Patent ID: 8711059

Claim:
A display apparatus including a front display unit ( 10 ) and a rear display unit ( 50 ) disposed behind the front display unit ( 10 ) such that an image of the rear display unit ( 50 ) can be viewed through part of the front display unit ( 10 ), the front display unit ( 10 ) comprising: a display panel ( 20 ); a front backlight unit ( 30 ) including a first light guide plate ( 36 ) disposed behind the display panel ( 20 ) and having a projection window ( 16 ) through which the rear display unit ( 50 ) is visible, a first light source ( 38 ) arranged along the circumference of the first light guide plate ( 36 ), and a reflective sheet ( 39 ) placed on a backside of the first light guide plate ( 36 ) to reflect light and opened at a region thereof corresponding to the projection window ( 16 ) to form an image hole ( 18 ); and a rear backlight unit ( 40 ) including a second light guide plate ( 42 ) disposed at a place corresponding to the projection window ( 16 ) behind the front backlight unit ( 30 ) and bent in a V-shape, the second light guide plate ( 42 ) including a first light guide plane ( 42 a ) slanted upwards towards a rear side of the display apparatus and a second light guide plane ( 42 b ) slanted downwards from a lower end of the first light guide plane ( 42 a ) towards the rear side of the display apparatus, and second light sources ( 44 ) disposed at upper and lower ends of the second light guide plate ( 42 ) to illuminate the first and second light guide planes ( 42 a , 42 b ), respectively.