Patent ID: 6795137
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A transreflective display device, comprising:a housing; a display panel mounted in a first location in said housing, the display panel including first and second surfaces, the second surface being a non-viewing surface; a transmissive reflector located behind said non-viewing surface of the display panel; a diffuser for diffusing ambient light originating from outside the housing to provide diffused-ambient light inside the housing; two or more devices for directing at least some of the diffused-ambient light through the transmissive reflector and the non-viewing surface of the display panel, the two or more devices forming sidewalls; and a backlight mounted inside the housing behind the transmissive reflector for supplementing the ambient light directed to the rear portion of the display panel; the transmissive reflector being located between the backlight and second display panel surface.