Patent ID: 8922598
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G02F,G09G,H04N,H05B

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a transmission-type display member having a display area that is sequentially scanned; and an illumination member that is arranged on a rear face of the display member and includes a plurality of illumination units that are arranged so as to be aligned in a direction from one end portion side toward the other end portion side along a direction in which the display area is sequentially scanned, wherein at least one of the plurality of illumination unit is in a light emitting state over a predetermined light emitting period after sequential scanning of display units formed from a portion of the display area, which corresponds to the illumination unit, is completed, and the illumination units are sequentially scanned from one end portion side to the other end portion side in accordance with the sequential scanning of the display area, and wherein a length of a waiting time from when the sequential scanning of the display unit is completed to when the corresponding illumination unit is in the light emitting state is set to be nonlinearly decreased in accordance with a sequence of the scanning of the illumination units at least in an area located on one end portion side.