JP6067791B2 - Indirect lighting device, light extraction method from indirect lighting device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is an indirect lighting apparatus for indoor use in which the number of LED light sources to be used is small, the light source is not directly visible even when a point light source is used, the glare resistance is excellent, and the brightness of the light emitting surface of the lighting fixture is small. Etc.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a bracket having board mounting surfaces facing diagonally outward on both sides corresponding to a vehicle width direction as an LED unit used in an interior lamp provided in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, and each board of the bracket. There is disclosed an LED unit for in-vehicle illumination that includes an LED mounting substrate mounted on an mounting surface and an LED mounted on the LED mounting substrate.

  In the case of the illumination of Patent Document 1, the number of LED light sources used is large, and further, since the LED light sources are arranged on the upper surface of the bracket, there is a problem that the luminance variation of the light extraction surface is large.

  Patent Document 2 includes a light emitting diode in which a heat sink having fins is bonded to the back surface side, and an attachment target portion in which an opening through which the fin or the light emitting diode is inserted is formed. A vehicle lamp for mounting the light emitting diode so that the fin protrudes on the back side of the mounting target portion, wherein the heat sink is integrally formed with a bracket extending along the mounting target surface of the mounting target portion. A lamp is disclosed.

  According to Patent Document 2, although the amount of protrusion of the heat sink fin attachment target portion to the back surface side can be reduced, a decrease in heat dissipation from the light source can be suppressed. The LED light source unit and other parts have a great difference in luminance. Therefore, there is a large difference in luminance on the light extraction surface in the illumination device.

  An exploded perspective view of the in-vehicle indirect lighting device of Non-Patent Document 1 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the in-vehicle indirect lighting device of Non-Patent Document 1 includes a lower frame body 502 having a diffusion cover function of the indirect lighting device, a light guide plate 45, an upper frame body 501, and an LED light source 64. The combined substrates 65 are formed. A substrate 65 on which LED light sources 64 are mounted in a straight line at a predetermined interval is disposed outside one side of the two opposite sides of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped upper frame 501. Light emitted from the LED light source 64 is guided to the light guide plate 45. The light guided to the light guide plate 45 is emitted from the exit portions of the prism-shaped fine protrusion structure formed on the surface of the light guide plate 45 at a predetermined interval, and the light emitted from the indirect illumination device is uniformly spread and illuminated. The brightness of the light extraction surface of the apparatus can be kept uniform.

  In this indirect illumination device, the optical connection between the LED light source 64 and the light guide plate 45 is made on the end surface of the light guide plate 45. At this time, the thickness of the light guide plate 45 can be changed in accordance with the size and output of the light emitting surface of the LED light source 64 to be used. In order to keep the illuminance of the indirect illumination device constant, for example, a substrate 65 on which 6 to 8 LED light sources with small outputs are mounted is used, and the light emitted from the LED light sources 64 and the end face of the light guide plate 45 are used. An optical connection is made. In the present invention, light from each LED light source 64 is guided to a light guide plate 45 having a prism-like fine protrusion structure, so that the brightness of the light emitted from the light guide plate 45 is equalized. . Here, as the light guide plate 45 is far from the light source and the light intensity of the light guide plate 45 decreases, the thickness of the light guide plate 45 becomes thinner and the light extraction efficiency from the light guide plate is improved. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the upper frame body 501 showing a state in which the light guide plate 45 is disposed on the case-shaped upper frame body 501. On the light guide plate 45, a prism-like fine protrusion structure 46 is formed. The prism-shaped fine protrusion structure 46 makes it easy to extract light from the light guide plate 45.

  In the case of the structure of the present invention, since many LED light sources 64 are used and the structure of the light guide plate 45 is complicated, the number of parts is large and the cost is high. Furthermore, since the number of LED light sources 64 is large, the power consumption of the LED light sources 64 is also large.

JP 2010-105583 A JP 2008-195284 A

Toyoda Gosei Technique Vol. 54 P20-P26 “Application of LEDs to interior lighting”

  The present invention seeks to provide indoor indirect lighting with excellent glare resistance that can reduce the number of LED light sources and diffuse light throughout the lighting device without using a light guide plate. It is.

  As a result, the number of LED light sources in the indirect lighting device is reduced, an indirect lighting device having a simple structure with excellent glare resistance without using a complex-shaped light guide plate, and a small variation in the brightness of the light emitting surface, etc. The purpose is to realize an indirect lighting device that can be provided and has a small number of parts, thereby contributing to cost reduction.

  For this reason, the first invention of the present application needs to have the following structural features. The invention according to claim 1 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame comprising an LED light source, an upper surface and a lower surface comprising long sides and short sides, and a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, An indirect lighting device including a light guide rod having a rectangular cross section disposed inside, a reflecting plate made of a micro foam resin, and a light transmissive light diffusing plate.

  Here, the frame of the first invention has an opening in the lower surface and in the vicinity of the side end of at least one of the side surfaces on the short side, and the light guide bar is one of the frames. Along the inner side surface on the long side, parallel to the inner side surface on the long side of the frame body, the end of the light guide rod is arranged to face the opening on the side surface on the short side, and has a rectangular shape. The reflector is linear in the long side direction, covers the upper surface of the light guide rod, and is formed by bending in the short side direction from the upper surface of the frame to the lower surface of the frame. The light diffusing plate is provided in the opening of the lower surface of the frame. Here, the upper surface of the light guide bar refers to the surface of the light guide bar on the frame upper surface side.

  In 1st invention, the said LED light source is provided in the outer side of the said opening part of the side edge part of the said side surface of the said frame, The said LED light source in the said opening part vicinity of the said side edge part of the said frame body And the end face of the light guide rod are optically connected. Here, the vicinity of the side end in the present invention includes the meanings of both the side end and the vicinity of the side end.

  The surface of the light guide rod of the first invention facing the long side surface of the frame is roughened to extract light, or a prism-like fine protrusion structure is formed. Is desirable. Thus, the light extraction efficiency of the light guide rod can be improved by roughening the light extraction surface of the light guide rod or by repeatedly forming the prism-like fine protrusion structure. For example, a roughened surface can be obtained by roughening the light extraction surface of the light guide bar with a predetermined count of paper or a file. In addition, in order to obtain a prism-like fine protrusion structure on the surface of the light guide rod, the prism-like fine protrusion structure is formed directly on the surface of the light guide rod by precise resin molding, or the prism-like fine protrusion structure. Can be obtained by sticking a film formed repeatedly.

  Further, it is desirable that the end face of the light guide bar on the light incident side is subjected to an antireflection treatment such as formation of an antireflection film, but it can be used without any particular treatment. It is desirable that the end face of the light guide bar on the side where the light source is incident and the end face on the opposite side are polished so that light does not leak from the end face. Here, the light guide rod can be fixed by being sandwiched between a frame or a reflector, but more securely fixed to the frame or reflector using an adhesive, or using a double-sided tape Can be fixed. At this time, it is desirable to use a light-transmitting transparent adhesive as the adhesive.

  1st invention WHEREIN: The one long side edge part vicinity of the said reflecting plate is made to contact the said upper surface of the said frame, and the other edge part of the long side of the said reflecting plate is in contact with the said lower surface of the said frame. In this way, it is bent. That is, since the distance between the reflecting plate and the light diffusing plate is set to be narrower as the distance from the light guide bar for extracting light is longer, the reflected light at a position far from the light guide bar can be efficiently extracted. . For this reason, it is possible to reduce the difference between the intensity of the reflected light at a position far from the light guide bar and the intensity of the reflected light near the light guide bar, and to extract light with uniform brightness from the light diffusion plate. In addition, by bringing the reflecting plate into contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the frame body in this way, the bent shape of the reflecting plate can be stably maintained.

