction, so that the light that does not contribute to illumination is reduced among the light generated by the light-emitting diodes, thereby increasing the efficiency of illumination. A wide range along the direction perpendicular to the one direction can be uniformly illuminated in a state.

  And according to the illuminating device which concerns on claim | item 2, in addition to the effect which the illuminating device of claim | item 1 show | plays, light is irradiated to the uneven | corrugated pattern formation surface side of an anisotropic light-diffusion sheet along the normal line direction of an anisotropic light-diffusion sheet. When the diffused light is emitted from the smooth surface side after being incident, the intensity of the light emitted to the smooth surface side along the normal direction of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet is defined as 1, and the diffusion with respect to the light intensity 1 in the normal direction When the angle range where the light intensity is 1/10 or more is 1/10 value angle, the 1/10 value angle of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet is 70 ° to 80 ° in the uneven arrangement direction of the uneven pattern, and the uneven pattern It is 5 degrees thru | or 15 degrees in the uneven | corrugated extension direction.

  And according to the illuminating device which concerns on claim | item 3, in addition to the effect which the illuminating device of claim | item 1 or claim | item 2 show | plays, an anisotropic light-diffusion sheet is the element arrangement | positioning direction of several light source elements in the uneven | corrugated arrangement direction of an uneven | corrugated pattern. Since the emitted light obtained by condensing the light from the light emitting diode by the condensing lens is diffused and distributed along the element arrangement direction by being arranged on the light emitting side of the condensing lens in a state along A wide range in the arrangement direction can be illuminated uniformly.

  And according to the illuminating device which concerns on claim | item 4, in addition to the effect which the illuminating device of claim | item 3 show | plays, a condensing lens has a spherical surface or an aspherical surface, and several light source elements are several light source elements. High intensity light emitted directly above the center of the light emitting diode by including a light source element in which the center of the spherical or aspherical condensing lens is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode to one side along the element arrangement direction of Because the diffused light obtained by diffusing the emitted light from the anisotropic light diffusing sheet is irradiated to a position far from the position directly below the illumination device when viewed from the installation position of the illumination device, the high-intensity light emitted directly above the center of the light emitting diode Compared with the case where the emitted light derived from the above is not diffused and is directly applied to the position immediately below the illumination device, the illuminance of the hot spot of the light generated in the irradiation range of the diffused light can be suppressed and the uniformity can be increased.

  And according to the illuminating device which concerns on claim | item 5, in addition to the effect which the illuminating device of claim | item 4 show | plays, several light source elements have the center of the condensing lens of a spherical surface or an aspherical surface on the opposite side to one side. By including a light source element that is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode, the light is emitted directly above the center of each light emitting element of the light source element that has shifted the condensing lens to one side and the light source element that has been shifted the condensing lens to the opposite side. The high-intensity light is refracted by the condensing lens to one side and the opposite side, and then diffused by the anisotropic light diffusion sheet so that the intensity peak is suppressed as diffused light on the opposite side along the element arrangement direction. Since the light is distributed, it is possible to prevent the hot points of the light from overlapping in the irradiation range of the diffused light and to suppress the illuminance to increase the uniformity.

  And according to the illuminating device which concerns on claim | item 6, in addition to the effect which the illuminating device of claim | item 1 or claim | item 2 produces | generates, an anisotropic light-diffusion sheet is the element arrangement | positioning direction of several light source elements in the uneven | corrugated arrangement direction of an uneven | corrugated pattern. Is arranged on the light exit side of the condensing lens so that the light emitted from the light-emitting diode is collected by the condensing lens in the direction intersecting the element arrangement direction, that is, in the uneven arrangement direction. Therefore, a wide range in the direction intersecting the element arrangement direction of the light source elements can be illuminated uniformly.

The perspective view of the illuminating device which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. The partial top view of the illuminating device which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. The perspective view of the anisotropic light-diffusion sheet used for the illuminating device which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. Sectional drawing which cut the anisotropic light-diffusion sheet in the virtual plane along the uneven | corrugated arrangement | sequence direction of FIG. The conceptual diagram which shows the relationship between the element arrangement | positioning direction and uneven | corrugated arrangement | positioning direction in the illuminating device which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. The image figure which Fourier-transformed the image which image | photographed the uneven | corrugated pattern. The graph which plotted pitch frequency with respect to the reciprocal number of the pitch of an uneven | corrugated pattern. The graph which plotted the light intensity on the auxiliary line E2 shown in FIG. 6 with respect to the orientation of an uneven | corrugated pattern. It is explanatory drawing of a 1/10 value angle | corner. FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line 10-10 in FIG. 2; FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line 11-11 in FIG. 2; The conceptual diagram which shows the illumination range at the time of installing the illuminating device which concerns on 1st Example of this invention in multiple numbers. The partial top view of the illuminating device which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention. FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along line 14-14 of FIG. The elements on larger scale which expanded a part of FIG. FIG. 4 is an intensity distribution diagram of light generated from a light emitting diode, emitted light, and diffused light. The conceptual diagram which shows the light distribution state of the illuminating device which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention. The conceptual diagram which shows the illumination range at the time of installing the illuminating device which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention in multiple numbers. The partial top view of the illuminating device which concerns on 3rd Example of this invention. FIG. 20 is a sectional view taken along line 20-20 in FIG. FIG. 4 is an intensity distribution diagram of light, emitted light, and diffused light generated by a light emitting diode in a light source element in which the center of the condenser lens is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode to one side. FIG. 4 is an intensity distribution diagram of light, emitted light, and diffused light generated by a light emitting diode in a light source element in which the center of the condenser lens is shifted to the opposite side from the center of the light emitting diode. The intensity distribution figure of the synthetic | combination diffused light which synthesize | combined the diffused light of the mutually adjacent light source element. The conceptual diagram which shows the illumination range at the time of installing the multiple illuminating device which concerns on 3rd Example of this invention. The partial top view of the illuminating device which is a modification of 3rd Example of this invention. The conceptual diagram which shows the relationship between the element arrangement | positioning direction and uneven | corrugated arrangement | positioning direction in the illuminating device which concerns on 4th Example of this invention. The conceptual diagram which shows the illumination range at the time of installing the multiple illuminating device which concerns on 4th Example of this invention. The conceptual diagram which shows the diffusion state of the light in the conventional illuminating device.

