Abstract: A liquid crystal panel assembly includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight module having at least one light emitting diode (LED) light source to irradiate light to the liquid crystal panel, and a housing which surrounds the liquid crystal panel and the backlight module. At least a portion of the housing adjacent to the at least one LED light source is formed of a thermal-conductive material.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes a backlight module and a LCD module. The backlight module has a plurality of individually drivable backlight regions. The LCD module has a plurality of display blocks, each of which corresponds to one of the backlight regions and is disposed on an optical path of light emitted from the corresponding backlight regions. A power regulating module is electrically connected to the backlight module and the LCD module for receiving image frame data and controlling light-emitting intensities of the backlight regions in accordance with the image frame data to be displayed by the corresponding display blocks. Each backlight regions has multiple light-emitting units for emitting light in different colors. Each display block has a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixels has multiple filter units.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes a substrate, a semiconductive light-emitting layer, and electrodes. The semiconductive light-emitting layer is deposited on one side of the substrate. The electrodes are composed of a conductive material filled in pores leading to the semiconductive light-emitting layer through the substrate. The semiconductive light-emitting layer includes sequentially deposited n-type and p-type semiconductive layers. The electrodes include n-side and p-side electrodes. One of the n-side and p-side electrodes penetrates through one of the n-type and p-type semiconductive layers, which is disposed closer to the substrate but not targeted for connection, and terminates with a tip thereof located within the other semiconductive layer. The other of the n-side and p-side electrodes penetrates through the substrate from the other side opposite to the one side of the substrate and terminates with a tip thereof located within the one semiconductive layer disposed closer to the substrate.

Abstract: A display device includes a lower substrate, comprising reflective display pixel electrodes, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates. A light source is provided on the upper substrate for illuminating the display electrodes through the liquid crystal layer. This arrangement provides a top light as an integrated structure within the liquid crystal display structure. The illumination can be efficiently provided to the pixel electrodes. This means that a light source pattern used can provide small light source areas.

Abstract: Various embodiments related to photoluminescent backlighting for a light valve are disclosed herein. One disclosed embodiment comprises a computing device with a light valve having a viewing side and a back side. A photoluminescent material is disposed behind the back side of the light valve, and an excitation light source is positioned to illuminate the photoluminescent material. Photoluminescence from the photoluminescent material backlights the light valve when the excitation light source illuminates the photoluminescent material.

Abstract: A monitor correction apparatus and a monitor having the same are provided. The monitor having the monitor correction apparatus includes a display panel and a first frame. The first frame covers a perimeter of the display panel and defines a display area. The monitor correction apparatus includes a front bezel that is integrally formed with the first frame and covers a part of the display area. Moreover, the monitor correction apparatus includes guide pins that are formed inside the first frame and near the front bezel. The monitor correction apparatus also includes a flexible printed circuit board which has at least one guide hole to be inserted by the guide pins. One end of the flexible printed circuit board extends into the front bezel. An optical sensor is disposed on the flexible printed circuit board and inside the front bezel and has an optical signal receiving zone.

Abstract: The invention especially provides a display device (1) with a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel (10) and a backlight illumination device (20), wherein the backlight illumination device (20) comprises a light emitting diode package (200) arranged to generate white backlight (251), wherein the light emitting diode package (200) comprises a blue light emitting diode, LED (201), a green luminescent material (203) and a red luminescent material (204); and a transmissive ceramic layer (206), arranged to transmit at least part of the blue emission (249), wherein the transmissive ceramic layer (206) comprises at least part of the green luminescent.material (203) and/or the red luminescent material (204). The LED (201), the green luminescent material (203) and the red luminescent material (204) are arranged to generate white light (250) for backlighting the liquid crystal display panel (10).

Abstract: An illumination device including a first light source for emitting light of a first primary color, a second light source for emitting light of a second primary color, and a third light source for emitting light of a third primary color, wherein the first light source is a light emitting diode, the second light source is a fluorescent tube, and the third light source is either a light emitting diode or a fluorescent tube. The illumination device generates white light by mixing the light emitted by the first, second and third light sources. A liquid crystal panel is illuminated with the white light generated by the illumination device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a support main having a rectangular frame shape, a reflection sheet in the support main, a light guide plate over the reflection sheet, a light-emitting diode (LED) assembly including a plurality of LEDs arranged along a side surface of the light guide plate, a reflection tape covering the LED assembly and the side surface of the light guide plate, a plurality of optical sheets over the light guide plate, a liquid crystal panel over the plurality of optical sheets, a cover bottom at a rear surface of the reflection sheet and having at least one side wall, and a top cover covering edges of a front surface of the liquid crystal and combined with the support main and the cover bottom, wherein the reflection tape contacts the at least one side wall.

