LIGHT GUIDING UNIT, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE

摘要

Disclosed are a new type of light guiding unit capable of accommodating even "area active" driving, a lighting device, and a display device. The lighting device (10) comprises a light guiding unit, further comprising a light guiding plate (1) that is formed from a translucent substrate, a plurality of columnar regions (4) that are disposed in a direction that intersects an in-plane direction of the light guiding plate (1), and are filled with a liquid crystal material, and transparent electrodes that apply voltages that drive the liquid crystal material; and LEDs (2) that serve as primary light sources.