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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Yasumoto, Iwaki, JP;
Assignee:
ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/137 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/137 (2013.01); G02F 1/1337 (2013.01); G02F 1/1347 (2013.01); G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G02F 1/13439 (2013.01); G02F 1/133512 (2013.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G02F 2001/13332 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133567 (2013.01); G02F 2203/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device includes a liquid crystal display device that has a display area and a hidden area surrounding the display area; a liquid crystal shutter that is layered on the liquid crystal display device and has a first area corresponding to the display area and a second area corresponding to the hidden area; and a control unit that sets the first and second areas to a transparent state and an opaque state, respectively, when the display area is active, and sets the first and second areas to the opaque state when the display area is not active.