The illuminating device of the present invention includes a plurality of light source elements each composed of a light emitting diode and a condensing lens that collects and emits light from the light emitting diode, and anisotropic light disposed on the light exit side of the condensing lens. The anisotropic light diffusion sheet has a wavy uneven pattern that extends along one direction and faces the condenser lens, and reduces the light that does not contribute to illumination among the light generated by the light emitting diodes. Any specific embodiment may be used as long as it uniformly illuminates a wide range along a direction orthogonal to one direction in a state where the efficiency is improved.
For example, the anisotropic light diffusing sheet may be disposed so as to face the light source element along the uneven arrangement direction of the uneven pattern in the direction in which the outgoing light emitted from the light source element is diffused.
Moreover, the illuminating device of this invention may be provided with the reflective mirror which reflects the emitted light radiate | emitted from the light source element to an anisotropic light-diffusion sheet.

Note that the number of light source elements used in the lighting device according to the present invention is not limited as long as it is arranged in a line.
The lighting device according to the present invention may be provided with a plurality of light source units in which a plurality of light source elements are installed together.
In this case, the arrangement of the plurality of light source units may be arranged along the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements, or may be arranged in a direction orthogonal to the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements. .

The number of installed anisotropic light diffusing sheets used in the present invention is not limited to this embodiment as long as it diffuses the emitted light emitted from the plurality of light source elements. One unit may be provided for each unit, or one unit may be provided for the entire plurality of light source units.
The lighting device according to the present invention may be used as, for example, an outdoor lamp that illuminates a street or a road, or a tunnel lamp that illuminates a road in a tunnel.
When the lighting device according to the present invention is used as an outdoor lamp or a tunnel lamp, the lighting device is installed, for example, by placing the lighting device above both sides in the width direction of the lighting target such as a road. It refers to the installation form that shines.

The “hot spot” used in the description of each embodiment below means a point-like range having the highest illuminance within the illumination range of the illumination device.
The “homogeneity” used in the description of each embodiment below is a value defined by a value obtained by dividing the lowest illuminance within the light irradiation range by the lighting device by the highest illuminance, and the light irradiation range. It is a parameter | index which shows the uniformity of the illumination intensity in.
The uniformity value increases as the lowest illuminance value within the light irradiation range by the illuminating device increases or as the highest illuminance value decreases.
Therefore, the illumination target such as a road is illuminated with uniform illuminance as the value of uniformity is larger.

Hereinafter, first to fourth embodiments of the present invention and modifications will be described with reference to the drawings.
Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the lighting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial plan view of the lighting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an anisotropic light diffusion sheet used in the lighting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet cut along a virtual plane along the uneven arrangement direction of FIG. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between the element arrangement direction and the concave / convex arrangement direction in the illumination apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an image diagram obtained by Fourier transforming an image obtained by photographing the concave / convex pattern. 7 is a graph in which the pitch frequency is plotted against the reciprocal of the pitch of the concavo-convex pattern, and FIG. 8 is a plot of the light intensity on the auxiliary line E2 shown in FIG. 6 with respect to the orientation of the concavo-convex pattern. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a 1/10 value angle. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 10-10 in FIG. 2, FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 11-11 in FIG. 2, and FIG. 12 shows the lighting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the illumination range at the time of installing two or more, FIG. 13 is a fragmentary top view of the illuminating device based on 2nd Example of this invention, FIG. 14 is 14-14 sectional view taken on the line of FIG. FIG. 15 is a partially enlarged view of a part of FIG. 14, FIG. 16 is an intensity distribution diagram of the light generated from the light emitting diode, the emitted light, and the diffused light, and FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the light distribution state of the illuminating device which concerns on 2nd Example, FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram which shows the illumination range at the time of installing two or more illuminating devices which concern on 2nd Example of this invention, 19 is a partial plan view of a lighting apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 20-20 in FIG. 21 is an intensity distribution diagram of light, emitted light, and diffused light generated by the light emitting diode in the light source element in which the center of the condensing lens is shifted to one side from the center of the light emitting diode, and FIG. FIG. 23 is an intensity distribution diagram of light, emitted light, and diffused light generated by the light emitting diode in the light source element in which the center of the lens is shifted to the opposite side from the center of the light emitting diode, and FIG. 23 combines the diffused light of the light source elements adjacent to each other. FIG. 24 is a conceptual diagram showing an illumination range when a plurality of illumination devices according to the third embodiment of the present invention are installed, and FIG. 25 is a third diagram of the present invention. FIG. 26 is a partial plan view of a lighting device which is a modified example of the embodiment, and FIG. 26 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a relationship between the element arrangement direction and the uneven arrangement direction in the lighting device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 27 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the illumination range at the time of installing the multiple illuminating device which concerns on.
1, 5, and 26, for convenience of explanation, the pitch between the concaves and the convexes constituting the concave / convex pattern, that is, the pitch of the concave / convex pattern is exaggerated.
[First embodiment]

