Backlight Device and Image Display Device Provided Therewith

Abstract

The backlight device of the present invention is provided with a light emitting unit emitting light of N (N≧2) colors and a light emission control unit making the light emitting unit emit light of one of the N colors for each field. The light emission control unit varying, from one flame to the next, the order of light emission colors within each frame is designed for use in the backlight device and an image display device incorporating such a backlight device. Thus, it is possible to realize the backlight device and the image display device incorporating such a backlight device in which, irrespective of an image recognition period (a period in which an image is recognized during the movement of the viewpoint on a display), the continuous recognition of light of the same color is prevented during the movement of the viewpoint on a display.

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