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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Maki, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A surface light source device includes a light source substrate in which a plurality of light sources capable of being driven independently of one another are disposed, a light guide plate provided on the light source substrate to emit, from a specific emission surface, light entered from the plurality of light sources, and a partition frame having a partition wall for dividing the light guide plate into a plurality of cells. The partition wall of the partition frame partially has cutout portions. The light guide plate is connected between adjacent cells through the cutout portions of the partition wall.