First, the illumination device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the illumination device 100 according to the first embodiment includes a light emitting diode 111 and a condensing lens 112 that condenses and emits light from the light emitting diode 111. A plurality of light source elements 110 and an anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 disposed on the light exit side of the condenser lens 112 are provided.
The anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 has a wavy uneven pattern 121 that extends along the Y direction, that is, the width direction of the illumination device 100 and faces the condenser lens 112.
In the first embodiment, the Y direction is an example of “one direction”.
In addition, the light source element of each of the following examples includes a spherical shape, that is, a perfect dome-shaped condensing lens, but the condensing lens may be aspherical.

In the first embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of an X direction that is an element arrangement direction in which a plurality of light source elements 110 are arranged, that is, a longitudinal direction of the illumination device 100 and a Y direction that intersects the X direction. The lighting device 100 is provided with a total of four light source units 100U arranged two by two along
The plurality of light source elements 110 are arranged in two rows on the light source unit 100U along the X direction.

In the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120, the pattern forming side S1 on which the concave / convex pattern 121 shown in FIG. 3 is formed is opposed to the light emitting side of the condenser lens 112, and the smooth surface side S2 on which the concave / convex pattern 121 is not formed will be described later. Oppositely arranged on the light source element 110 so as to be on the emission side of the diffused light L2.
As shown in FIG. 5, the anisotropic light diffusing sheet 120 has a concavo-convex extending direction D2 orthogonal to the concavo-convex arrangement direction D1 of the concavo-convex pattern 121 shown in FIG. 3 in the Y direction in FIGS. 1 and 2, that is, a plurality of light source elements. The light source elements 110 are arranged so as to be along a direction orthogonal to the X direction, which is the element arrangement direction 110.

Next, the configuration of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 includes an uneven pattern 121, a transparent resin base material 122, and a transparent resin hard layer 123 provided on the surface of the base material 122. ing.

The concave / convex pattern 121 meanders in a wavy manner in a parallel state along the concave / convex extending direction D2 when the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 is viewed from the pattern forming side S1.
Note that “the uneven pattern 121 meanders in a wavy shape along the uneven extending direction D2” means that the degree of orientation of the uneven pattern is 0, 3 or more.
This degree of orientation is an index indicating the variation in the orientation of the uneven pattern 121.
The greater the degree of orientation value, the more the orientation of the uneven pattern 121 varies.
That is, “the value of the degree of orientation is large” means that the pitches of the convex portions and the concave portions that are adjacent to each other to form the concave / convex pattern 121 vary in the concave / convex extending direction D2.
The anisotropic light diffusing sheet 120 is preferable as a light diffuser because the degree of light diffusion is larger as the value of the degree of orientation is larger.

Here, based on FIG. 3 thru | or FIG. 8, how to obtain | require the orientation degree mentioned above is demonstrated easily.
First, the top surface of the uneven pattern 121 is photographed with a surface optical microscope, and the image is converted into a grayscale file.
The lower the whiteness of the gray scale file image, the deeper the bottom 123A (see FIG. 4) of the concave portion that forms part of the concave / convex pattern 121.
In other words, the higher the whiteness of the above-mentioned grayscale file image, the higher the top of the convex portion constituting a part of the concave / convex pattern 121.

Subsequently, the above-described gray scale file image is Fourier transformed.
An image obtained by Fourier-transforming an image obtained by photographing the upper surface of the concavo-convex pattern 121 with a surface optical microscope, that is, a white portion spreading on both sides from the center of the image shown in FIG.

Subsequently, the auxiliary line E1 is drawn in the horizontal direction from the center of the image shown in FIG. 6, and the luminance on the auxiliary line E1 is plotted to create the graph shown in FIG.
The horizontal axis in FIG. 7 is the reciprocal of the pitch of the concave / convex pattern 121, and the vertical axis is the pitch frequency of the concave / convex pattern 121.
In FIG. 7, the reciprocal of the value F at which the pitch frequency is maximum is the most frequent pitch G of the uneven pattern 121.

Subsequently, the auxiliary line E2 orthogonal to the auxiliary line E1 and the value F in FIG. 6 is drawn, and the luminance on the auxiliary line E2 is plotted to create the graph shown in FIG.
The horizontal axis of FIG. 8 represents the orientation which is an index indicating the degree of inclination of the concave / convex pattern 121 with respect to the concave / convex extending direction D2, and the vertical axis represents the pitch frequency of the concave / convex pattern 121.
The half width W1 of the pitch frequency distribution curve shown in FIG. 8 represents the degree of orientation of the uneven pattern 121.
The larger the half-value width W1, the more uneven pattern 121 meanders and the orientation varies.
In addition, the method for obtaining the degree of orientation described above is described in detail in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-133569.

