Patent ID: 8619210

Claim:
A direct-viewing type display device comprising a plurality of display panels, having a display region and a frame region outside the display region, wherein, the plurality of display panels include first and second display panels adjoining each other; the frame region of the first display panel is overlapped by a side face of the second display panel, such that a viewer-side surface of the first display panel and a viewer-side surface of the second display panel constitute an angle of more than 0Â° and less than 180Â°; first and second light guide elements are disposed on a viewer's side of peripheral display regions adjoining the frame regions of the first and second display panels, respectively; the first and second light guide elements have an incident face, an outgoing face, and a plurality of light guide paths formed between the incident face and the outgoing face; a distance between the incident face and the outgoing face of the first and second light guide elements increases away from the peripheral display region and toward the frame region; and a volume of the first light guide element is greater than a volume of the second light guide element.