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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2000
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An illuminating device and an information processing device are proposed to increase the portability of the reflex liquid crystal display. According to the present invention, in the display unit equipped with the reflex liquid crystal display of the notebook PC which is an information processing device, since the illuminating device, that is the front light unit having the predetermined light source and the light guiding plate to guide the light to be obtained from the light source is attached removable free so that the light will be irradiated evenly over the entire surface of the display screen of the reflex liquid crystal display via the light guiding plate, and the predetermined information to be displayed on the display screen will be transmitted through, as sufficient lights can be irradiated over the display screen under the poor lighting condition to the display screen of the reflex liquid crystal display, and can be easily detached when carrying the reflex liquid crystal display. And thereby the illuminating device and the information processing device capable of increasing the portability of the reflex liquid crystal display can be realized.