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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Osamu Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Osamu Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that has a function of detecting the position where light emitted from an input pointerhas been inputted to an image display surfaceof an display panel and that switches the display direction (vertical direction) of a display image on the display panel on the basis of the radiation direction of the light emitted from the input pointer. Thus, a display device having a position detection function that enables the display direction of a display image to be switched using a simple structure can be provided.