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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Mizumo, Kaizuka, JP;
Makoto Takahashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1339 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1339 ;
Abstract
An illuminated display system having a display member and a light guiding member faces and extends in parallel with the display member. The display member includes a displaying element and a structural element. A light source illuminates the side ends of the display member and the light guiding member so that light which is transmitted by multiple internal reflections through both the display member and the light guiding member to illuminate the display.