Transmitting type display device
First Claim
1. A transmitting type display device comprising:
- a transmitting type display panel mounted in a housing, said display panel closing an opening in said housing;
a light source disposed within said housing on the back side of said transmitting type display panel for producing light illuminating the back side of said transmitting type display panel;
an ambient light detector disposed near said transmitting type display panel for detecting the intensity of ambient light incident on the display surface of said transmitting type display panel, said ambient light detector being formed on a projecting portion of a transparent substrate of said transmitting type display panel, and a light-blocking layer being formed on said transparent substrate for shielding said ambient light detector from light from said light source; and
a brightness controller for controlling said light source according to the outside of said ambient light detector such that the intensity of light from said light source incident on said transmitting type display panel is increased with an increase in the detected ambient light intensity;
said transmitting type display panel being a liquid crystal display panel which includes first and second transparent substrates and a liquid crystal sealed therebetween, pixel electrodes and thin-film transistors for selectively driving said pixel electrodes being formed on the inner surface of said first transparent substrate, said first transparent substrate having said projecting portion projecting therefrom outwards of said second transparent substrate, and said ambient light detector being formed on the same surface of said first transparent substrate on which said thin-film transistors are formed.
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Abstract
A transmitting type display device is disclosed, which comprises a transmitting type display panel to provide a display on the front surface, a light source for producing light illuminating the back surface of the transmitting type display and a brightness controller for controlling the intensity of light from the light source. The device comprises an ambient light detector disposed near the transmitting type display panel for detecting the intensity of ambient light incident on the display surface of the transmitting type display panel, and the brightness controller for controlling the light source according to the detection output of the ambient light detector such that the intensity of light from the light source to the transmitting type display panel is increased with an increase of the detected light intensity.
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6 Claims
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1. A transmitting type display device comprising:
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a transmitting type display panel mounted in a housing, said display panel closing an opening in said housing; a light source disposed within said housing on the back side of said transmitting type display panel for producing light illuminating the back side of said transmitting type display panel; an ambient light detector disposed near said transmitting type display panel for detecting the intensity of ambient light incident on the display surface of said transmitting type display panel, said ambient light detector being formed on a projecting portion of a transparent substrate of said transmitting type display panel, and a light-blocking layer being formed on said transparent substrate for shielding said ambient light detector from light from said light source; and a brightness controller for controlling said light source according to the outside of said ambient light detector such that the intensity of light from said light source incident on said transmitting type display panel is increased with an increase in the detected ambient light intensity; said transmitting type display panel being a liquid crystal display panel which includes first and second transparent substrates and a liquid crystal sealed therebetween, pixel electrodes and thin-film transistors for selectively driving said pixel electrodes being formed on the inner surface of said first transparent substrate, said first transparent substrate having said projecting portion projecting therefrom outwards of said second transparent substrate, and said ambient light detector being formed on the same surface of said first transparent substrate on which said thin-film transistors are formed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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