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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 16, 2019
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Daichi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a display device that includes a display area in which a plurality of pixels are provided; an illuminator that includes a light guiding plate opposed to the display area and a light source configured to emit light to the light guiding plate; and a light controller configured to adjust an amount of light emitted from the illuminator. The light controller includes: a first substrate provided with a plurality of light control areas opposed to the display area; a plurality of electrodes arranged in a matrix in each of the light control areas; circuitry configured to control light transmittance of each of the light control areas; and a plurality of wiring lines that couple the circuitry and the electrodes.