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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2009
Applicant:
Yoshitaka Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshitaka Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1334 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1347 (2013.01); G02F 1/1334 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133391 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133331 (2013.01); G02B 6/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a main display region () and a sub display region () for emitting lights of respective different brightness levels; and a liquid crystal display panel () having a display surface () provided which a light guide body (). The light guide body () is a transparent optical member, and has a part covering at least a boundary line () between the main display region () and the sub display region (), when seen in a plan view. Further, the part of the light guide body () covering the boundary line () is formed to have a cross section having a curvature.