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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shigenori Aoki, Tokyo, JP;

Tsutomu Harada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G02B 6/0011 (2013.01); G02F 1/13471 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G09G 3/3426 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133601 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G09G 2300/023 (2013.01); G09G 2320/066 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0686 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, it includes a light source, a light guide including an entrance surface facing the light source and an exit surface from which light incident on the entrance surface exits, and a display panel including a display area in which a plurality of display pixels are arranged, with the display area facing the exit surface. The display panel is configured to selectively transmit light incident on the display area for displaying an image in the display area by driving the display pixels. A dimming panel including a dimming area faces the display area and the exit surface, and is configured to change a transmittance of light incident on the dimming area for each portion in the dimming area.


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