Patent ID: 9500902
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G02F

Claim Text:
1. A display device switchable between a mirror mode and a display mode, the display device comprising: a display panel having a light-emitting surface for emitting a polarized light; a polarizing element having an absorption axis and disposed on a side adjacent to the light-emitting surface, wherein the polarizing element is switchable between a polarizing mode and a non-polarizing mode, and when the polarizing element is operated in the polarizing mode, the polarizing element absorbs the polarized light from the display panel in a polarization direction parallel with the absorption axis, and wherein when the polarizing element is operated in the non-polarizing mode, the polarizing element allows the polarized light emitted from the display panel to pass through the polarizing element; and a reflective polarizer disposed between the display panel and the polarizing element.