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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Hisanori Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;

Yoshikazu Yamano, Osaka, JP;

Yasuhiro Kumamoto, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); F21S 2/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133611 (2013.01); F21S 2/00 (2013.01); G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 1/133605 (2013.01); G02F 1/133606 (2013.01); G02F 1/133608 (2013.01);
Abstract

A backlight device includes a plurality of light sources arranged in a shape of a matrix, a reflective sheet having partition walls arranged to surround each of the plurality of light sources in four directions and reflecting light emitted from the plurality of light sources, a luminance uniformity plate located above the reflective sheet and uniforming luminance of the light emitted from the plurality of light sources and light reflected by the reflective sheet, and a diffuser panel located above the luminance uniformity plate and diffusing light exiting from the luminance uniformity plate. A gap between the partition wall and the luminance uniformity plate is 5% to 30% of an optical distance defined by a distance between the reflective sheet and, the diffuser panel, and a gap between the luminance uniformity plate and the diffuser panel is not greater than 50% of the optical distance.


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