IP Library Granted Patent US 7,609,360
Granted Patent B2
US 7,609,360 · App. 10/462,674 · Granted Oct 27, 2009

Image display device

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Patent No.
US 7,609,360
App. No.
10/462,674
Granted
Oct 27, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The image display device includes a liquid crystal panel which has at least one optical sensor for outputting an electric signal resulting from light irradiation, pixel electrodes for driving a liquid crystal, switching elements for switching the pixel electrodes and a single transparent substrate on which the at least one optical sensor, the pixel electrodes and the switching elements are formed by laminating thin films.

Claims (22)

1. An image display device which includes a liquid crystal panel, said liquid crystal panel comprising:

at least one optical sensor for outputting an electric signal resulting from light irradiation;

pixel electrodes for driving a liquid crystal;

switching elements for switching the pixel electrodes; and

a single transparent substrate on which said at least one optical sensor, said pixel electrodes and said switching elements are formed by laminating thin films,

wherein said at least one optical sensor is disposed at a front side of the single transparent substrate,

wherein said at least one optical sensor comprises a first optical sensor which receives and detects light which comes from a backlight located at a rear side of the single transparent substrate, the received light being transmitted without reflection through the single transparent substrate from the rear side to the front side of the single transparent substrate to be incident without reflection on said first optical sensor, and

wherein said at least one optical sensor further comprises a second optical sensor which receives and detects exterior light being incident from a front side of said liquid crystal panel on said second optical sensor.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said first optical sensor and said second optical sensor are composed of a single optical sensor.

3. An image display device comprising:

a backlight; and

a liquid crystal panel, said liquid crystal panel comprising:

at least one optical sensor;

pixel electrodes for driving a liquid crystal;

switching elements for switching the pixel electrodes; and

a single transparent substrate on which said at least the one optical sensor, said

pixel electrodes and said switching elements are formed by laminating thin films,

wherein said backlight is located at a rear side of the single transparent substrate,

wherein said at least one optical sensor is disposed at a front side of the single transparent substrate,

wherein said at least one optical sensor comprises a first optical sensor which receives and detects light which comes from the backlight, the received light traveling without reflection through the single transparent substrate from the rear side to the front side of the single transparent substrate to be incident without reflection from the rear side on said first optical sensor, and

wherein said at least one optical sensor further comprises a second optical sensor which receives and detects exterior light being incident from a front side of said liquid crystal panel on said second optical sensor.

4. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein said first optical sensor and said second optical sensor are composed of a single optical sensor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2003
From: YAMAGUCHI, AKIRA
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014183/0104 →