  1st invention WHEREIN: The reflecting plate different from the said reflecting plate is the said light guide to the inner surface of the long side of the said frame, the said lower surface of the said frame, and the short side inner surface of the said frame. It can be provided so as to be in contact with the side surface, the lower surface and the end surface of the rod. By doing in this way, surfaces other than the optical connection surface of the light guide rod with the LED light source and the light extraction surface of the light guide rod can be covered with a reflector having high light reflectivity. Therefore, the light emitted from the side surface, the lower surface and the end surface of the light guide bar other than the light extraction surface of the light guide bar can be returned to the light guide bar. Thereby, the light emitted from surfaces other than the light extraction surface of the light guide rod can be reduced, and the light extraction efficiency from the light extraction surface of the light guide rod can be improved. Thus, by forming a reflector made of a micro foam resin having a high light reflectance around the light guide rod including the end surface of the light guide rod, leakage of light from the end surface of the light guide rod can be prevented. Can do. In addition, even when the LED light source is disposed only on one side of the light guide rod, it is possible to realize an illumination device that can extract light with uniform light intensity from the light diffusion plate.

In the first aspect of the invention, the frame body includes a reflector on the inner surface of the long side, the lower surface of the frame body, and the end surface of the light guide rod so as to surround the light guide rod around the light guide rod in addition to the upper surface of the frame body. Place. In addition, a reflecting plate can be formed on both inner side surfaces on the short side of the frame.
Here, the reflector formed on the inner surface on the short side of the frame and the reflector formed on the end surface of the light guide rod may be formed separately, but both are the inner surfaces on the short side. From the viewpoint of workability, it is preferable to form both of them integrally and continuously.

  For example, the light reflectivity on the inner side surface on the short side of the frame can be improved by forming the reflectors on both side surfaces on the short side of the frame. As the reflection plate, it is desirable to attach a micro foam resin sheet having excellent light reflection characteristics. Here, an opening for extracting light is provided on the lower surface of the frame, and the opening for extracting light is preferably a rectangle having a shape similar to the outer shape of the frame, which affects the strength of the frame. The larger the opening, the better. By increasing the size of the opening, it is possible to increase the size of the light diffusing plate installed in the opening, so that indirect illumination having a wider range of irradiation surface can be obtained.

  In 1st invention, it is desirable for the said reflecting plate to be formed in the inner surface of the short side of the said frame except the opening part which installs LED. By doing so, the inner side surface of the short side is also covered with a reflecting plate having a high light reflectance, so that the light extracted from the light guide rod is efficiently reflected by the reflecting plate of the short side surface. The loss due to side reflection can be reduced, and the brightness of the indirect lighting device can be kept high.

  The cross-sectional shape of the light guide bar is a trapezoid in which the lower side of the cross section of the light guide bar is longer than the upper side of the cross section of the light guide bar, and the light extraction surface of the light guide bar and the lower surface of the light guide bar Is formed so as to have an inclination of 70 ° or more and less than 90 °. In this way, the light extraction surface of the light guide bar is formed with the light extraction surface facing slightly toward the top surface of the frame, so that the light extracted from the light guide bar is bent and provided on the top surface of the frame. This makes it easier to reflect light and makes the reflection of light in the frame uniform.

  If the angle is 70 ° or less, the light extraction surface is not desirable because light tends to spread to a portion where the orientation strength is low on the lower surface of the light guide rod of the LED light source. Of course, if it exceeds 90 °, it will not be directed to the direction of the reflector, and it will be difficult to reflect light by the reflector, which is not preferable. Here, the angle is more preferably 70 ° or more and 80 ° or less.

  The reflection plate formed along the long side of the frame body on the lower surface of the light guide bar of the first invention is longer in the short side direction than the side forming the lower surface of the rectangular cross section of the light guide bar. Is formed long. Here, since the reflecting plate is formed longer than the lower surface of the light guide rod, the light extracted directly from the light guide rod is reflected by the reflecting plate provided on the upper surface of the frame body, so that the light intensity in the frame body is increased. Can be equalized.

  The reflection plate on the upper surface of the frame may have a linear groove structure formed on the surface of the micro-foamed resin sheet, and the linear groove structure is preferably a sawtooth shape. The formation of the sawtooth-shaped linear groove structure formed on the surface of the reflecting plate is performed by pressing the surface of the micro foam resin sheet against the surface in the longitudinal direction with a thin metal blade or bending the micro foam resin sheet. It can be obtained by forming the linear groove structure in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the light guide rod by molding with a press.

  Here, by forming the linear groove structure on the surface of the micro-foamed resin sheet, the reason why the light reflection of the reflector is uniform is that the bent shape of the reflector is stabilized by the formation of the groove structure, This is because the light incident on the linear groove structure is reflected at the position of the diffusion plate in the vicinity of the groove shape at an angle at which the light easily passes through the diffusion plate. In the linear groove structure, it is desirable that the slope length of the groove portion far from the light extraction surface of the light guide rod is longer than the length of the side slope near the light extraction surface of the light guide rod. By forming the linear groove structure in this way, the light emitted from the light guide rod is reflected toward the light diffusion plate by the inclined portion of the reflection plate, and the light reflected from the light diffusion plate is taken into the groove portion. Thus, the light can be reflected on the light diffusion plate immediately below the groove. Therefore, the linear groove structure formed on the reflecting plate can uniformly reflect light to the light diffusing plate even at a position far from the light guide rod.

  The light guide rod is a rod having a substantially rectangular or trapezoidal cross section made of glass or acrylic resin. You may fix the light diffusing plate made from glass or resin which has a light transmittance in the opening part of the said frame lower surface. By doing in this way, while improving the glare-proof property of the light taken out from a light diffusing plate, soft and uniform light can be taken out.

The reflection plate is a reflection plate made of micro foamed resin of any one of PET resin, PC resin, and PMMA resin, and the reflectance of the barium sulfate reference plate in the visible light region with a wavelength of 450 nm to 650 nm as the light reflectance is 100%. The lighting device has a total reflectance of 95% or more and a diffuse reflectance of 95% or more. Here, it is desirable that the total reflectance is 98% or more and the diffuse reflectance is 98% or more. In this way, the light extracted from the light guide rod is reflected on the reflector having a high diffuse reflectance, and further diffused and reflected by the light diffuser, so that the diffuse reflection is repeated in the illumination device, and the light of the illumination device is made uniform. Spreading in a plane, light with high illuminance can be extracted downward from the diffuser plate. In addition, by covering the light extraction surface of the light guide bar and the surface other than the surface that is optically connected to the LED light source with a reflection plate, it is possible to extract light with higher uniformity and higher illuminance.
Here, glass can be used as the material of the light guide rod, but it is preferably made of acrylic resin from the viewpoint of weight reduction. Here, it is desirable to use a thermoplastic resin such as polypropylene or vinyl chloride resin as the material of the frame.

  The openings are respectively provided in the vicinity of the side end portions of the two side surfaces on the short side facing each other, and the two LED light sources are respectively provided outside the two opening portions formed at the side end portions of the side surfaces. The LED light source is provided outside the opening provided on the side surface, the LED light source and the end of the light guide bar are optically connected, and light from the LED light source is transmitted to both ends of the light guide bar. It is an indirect illumination device that is incident from a surface. As described above, the indirect illumination device of the present application has two LED light sources, and can make light from the LED light sources incident from both end faces of the light guide bar. The light guide bar is, for example, a bar material having a light-transmitting property having a square, rectangular or trapezoidal cross section. By providing the LED light sources at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the case, the distribution of brightness along the longitudinal direction of the case of the lighting device can be made more uniform than in the case of a single LED light source.

  The second invention includes an LED light source, a frame having an upper frame and a lower frame, a light guide rod having a rectangular cross section disposed inside the frame, a reflector made of a micro foam resin, The present invention relates to an indirect lighting device including a light transmissive light diffusing plate, and is characterized in that the frame is formed of separate frames of an upper frame and a lower frame.

