Liquid crystal color display device
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal color display device for displaying a color image in response to a given image signal, comprising:
- a liquid crystal cell composed of a liquid crystal material, a pair of transparent plates sandwiching said liquid crystal material therebetween, a transparent electrode mounted on one of said transparent plates and composed of plural electrode elements, and a flat transparent electrode mounted on the other transparent plate in confronting relation to said plural electrode elements;
at least one polarizer;
a color filter composed of a plurality of filters for passing red, green, and blue fluorescent lights therethrough, said filters being disposed in alignment with respective of said electrode elements;
fluorescent light-emitting means comprising a fluorescent layer and a lamp for generating electromagnetic radiation, said fluorescent layer being composed of a plurality of fluorescent layer elements capable of emitting red, green, and blue fluorescent lights in response to application thereto of electromagnetic radiation from said lamp, said fluorescent layer elements being aligned with respective of the plurality of filters of said color filter; and
said liquid crystal cell, said at least one polarizer, and said lamp being successively arranged in the order named away from an observation side, said color filter being disposed more closely to the observation side than said fluorescent layer.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal color display device for displaying a color image represented by an applied image signal, including a liquid crystal cell, one or two polarizers, and a fluorescent light-emitting means. The liquid crystal cell and one polarizer disposed on one side thereof, or the liquid crystal cell and the two polarizers sandwiching the same, jointly constitute a switching element responsive to the image signal applied to the liquid crystal cell for passing electromagnetic radiation in a pattern representing the image given by the image signal. The fluorescent light-emitting means has a fluorescent layer and a lamp for generating electromagnetic radition, and may additionally include a color filter. The fluorescent layer is responsive to the electromagnetic radiation from the lamp for emitting chromatic fluorescent light. Where the fluorescent light-emitting means has the color filter, the fluorescent light passes through the color filter to display the image.
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1. A liquid crystal color display device for displaying a color image in response to a given image signal, comprising:
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a liquid crystal cell composed of a liquid crystal material, a pair of transparent plates sandwiching said liquid crystal material therebetween, a transparent electrode mounted on one of said transparent plates and composed of plural electrode elements, and a flat transparent electrode mounted on the other transparent plate in confronting relation to said plural electrode elements; at least one polarizer; a color filter composed of a plurality of filters for passing red, green, and blue fluorescent lights therethrough, said filters being disposed in alignment with respective of said electrode elements; fluorescent light-emitting means comprising a fluorescent layer and a lamp for generating electromagnetic radiation, said fluorescent layer being composed of a plurality of fluorescent layer elements capable of emitting red, green, and blue fluorescent lights in response to application thereto of electromagnetic radiation from said lamp, said fluorescent layer elements being aligned with respective of the plurality of filters of said color filter; and said liquid crystal cell, said at least one polarizer, and said lamp being successively arranged in the order named away from an observation side, said color filter being disposed more closely to the observation side than said fluorescent layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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