Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Ryoh Araki

Tsuyoshi Kawaguchi

Taketoshi Nakano

Yoshinobu Hirayama

Hikaru Kuki

Toshihiro Yanagi

Asahi Yamato

Tetsuya Ueno

Shigenori Tanaka

Kei Oyobe

Provided is a display device in which a housing includes a plurality of support parts and a bending part. At least two of the plurality of support parts are coupled via the bending part. A display unit is fixed to the plurality of support parts. The bending part is at least capable of bending with the display unit as an inner side. In a case where the bending part is bent with the display unit as an inner side, a distance between opposing portions of the display unit is not less than a predetermined distance.

Display device

Provided is a flexible display device in which an average thickness of a layered body, a touch panel, and a polarizing plate in a bending region is thinner than an average thickness of the layered body, the touch panel, and the polarizing plate in a region other than the bending region.

Flexible display device

In a display device in which a light shielding member having an opening formed in an image display surface of a display is arranged, occurrence of moire is prevented. A width (W1Y) of a first opening (OP) in a first light shielding member () of a display () and a width (W2Y) of a second opening (OP) of a second light shielding member () on a surface of the display () are set so that (W1Y&#x2212;W2Y)/2&#x3e;&#x394;LY is established.

Provided is a technique allowing a screen of a display device to be harmonized with a housing of the display device or an environment surrounding the display device, while an image is not displayed. A display device () includes: a display section () which displays an image; and a background section () which is provided on a front surface side of the display section (), the background section () having a plurality of openings () through which light, emitted from the display section () for display of the image, passes.

A display device with a first edge and a second edge, the first edge and the second edge extending in a same direction, the display device including a light-emitting layer, and an electronic circuit board, wherein the display device emits light toward a front side with the display device is bent as a first terminal portion disposed on a surface of an end portion on the first edge and a second terminal portion disposed on a back face of an end portion on the second edge facing one another, and the electronic circuit board includes a first surface mounted to the first terminal portion and a second surface opposite the first surface and mounted to the second terminal portion.

Display device, manufacturing method for display device, manufacturing apparatus of display device, mounting device, and controller

In the display device, the plurality of display bodies are jointed together and fixed to the elongated flexible circuit board.

In a mobile terminal, a second housing includes a second hinge configured to fit together with a first hinge to allow a flexible display to fold between a first housing and the second housing. The first housing includes a cutout portion configured to form a space for permitting elastic deformation of a bending portion of the flexible display that is folded.

Mobile terminal with flexible display

A lens cap () is arranged to cover a light-emitting surface () of a light source (), the lens thereby guiding light from the light source () in oblique directions relative to the light source (). The lens cap () includes, in a planar view, a light transmitting region () and a light blocking region (), the light transmitting region () divided into a plurality of light transmitting regions by the light blocking region () so that the light from the light source () passes through the plurality of light transmitting regions () and is separated into beams traveling in different directions.

Lens and light source unit

A liquid crystal display device () of the present invention includes an edge light type backlight unit () and a liquid crystal panel (). The backlight unit () includes a light guide plate () and a light source () that emits light to a light entrance end surface () of the light guide plate (). An opposite end surface (), of the light guide plate (), which is opposite to the light entrance end surface (), is shaped to have one or more triangular shape(s) or one or more rounded shape(s) in a cross section both in a thickness direction of the light guide plate () and in a peak luminance direction of light from the light source (). Light parallel to the peak luminance direction, which light is from the light source (), is suitably reflected without being scattered by an inclined surface of the opposite end surface ().

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Sakai, Japan

Ryoh Araki