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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Eiji Nittou, Osaka, JP;
Eiji Nittou, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention includes a primary display region () capable of being directly viewed by a primary viewer of a first liquid crystal display element (); and a secondary display region () incapable of being directly viewed by the viewer; a backlight device () provided so as to face only a portion of a back surface () of the first liquid crystal display element () which portion corresponds to the secondary display region (); and a reflecting section () configured to cause light emitted from the secondary display region () in a forward direction to be emitted from the back surface () of the primary display region () in the forward direction again. This arrangement enables production of a liquid crystal display unit () which can carry out, with a simple arrangement, a display that provides viewers with perception of depth.