Patent ID: 7033046
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A lighting device, comprising: a light source that illuminates an object of illumination, having first and second illuminating light portions; a reflecting member provided opposite said light source so as to direct the first illuminating light portion emitted therefrom to the object of illumination; said second illuminating light portion directly illuminating the object of illumination; and a light-blocking member provided between said light source and the object of illumination, and between said reflecting member and the object of illumination so as to block at least a part of both the first and second illuminating light portions with a certain ratio of a light-blocking rate for the first illuminating light portion to a light-blocking rate for the second illuminating light portion of the illuminating light, so that the first illuminating light portion and the second illuminating light portion are balanced in quantity.