Patent ID: 7830479
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G02F,G09G,H04M

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a first display unit having a first liquid crystal display element including a first liquid crystal selectively reflecting light in a predetermined color in a predetermined state enclosed between substrates provided opposite to each other; a second display unit having a second liquid crystal display element including a second liquid crystal selectively reflecting light in the predetermined color in the predetermined state enclosed between substrates provided opposite to each other; a light absorbing layer disposed on a bottom surface of the first display unit so as to absorb light which has entered the first display unit through a top surface thereof and which has been transmitted by the first liquid crystal; and a control circuit section for effecting a switch between a two-surface display mode in which the second display unit is lapped over the first display unit so as to face the bottom surface thereof with the light absorbing layer interposed between them to display images independent of each other on the first display unit and the second display unit and a high image quality mode in which the second display unit is lapped over the first display unit so as to face the top surface thereof to display the same image on the first and second display units.