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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Norikazu Kitamura, Osaka, JP;
Yoshimasa Osumi, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuhiro Tanoue, Shiga, JP;
Yoshihiko Takagi, Kyoto, JP;
Norihisa Kanzaki, Shiga, JP;
Masayuki Shinohara, Kyoto, JP;
Junya Fujita, Aichi, JP;
Takamitsu Ishikawa, Aichi, JP;
Takeshi Kakinuma, Gifu, JP;
Jun Kishimoto, Gifu, JP;
Masaaki Hiramatsu, Aichi, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A display device has a liquid crystal panel that switches between a transparent state and an opaque state, a first light source, a light guide plate arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal panel and made of a transparent material, the light guide plate having an incident surface facing the first light source and an outgoing surface facing the back surface of the liquid crystal panel, propagating light emitted from the first light source and incident through the incident surface, and outputting the light toward the liquid crystal panel from the outgoing surface, and a second light source configured to illuminate an object arranged on an opposite side to the liquid crystal panel with the light guide plate interposed therebetween.