US 11,892,727 B2
Illumination and display apparatus
Hiroaki Matsui, Tokyo (JP); and Takashi Ikuta, Selangor Darul Ehsan (MY)
Assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,454.
Application 18/137,454 is a continuation of application No. 17/520,110, filed on Nov. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,668,974.
Application 17/520,110 is a continuation of application No. 17/108,249, filed on Dec. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,194,192, issued on Dec. 7, 2021.
Application 17/108,249 is a continuation of application No. 16/496,690, granted, now 10,871,676, issued on Dec. 22, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2018/010750, filed on Mar. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-096227 (JP), filed on May 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0375875 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); F21Y 105/16 (2016.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133603 (2013.01) [G09G 3/342 (2013.01); F21Y 2105/16 (2016.08); G02F 1/133601 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An illumination unit comprising:
a plurality of first light-emission blocks each including a plurality of first light-emitting devices;
a plurality of second light-emission blocks each including a plurality of second light-emitting devices;
a light-emission controller that performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and independently performs light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks;
a light-emitting section provided in each of the first light-emission blocks and each of the second light emission blocks; and
wherein a light-emitting device package having a configuration in which at least one first light-emitting device and at least one second light-emitting device are packaged into one package, the number of the first light-emitting devices included in one first light-emission block and the number of second light-emitting devices included in one second light-emission block being the same as each other.