Patent ID: 8541934

Claim:
A direct-viewing type display device, comprising: a display panel including a front side and a rear side, which includes a display region that can be altered into a transparent state in which light from a rear environment lying behind the display panel is allowed to pass through the display panel from the rear side to the front side such that the rear environment can be perceived by a viewer and a frame region provided outside the display region in a lateral direction; and at least one light-transmitting cover which includes a first light-transmitting cover provided on the front side of the display panel; wherein the first light-transmitting cover includes a lens portion positioned so as to selectively overlap only selective portions of the display panel including 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 on a lateral side surface of the display panel; at least some light going out from the portion of the peripheral display region and/or at least some light entering the housing portion on a rear side goes out on a front 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 first light-transmitting cover such that the outermost lateral end surface of the housing portion is not completely overlapped by the lens portion of the first light-transmitting cover.