  In the second invention, the upper frame is constituted by a substantially rectangular upper surface and a side surface surrounding the upper surface, and the lower frame is constituted by a substantially rectangular lower surface and the side surface surrounding the lower surface. Specifically, since the upper surface and the lower surface of the frame are rectangular, the upper frame is composed of an upper surface and four side surfaces, and the lower frame is composed of a lower surface and four side surfaces. When an opening is formed on the lower surface of the lower frame, the lower frame is disposed on the outer periphery of the upper frame, and the side surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame are combined and closed, The frame having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape is formed. The upper frame and the lower frame are arranged so that the formation positions of the openings of the upper frame and the lower frame overlap each other in the vicinity of one side end of the short side surface of the upper frame and the lower frame. An opening is formed in each frame.

  In 2nd invention, the structure of the light guide rod, the reflecting plate, and the light diffusing plate which are described below is the same as that of 1st invention. Here, the light guide rod is parallel to the inner side surface along one long side inner side surface of the upper frame body, and the end portion of the light guide bar is the opening portion on the short side surface side of the upper frame body The rectangular reflecting plate made of micro foam resin covers the upper surface of the light guide rod and extends from the upper surface of the frame body to the lower surface of the frame body in the short side direction of the frame body. The light diffusing plate is provided in the opening on the lower surface of the frame body, and the LED light source is disposed outside the opening in the vicinity of the side edge of the side surface of the lower frame body. It is possible to provide an indirect illumination device that is provided and in which the LED light source and the end face of the light guide rod are optically connected at the opening on the side surface of the frame. In the second invention, it goes without saying that the light extraction surface of the light guide rod is roughened to extract light, or a prism-like fine protrusion structure is repeatedly formed.

  In the indirect lighting device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the frame body is obtained by combining the upper frame body and the lower frame body using two frames composed of the upper frame body and the lower frame body, and simply tape-bonding both. Can be assembled. Therefore, unlike the indirect lighting device of the first invention, there is no need to form a frame by integrating the upper surface with the lower surface and the side surface by bonding or the like.

  In the indirect lighting device of the third invention, the LED light source, the frame composed of a connection part connecting the upper frame and the lower frame, and a light guide rod having a rectangular cross section disposed inside the frame, It is an indirect lighting device provided with a reflecting plate made of micro foam resin and a light transmissive light diffusing plate. The frame has two long frames, one of which is an upper frame that can be opened and an upper frame that includes three side surfaces that surround the upper frame, and the other that is the lower frame that includes four lower surfaces that surround the lower surface. Are connected and integrated in a freely openable and closable manner.

  In a third aspect of the invention, when the upper frame and the lower frame are combined and closed so that the connecting portion is folded and the side surface of the lower frame surrounds the side surface of the upper frame, When the upper and lower surfaces of the lower frame are substantially parallel, and the three side surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame overlap each other and the connecting portion is extended, the upper frame and the lower frame Can be opened.

  In the vicinity of one side edge of the short side surface of the upper frame and the lower frame, the opening of the upper frame and the lower frame overlaps with the upper frame and the lower frame. Opening portions are respectively formed, the light guide rods are parallel to the inner side surface along the long side inner side surface having the connection part of the upper frame body, and the end portions of the light guide bar are short of the upper frame body. It arrange | positions so that the opening part of a side side may be opposed.

  In a third aspect of the invention, the LED light source is provided outside an opening in the vicinity of the side end of the side surface of the lower frame, and the LED light source and the opening of the side surface of the lower frame It may be an indirect lighting device in which the end face of the light guide bar is optically connected.

  Using the indirect illumination device of the third invention, light from the LED light source is incident from the end surface of the light guide rod, and light extraction is performed on the opposite surface of the side surface facing the frame long side surface of the light guide rod. Light is extracted from the surface, and the extracted light is reflected by the reflecting plate formed by covering the upper surface of the light guide bar and bending the upper surface of the frame body toward the lower surface of the frame body. Can be made incident on the light diffusion plate to extract light from the light diffusion plate.

  In the third invention, the frame is a frame made of a resin such as a vinyl chloride resin, and is manufactured by bending a resin sheet. For example, the long side surface and the short side surface on both sides of the upper frame can be formed by being bent with respect to the upper surface, but the corners of the bent portions can be connected to each other, and the connection portion Are bonded or fused together. Similarly, the upper frame can be assembled by bending one long side side surface and both short side surfaces of the lower frame having openings to the lower surface. Similarly, the lower frame body is connected by bonding or fusing the bent portions. In this way, a substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame can be formed by bonding or fusing the corners formed by bending the long side surface and the short side surface at right angles to the upper surface or the lower surface. . The upper frame body and the lower frame body may be connected to each other by welding portions corresponding to the connection portions to each other or using other known methods such as an adhesive tape or a magic tape (registered trademark).

  In addition, an opening for optical connection with the LED is formed in the vicinity of the end surface on the short side of the frame. The shape of the opening is preferably a rectangular shape similar to that of the light guide rod, but the shape of the opening may be circular if there is no problem in optical connection with the LED light source. Here, if the center of the opening and the center of the cross section of the light guide rod can be matched, the light from the LED light source can be efficiently connected to the light guide rod. Also in the third invention, it is desirable that the light extraction surface of the light guide rod is roughened to extract light, or a prism-like fine protrusion structure is repeatedly formed.

  By combining an upper frame having an upper surface and a side surface connected to the upper surface and a lower frame having a lower surface and a side surface connected to the lower surface, the entire frame as an indirect lighting device can be formed. At this time, the lower surface of the lower frame is provided with a rectangular space substantially similar to the outer shape of the lower surface of the frame for extracting light. A light diffusing plate is provided in the rectangular space.

  Here, in both the second and third inventions, the lower surface of the lower frame is formed larger than the upper surface of the upper frame, and when the frame is formed by combining both, the upper frame is An LED light source is provided outside the opening on the short side surface of the lower frame housed in the lower frame and arranged outside the upper frame, and is optically connected to the end face of the light guide rod of the upper frame. .

  Here, although not particularly illustrated, contrary to the above, when the upper surface of the upper frame is formed larger than the lower surface of the lower frame and the upper frame and the lower frame are combined, the lower frame is placed in the upper frame. Can be stored. That is, the lower frame can be housed in the upper frame, and the reflector can be formed by covering the upper surface of the light guide rod and bending the upper frame from the upper surface of the upper frame toward the lower surface of the lower frame. An LED light source may be provided outside the opening of the upper frame disposed outside the lower frame, and may be configured to be optically connected to the end face of the light guide rod of the lower frame. Here, in the vicinity of one side edge of the short side surface of the upper frame and the lower frame, openings are formed in both frames so that the openings of both frames overlap, The bar is parallel to the inner surface along the long side inner surface having the connecting portion of the lower frame, and the end of the light guide rod is opposed to the opening on the short side surface of the lower frame. It may be arranged.

  The light incident on the light guide bar is extracted from the opposite side of the side facing the long side of the frame of the light guide bar. The opposing surface has a roughened surface, or a prism-like fine protrusion structure is formed to extract light. By thus forming a prism-like fine protrusion structure, light can be extracted efficiently.

  Here, on the upper surface of the frame body, a reflector formed by bending toward the lower surface from one end portion in the short side direction to the other end portion is provided. The light extracted from the light guide bar is reflected by a reflector formed by bending toward the lower surface, and is guided to a rectangular space for extracting light from the lower surface of the lower frame. Here, a light diffusing plate is provided, and light is extracted from the lighting device to the outside from the light diffusing plate.

  A number of sawtooth-shaped linear groove structures are formed on the surface of the reflector formed by bending toward the lower surface. By forming a large number of linear groove structures in this way, it becomes possible to collect light on the light diffusing plate even at a position far from the light guide bar by the bent reflector, and illumination with more uniform illuminance. Can be realized.

  Here, since the LED light source of this illumination is provided outside the frame, the LED light source cannot be seen from the opening from which light is emitted. For this reason, the indirect lighting device of the present invention is excellent in glare resistance. In the illuminating device of the present invention, since the number of LED light sources is one or two, energy saving can be realized and the product cost can be reduced.

