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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Yoshifumi Sekiguchi, Mobara, JP;
Ikuo Hiyama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshifumi Sekiguchi, Mobara, JP;
Ikuo Hiyama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes: a light guide plate having an emission surface emitting light to a liquid crystal panel and a plurality of side surfaces; and a plurality of light sources LEDPKG inputting light to the light guide plate from at least one side surface. The light guide plate is divided into a plurality of parts extending from the light inputted one side surface to an opposite side surface and the plurality of parts include at least one first part and at least one second part. The first part and the second part are adjacent to each other, and two-dimensionally overlap with the display area, respectively. At least the second part has a shape for emitting the light from an emission surface, and a sectional shape in the extending direction of the first part is greater than that of the second part.