Liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display system
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorsTatsuya Yata, Masaya Tamaki
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an optical member including a polarizer having an absorption axis and a transmission axis, a liquid crystal display panel including a light-reflecting layer and a liquid crystal layer located between the light-reflecting layer and the optical member, and a lighting unit located on a side opposite to the optical member with respect to the liquid crystal display panel to release linearly polarized light transmitted through the polarizer toward the polarizer side.
Claims13
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- an optical member comprising a polarizer having an absorption axis and a transmission axis;
- a liquid crystal display panel including a light-reflecting layer and a liquid crystal layer located between the light-reflecting layer and the optical member;
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- a lighting unit located on a side opposite to the optical member with respect to the liquid crystal display panel to release linearly polarized light transmitted through the polarizer toward the polarizer side.
A liquid crystal display system comprising:
- a liquid crystal display device comprising
- an optical member comprising a polarizer having an absorption axis and a transmission axis, and
- a liquid crystal display panel including a light-reflecting layer and a liquid crystal layer located between the light-reflecting layer and the optical member;
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- a lighting unit disposed independently of the liquid crystal display device, and located on a side opposite to the optical member with respect to the liquid crystal display panel to release linearly polarized light transmitted through the polarizer toward the polarizer side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.