  Here, in the indirect lighting device of the present invention, the upper frame and the lower frame are not necessarily formed integrally. For example, as in the second invention, the upper frame and the lower frame are separate. It may be formed, or may be formed integrally through the connection portion as in the third invention. Even if the upper frame and the lower frame are formed separately or integrally formed via a connecting portion, they are combined so that the upper surface of the upper frame and the lower surface of the lower frame are parallel to each other. And, the center of the cross section of the light guide bar and the center of the LED light source can be matched to make optical connection.

  When the indirect illumination device of the present invention is used, light from an LED light source that is a point light source is guided to a light guide rod, and light is extracted as a linear light source having a predetermined width from the light extraction surface of the light guide rod. it can. Further, the extracted light is reflected on a reflection plate that covers the upper surface of the light guide rod and is bent in the short side direction from the upper surface of the frame toward the lower surface of the frame, thereby spreading the light in a planar shape. In addition, it is possible to extract light while repeating reflection between the reflection plate and the light diffusion plate provided in the opening.

  In the indirect illumination device of the present invention, the arrangement of the opening, the light guide rod, the reflector, and the LED light source may be a structure in which long sides and short sides are interchanged with each other. As described above, the reflection plate is formed by replacing the long side and the short side by linearly guiding light from a point-like LED light source with a light guide rod, and then extracting the light from the light guide rod and bending it. There is no change in the light extraction mechanism or the basic structure and effect of the present invention as an illuminating device that reflects light to extract light. Here, instead of exchanging the long side and the short side, a lighting device having a structure in which the long side and the short side are equal in length can be provided. Even in this case, the light extraction mechanism as the illumination device and the basic structure and effect of the present invention remain unchanged.

  Further, at least the entire circumference of the side surface of the frame body and the lower surface of the frame body may be formed from a micro-foamed resin sheet having a total reflectance of 95% or more and a diffuse reflectance of 95% or more.

  In this case, you may arrange | position so that the said light guide rod may contact the long side surface of the said frame, the short side surface of the said frame, and the lower surface of a frame.

  4th invention makes the light from the said LED light source enter into a light guide rod from the end surface of a light guide rod using the indirect illumination device of 1st invention from 3rd invention, and the frame length of the said light guide rod By extracting light from a light extraction surface which is a side surface opposite to the side surface opposite to the side surface, and reflecting the extracted light from a top surface of the frame body toward a bottom surface of the frame body and reflecting the light A light extraction method for extracting light by being incident on the light diffusion plate.

  All the surfaces of the frame body except for the light extraction surface of the light guide rod and the opening where the LED light source and the light guide rod are optically connected may be covered with a reflector made of a micro foam resin.

  If the indirect lighting device of the present invention is used, the number of LED light sources to be used is small, and even if a point light source is used, the light sources are not directly visible, the glare resistance is excellent, and the brightness of the light emitting surface of the lighting fixture varies. There are few indirect lighting devices for indoor use that are particularly suitable for in-vehicle lighting devices.

Exploded perspective view of in-vehicle indirect lighting device of Non-Patent Document 1 of prior art Plan sectional drawing of in-vehicle indirect lighting device of non-patent document 1 of prior art Structure of indirect lighting device in which LED is arranged at one end of light guide rod of the present invention 4A is a structural cross-sectional view when the light guide bar is trapezoidal, FIG. 4B is a structural cross-sectional view in which the reflector is formed longer than the lower surface of the light guide bar, and FIG. FIG. 4D is a cross-sectional view of a structure in which a sawtooth-shaped linear groove structure is formed on the upper reflector, and FIG. 4D shows the slope length and groove depth of the sawtooth-shaped linear groove structure of FIG. Structural sectional view showing the case where it is formed so as to increase toward the opposite side surface far from the light guide rod Cross-sectional view of the structure of an indirect illumination device in which LED light sources are arranged at both ends of the light guide rod of the present invention FIG. 6A is an example of an exploded perspective view of an indirect lighting device in which the frame of the present invention is composed of two frames, an upper frame and a lower frame, and FIG. 6A is an exploded perspective view showing the lower frame, FIG. (B) is an exploded perspective view showing a reflecting plate, and (c) is an exploded perspective view showing an upper frame. The figure which shows an example of the perspective view of the indirect illumination apparatus of the structure opened by the upper frame of this invention, a lower frame, and a connection part

(First embodiment)
The indirect lighting device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the indirect illumination device 100. The frame body of the indirect lighting device 100 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame body 200 including an upper surface 201 (frame body upper surface) and a lower surface 204 (frame body lower surface) composed of long sides and short sides, and a side surface 203 (frame body side surface). It is formed. Here, inside the frame body 200, the light guide bar 4 having a rectangular cross section is parallel to the inner side surface of the long side of the frame body along the inner side surface of one long side of the frame body. It arrange | positions so that the side surface opening part 53 of the short side side surface of the frame 200 may be opposed. The light guide bar 4 is made of, for example, glass or acrylic resin. Inside the frame body 200, a reflector 3 made of a rectangular micro-foamed resin sheet is bent from the upper surface of the frame body toward the lower surface of the frame body so as to cover the upper surface of the light guide rod and hide the upper surface of the frame body. Formed.

  Between the long side inner side surface of the frame body 200 of the indirect lighting device and the side surface of the light guide rod 4 in the first embodiment, a reflector 3 made of a micro foam resin is disposed. The reflector 3 is disposed on the lower frame on the lower surface of the light guide bar. The frame has a lower surface opening 51 of the frame and a side opening 53 in the vicinity of the side end of at least one short side surface. A light transmissive light diffusion plate 6 is disposed in the lower surface opening 51. The light diffusion plate 6 is made of, for example, glass or resin. The LED light source 61 is installed in a side opening 53 provided at one side end of the short side surface of the frame. The LED light source 61 is disposed outside the side surface opening 53 on the side surface of the frame body, and is disposed so as to face the side surface opening portion 53 in the side surface opening portion 53 in the vicinity of the side end portion of the side surface of the frame body 200. The end face 43 of the light guide bar is optically connected.

  In addition, it is desirable that the reflecting plate 3 is made of any one of PET resin, PC resin, and PMMA resin. The reflector 3 has a total reflectance of 95% or more and a diffuse reflectance of 95% or more when the reflectance of the barium sulfate reference plate in the visible light region having a wavelength of 450 nm to 650 nm as the light reflectance is 100%. It is desirable to be.

  Here, in the first embodiment, the light emitted from the LED light source 61 is incident on the end surface of the light guide rod 4 arranged at the side end of the one side of the short side of the frame as described above. Then, the light is guided by the light guide rod 4 and can be taken out from the light extraction surface 41 which is a surface facing the long side surface of the frame body 200 of the light guide rod 4 into the indirect illumination device. The light extraction surface 41 of the light guide bar 4 is roughened so that light can be easily extracted, or a prism-like fine protrusion structure is formed. The light extracted from the light extraction surface 41 is emitted into a space in the frame body 200 and is bent in the short side direction from the upper surface 201 of the frame body toward the lower surface 204 of the frame body so as to hide the upper surface 201 of the frame body. It is reflected by the reflecting plate 3 formed in this way. Here, the surface of the light guide rod 4 is rough so that the light extraction efficiency is improved from the end surface 43 of the light guide rod 4 on the side optically connected to the LED light source 61 to the end surface 43 of the light guide rod on the opposite side. It is desirable that the degree of surfaceization gradually increases.

  The reflector 3 of the first embodiment is formed by bending a rectangular micro-foamed resin sheet. The reflection plate 3 is linear in the long side direction, and the reflection plate is formed by covering the upper surface of the light guide rod and bending in the short side direction from the upper surface 201 of the frame body toward the lower surface 204 of the frame body. For example, the vicinity of one long side end of the reflecting plate 3 is brought into contact with the upper surface 201 of the frame 200, and the other end on the long side of the reflecting plate 3 is bent so as to contact the lower surface 204 of the frame 200. Is formed. The light reflected by the reflecting plate 3 passes through the light diffusing plate 6 and is emitted from the indirect illumination device 100 to the outside. Here, the reflection plate 3 is formed by being bent in the short side direction from the upper surface 201 of the frame body toward the lower surface 204 of the frame body. In this way, the light extracted from the light guide rod 4 is reflected by the reflecting plate 3 formed by bending it toward the lower surface, so that the light is guided from the light diffusion plate 6 provided in the lower surface opening 51 of the lower surface 204 of the frame. Even at a position far from the bar 4, uniform light can be extracted from the light diffusion plate 6.