When the degree of orientation exceeds 1.0, the meandering state of the concavo-convex pattern 121 becomes random to some extent, so that the light diffusibility increases, but the anisotropy for diffusing light in an arbitrary direction decreases.
Moreover, since the dispersion | variation in the orientation of the uneven | corrugated pattern 121 becomes small that the orientation degree mentioned above is less than 0.3, the diffusibility of light becomes small.
Therefore, the degree of orientation described above is preferably in the range of 0.3 to 1.0.
In order to set the degree of orientation described above to 0.3 or more, for example, a heat-shrinkable film and a hard layer used at the time of manufacturing the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 may be appropriately selected.

In the illumination device 100 of the first embodiment, the value of the most frequent pitch G of the uneven pattern 121 is preferably 1 μm to 30 μm.
This is because if the most frequent pitch G of the concavo-convex pattern 121 is less than 1 μm, the minimum pitch is less than or equal to the wavelength of visible light, which may cause coloring due to light interference or the like.
Further, when the most frequent pitch G of the concavo-convex pattern 121 exceeds 30 μm, the diffused light emitted from the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 is visually recognized as a bright line and is inappropriate for illumination.

In the illumination device 100 of the first embodiment, it is preferable that the ratio (B / G) of the average depth B of the unevenness to the most frequent pitch G of the uneven pattern 121 is 0.4 to 1,0.
This is because if the ratio of the average depth B of the unevenness to the most frequent pitch G is less than 0.4, optical characteristics described later may not be obtained.
In addition, if the ratio of the average depth B of the unevenness to the most frequent pitch G is greater than 1.0, it is difficult to manufacture the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120.

The average depth B means the average depth of the bottom 123A of the uneven pattern 121 shown in FIG.
The bottom 123A is a local minimum point of the concave portion constituting the concave / convex pattern 121.
In the cross section of the anisotropic light diffusing sheet 120 shown in FIG. 4, the average depth B is the length B1, B2, B3,... From the reference line E3 parallel to the surface direction of the entire anisotropic light diffusing sheet 120 to the top of each convex portion. The difference (bAV−BAV) between the average value (BAV) and the average value (bAV) of the lengths b1, b2, b3... From the reference line E3 to the bottom 123A of each recess.

Moreover, 0.02-3.0 mm is preferable, as for the thickness of the anisotropic light-diffusion sheet 120, 0.05-2.5 mm is more preferable, and 0.1-2.0 mm is especially preferable.
If the thickness of the anisotropic light diffusing sheet 120 is less than 0.02 mm, it may be less than the depth of the concave-convex pattern 121, which is not appropriate. If the thickness is larger than 3.0 mm, the mass of the anisotropic light diffusing sheet 120 increases. This is because it may be difficult to handle.

The anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 may be composed of two or more resin layers.
Also when the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 is composed of two or more layers, the thickness of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 is preferably 0.02 to 3.0 mm.

Next, the optical characteristics of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, the 1/10 value angle of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 used in the illumination device 100 of the first embodiment is 70 ° to 80 ° in the uneven arrangement direction D1, that is, the main light diffusion direction. In the direction perpendicular to the concavo-convex extending direction D2, that is, the direction perpendicular to the main light diffusion direction, the angle is 5 ° to 15 °.

  The 1/10 value angle is obtained when the light is incident on the pattern formation side S1 of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 along the normal direction of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 and the diffused light is emitted from the smooth surface side S2. This is an angle range in which the intensity of the diffused light is 1/10 or more when the intensity of the light emitted to the smooth surface S2 along the normal direction of the diffusion sheet 120 is 1.

Next, the light distribution state of the illumination device 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the illumination device 100 of the first embodiment includes the light source element 110 and the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 described above, so that the light L0 generated by the light emitting diode 111 is collected to the condensing lens. The emitted light L1 collected at 112 is incident on the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 at incident angles θx and θy smaller than the critical angle θ0 of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 and is not totally reflected.

In addition, the outgoing light L1 obtained by condensing the light L0 generated by the light emitting diode 111 is diffused in the range of the angle αx along the X direction shown in FIG. 10 to be a smooth surface of the anisotropic diffusion sheet 120 as the diffused light L2. The light is emitted to the side S2.
On the other hand, since the angle αy along the Y direction shown in FIG. 11, that is, the angle at which the emitted light L1 is diffused along the Y direction is smaller than the angle αx, the emitted light L1 is hardly diffused in the Y direction.
That is, the emitted light L1 collected from the light L0 generated by the light emitting diode 111 is diffused along the X direction, but hardly diffused in the Y direction.

  For this reason, the illuminating device 100 according to the first embodiment extends along the X direction orthogonal to the Y direction in a state where the light L0 generated by the light emitting diode 111 does not contribute to illumination and the efficiency of illumination is increased. Further, the diffused light L2 is diffused and distributed uniformly over a wide range.

In particular, in the illuminating device 100 according to the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 is configured so that the concave / convex arrangement direction D <b> 1 of the concave / convex pattern 121 is in the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements 110, that is, the X direction. It is arranged on the light emitting side of the condensing lens 112 in a state of being aligned.
Thereby, the emitted light L1 obtained by collecting the light L0 of the light emitting diode emitted from the light source element 110 by the condenser lens 112 is diffused along the element arrangement direction, that is, the X direction.
For this reason, the illumination device 100 according to the first embodiment uniformly illuminates a wide range in the element arrangement direction.

