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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
Applicant:
Takashi Oku, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Oku, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13363 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination device including a first light source for emitting light of a first primary color, a second light source for emitting light of a second primary color, and a third light source for emitting light of a third primary color, wherein the first light source is a light emitting diode, the second light source is a fluorescent tube, and the third light source is either a light emitting diode or a fluorescent tube. The illumination device generates white light by mixing the light emitted by the first, second and third light sources. A liquid crystal panel is illuminated with the white light generated by the illumination device.