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Illumination device, backlight device used for liquid crystal display apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus

US8226261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 2007
Grant dateJul 24, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133613
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An illumination device including a plurality of illumination areas, each of which is individually controllable, includes a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed in a matrix pattern in each of the illumination areas where emission colors are disposed in a different manner between adjacent rows and between adjacent columns. Consequently, the emission of uneven luminance or uneven color is prevented from occurring in boundary portions of each of the illumination areas.

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