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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A display device has a first display panel including an image display area in which an image is displayable, a light guide plate arranged at a back of the first display panel, the light guide plate comprising a transparent material, a plurality of light sources respectively facing a plurality of positions on side surfaces of the light guide plate, a second display panel arranged at a back of the light guide plate, the second display panel being configured to display an image viewable through the light guide plate and the first display panel, and a controller configured to control turning on and turning off of the plurality of light sources and to control a first image displayed on the first display panel and a second image displayed on the second display panel. The light guide plate includes an emission surface facing the first display panel.