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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Lg Display Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Kyungjae Park, Incheon, KR;
Jeil Ryu, Goyang-si, KR;
Assignee:
LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 6/0053 (2013.01); G02B 6/003 (2013.01); G02B 6/0021 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit. The liquid crystal panel includes a main display area and a sub-display area protruding from the main display area. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate having a main light plate below the main display area and a sub-display light plate below the sub-display area. A first light source emits first light primarily into the main light plate below the main display area and a second light source emits second light primarily into the sub-display light plate below the sub-display area.