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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akimasa Yuuki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a narrow light distribution backlight, a transparent backlight disposed in front of the narrow light distribution backlight, and a transmissive liquid crystal panel in a horizontal electrical field mode. The transparent backlight is a sidelight type backlight including a transparent light guide plate disposed to face the narrow light distribution backlight and a light source disposed on a side surface of the light guide plate. Prism-like irregularities extending in a vertical direction are formed on a surface of the light guide plate on a side of the narrow light distribution backlight. An electrode having a comb-like shape extending in a horizontal direction is disposed in each pixel of the transmissive liquid crystal panel.