Patent ID: 9311862
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G09G

Claim Text:
1. A light source apparatus provided with a first light source unit comprising light emitting elements that provide white light illumination and a second light source unit comprising a first light emitting element, a second light emitting element, and a third light emitting element having properties that differ from those of the light emitting elements of the first light source unit and that provide white light illumination by color mixing, comprising: an illumination control unit configured to activate the first light source unit by repeatedly illuminating in sequence the light emitting elements of the first light source unit in each area of a plurality of partition areas of the first light source unit, while activating the second light source unit by continuously illuminating the light emitting elements of the second light source unit in one frame period, wherein each of the light emitting elements in a first partition area of the plurality of partition areas are illuminated and extinguished prior to illuminating each of the light emitting elements in a second partition area of the plurality of partition areas.