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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Imanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Tanizoe, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel, an LED light source to irradiate a back surface side of the liquid crystal panel with light, a diffusion plate disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the LED light source, a reflection sheet disposed on a side opposite to the diffusion plate with respect to the LED light source, a panel holder disposed on a back surface side of the reflection sheet, and at least one photodetector disposed on the back surface side of the reflection sheet and to detect light reflected by a back surface of the diffusion plate and propagated in a gap between the reflection sheet and the panel holder.