Patent ID: 8508506
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G02B,G02F,G06F

Abstract:
1. An illumination device comprising: an illumination light guide plate that has a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and that has a first main surface continuing with the first side surface and the second side surface; a plurality of illumination light sources that are arranged at the first side surface and that emit illumination lithe such that the illumination light enters the illumination light guide plate through the first side surface, and the illumination light exits from the first main surface; a position-detecting light guide plate that has a third side surface and a fourth side surface opposite to the third side surface, that has a fifth side surface and a sixth side surface opposite to the fifth side surface, and that has a second main surface continuing with the third through sixth side surfaces; a first position detecting light source that emits first position detecting light, which enters the position-detecting light guide plate through the third side surface and which exits from the second main surface; a second position detecting light source that emits second position detecting light, which enters the position-detecting light guide plate through the fourth side surface and which exits from the second main surface; a third position detecting light source that emits third position detecting light, which enters the position-detecting light guide plate through the fifth side surface and which exits from the second main surface; and a fourth position detecting light source that emits fourth position detecting light, which enters the position-detecting light guide plate through the sixth side surface and which exits from the second main surface, wherein the position-detecting light guide plate is positioned adjacent to the first main surface and above the illumination light guide plate, both the first position detecting light source and the second position detecting light source are positioned on a first imaginary line in a first direction along a first shortest distance between the third side surface and the fourth side surface when viewed from a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the second main surface, and both the third position detecting light source and the fourth position detecting light source are positioned on a second imaginary line in a second direction along a second shortest distance between the fifth side surface and the sixth side surface when viewed from the perpendicular direction.