Next, based on FIG. 12, the irradiation range of the diffused light when a plurality of the lighting devices 100 according to the first embodiment are installed as outdoor lamps will be described.
As shown in FIG. 12, the lighting device 100 according to the first embodiment is installed in a state in which the X direction of the lighting device 100, that is, the longitudinal direction of the lighting device 100 is aligned with the extending direction of the lighting target R such as a road. ing.
More specifically, the plurality of lighting devices 100 illuminate the illumination target R such as a road from above while being installed above the road surface on both sides in the width direction of the illumination target R such as a road.

And the irradiation range A of the diffused light radiate | emitted from the two illuminating devices 100 adjacent along the X direction among the some illuminating devices 100 arranged in a zigzag form along the X direction mutually overlaps.
For this reason, the illumination target R such as a road is uniformly illuminated in a wide range along the arrangement direction of the plurality of lighting devices 100, that is, the X direction.

In particular, the plurality of lighting devices 100 described above are arranged in the X direction, that is, the longitudinal direction of the lighting device 100 is aligned with the extending direction of the lighting target such as a road, and the light irradiation range A is a lighting target such as a road. Even when the distance between the lighting devices 100 adjacent to each other is increased by reducing the number of the lighting devices 100 installed, the light from the lighting devices 100 adjacent to each other is obtained. A wide range can be illuminated uniformly by partially overlapping the irradiation range A.
That is, according to the illuminating device 100 which concerns on a 1st Example, there exists an advantage that the number of installation of the illuminating device 100 required when illuminating a fixed range with uniform illumination intensity can be reduced.

The illuminating device 100 according to the first embodiment thus obtained includes a plurality of light emitting diodes 111 and a plurality of condensing lenses 112 that collect and emit the light L0 of the light emitting diodes 111. A light source element 110 and an anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 disposed on the light exit side of the condenser lens 112, and the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 extends in the Y direction and faces the condenser lens 112. By having the pattern 121, the light L0 generated by the light emitting diode 111 is reduced in the light that does not contribute to illumination and the efficiency of illumination is increased, and a wide range in the direction perpendicular to the Y direction, that is, in the X direction. The effect is enormous, for example, the diffused light L2 can be uniformly distributed and illuminated.
[Second Embodiment]

Next, based on FIG. 13 thru | or FIG. 18, the illuminating device 200 which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention is demonstrated.
In addition, about the illuminating device which concerns on 2nd Example thru | or 4th Example demonstrated below, and the illuminating device which concerns on the modification of 3rd Example, the reference code is changed from the 100s to the 200s to the 400s. Only the configuration different from the above-described lighting device 100 will be described in detail, and detailed description of portions common to the above-described lighting device 100 is omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, in the illuminating device 200 according to the second embodiment, the condenser lens 212 has a spherical shape, and the plurality of light source elements 210 is an element arrangement of the plurality of light source elements 210. The center of the spherical condensing lens 212 is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode 211 to one side along the direction, that is, the X direction.
The configuration of the illumination device 200 according to the second embodiment is that the center of the condenser lens 212 is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode 211 to one side along the X direction, that is, to the right side in FIGS. This is different from the configuration of the lighting device 100 described above.
Further, the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 220 is a light source element in a state in which the concave / convex arrangement direction D1 is along the X direction in FIG. 13 similarly to the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 120 used in the lighting device 100 according to the first embodiment described above. 210 is arranged to face.

Next, the light distribution state of the lighting apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the light L0 generated by the light emitting diode 211 is condensed by the condenser lens 212 and emitted as the outgoing light L1 from the condenser lens 212 to the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 220 to diffuse the anisotropic light. The sheet 220 is diffused and distributed along the X direction.

Here, the intensity distribution of the light L0, the emitted light L1, and the diffused light L2 generated by the light emitting diode 211 will be described with reference to FIG.
Note that the angle on the horizontal axis of FIG. 16 indicates the light spreading angle along the X direction with the center of the light emitting diode 211 as the origin.
More specifically, the angle region on the right side from the normal line LC of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 220 passing through the center of the light emitting diode 211 in FIG. 15 is a positive angle region on the horizontal axis in FIG. Is a negative angle region on the horizontal axis of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 16, the intensity distribution of the light L <b> 0 generated by the light emitting diode 211 is a Gaussian distribution having the highest intensity immediately above the center of the light emitting diode 211.
The center of the spherical lens, that is, the perfect dome-shaped condensing lens 212 is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode 211 to one side along the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements 210, that is, the X direction. The peak position of is shifted to one side, that is, the positive angle region.

The peak value of the intensity distribution of the diffused light L2 becomes lower than the peak value of the intensity distribution of the emitted light L1 due to the diffusing action of the emitted light L1 by the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 220.
In addition, the intensity distribution of the diffused light L2 becomes a gentle intensity distribution as a whole compared to the intensity distribution of the emitted light L1 due to the diffusion action of the emitted light L1 by the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 220.
Thereby, the diffused light L2 obtained by diffusing the emitted light L1 derived from the high-intensity light L0 emitted right above the center of the light emitting diode 211 with the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 220 is installed in the illumination device 200 when the illumination device 200 is used. Irradiated to a position far from the position directly below the illumination device 200 when viewed from the position.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, the illumination range A0 of the illumination device 200 with respect to the illumination target R such as a road is shifted to the irradiation range A1 along the X direction, and the hot spot of the diffused light L2 P0 shifts to a hot spot P1, which is a far position away from the position directly below the lighting device 200.

