Backlight apparatus, display apparatus and lighting apparatus
AssigneesAtrc Corporation, Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorTakeshi ADACHI
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Abstract
A backlight apparatus for illuminating a display unit, including: a light-emitting element block including a plurality of light-emitting elements that are connected serially; and a driving control unit configured to control driving for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements by supplying a current to the light-emitting element block, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements is provided with a bypass circuit such that, even when a break occurs in a light-emitting element, a current from the driving control unit is supplied to the other light-emitting elements.
Claims8
A backlight apparatus for illuminating a display unit, comprising:
- a light-emitting element block including a plurality of light-emitting elements that are connected serially;
- and
- a driving control unit configured to control driving for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements by supplying a current to the light-emitting element block,
- wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements is provided with a bypass circuit such that, even when a break occurs in a light-emitting element, a current from the driving control unit is supplied to other light-emitting elements.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a backlight apparatus;
- a display unit to be illuminated by the backlight apparatus;
- and
- a correction unit configured to correct brightness of the backlight apparatus according to an image displayed on the display unit,
- the backlight apparatus comprising:
- a light-emitting element block including a plurality of light-emitting elements that are connected serially;
- and
- a driving control unit configured to control driving for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements by supplying a current to the light-emitting element block,
- wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements is provided with a bypass circuit such that, even when a break occurs in a light-emitting element, a current from the driving control unit is supplied to other light-emitting elements.
A lighting apparatus, comprising:
- a light-emitting element block including a plurality of light-emitting elements that are connected serially;
- and
- a driving control unit configured to control driving for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements by supplying a current to the light-emitting element block;
- wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements is provided with a bypass circuit such that, even when a break occurs in a light-emitting element, a current from the driving control unit is supplied to the other light-emitting elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.