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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Michiaki Konno, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Michiaki Konno, Yokohama, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cold-cathode ray tube is adopted as an exposure lamp and the exposure lamp is always lit. When the exposure lamp exists at a standby position, a light of the exposure lamp is irradiated at a lower surface side of a control panel. By this irradiation, the liquid crystal display section of the control panel is irradiated in a state of looking bright and clear.