For this reason, in the illuminating device 200 according to the second embodiment, the emitted light L1 derived from the high-intensity light L0 emitted directly above the center of the light-emitting diode 211 is directly irradiated to the position directly below the illuminating device 200 without being diffused. Compared to the case, the illuminance of the hot spot P1 of the light generated in the irradiation range A1 of the diffused light L2 is suppressed, and the uniformity of the irradiation range A1 is increased.
In addition, the distance from the installation position of the illumination device 200 to the hot spot P0 increases from the distance d0 to the distance d1 due to the shift from the hot spot P0 to the hot spot P1, so that the distance from the installation position of the illumination device 200 to the hot spot is increased. As the distance increases, the illuminance of the hot spot is suppressed and the uniformity is increased.

Next, based on FIG. 18, a description will be given of an irradiation range of diffused light when a plurality of lighting devices 200 according to the second embodiment are installed as outdoor lamps.
As shown in FIG. 18, the lighting device 200 according to the second embodiment, for example, in a state where the X direction of the lighting device 200, that is, the longitudinal direction of the lighting device 200 is aligned with the extending direction of the lighting target R such as a road. Installed.
More specifically, the plurality of lighting devices 200 illuminate the lighting target R such as a road from above while being installed above the road surface on both sides in the width direction of the lighting target R such as a road.
And the irradiation range A1 of the diffused light radiate | emitted from the two illuminating devices 100 adjacent along the X direction among the several illuminating devices 200 arranged in a zigzag form along the X direction mutually overlaps.

For this reason, the illumination target R such as a road is uniformly illuminated in a wide range along the arrangement direction of the plurality of illumination devices 200, that is, the X direction.
The illumination device 200 according to the second embodiment also has an advantage that the number of the illumination devices 200 necessary for illuminating a certain range with uniform illuminance can be reduced as in the illumination device 100 described above. Have.
[Third embodiment]

Next, based on FIG. 19 thru | or FIG. 24, the illuminating device 300 which concerns on 3rd Example of this invention is demonstrated.
As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the illumination device 300 according to the third embodiment is a light source element having the same configuration as the light source element 210 constituting the illumination device 200 described above, that is, along the X direction in FIG. 19. The light source element 310A in which the center of the spherical condensing lens 312 is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode 311 on one side, and the center of the spherical condensing lens 312 on the opposite side of the one side along the X direction is the light emitting diode 311. And a light source element 310B shifted from the center.
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 20, the light source elements 310A and 310B adjacent to each other along the X direction are opposite to each other from the normal lines LCA and LCB passing through the center of each light emitting diode 311 along the X direction. This is a light source element in which the center of the condenser lens 312 is shifted to the side.

  As a result, the high-intensity light L0 emitted right above the center of the respective light emitting diodes 311 of the light source element 310A in which the condenser lens 312 is shifted to one side and the light source element 310B in which the condenser lens 312 is shifted to the opposite side is collected. After being refracted to one side and the opposite side by the optical lens 312, each is diffused by the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 320, and is distributed to the opposite side as diffused light L2 along the X direction, that is, the element arrangement direction.

Here, based on FIGS. 20 to 23, intensity distributions of the light L0, the emitted light L1, and the diffused light L2 generated by the light emitting diodes 311 of the light source elements 310A and 310B, and the diffusion emitted from the light source elements 310A and 310B. The intensity distribution of the synthesized diffused light synthesized from the light L2 will be specifically described.
The angle taken on the horizontal axis in FIG. 21 is an angle range extending from the center LCA of the light emitting diode 311 included in the light source element 310A in FIG. 20 to the right side and the left side in FIG.
The angle taken on the horizontal axis in FIG. 22 is an angle range extending from the center LCB of the light emitting diode 311 included in the light source element 310B in FIG. 20 to the right and left sides in FIG.
The angle taken on the horizontal axis in FIG. 23 is an angle range that extends to the right and left sides in FIG. 20 with the middle C of the two light source elements 310A and 310B in FIG. 20 as the origin.

  The intensity distributions IA0 and IB0 of the light L0 shown in FIGS. 21 and 22 are not only the light emitted directly above the centers of the light emitting diodes 311 of the light source elements 310A and 310B but also the light source elements 310A and 310B. It is an intensity distribution of the whole light emitted from each light emitting diode 311.

As shown in FIGS. 20 to 22, the intensity distributions IA0 and IB0 of the light L0 generated by the light emitting diodes 311 of the light source elements 310A and 310B are symmetrical with respect to the centers LCA and LCB of the light source elements 310A and 310B. Gaussian distribution.
The peak positions of the intensity distributions IA1 and IB1 of the emitted light L1 emitted from the light source elements 310A and 310B are one-sided and reverse compared to the peak position of the light L0 generated by the light emitting diode 311 of the light source elements 310A and 310B. Shift to each of the sides.
That is, the high-intensity light L0 emitted right above the center of each light emitting diode 311 of the light source element 310A in which the condenser lens 312 is shifted to one side and the light source element 310B in which the condenser lens 312 is shifted to the opposite side is collected. After being refracted by the light lens 312, the light source element 310 </ b> A is emitted from each condenser lens 312 as emitted light L <b> 1 on one side along the X direction, and the light source element 310 </ b> B is opposite side along the X direction. become.

