IP Library Granted Patent US 7,903,080
Granted Patent B2
US 7,903,080 · App. 10/585,201 · Granted Mar 8, 2011

Liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel having two screens

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,903,080
App. No.
10/585,201
Granted
Mar 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a liquid crystal display, a pixel driving circuit 16 alternately displays a first image and a second image on a liquid crystal panel 11 . A front light 12 lights up while the first image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel by the pixel driving circuit 16 , and another front light 13 lights up while the second image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel by the pixel driving circuit 16 . As a result, the liquid crystal display enables a viewer B to look at the second image different from the first image which it provides for a viewer A.

Claims (17)

1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel having two screens;

a first front light placed in a vicinity of one of the two screens of said liquid crystal panel;

a second front light placed in a vicinity of the other one of the two screens of said liquid crystal panel;

a pixel driving circuit configured to drive pixels of said liquid crystal panel to display an image on said liquid crystal panel, wherein said pixel driving circuit alternately displays a first image and a second image on said liquid crystal panel,

said first front light lights up while the first image is displayed on said liquid crystal panel by said pixel driving circuit, and said second front light lights up while the second image is displayed on said liquid crystal panel by said pixel driving circuit, each of said first and second front lights is configured to light up repeatedly, thereby each of different images is simultaneously displayed on a front surface direction and a back surface direction of said liquid crystal panel;

a light source of said first front light and a light source of said second front light are disposed opposite to each other with respect to a direction along the screens of said liquid crystal panel; and

the direction in which light is mainly emitted out of each of the first and second front lights is inclined toward a direction opposite to a direction of the light source of each of the first and second front lights by an angle of 5 to 10 degrees with respect to the direction perpendicular to the liquid crystal panel, respectively.

2. Information equipment comprising:

a liquid crystal display, including

a liquid crystal panel having two screens,

a first front light placed in a vicinity of one of the two screens of said liquid crystal panel,

a second front light placed in a vicinity of the other one of the two screens of said liquid crystal panel,

a pixel driving circuit configured to drive pixels of said liquid crystal panel to display an image on said liquid crystal panel, wherein said pixel driving circuit alternately displays a first image and a second image on said liquid crystal panel,

said first front light lights up while the first image is displayed on said liquid crystal panel by said pixel driving circuit, and said second front light lights up while the second image is displayed on said liquid crystal panel by said pixel driving circuit, each of said first and second front lights is configured to light up repeatedly, thereby each of different images is simultaneously displayed on a front surface direction and a back surface direction of said liquid crystal panel,

a light source of said first front light and a light source of said second front light are disposed opposite to each other with respect to a direction along the screens of said liquid crystal panel, and

the direction in which light is mainly emitted out of each of the first and second front lights is inclined toward a direction opposite to a direction of the light source of each of the first and second front lights by an angle of 5 to 10 degrees with respect to the direction perpendicular to the liquid crystal panel, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2008
From: YUUKI, AKIMASA; ODA, KYOICHIRO; ITO, ATSUSHI; SATAKE, TETSUYA; TAHATA, SHIN
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-037028 · Feb 13, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080297431A1 · Dec 4, 2008