LCD apparatus with camera module, and method of making same

A method of making a liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising:

• providing a first glass substrate;
• providing a second glass substrate parallel to the first glass substrate;
• providing an image sensor;
• attaching the image sensor onto the first glass substrate;
• arranging the first glass substrate on the second glass substrate by arranging a plurality of sealing elements between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate to support the first and second glass substrates in a manner that a space between the first and second glass substrates is separated into a first closed space and a second closed space arranged one after the other along a lengthwise direction of the first and second glass substrates, the first closed space being separated from the second closed space by only one of the sealing elements, with the image sensor received in the first closed space between the first and second glass substrates;
• forming a liquid crystal layer in the second closed space between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate;
• and
• arranging a lens on an opposite side of the first glass substrate to the image sensor in a manner that an optical axis of the lens is aligned with the central normal of the image sensor.

A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

• a liquid crystal display device comprising:
• a first glass substrate;
• a second glass substrate parallel to the first glass substrate;
• a plurality of sealing elements located between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate and in contact with the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer formed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate;
• and
• a camera module comprising:
• a lens;
• and
• an image sensor;
• wherein the image sensor is located between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate;
• a space between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate is separated into a first closed space and a second closed space arranged one after the other along a lengthwise direction of the first and second glass substrates by only one of the sealing elements, the liquid crystal layer is received in the first closed space, and the image sensor is received in the second closed space;
• and
• the lens is located on an opposite side of the first glass substrate to the image sensor, and an optical axis of the lens is aligned with a central normal of the image sensor.