Patent ID: 8177407
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G02B,G02F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display panel for adjusting transmittance of light; a light unit comprising a plurality of linear-shaped light sources; and a control means for independently controlling an activation and a deactivation of the plurality of linear-shaped light sources according to an operation of the display panel, wherein the light unit includes a light-guiding plate having thickness that decreases with an increase in a distance from the linear-shaped light sources and comprising thin portions which are distant from the linear-shaped light sources, wherein the light unit is constructed to light independently a plurality of display areas obtained by dividing the display panel into multiple sections at the thin portions of the light-guiding plate, and wherein the control means provides control so as to radiate light of the plurality of linear-shaped light sources according to the operation of the plurality of display areas.