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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2007
Takashi Akiyama, Sayama, JP;
Sachiko Kawada, Kodaira, JP;
Takashi Akiyama, Sayama, JP;
Sachiko Kawada, Kodaira, JP;
Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to the provision of a high-contrast display apparatus. The display apparatus of the present invention includes a light source, a display section having an electro-optical conversion device for transmitting or scattering light introduced from the light source, light control means for reflecting the light introduced from the light source at a prescribed reflection angle, and a light reflecting member for causing the light reflected by the light control means and transmitted through the electro-optical conversion device to be reflected outside the field of view of a viewer who is viewing the display section straight on.