Display device and electronic apparatus
A display device is provided which offers double-sided display and achieves a thin structure and also which prevents deterioration in display quality of each of front and back display units when an illumination unit such as a backlight is shared by these display units. The display device includes a first display unit having a display surface on the front surface thereof; a second display unit having a display surface on the rear surface thereof; and a common illumination unit interposed between the first display unit and the second display unit, for illuminating both the first display unit and the second display unit with light. The illumination unit includes a light-guiding member having a first light-emitting surface opposed to the first display unit and a second light-emitting surface opposed to the second display unit, and a transflector is interposed between the second light-emitting surface of the light-guiding member and the second display unit.
1. A display device, comprising:
a first display unit having a display area;
a second display unit having a display area facing in an opposite direction than the display area of the first display unit, the display area of the second display unit being smaller than the display area of the first display unit;
an illumination unit disposed between the first display unit and the second display unit and illuminating light onto both the first display unit and the second display unit, the illumination unit including a light guide member having a first light emitting surface facing the first display unit and a second light emitting surface facing away from the first light emitting surface; and
an optical sheet disposed at the second light emitting surface of the illumination unit at a position that is in an overlapping condition with the display area of the first display unit in plan view and is in a non-overlapping condition with the display area of the second display unit in plan view.
2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an aperture disposed within the optical sheet, the second display unit being located in the aperture.
3. The display device of claim 1 wherein:
outer edges of the second display unit are inboard of outer edges of the first display unit.
4. A display device comprising:
a first display unit having a display area;
a second display unit having a display area that is smaller than the display area of said first display unit;
an illumination unit between said first display unit and said second display unit;
an optical sheet that overlaps the display area of said first display unit in plan view and does not overlap the display area of said second display unit in plan view; and
wherein said optical sheet includes an aperture, and the display area of said second display unit is aligned with said aperture.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein said optical sheet has at least substantially the same reflectance as said second display unit.
6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein said first display unit overlaps said second display unit as well as a region beyond said second display unit.
7. A display device comprising:
a first display unit;
a second display unit that is smaller than the first display unit;
an illumination unit between said first display unit and said second display unit; and
an optical sheet that overlaps with the first display unit in plan view, the optical sheet having an aperture, at least a portion of said second display unit overlapping said first display unit through the aperture in said optical sheet.
8. A cellular phone comprising:
the display device of claim 7 .
9. The display device of claim 7 further comprising a casing having at least a white inner surface, with a side wall of the casing confronting a side edge of the illumination unit.
10. The display device of claim 7 wherein:
outer edges of the second display unit are inboard of outer edges of the first display unit.
11. A display device comprising:
a first display unit;
a second display unit that is smaller than said first display unit;
an illumination unit between said first display unit and said second display unit; and
an optical sheet that overlaps with said first display unit in plan view, said optical sheet having an aperture at a position that corresponds to the position of said second display unit.
12. A cellular phone comprising:
the display device of claim 11 .
13. The display device of claim 11 further comprising a casing having at least a white inner surface, with a side wall of the casing confronting a side edge of the illumination unit.
14. The display device of claim 11 wherein:
outer edges of the second display unit are inboard of outer edges of the first display unit.
15. A display device comprising:
a first display unit with two outer peripheral edges of opposite ends thereof;
a second display unit with two outer peripheral edges on opposite ends thereof, the two outer peripheral edges of said second display panel being inboard of the two outer peripheral edges of said first display unit;
an illumination unit between said first display unit and said second display unit; and
an optical sheet with two outer peripheral edges on opposite ends thereof, the two outer peripheral edges of said optical sheet being outboard of the two outer peripheral edges of said second display unit, said optical sheet having an aperture inboard of the two outer peripheral edges of said first display unit, at least a portion of said second display unit facing said first display unit through the aperture in said optical sheet.
16. A cellular phone comprising:
the display device of claim 15 .
17. The display device of claim 15 further comprising a casing having at least a white inner surface, with a side wall of the casing confronting a side edge of the illumination unit.