Patent ID: 8373640

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a display panel on which plural unit display pixels are aligned; an area light source arranged on a back surface of the display panel, the area light source having an emitting region which is divided into plural divided emitting regions; and a controlling section configured to control luminance of each of the divided emitting regions of the area light source, based on luminance information of a video signal input, the luminances of the divided emitting regions being calculated individually for each of the divided emitting regions based on the luminance information of the video signal input, the area light source including plural unit emitting pixels, the unit emitting pixels each serving as a unit block formed by (a) plural anode electrodes and (b) plural cathode electrodes intersecting at right angles with the anode electrodes, the unit emitting pixels being configured to generate light when luminance information of the area light source is input thereto and control light emission of the divided emitting regions through a matrix driving, the unit emitting pixels each including an electron emitting element configured to emit an electron, and a fluorescent substance which emits light by being excited by the electron emitted from the electron emitting element, and the unit emitting pixels each occupying an area which is equivalent to an area occupied by plural pixels out of the plural unit display pixels, wherein each of the divided emitting regions occupy an area which equals an area occupied by plural pixels out of the unit emitting pixels, and for each divided emitting region, luminances of the plural unit emitting pixels occupying the area of the divided emitting region are controlled as a group, in accordance with the luminance calculated for the divided emitting region based on the luminance information of the video signal input.