Display device
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorsRyou Shimmen, Michikazu Noguchi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate facing the array substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the array substrate and the counter-substrate, a first transparent cover member including a first main surface facing the counter-substrate, a second main surface located on a side opposite to the first main surface, and a first side surface extending in a first direction, and a light source applying light toward the first side surface along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first side surface is a protruding curved surface connecting the first main surface with the second main surface and facing the light source.
Claims18
A display device comprising:
- an array substrate;
- a counter-substrate facing the array substrate;
- a liquid crystal layer located between the array substrate and the counter-substrate;
- a transparent first cover member including a first main surface facing the counter-substrate, a second main surface located on a side opposite to the first main surface, and a first side surface extending in a first direction, and a second side surface extending in the first direction and arranged with the first side surface in the second direction;
- a transparent second cover member including a third main surface facing the array substrate, a fourth main surface located on a side opposite to the third main surface, and a third side surface extending in the first direction;
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- a light source applying light toward the first side surface along a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein
- the first side surface is a protruding curved surface connecting the first main surface with the second main surface and facing the light source, when viewed in the first direction,
- the second side surface is a protruding curved surface connecting the first main surface with the second main surface, when viewed in the first direction, and
- the third side surface is a protruding curved surface connecting the third main surface with the fourth main surface and protruding in the second direction, when viewed in the first direction.
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