  In addition to the above, except for the end surface 43 of the light guide bar for optical connection between the light extraction surface 41 of the light guide bar 4 and the LED light source 61, the inner side surface of the frame long side, the lower surface of the frame body, or the LED light source of the light guide bar In addition to the contact surface with the end surface on the side not disposed, it is desirable to provide the reflector 3 on the inner surface of the frame short side. As described above, the light guide bar 4 is covered with the reflector 3 except for the entire surface (four faces) of the light guide bar 4 except for the end face 43 where the light extraction surface 41 of the light guide bar 4 and the LED light source 61 are optically connected. Therefore, the light extraction efficiency from the light guide rod 4 can be increased.

  FIG. 4 shows the influence of the shape of the light guide bar 4 arranged inside the frame body in the first embodiment, the length of the lower reflector, and the sawtooth-shaped linear groove structure formed on the upper reflector. This is a comparison of indirect lighting devices. 4A is a structural diagram in the case where the cross-sectional shape of the light guide bar 4 is trapezoidal, FIG. 4B is a structural diagram in which the reflector 3 is formed longer than the lower surface of the light guide bar 4, FIG. FIG. 4C is a structural diagram in the case where a sawtooth-shaped linear groove structure is formed on the upper reflector, and FIG. 4D is an opposite side where the groove depth of the sawtooth-shaped linear groove structure is far from the light guide rod. It is a structural diagram which shows the case where it forms so that it may become large as it goes to the side surface.

  4A, the cross-sectional shape of the light guide bar 4 is a trapezoidal shape in which the lower side of the cross section forming the lower surface of the light guide bar 4 is longer than the upper side of the cross section forming the upper surface of the light guide bar 4. The angle formed by the light extraction surface 41 of the light guide bar 4 and the lower surface 42 of the light guide bar is formed to have an inclination of 75 °. By forming the light extraction surface 41 of the light guide bar 4 obliquely in this way, the light extracted from the light guide bar 4 is applied to the reflection plate 3 formed by bending so that it can be easily reflected by the reflection plate 3. can do. Here, it is desirable that the angle formed by the light extraction surface 41 of the light guide bar 4 and the lower surface 42 of the light guide bar 4 is 70 ° or more and less than 90 °.

  In FIG. 4B, the reflector 3 formed on the lower surface of the light guide bar 4 is formed so that the length in the short side direction is longer than the side forming the lower surface of the rectangular cross section of the light guide bar 4. You may comprise the reflecting plate formed in the lower surface of the light-guide rod 4 with a reflecting plate different from a reflecting plate. In this way, by forming the reflector 3 formed on the lower surface of the light guide bar 4 longer than the lower surface of the rectangular cross section of the light guide bar 4, a part of the light extracted from the light guide bar 4 is caused by the lower reflector. It is reflected and can be reflected by the upper reflector formed by bending. Thereby, the light extracted from the light guide rod can be spread over the entire frame space, and the light extracted from the light diffusion plate 6 can be made more uniform.

  FIG. 4 (c) shows that the reflecting plate 3 on the upper surface of the frame has a straight portion inclined by a predetermined angle from a substantially perpendicular state to the surface of the micro foamed resin sheet in order to improve the light diffusion efficiency at the time of light reflection. And a sawtooth-shaped linear groove structure 31 in which a sawtooth-shaped groove composed of curved portions facing each other is repeatedly formed. Here, the sawtooth-shaped linear groove structure is defined as the point where the straight line portion and the curved portion intersect with respect to the collapse line connecting the tip portion corresponding to the cutting edge of the saw tooth where the curved portion and the straight portion of the groove intersect. This is because a large number of sawtooth-shaped grooves are formed linearly in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the frame body. Here, the straight line portion close to the light guide rod having the linear groove structure is shaded against the light directly emitted from the light guide rod. Therefore, the straight portion close to the light guide rod is shortened so as to face the straight portion. It is desirable to form a long curved portion. Therefore, in order to shorten the straight portion of the groove structure, it is desirable that the straight portion has a steep angle, satisfying less than 90 ° and 45 ° or more, and desirably less than 90 ° and 60 ° or more.

  The light extracted from the light extraction surface of the light guide rod is reflected in the direction of the light diffusing plate, as is the case where the light is directly reflected on the inclined surface of the groove structure of the reflecting plate as in the case where there is no groove structure at the curved portion. In addition, the reflected light from the light diffusing plate is incident on the linear groove structure 31 and reflected by the curved portion of the linear groove structure 31, and the light reflected by the curved portion is reflected by the opposite side of the substantially linear shape. After reflecting again to the curved portion of the linear groove structure 31, the light diffusing plate in the vicinity of the linear groove structure 31 can be irradiated. Therefore, by forming the linear groove structure 31, even in a position far from the light guide rod 4, the light is reflected in the groove portion of the reflector and the light is not returned to the light guide rod 4, and the groove structure It is possible to irradiate a position on the light diffusion plate directly below. For this reason, the light incident on the groove portion can be uniformly reflected from the reflecting plate toward the light diffusion plate 6, and such reflection is repeated at each groove portion position so that the luminance of the light diffusion plate 6 is made uniform. can do. In the present invention, since the micro foam resin is used for the reflector 3, the surface of the reflector 3 is soft, and the linear groove structure 31 on the surface of the reflector can be easily formed. Thus, formation of the linear groove structure 31 can be realized by pressing a cutter having a groove shape corresponding to the sawtooth pattern against the microfoamed resin. The linear groove structure 31 is not limited to a sawtooth shape in which one is curved and the other is linear, and both may be linear V-shaped groove shapes. Here, the groove structure is desirably formed continuously and repeatedly, but can also be formed repeatedly at a predetermined interval. The same effect can be obtained even if it is repeatedly formed at a predetermined interval.

  FIG. 4D is a view showing an example in which a sawtooth linear groove structure 32 is formed. The linear groove structure 32 is formed so that the slope length and the groove depth of the groove portion in the direction facing the light extraction surface 41 of the light guide bar 4 increase as the distance from the light guide bar 4 increases. By gradually increasing the slope length and the groove depth of the groove structure as the light received from the light guide bar 4 is further away from the light guide bar 4, the intensity of the light reflected by the groove part can be increased. As a result, the reflection intensity of the reflected light in the vicinity of the groove portion at a position away from the light guide bar 4 can be increased, so that the intensity of the light extracted from the light diffusion plate 6 can be made uniform. Thus, a more uniform lighting device can be obtained by adopting an inclined arrangement structure in which the slope length and groove depth of the linear groove structure 32 are increased with an increase in the distance from the light guide rod.

  FIG. 5 is a structural cross-sectional view of the indirect illumination device in which the LED light sources 61 of the first embodiment are disposed at both ends of the light guide bar 4. FIG. 5 has the same structure as FIG. 3, but in FIG. 3, the LED light source is disposed at one end on the short side of the frame, whereas in FIG. The difference is that 61 and 62 are arranged. In other words, two LED light sources 61 and 62 are formed at the side end portions of the side surfaces in the side surface opening portions 53 formed in the vicinity of the side end portions of the two side surfaces on the opposite short side, respectively. 53 are provided on the outer side of 53. In this way, the LED light sources 61 and 62 are disposed at both ends of the light guide bar 4, and the light sources 61 and 62 are optically connected to the end portions of the light guide bar 4 to guide light from the LED light sources 61 and 62. By making the light incident from both end faces of the light rod 4, the decrease in light intensity when the light is guided through the light guide rod 4 is compensated by the light from the LED light sources 61 and 62 arranged opposite to each other. Can do. By optimizing the outputs of the LED light sources 61 and 62 and the length of the light guide bar 4, the light intensity at which the light guide bar 4 is extracted from the light extraction surface in the longitudinal direction can be made uniform.

