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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A display device has a display panel including an image display area in which an image is displayable, a light guide plate arranged at a back of the display panel, the light guide plate comprising a transparent material and having a first incident surface and a second incident surface, a first light source facing the first incident surface, a second light source facing the second incident surface, and a controller configured to control turning on and turning off of the first light source and the second light source and to control an image displayed on the display panel. The light guide plate includes an emission surface facing the display panel, and a plurality of first prisms arranged in an area in correspondence with the image display area on a surface opposite to the emission surface.