Patent ID: 8531623

Claim:
A direct-viewing type display device, comprising: a display panel which includes a display region and a frame region provided outside the display region in a lateral direction; and a light-transmitting cover provided on a viewer's side of the display panel; wherein the light-transmitting cover includes a lens portion positioned so as to overlap a region that includes a portion of the frame region of the display panel and a portion of a peripheral display region within the display region which adjoins the portion of the frame region; the display device further includes a housing which includes a housing portion provided at least on a lateral side surface of the display panel; a portion of light going out from the portion of the peripheral display region and/or a portion of light entering the housing portion on a rear side goes out on a viewer's side of the housing portion; and an outermost lateral end surface of the housing portion is located at a position farther outward in the lateral direction than a corresponding outermost lateral edge of the lens portion of the light-transmitting cover.