  The LED light sources 61 and 62 used in the first embodiment use surface-emitting type commercially available LED elements. When the LED light sources 61 and 62 are optically connected to the light guide bar 4, the LED light sources 61 and 62 need only be brought into contact with the end face of the light guide bar 4. Here, the indirect lighting device according to the first aspect of the invention has an excellent glare resistance that can reduce the number of LED light sources and diffuse light throughout the indirect lighting device without using a light guide plate. An indirect lighting device can be obtained.

(Second Embodiment)
In the indirect lighting device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the frame body can be assembled only by combining the upper frame body and the lower frame body by using the two frame bodies including the upper frame body and the lower frame body. It becomes possible. For this reason, it is not necessary to integrate the upper surface with the lower surface and the side portion by bonding or the like.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of an exploded perspective view of the indirect lighting device 101 in which the frame of the second embodiment is composed of an upper frame and a lower frame. In the exploded perspective view, the lower frame 302, the reflecting plate 3, and the upper frame 301 are shown in order from the top. Here, in FIG. 6, the upper frame 301 is shown on the lower side and the lower frame 302 is shown on the upper side. However, the names of the upper frame 301 and the lower frame 302 are based on the vertical relationship during mounting and use. The upper limit relationship during assembly and the vertical relationship during installation use are reversed. Here, the upper surface of the light guide bar 4 refers to a surface on the upper surface side of the upper frame 301 of the light guide bar 4 (shown on the lower side in the drawing).

  The upper frame 301 is composed of a substantially rectangular upper surface and a side surface surrounding the upper surface. The lower frame 302 includes a substantially rectangular lower surface and a side surface surrounding the lower surface.

  Here, in the illumination device according to the second embodiment, the frame body 300 is configured by combining the upper frame body 301 and the lower frame body 302. That is, when the lower frame 302 is arranged on the outer periphery of the upper frame 301 and the side surfaces of the upper frame 301 and the lower frame 302 are combined and closed, a substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame is formed. The lower frame 302 has a lower surface opening 51 at a predetermined position on the lower surface, and a light diffusion plate (not shown) is disposed in the lower surface opening 51 provided at the predetermined position. The light of the indirect illumination device can be extracted from the light diffusing plate. Further, a side opening 52 is provided in the vicinity of one end on the short side of the lower frame 302 so that the LED light source 61 and the end face of the light guide bar 4 are optically connected. The LED light source 61 is provided outside the side opening 52 near the side end of the side surface of the lower frame 302. The reflecting plate 3 is formed by bending the short side of the rectangular reflecting plate so as to cover the upper surface of the light guide bar 4 and to hide the entire upper surface of the frame from the upper surface of the frame in the direction of the shorter side of the frame. Further, it can be formed integrally by, for example, bonding the reflectors so as to cover the side surface and the upper surface of the long side of the light guide bar. Each reflector 3 may be disposed on the long side surface of the upper frame 301 or the lower surface of the lower frame, and the disposed reflector 3 may be attached to the corresponding position of each frame.

  In the second embodiment, the light guide bar 4 is attached in parallel with the inner side surface along the inner side surface of one long side of the upper frame 301. A side opening 52 is provided in the vicinity of one end of the side surface of the upper frame 301 corresponding to the end surface of the light guide bar 4. That is, the light guide rod 4 is disposed so that the end portion thereof faces the side opening 52 on the short side surface of the upper frame 301. A side opening 52 formed near one side end of the short side surface of the upper frame 301 and a side opening formed near one side end of the short side surface of the lower frame 302. The portion 52 is formed so that the formation position of the side opening 52 overlaps when the upper frame 301 and the lower frame 302 are overlapped. Further, the reflecting plate 3 formed by bending the short side of the rectangular reflecting plate covers the upper surface of the light guide rod 4 and hides the entire upper surface of the frame body from the upper surface of the frame body to the lower surface of the frame body in the direction of the short side of the frame body. It is folded and assembled toward Here, the side surfaces of the frame bodies are opposed to each other, the lower frame body 302 is placed on the outer side of the upper frame body 301 so as to cover the upper frame body 301, and one side end portion of the lower frame body 302 disposed on the outer side. The LED light source 61 is attached to the side opening 52 in the vicinity. Further, the reflecting plate 3 may be provided on the short side surface except for the side opening 52. By covering the entire surface of the light guide bar 4 except the light extraction surface of the light guide bar 4 and the end face that is optically connected to the LED light source 61 with the reflector 3, the brightness of the light guide bar 4 is increased. Light extraction efficiency can be increased. By providing the reflecting plate 3 not only on the reflecting plate 3 formed by bending on the upper surface of the upper frame 301 but also on the short side surface of the upper frame 301, the light reflection intensity inside the lighting device is increased, A decrease in luminance of the lighting device can be prevented.

  At this time, it is desirable to provide the reflecting plate 3 that covers the bottom and side surfaces of the light guide bar 4 because the efficiency of extracting light from the light guide bar 4 can be increased. Further, since the frame body 300 is configured by combining the side surfaces of the upper frame body 301 and the lower frame body 302, the side surfaces of the frame body are doubled, so that the rigidity of the frame body 300 can be improved.

  In the indirect lighting device 101 of the second embodiment, by using two frames including the upper frame body 301 and the lower frame body 302, the frame body is assembled only by combining the upper frame body 301 and the lower frame body 302. It becomes possible. For this reason, it is not necessary to integrate the upper surface with the lower surface and the side portion by bonding or the like. In the indirect lighting device 101 of the second invention as well as the indirect lighting device 100 of the first invention, the number of LED light sources 61 is reduced and light is applied to the entire indirect lighting device without using a light guide plate. The indirect lighting device 101 having excellent glare resistance that can be diffused can be obtained.

(Third embodiment)
In the indirect lighting device of the third embodiment, the upper frame and the lower frame are not configured separately, but a connecting portion that connects both frames is provided in a part of the frame, and the upper frame is It is an indirect lighting device integrated as a structure that can be opened with respect to the lower frame. That is, the frame body has two upper frame bodies, which are an upper surface that can be opened and three side surfaces surrounding the upper frame body, and a lower frame body that includes the lower surface and four side surfaces that surround the upper frame body. It is connected and integrated so that it can be opened and closed by the provided connecting portion. FIG. 7 shows an example of a perspective view of the openable indirect illumination device 102 constituted by the upper frame 401, the lower frame 402, and the connecting portion 404 of the third invention.

  In the configuration of the indirect illumination device 102 in the third embodiment, the LED light source 61, the upper frame body 401, and the lower frame body 402 are connected to each other by a connecting portion 404 and integrated as a frame body 400. It is an indirect lighting device including a light guide bar 4 having a rectangular cross section disposed inside a frame, a reflective plate 3 made of a micro foam resin, and a light transmissive light diffusing plate 6. The configuration excluding the connection portion is the same as that of the second invention.

  When the upper frame body 401 and the lower frame body 402 are combined and closed so that the connecting portion of the frame body is bent and the side surface of the lower frame body 402 surrounds the side surface of the upper frame body 401, the two frame bodies (upper frame body 401) are closed. When the upper surface and the lower surface of the lower frame body 402) are substantially parallel to each other, the three side surfaces of both frame bodies overlap each other, and the connecting portion 404 is extended, the upper frame body 401 and the lower frame body 402 can be opened. Is possible.

