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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshikazu Yamano, Osaka, JP;

Hisanori Sasaki, Osaka, JP;

Yasuhiro Kumamoto, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133611 (2013.01); G02F 1/133605 (2013.01); G02F 1/133606 (2013.01); G02F 1/133608 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133601 (2013.01);
Abstract

A backlight device includes: a reflection sheet having a reflection surface which is divided into a plurality of reflection regions by a plurality of partitions that are each a ridge-shaped projection; light sources disposed in the respective reflection regions; a luminance uniformizing plat that transmits light incident from a first surface opposed to the reflection surface, and emits the light from the second surface; and a diffusion plate that diffuses and emits the light emitted from the second surface. The luminance uniformizing plate includes a high light-transmittance region between a region opposed to each of the light sources and a region opposed to a vertex portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of partitions, the high light-transmittance region being higher in light-transmittance per unit area than the region opposed to the light source and the region opposed to the vertex portion.


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