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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Kuwayama, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Tomioka, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display device includes: a transmission-type display member having a display area that is sequentially scanned; and an illumination member that is arranged on a rear face of the display member and includes a plurality of illumination units that are arranged so as to be aligned in a direction from one end portion side toward the other end portion side along a direction in which the display area is sequentially scanned. The illumination unit is in a light emitting state over a predetermined light emitting period after sequential scanning of display units formed from a portion of the display area, which corresponds to the illumination unit, is completed, and the illumination units are sequentially scanned from one end portion side to the other end portion side in accordance with the sequential scanning of the display area.