  In the third embodiment, side openings 52 and 52 are formed in the vicinity of one end of the short side surface of the upper frame 401 and the lower frame 402 so that the openings of both frames overlap. The The light guide bar 4 is disposed parallel to the inner side surface along the long side inner side surface having the connection portion of the upper frame body 401, and the end portion of the light guide bar 4 is located on the short side side surface of the upper frame body 401. It arrange | positions so that an opening part may be opposed. The LED light source 61 is provided outside the opening in the vicinity of the side edge of the side surface of the lower frame body 402, and the light guide rod of the lower frame body in the side frame opening 52 on the side surface of the upper frame body 401 and the lower frame body 402. Optically connected to the end face of the. In addition to the reflector plate that covers the upper surface of the light guide bar 4 and is bent downwardly on the upper frame body 401, although not shown in particular, the contact between the upper frame body 401 and the side surface of the light guide bar 4 The light extraction efficiency from the illumination device is provided on the surface, the contact surface between the lower frame 402 and the upper surface of the light guide bar 4, the short side surface of the upper frame 401 excluding the side opening 52, and the end surface of the light guide bar 4. In order to improve this, it is desirable to form the reflector 3. Here, the upper surface of the light guide bar 4 refers to the upper surface of the upper frame 401 of the light guide bar 4. Thus, by covering all the surfaces of the light guide bar 4 except the light extraction surface of the light guide bar 4 and the end face that is optically connected to the LED light source 61 with the reflector 3, the brightness of the light guide bar 4 is increased. The light extraction efficiency from the light guide bar 4 can be increased.

  In the frame 400 of the third embodiment, an upper frame 401 composed of an openable upper surface and side surfaces, and a lower frame 402 composed of a lower surface and side surfaces are arranged on one long side surface portion. The connecting portion 404 is provided so that it can be opened and closed. In addition, when the upper frame 401 and the lower frame 402 are closed by bending the frame connecting portion 404, the three side surfaces of the two frame bodies overlap each other to form a frame body, so that the side surface of the frame body is 2 Since it becomes heavy, the rigidity of the frame can be improved. Here, in the indirect lighting device of the third invention as well, as with the indirect lighting devices of the first and second inventions, the number of LED light sources is reduced and the entire indirect lighting device is used without using a light guide plate. It is possible to obtain an indoor indirect lighting device that is capable of diffusing light and has excellent glare resistance.

(Fourth embodiment)
The fourth embodiment is a method for extracting light from an indirect illumination device. The present invention uses an indirect illumination device to cause light from the LED light source to enter the light guide bar from the end face of the light guide bar, and to light on the side opposite to the side of the long side of the light guide bar. Light is extracted from the extraction surface, and the extracted light is reflected from a reflection plate formed by bending from the upper surface of the frame toward the lower surface of the frame, so that the light is incident on the light diffusion plate and extracted. It is invention of the light extraction method from the indirect illumination device.

  Further, in the first, second, and third inventions, all of the side surfaces of the frame body and the lower surface of the frame body are formed of a micro-foamed resin sheet, or the whole including the upper surface of the frame body is formed of a micro-foamed resin sheet can do. In this case, the light guide bar may be provided such that the side surface and the lower surface of the light guide bar are in contact with the long side surface of the frame body, the short side surface of the frame body, and the lower surface of the frame body. Here, the entire circumference of the side surface of the frame body and the lower surface of the frame body are formed of a micro-foamed resin sheet having a total reflectance of 95% or more and a diffuse reflectance of 95% or more. Can be increased. Thereby, since the internal space of the frame body in which the light guide bar is arranged can be entirely covered with the micro-foamed resin sheet having excellent light reflection characteristics except for the opening of the frame body, the reflector is provided on the inner surface of the frame body. There is no need. In addition, if the light guide bar is placed in contact with the long side surface of the frame body, the short side surface of the frame body and the bottom surface of the frame body, the side surface and the bottom surface of the frame body are excellent in light reflectivity. Since it is formed of a resin sheet, light leakage from the light guide bar can be prevented, and the light extraction efficiency from the light guide bar can be increased.

  In any of the inventions, the reflector, which is the basic structure of this patent, is formed by covering the upper surface of the light guide bar and bending it in the short side direction from the upper surface to the lower surface of the frame. It is desirable to be provided for efficiently reflecting light from the light source to the light diffusion plate.

  Here, in any of the inventions, it is desirable that the portion of the reflector plate that covers the surface of the light guide rod and the portion that is formed by bending in the short side direction from the upper surface to the lower surface of the frame body are integrally formed. However, it may be formed separately. That is, a reflection plate different from the reflection plate may be provided so as to be in contact with at least the inner side surface on the long side of the frame body, the lower surface of the frame body, and the side surface and the lower surface of the light guide rod. In addition, since the reflecting plate formed by bending is provided on the upper surface side of the frame body, the upper surface of the frame body may be formed of the micro foamed resin sheet or other resin material. Here, when the upper surface of the frame body is formed of a micro-foamed resin sheet, if the upper surface of the light guide bar is covered with the upper surface of the frame body, there is no need to provide a reflective plate that covers the upper surface of the light guide bar. Needless to say, the light guide bar may be bent and arranged from the upper end of the light extraction surface of the light guide bar to the lower end of the frame on the side where the light guide bar is not provided.

  The light extraction method from the indirect illumination device of the fourth embodiment can be described with reference to FIG. 3 which is an explanatory diagram of the first embodiment. Here, the light emitted from the LED light source 61 is incident on the end face 43 of the light guide bar 4 disposed at one end of the short side of the frame, and is guided by the light guide bar 4. 4 can be extracted from the light extraction surface 41 opposite to the side opposite to the long side surface of the frame body into the indirect illumination device. The light extracted from the light extraction surface 41 is emitted into the space in the frame body 200 and is reflected by the reflection plate 3 formed by bending in the short side direction from the upper surface 201 of the frame body toward the lower surface 204 of the frame body. Is done. The light reflected by the reflecting plate 3 enters the light diffusing plate 6, can pass through the light diffusing plate 6, and can be taken out from the indirect illumination device 100.

  If the method for extracting light from the indirect illumination device of the fourth embodiment is used, light is guided from a point light source to a linear light guide rod 4 having a predetermined width, and the linear guide is further introduced. The light extracted from the light rod 4 into the space in the planar indirect lighting device is reflected by the reflector 3 formed by bending the upper part of the frame, so that the intensity of the reflected light is made uniform in the indirect lighting device. After that, light can be extracted from the light diffusion plate 6. At that time, the brightness of the light guide bar 4 is increased by covering all surfaces except the light extraction surface of the light guide bar 4 and the end face 43 optically connected to the LED light source 61 with a micro foam resin sheet having a high light reflectance. The light extraction efficiency extracted from the light extraction surface of the light guide bar 4 can be increased. As a result, when the indirect lighting device of the present invention is used, a reflecting plate made of a micro foam resin having a high diffuse reflectance is provided inside the frame body. By diffusing and reflecting the part, it is possible to repeat diffuse reflection in the illuminating device, uniformly spread the light extracted from the light guide rod into a planar shape, and to extract light with high illuminance downward from the diffusion plate. Therefore, the number of the LED light sources 61 to be used is small, even if a point light source is used, the light source is not directly visible, the glare resistance is excellent, the brightness variation of the light emitting surface of the luminaire is small, and the light is emitted in a plane. Thus, an indirect lighting device for indoor use suitable for the indirect lighting device can be obtained. Further, if the frame is made of a micro light-emitting resin, the same effect can be obtained with a simple structure because the frame also serves as a reflector.

Moreover, the light extraction method from the indirect illumination device according to the fourth embodiment is such that all surfaces except the light extraction surface of the light guide bar and the opening for optical connection with the LED light source are micro foamed resin reflectors. It is what is covered. As described above, if all the surfaces except the light extraction surface of the light guide bar and the surface that is optically connected to the LED light source are covered with the reflecting plate made of the micro foam resin, the light can be efficiently extracted from the light guide bar. Can do.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described referring an accompanying drawing, the technical scope of this invention is not influenced by embodiment mentioned above. It is obvious for those skilled in the art that various modifications or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. It is understood that it belongs.

