Patent ID: 8643804

Claim:
A light generating device comprising: a base layer; a plurality of light source devices disposed on the base layer and configured to emit light, the light source devices being spaced apart from each other, at least one of the light source devices including a light emitting diode for generating the light; and a light shielding layer covering the light source devices and configured to control an amount of the light being transmitted through the light shielding layer, wherein the light shielding layer includes: a plurality of slits disposed spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of light shielding layer patterns defined by the slits, and being used to reflect the light impinging thereon, and wherein the light shielding layer patterns respectively correspond to the light source devices, wherein at least a portion of one of the slits is disposed above each of the light source devices, and wherein a width of each of the slits for a specific one of the light source devices increases as the corresponding slits move further from the specific one of the light source devices.