(19)
(11) EP 2 334 152 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
14.09.2011 Bulletin 2011/37

(43) Date of publication:
15.06.2011 Bulletin 2011/24

(21) Application number: 09819031.7

(22) Date of filing: 15.06.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H05B 37/02(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2009/060843
(87) International publication number:
WO 2010/041494 (15.04.2010 Gazette 2010/15)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 06.10.2008 JP 2008259195

(71) Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8522 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • NABESAWA, Hiroyuki
    Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8522 (JP)
  • TOMIYOSHI, Akira
    Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8522 (JP)

(74) Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte 
Grafinger Straße 2
81671 München
81671 München (DE)

   


(54) ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME


(57) Provided is an illuminating apparatus wherein luminosity deterioration of illuminating light can be suppressed. An illuminating apparatus (10) is provided with a main controller (11), which specifies an LED having the most significant deterioration from among a red LED (3a), a green LED (3b) and a blue LED (3c) for each of a plurality of light emitting elements (3) in a color shade correcting operation, and classifies the light emitting elements (3) into a first group to be subjected to color shade correction and a second group not to be subjected to color shade correction, based on the deterioration ratio of the LED having the most significant deterioration.