Area light source apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus assembly
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTadashi Morimoto
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an area light source apparatus for illuminating a liquid crystal display apparatus of the transmission type, which has a display area formed from a plurality of pixels arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix, from the back, including: a plurality of light emitting element assemblies each provided as a light source and each including a light emitting element and a lens through which light emitted from the light emitting element passes; and a plurality of dummy lenses disposed in the proximity of each of the light emitting element assemblies and configured same as the lenses of the light emitting element assemblies.
Claims9
An area light source apparatus for illuminating a liquid crystal display apparatus of the transmission type, which has a display area formed from a plurality of pixels arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix, from the back, comprising:
- a plurality of light emitting element assemblies each provided as a light source and each including a light emitting element and a lens through which light emitted from said light emitting element passes;
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- a plurality of dummy lenses disposed in the proximity of each of said light emitting element assemblies and configured same as the lenses of said light emitting element assemblies.
A liquid crystal display apparatus assembly, comprising:
- a liquid crystal display apparatus of the transmission type having a display area formed from a plurality of pixels disposed in a two-dimensional matrix;
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- an area light source apparatus for illuminating said liquid crystal display apparatus from the back, said area light source apparatus including a plurality of light emitting element assemblies each provided as a light source and each including a light emitting element and a lens through which light emitted from said light emitting element passes;
- said area light source apparatus including a plurality of dummy lenses which are disposed in the proximity of said light source element assemblies and are same as the lenses included in said light emitting element assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.