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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeo Kaneko, Suwa, JP;
Osamu Yokoyama, Suwa, JP;
Satoshi Nebashi, Suwa, JP;
Tatsuya Shimoda, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349 61 ; 349-5 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device has a light source and includes a two-dimensional light-emitting element array plate formed of a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a plane array, and a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels corresponds to each of the light-emitting elements. A light-projecting portion of each of the light-emitting elements is disposed within a light-transmitting region of the corresponding pixel.