Display device
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorsKasumi HASE, Kentaro OKUYAMA
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal containing a polymer and a liquid crystal molecule in a display area which displays an image, a light source unit provided along an edge portion of the display panel, a glass member located on a side opposite to an observation position of the display panel, and a dimming panel located between the display panel and the glass member and having a guest-host liquid crystal in a dimming area which overlaps the display area. An initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecule in the display panel is parallel to an absorption axis in the dimming panel.
Claims15
A display device comprising:
- a display panel comprising a polymer dispersed liquid crystal containing a polymer and a liquid crystal molecule in a display area which displays an image;
- a light source unit provided along an edge portion of the display panel;
- a glass member located on a side opposite to an observation position of the display panel;
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- a dimming panel located between the display panel and the glass member and comprising a guest-host liquid crystal in a dimming area which overlaps the display area, wherein
- an initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecule in the display panel is parallel to an absorption axis in the dimming panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.