ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,620, issued on May 13, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).
"Display apparatus" was invented by Takashi Ota (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a high-definition and high-contrast display apparatus using accurate local dimming. In achieving the object of the invention, there is provided a display apparatus including a display panel and a backlight. The backlight has a light source and an optical sheet. The light source has a light source substrate and LEDs arranged on the light source substrate. The light source is divided into segments in planar view. The segments include at ...