Patent ID: 8228461
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a plurality of display portions, each display portion of the plurality of display portions including (i) a liquid crystal display panel unit having one principal surface to which a laser beam is incident and another principal surface opposing the one principal surface and (ii) a planar light guiding plate unit disposed on a side of the one principal surface of the liquid crystal display panel unit; a connection portion connected to each display portion of the plurality of display portions, such that the display portions of the plurality of display portions are arranged to display images adjacently thereon; and a laser light source supplying the laser beam to the planar light guiding plate unit of each display portion of the plurality of display portions, wherein the laser light source is positioned outside of the connection portion, is connected to an end face of the connection portion directly or via an optical interconnection, and emits the laser beam to the connection portion, and wherein the connection portion supplies the laser beam emitted from the laser light source to the planar light guiding plate unit of each display portion of the plurality of display portions while diffusing the laser beam.