  In the inventions of the second and third embodiments of the present invention, specifically, the arrangement of the lighting device in the arrangement relationship such as when the upper frame is arranged outside the lower frame and both the frames are closed is also provided. Shall be included. The arrangement relationship between the inside and outside of the side surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame can be easily changed. Further, the arrangement of the connecting portions in the third invention can be easily changed, but it is understood that the change in the configuration of these inventions is included in the scope of the present invention.

100, 101, 102 ......... Indirect lighting devices 200, 300, 400 ......... Frame body 201 ......... Upper surface 204 ......... Lower surface 203 ......... Side surfaces 301, 401, 501 ......... Upper frame bodies 302, 402 502 ......... Lower frame 404 ......... Connector 3 ......... Reflector 31 ......... Linear groove structure 32 ......... Linear groove structure 4 ......... Light guide rod 41 ......... Light extraction surface 42 ......... Lower surface 43 ......... End surface 45 ......... Light guide plate 46 ......... Prism-like fine protrusion structure 51 ......... Lower surface opening 53, 52 ......... Side opening 6 ......... Light diffusing plate 61 62, 64 ......... LED light source 65 ......... Substrate

Claims (16)

An LED light source;
A substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame comprising an upper surface and a lower surface comprising long and short sides, and a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface;
A light guide rod having a rectangular cross section disposed inside the frame;
A reflector made of micro foam resin;
In an indirect illumination device comprising a light transmissive light diffusing plate,
The frame body has an opening in the lower surface and in the vicinity of a side end portion of at least one side surface on a short side,
The light guide bar is parallel to the inner side surface of the long side of the frame body along the inner side surface of one long side of the frame, and the end of the light guide bar is the side surface of the short side. Arranged to face the opening,
The rectangular reflector is linear in the long side direction, covers the upper surface of the light guide rod, and is bent in the short side direction from the upper surface of the frame toward the lower surface of the frame. With
The light diffusing plate is provided in the opening of the lower surface of the frame;
The LED light source is provided outside the opening at the side end of the side surface of the frame;
The indirect illumination device, wherein the LED light source and the end face of the light guide bar are optically connected to each other in the opening near the side end of the side surface of the frame.   The surface of the light guide rod facing the long side surface of the frame body is roughened to extract light, or a prism-like fine protrusion structure is formed. Item 2. The indirect illumination device according to Item 1.   It is formed by bending the vicinity of one long side end of the reflecting plate into contact with the upper surface of the frame, and bending the other end on the long side of the reflecting plate into contact with the lower surface of the frame. The indirect lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the indirect lighting device is provided. The cross-sectional shape of the light guide bar is a trapezoid in which the lower side of the cross section of the light guide bar is longer than the upper side of the cross section of the light guide bar, and the light extraction surface of the light guide bar and the lower surface of the light guide bar The indirect illumination device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the angle formed by the light source has an inclination of 70 ° or more and less than 90 °. A reflection plate different from the reflection plate is provided so as to be in contact with at least the inner side surface on the long side of the frame body, the lower surface of the frame body, and the side surface and the lower surface of the light guide rod. The indirect illumination device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The another reflector provided on the lower surface of the light guide bar along the long side of the frame is formed to have a length in the short side direction longer than a side forming the lower surface of the rectangular cross section of the light guide bar. 6. The indirect illumination device according to claim 5, wherein the indirect illumination device is provided.   The said reflecting plate provided in the said upper surface of the said frame is what formed the linear groove | channel structure in the surface of the micro foaming resin sheet, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Indirect lighting device.   The openings are respectively provided in the vicinity of the side end portions of the two side surfaces on the short side facing each other, and the two LED light sources are respectively provided outside the two opening portions formed at the side end portions of the side surfaces. The indirect illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the LED light source and an end portion of the light guide bar are optically connected, and light from the LED light source is incident from both end faces of the light guide bar. .   The indirect lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the light guide rod is made of glass or acrylic resin, and the light diffusion plate is made of glass or resin.   The reflection plate is a reflection plate made of micro foamed resin of any one of PET resin, PC resin, and PMMA resin, and the reflectance of the barium sulfate reference plate in the visible light region with a wavelength of 450 nm to 650 nm as the light reflectance is 100%. The indirect illumination device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a total reflectance at the time of the reflection is 95% or more and a diffuse reflectance is 95% or more. An LED light source;
A frame having an upper frame and a lower frame;
A light guide rod having a rectangular cross section disposed inside the frame;
A reflector made of micro foam resin;
In an indirect illumination device comprising a light transmissive light diffusing plate,
The upper frame is composed of a substantially rectangular upper surface and a side surface surrounding the upper surface.
The lower frame is composed of a substantially rectangular lower surface and a side surface surrounding the lower surface.
An opening is formed in the lower surface of the lower frame,
Arrange the lower frame on the outer periphery of the upper frame,
When the side surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame are combined and closed, the substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame is formed,
The upper frame and the lower frame are arranged so that the formation positions of the openings of the upper frame and the lower frame overlap each other in the vicinity of one side end of the short side surface of the upper frame and the lower frame. Forming an opening in each frame,
The light guide bar is parallel to the inner side surface along one long side inner side surface of the upper frame, and the end of the light guide bar faces the opening on the short side surface of the upper frame. Arranged as
The rectangular reflecting plate made of micro-foamed resin is provided to cover the upper surface of the light guide rod and bend from the upper surface of the frame body toward the lower surface of the frame body in the short side direction of the frame body. With
The light diffusing plate is provided in an opening of the lower surface of the frame;
The LED light source is provided outside the opening in the vicinity of the side edge of the side surface of the lower frame,
The indirect lighting device, wherein the LED light source and the end face of the light guide bar are optically connected to each other at an opening on a side surface of the frame. The frame has two upper side surfaces, the upper frame consisting of an openable upper surface and three side surfaces surrounding the upper surface, and the lower frame consisting of a lower surface and four side surfaces surrounding the upper frame. It is connected and integrated with a connecting part provided in
When the connection portion is bent and the upper frame and the lower frame are combined and closed so that the side surface of the lower frame surrounds the side surface of the upper frame, the upper surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame are closed. And the lower frame are substantially parallel, and the upper frame and the lower frame can be opened when the three side surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame overlap with each other and the connecting portion is extended. ,
In the vicinity of one side edge of the short side surface of the upper frame and the lower frame, the opening of the upper frame and the lower frame overlaps with the upper frame and the lower frame. Each form an opening,
The light guide bar is parallel to the inner surface along the long side inner surface having the connecting portion of the upper frame, and the end of the light guide bar is at the opening on the short side surface of the upper frame. Arranged to face each other,
The LED light source is provided outside the opening in the vicinity of the side edge of the side surface of the lower frame,
The indirect illumination device according to claim 11, wherein the LED light source and an end surface of the light guide bar are optically connected to each other at an opening on a side surface of the upper frame and the lower frame.   At least the entire side surface of the frame body and the lower surface of the frame body are formed from a micro-foamed resin sheet having a total reflectance of 95% or more and a diffuse reflectance of 95% or more. The indirect lighting device according to claim 9, claim 11, or claim 12.   The indirect lighting device according to claim 13, wherein the light guide rod is disposed so as to contact a long side surface of the frame, a short side surface of the frame, and a lower surface of the frame.   Using the indirect illumination device according to any one of claims 1 to 14, light from the LED light source is incident from an end surface of the light guide rod, and is opposed to a frame long side surface of the light guide rod. Light is extracted from the light extraction surface opposite to the side surface, and the extracted light is reflected from the upper surface of the frame body toward the lower surface of the frame body and reflected by the reflecting plate, thereby allowing the light to be reflected by the light. A method for extracting light from an indirect illumination device, wherein the light is extracted by being incident on a diffuser plate.   All the surfaces except the light extraction surface of the light guide rod of the frame body and the opening where the LED light source and the light guide rod are optically connected are covered with a reflector made of a micro foam resin. The method for extracting light from the indirect illumination device according to claim 15, wherein:

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