Further, the peak values of the intensity distributions IA2 and IB2 of the diffused light L2 obtained by diffusing the emitted light L1 of the light source elements 310A and 310B are suppressed from the peak value of the emitted light L1 by the diffusion action of the emitted light L1 by the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 320 It is done.
As a result, the intensity distributions IA2 and IB2 of the diffused light L2 obtained by diffusing the emitted light L1 of the light source elements 310A and 310B become a gentle intensity distribution as a whole compared to the intensity distributions IA1 and IB1 of the emitted light L1.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 23, the intensity distribution IC of the combined diffused light obtained by synthesizing the diffused light L2 derived from the emitted light L1 emitted from each of the light source elements 310A and 310B is obtained in each of the light source elements 310A and 310B. Compared with the intensity distribution of the emitted light L1 and the intensity distribution of the diffused light L2 of each of the light source elements 310A and 310B, the intensity distribution becomes gentle in a wide angle range.
For this reason, the illuminating device 300 according to the third embodiment prevents the overlapping of the hot points of the light in the irradiation range of the diffused light L2 and suppresses the illuminance to increase the uniformity.

Next, based on FIG. 24, an illumination range when a plurality of illumination devices 300 according to the third embodiment are installed will be described.
As shown in FIG. 24, a plurality of illumination devices 300 according to the third embodiment are arranged in a zigzag pattern on both sides of the illumination target R such as a road along the X direction, so that the condenser lens 312 is placed on one side. The diffused light L2 derived from the high-intensity light L0 emitted right above the center of each light emitting diode 311 of the shifted light source element 310A and the light source element 310B in which the condenser lens 312 is shifted to the opposite side is emitted to one side and the opposite side. The illumination ranges A2 of the illumination devices 300 overlap with each other in a distributed light distribution state.
Thereby, the illuminating device 300 according to the third embodiment can suppress the illuminance of the hot spot P2 in the irradiation range A2 as compared with the case where a plurality of the illuminating devices 200 according to the second embodiment described above are installed side by side. The illumination object R such as a road surface is illuminated in a state where the uniformity is uniform and the uniformity is increased.

Next, based on FIG. 25, the illuminating device 300X which is a modification of the illuminating device 300 which concerns on 3rd Example mentioned above is demonstrated.
As illustrated in FIG. 25, the illumination device 300X according to the present modification includes light source units 300UA and 300UB that are arranged adjacent to each other along the X direction.
The light source unit 300UA includes a plurality of light source elements 310XA in which the center of the condenser lens 312 is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode 311 on one side along the X direction in the drawing.
The light source unit 300UB has a plurality of light source elements 310XB in which the center of the condenser lens 312 is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode 311 on the opposite side along the X direction in the drawing.

That is, the light source elements 310XA and 310XB are provided in the lighting device 300X in a state where the centers of the condenser lenses 312 are shifted from the centers of the light emitting diodes 311 in opposite directions.
Thereby, the illuminating device 300X which concerns on this modification has an effect similar to the illuminating device 300 mentioned above.
In addition, the illumination device 300X according to the present modified example is a state in which the irradiation range of the diffused light L2 and the position of the hot spot are adjusted by changing the light source units 300UA and 300UB so as to increase the uniformity uniformly in the X direction. It illuminates lighting objects such as road surfaces.

Note that the illumination device 300 according to the third embodiment and the 300X according to the modification are similar to the illumination devices 100 and 200 described above, and the illumination device 300 necessary for illuminating a certain range with uniform illuminance, There is an advantage that the number of installations of 300X can be reduced.
[Fourth embodiment]

Next, based on FIG.26 and FIG.27, the illuminating device 400 which concerns on 4th Example of this invention is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 26, the illumination device 400 according to the fourth embodiment includes a plurality of light sources each composed of a light emitting diode 411 and a condensing lens 412 that condenses and emits the light from the light emitting diode 411. An element 410 and an anisotropic light diffusing sheet 420 having a wavy uneven pattern 421 extending along the X direction and facing the condensing lens 412 on the light emitting side of the condensing lens 412 are provided.
That is, in the fourth embodiment, the X direction in FIG. 26 is an example of “one direction”.

In the illumination device 400 according to the fourth example, the anisotropic light diffusion sheet 420 collects light in a state where the concave / convex arrangement direction D1 of the concave / convex pattern 421 intersects the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements 410, that is, the X direction in the drawing. It is disposed on the light exit side of the lens 412.
As a result, the light emitted from the light emitting diode 411 and collected by the condenser lens 412 is projected in a concave / convex arrangement direction D1 parallel to the direction intersecting the element arrangement direction, that is, the Y direction orthogonal to the X direction in the figure. Diffused along.
For this reason, the illumination device 400 according to the fourth embodiment distributes diffused light in a direction intersecting the element arrangement direction of the light source elements 410, that is, in the Y direction orthogonal to the X direction, and has an elliptical shape along the Y direction. It is designed to illuminate a wide range uniformly.

