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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Keiji Tago, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes: a first substrate having a first front surface and a first back surface that is an opposite surface of the first front surface; a liquid crystal layer arranged on the first front surface of the first substrate; a light guide plate having a first main surface facing the first front surface, a second main surface that is an opposite surface of the first main surface and a side surface crossing the first main surface and the second main surface; and a light source unit including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged along a first direction at a position facing the side surface of the light guide plate, and a light emitting surface of the light source unit is arranged to have a different direction from a direction of the side surface of the light guide plate in a thickness direction of the light guide plate.