Liquid crystal display device and gaming machine
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel; and a support member supporting the liquid crystal panel unit from a back side of the liquid crystal panel unit. A center axis of a viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel unit is not parallel to a line normal to a surface of the liquid crystal panel. The support member is provided with an opening portion transmitting light from the back side toward the liquid crystal panel unit. The opening portion has a region which has 180° rotational symmetry with respect to a center of the supporting member.
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel; and
a support member supporting the liquid crystal panel unit from a back side of the liquid crystal panel unit, wherein
a center axis of a viewing angle in of the liquid crystal panel unit is not parallel to a line normal to a surface of the liquid crystal panel,
the support member is provided with an opening portion transmitting light from the back side of the support member toward the liquid crystal panel unit, and
the opening portion has a region which has a 180° rotational symmetry with respect to a center point of the supporting member.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening portion is substantially symmetrical with respect to the center of the supporting member.
3. A gaming machine, comprising:
a liquid crystal display device including:
a liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel; and
a support member supporting the liquid crystal panel unit from a back side of the liquid crystal panel unit, wherein
a center axis of a viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel unit is not parallel to a line normal to a surface of the liquid crystal panel,
the support member is provided with an opening portion transmitting light from the back side of the support member toward the liquid crystal panel unit, and
the opening portion has a region which has a 180° rotational symmetry with respect to a center point of the supporting member; and
a discrimination information display device for variably displaying discrimination information for a game at a position deviated to one side of the liquid crystal display device, the discrimination display device being provided on the back side of the liquid crystal panel unit.
4. The gaming machine according to claim 3 , being a slant gaming machine in which the liquid crystal panel slants downward from a back side toward a front side of the gaming machine, wherein the liquid crystal display device is mounted so that the center axis of the viewing angle is located below the line normal to the surface of the liquid crystal panel.
5. The gaming machine according to claim 3 , being an upright gaming machine in which the liquid crystal panel is vertical, wherein the liquid crystal display device is mounted so that the center axis of the viewing angle is located above the line normal to the surface of the liquid crystal panel.
6. A gaming machine, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel displaying an image associated with a game, the liquid crystal panel having different viewing angles on opposite sides of a line normal to a display screen of the liquid crystal panel
a discrimination display device for variably displaying discrimination information required for the game at a position deviated to one of the sides of the line normal to the display screen of the liquid crystal panel; and
a retainer retaining and located at a backside of the liquid crystal panel unit, the retainer being provided with a driver for driving the liquid crystal panel and an opening portion for exposing the discrimination information on the discrimination display device toward the liquid crystal panel, wherein
the retainer has a first orientation in which the discrimination information on the discrimination display device is exposed toward the liquid crystal panel through the opening portion, and a second orientation created by rotating the retainer 180° around a center of the retainer from the first orientation, and
the opening portion, also in the second state, has a size exposing the discrimination information on the discrimination display device toward the liquid crystal panel.
7. The gaming machine according to claim 6 , wherein the opening portion is substantially symmetrical with respect to a center line normal to and passing through the center of the retainer.
8. A gaming machine, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel displaying an image associated with a game, the liquid crystal panel having different viewing angles on opposite sides of a predetermined direction on a display screen of the liquid crystal panel;
a discrimination display device for variably displaying discrimination information required for the game at a position deviated to one side of the predetermined direction on the display screen of the liquid crystal panel; and
a retainer retaining and located at a back side of the liquid crystal panel unit, the retainer being provided with a driver for driving the liquid crystal panel and an opening portion for exposing the discrimination information on the discrimination display device toward the liquid crystal panel, wherein the opening portion has a substantially symmetrical shape with respect to a center line passing through a center of the retainer.
9. The gaming machine according to claim 8 , where in the opening has a 180° rotational symmetry with respect to the center line passing through the center of and normal to the retailer.