As shown in FIG. 27, when a plurality of lighting devices 400 according to the fourth embodiment are installed side by side along the Y direction in FIG. 26, the light irradiation ranges of the lighting devices 400 adjacent to each other overlap each other. .
Therefore, the plurality of lighting devices 400 described above uniformly illuminate a wide range of an illumination target such as a road along the arrangement direction of the plurality of lighting devices 400, that is, the Y direction.
In addition, since the light irradiation range A3 is elliptical, even if the number of the lighting devices 400 is reduced and the distance between the lighting devices 400 adjacent to each other is increased, the light emitted from the lighting devices 100 adjacent to each other is increased. A wide range can be illuminated uniformly by partially overlapping the irradiation range A3.
That is, according to the illuminating device 400 which concerns on a 1st Example, there exists an advantage that the number of installation of the illuminating device 400 required when illuminating a fixed range with uniform illumination intensity can be reduced.

  The illuminating device 400 according to the fourth embodiment thus obtained has a plurality of light sources each composed of a light emitting diode 411 and a condensing lens 412 that condenses and emits the light from the light emitting diode 411. By including an element 410 and an anisotropic light diffusion sheet 420 having a wavy uneven pattern 421 extending along the X direction on the light emitting side of the condenser lens 412 and facing the condenser lens 412, Light that does not contribute to illumination among the light generated by the light emitting diode 411 is reduced, and light is distributed in a wide range in the direction orthogonal to the X direction, that is, in the Y direction in a state where the efficiency of illumination is increased, so that a wide range can be uniformly illuminated. The effect is enormous.

100, 200, 300, 300X, 400, 500 ... Illumination device 100U, 300UA, 300UB ... Light source unit 110, 210, 310A, 310B, 310XA, 310XB, 410 ... Light source element 111, 211, 311, 411... Light emitting diode 112, 212, 312, 412... Condensing lens 120, 220, 420... Anisotropic light diffusion sheet 121, 421. Layer 123A ... Bottom of recess A, A0, A1, A2, A3 ... Irradiation range of diffused light B ... Average depth of concavities and convexities B1, B2, B3 ... Each cross-section convex from reference line E3 B1, b2, b3... Length from the reference line E3 to the bottom of each recess D1. 2 ... Uneven extension direction d0, d1 ... Distance from illumination device to hot spot E1, E2 ... Auxiliary line E3 ... Reference line G ... Most frequent pitch of uneven pattern IA0, IB0 .... Intensity distribution of light generated by light emitting diodes IA1, IB1 ... Intensity distribution of emitted light IA2, IB2 ... Intensity distribution of diffused light L0 ... Light generated by light emitting diode L1 ... Outgoing light L2 ... Diffused light LC, ... Normal line passing through the center of the light emitting diode LCA, LCB ... Center of the light emitting diode P0, P1, P2 ... Hot spot within the irradiation range R ... Illumination target S1 .. Pattern formation side of anisotropic light diffusion sheet S2... Smooth surface side of anisotropic light diffusion sheet W1... Half width of pitch frequency .alpha.x... Emitted light diffuses along X direction. Is the angle αy is the angle at which the emitted light is diffused along the Y direction θ is the critical angle of the anisotropic light diffuser θ0 is the critical angle of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet θ1 is the light emitting diode Incident angle of emitted light θx, θy ... Incident angle of emitted light with respect to anisotropic light diffusion sheet

Claims (6)

A plurality of light source elements each composed of a light emitting diode and a condenser lens that collects and emits the light of the light emitting diode;
An anisotropic light diffusion sheet disposed on the light exit side of the condenser lens;
The anisotropic light diffusion sheet has a wavy uneven pattern on one side that extends along one direction and faces the condenser lens,
The concavo-convex pattern meanders in a wavy manner along the one direction;
The ratio (B / G) of the average depth B of the unevenness to the most frequent pitch G of the uneven pattern is 0.4 to 1.0,
The concavo-convex pattern forming surface of the anisotropic light diffusing sheet is disposed to face the light source element,
The illumination device, wherein light from the condenser lens is incident on the concave / convex pattern forming surface.   When light is incident on the uneven pattern forming surface side of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet along the normal direction of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet and diffused light is emitted from the smooth surface side, in the normal direction of the anisotropic light diffusion sheet When the intensity of light emitted along the smooth surface side is 1 and the angle range in which the intensity of diffused light is 1/10 or more of the intensity 1 of light in the normal direction is 1/10 value angle, The 1/10 value angle of the isotropic light diffusion sheet is 70 ° to 80 ° in the concave / convex arrangement direction of the concave / convex pattern and 5 ° to 15 ° in the concave / convex extending direction of the concave / convex pattern. The lighting device according to 1.   The anisotropic light diffusing sheet is arranged on the light emitting side of the condenser lens in a state where the uneven arrangement direction of the uneven pattern is aligned with the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements. The lighting device according to claim 1. The condenser lens has a spherical or aspherical shape;
The plurality of light source elements include a light source element in which the center of a spherical or aspherical condensing lens is shifted from the center of the light emitting diode to one side along the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements. The lighting device according to claim 3.   5. The light source element according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of light source elements include a light source element in which a center of a spherical or aspherical condensing lens is shifted from a center of a light emitting diode on a side opposite to the one side. Lighting equipment.   The anisotropic light diffusing sheet is disposed on the light emitting side of the condenser lens in a state where the uneven arrangement direction of the uneven pattern intersects the element arrangement direction of the plurality of light source elements. The lighting device according to claim 1.

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