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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Takafumi Shimatani, Osaka, JP;
Kentarou Imamura, Osaka, JP;
Shigeto Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/28 (2006.01); G02B 27/22 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/28 (2013.01); G02B 27/2235 (2013.01); H04N 13/0402 (2013.01); H04N 13/0422 (2013.01); H04N 13/0454 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device includes: a display portion having a screen that can display an image; and an image forming substrate formed into a plate, wherein the image forming substrate are configured to be switchable between a first state where the screen is arranged to be inclined with respect to the first main surface such that light from the screen enters the image forming substrate from the first main surface side and forms the image on the second main surface side and a second state where the display portion and the image forming substrate are aligned in the thickness direction and are arranged along each other.