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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2023
Applicant:

Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takashi Ota, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02F 1/133607 (2021.01);
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a high-definition and high-contrast display apparatus using accurate local dimming. In achieving the object of the invention, there is provided a display apparatus including a display panel and a backlight. The backlight has a light source and an optical sheet. The light source has a light source substrate and LEDs arranged on the light source substrate. The light source is divided into segments in planar view. The segments include at least one LED each. The light source substrate and the LEDs are covered with a transparent resin. The transparent resin is overlaid with a sheet having a honeycomb partition.


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