Patent ID: 8836891
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel arranged to display an image; and a backlight unit provided behind the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a light-emitting surface including at least two regions which respectively emit lights of different brightness levels, the liquid crystal display panel including a display surface including regions which respectively correspond to the at least two regions and which are arranged to perform respective different displays, the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel is provided with an optical member which is transparent, includes a flat or substantially flat upper surface at a central portion thereof, and also includes an outer boundary portion which, when seen in plan view, overlaps at least a boundary line between said at least two regions of the light-emitting surface of the backlight unit, and the outer boundary portion of the optical member includes a cross section in a thickness direction of the optical member which has a curvature.