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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Shinohara, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Norihisa Kanzaki, Otsu, JP;
Takuma Iwase, Ritto, JP;
Yoshihiko Takagi, Kyoto, JP;
Takaaki Suzumura, Ritto, JP;
Takahiro Morichi, Otsu, JP;
Norikazu Kitamura, Osaka, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
A display device includes a transparent liquid crystal panel configured to allow an object arranged at the rear surface to be viewed from the front surface; a first polarizer arranged on at least one of the front surface and the rear surface of the transparent liquid crystal panel; a light source; a light guide element arranged at the other of the front surface and the rear surface of the transparent liquid crystal panel; a second polarizer arranged between the light guide element and the transparent liquid crystal panel, or between the light guide element and the light source and arranged to not block at least a portion of light transmitted through the light guide element via the object; and a controller.