Backlight unit for use in multiple-display device
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorsNan-Jui Chen, Chao-Heng Tu, Shih-Ting Chen
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Abstract
A display device includes at least two display panels and a frame for supporting the display panels. The frame includes a partition wall configured for supporting at least an end portion of the display panels. A backlight unit is located at one side of the display panels and provides light to the display panels. The backlight unit includes a strip light source, a longitudinal edge of which is extended along a longitudinal edge of the partition wall for emitting light to the display panels disposed at opposite side of the partition wall and two light-guiding plates disposed at opposite sides of the strip light source for guiding the light emitted from the strip light source into the display panels.
Claims18
A display device, comprising:
- at least two display panels;
- a frame for supporting the display panels, comprising a partition wall configured for supporting at least an end portion of the display panels;
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- a backlight unit located at one side of the display panels, and providing light to the display panels, wherein the backlight unit comprises:
- a strip light source, a longitudinal edge of which is extended along a longitudinal edge of the partition wall, emitting light to the display panels disposed at opposite sides of the partition wall, wherein the strip light source comprises a first group of light-emitting elements and a second group of light-emitting elements, the first group of light-emitting elements and the second group of light-emitting elements emit light toward the display panels disposed at the opposite sides of the partition wall, respectively, and there is a gap extending along the longitudinal edge of the strip light source and disposed between the first group of light-emitting elements and the second group of light-emitting elements;
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- two light-guiding plates disposed at opposite sides of the strip light source, and guiding the light emitted from the strip light source into the display panels, wherein the frame comprises a supporting part extending downwardly from the partition wall and passing through the gap to reach a bottom of the strip light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.