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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Ryoh Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Takehiro Murao, Osaka, JP;
Takuto Yoshino, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Fukushima, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13 (2006.01); G02F 1/1345 (2006.01); G09F 9/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01); G02B 27/22 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1339 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1368 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1323 (2013.01); G02B 27/2214 (2013.01); G02F 1/1339 (2013.01); G02F 1/1345 (2013.01); G02F 1/1347 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G02F 1/134309 (2013.01); G02F 1/136286 (2013.01); G09F 9/00 (2013.01); G09F 9/30 (2013.01); H04N 13/0409 (2013.01); H04N 13/0497 (2013.01); G02F 1/1368 (2013.01); G02F 1/13439 (2013.01); G02F 1/133345 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device () includes a display panel (), a switch liquid crystal panel (), and a control unit (). The switch liquid crystal panel () includes a transparent electrode () provided in an active area (AA) on at least one of a first substrate () and a second substrate (), and a metal line () provided outside the active area (AA) on at least one of the first substrate () and the second substrate (), along four sides of the active area (AA).