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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2007
Toshinari Shibasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideo Homma, Ibaraki, JP;
Katsusuke Shimazaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Masaya Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Sukekazu Aratani, Tokyo, JP;
Toshinari Shibasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideo Homma, Ibaraki, JP;
Katsusuke Shimazaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Masaya Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Sukekazu Aratani, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An illuminating device includes a light-condensing sheet, a light-emitting portion, and a control unit. The light-condensing sheet includes a plurality of lenses each with a light-condensing function ranged on a light transmittance substrate. The light-emitting portion is opposed to the light-condensing sheet and includes light-emitting areas with respective dimensions. The control unit switches a luminous state of the light-emitting area to a non-luminous state or vice versa. A display device is provided with the illuminating device described above.