Abstract: Backlight support is provided for flat panel displays through use of phospho-luminescent materials. Photo-luminescent materials are integrated into a flat panel display such as an LCD display as a back panel substrate or by embedding in display pixels. When ambient light levels exceed a predetermined threshold the material is activated allowing a reduction in active backlight power. The active backlight may be provided by an electrically supported system such as an ELP, a light pipe, an LED, etc. By reducing the power of the active backlight in an analog manner or through decreasing the duty cycle, an overall power savings is accomplished for the display. By embedding different photo-luminescent materials that operate at different wavelengths, color display may be enhanced while reducing power consumption. Display properties, such as transparency, contrast, etc., may be adjusted to affect phospho-luminescent backlight support.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion device includes a laser light source that emits a fundamental wave; a wavelength conversion element that converts the fundamental wave into a second harmonic wave; and an optical system including a wavelength selective mirror that reflects the fundamental wave transmitted through the wavelength conversion element without being converted into the second harmonic wave, while transmitting therethrough the second harmonic wave generated by wavelength conversion, wherein the optical system makes the fundamental wave transmitted through the wavelength conversion element without being converted into the second harmonic wave enter the wavelength conversion element again to be subjected to wavelength conversion once or more than once, while being focused by the wavelength selective mirror, and the conversion efficiency in at least one of the second stage and stages subsequent to the second stage is higher than the conversion efficiency in the first stage, where the conversion efficiency in each

Abstract: A cyan-colored composition for a color filter contains a phthalocyanine blue pigment comprising either of C.I. Pigment Blue 15:3 and C.I. Pigment Blue 15:4, or both, a phthalocyanine green pigment comprising C.I. Pigment Green 7, and a pigment carrier consisting of a transparent resin, a precursor of the resin or a mixture thereof. A color filter includes a red-colored filter segment, a green-colored filter segment, a blue-colored filter segment, and a cyan-colored filter segment or a yellow-colored filter segment.

Abstract: A layered light guide structure has a number of planar light guides arranged in a stack to receive a number of different color light beams from the edge of the light guides. Each of the planar light guides has one or more diffractive structures imparted or provided on its upper surface. The diffractive structures on each light guide are configured to diffract light of a particular wavelength range so that they efficiently diffract the guided light within that light guide. The diffractive structure can be one or more keypad symbols such that the layered light guide structure can be used as a keypad. The symbols can be pixelized such that the pixels can have different color patterns. The diffractive structure can also be a simple patch so that the layered light guide structure can be used as a back-light source.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second liquid crystal display panels located back to back. The liquid crystal display device further includes a light source provided to a side of a rear substrate of the first liquid crystal display panel, a light source provided to a side of a rear substrate of the second liquid crystal display panel, and a polarizing element provided between the first and second liquid crystal display panels. The rear substrate of the first liquid crystal display panel includes a light guide layer for directing light, incident on the rear substrate from the light source and propagating inside the rear substrate, toward the second liquid crystal display panel. The rear substrate of the second liquid crystal display panel includes a light guide layer for directing light toward the first liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: An illumination system comprises a gas discharge lamp (1) and at least one light-emitting diode (2). The illumination system according to the invention comprises means for reducing ultraviolet light emitted by the gas discharge lamp reaching the light-emitting diode. Preferably, the means for reducing ultraviolet light comprises an ultraviolet-absorbing or ultraviolet-reflecting shielding means ( ) provided between the gas discharge lamp and the light-emitting diode. Preferably, the gas-discharge lamp is a fluorescent lamp, for instance, a low-pressure mercury-vapor discharge lamp. Preferably, the illumination system is employed in an emergency lighting device or in a display device, in particular a liquid-crystal display (LCD) device. The illumination system according to the invention has a relatively long life.

Abstract: The application discloses an array-type light-emitting device comprising a substrate, a semiconductor light-emitting array formed on the substrate and emitting a first light with a first spectrum, wherein the semiconductor light-emitting array comprises a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting units, a first wavelength conversion layer formed on the first light-emitting unit for converting the first light into a third light with a third spectrum, and a circuit layer connecting the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit in a connection form to make the first light-emitting and the second light-emitting unit light alternately in accordance with a predetermined clock when driving by a power supply.

Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for designing and using display devices with integrated backlight layer structure utilizing separate color diffractive out-coupling (e.g., diffraction out-coupling). A lower substrate of the display can be used to integrate the backlight component (or the backlight layer structure), thus enabling a thin module with the integrated backlighting.

Abstract: In a display device, white LEDs and bluish white LEDs are arranged in alternating fashion on the light-incident surface side of a light-guide plate. On the light-exit side of the light-guide plate is disposed a transparent/scattering switching element switchable between a state of scattering incident light, and a state of transmitting light unchanged without scattering. During a narrow-angle display, only the white LEDs are lit, and the transparent/scattering switching element is placed in the transparent state, while during a wide-angle display, both the white LEDs and the bluish white LEDs are lit, and the transparent/scattering switching element is placed in the scattering state.

Abstract: A backlight unit includes a lamp, a bottom frame disposed under the lamp, the bottom frame having a first hole corresponding to the lamp, a light guide holder inserted into the first hole, and a light emitting diode disposed under the light guide holder.

Abstract: The color gamut of a liquid crystal display device of the field sequential system is sufficiently improved. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display device of the field sequential system including: an illumination element including a first light source for emitting light of a first color, a second light source for emitting light of a second color which is different from the first color, and a third light source for emitting light of a third color which is different from the first and second colors, the illumination element being capable of emitting light of the first, second, and third colors independently by time division; and a liquid crystal display panel for modulating the light emitted from the illumination element. The liquid crystal display panel of the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a first color filter exhibiting a high transmittance for light of the first color.

Abstract: A high color expression display device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The display device includes a backlight module and a display panel for receiving light from the backlight module. The display panel has a color filter layer which consists of a plurality of color resists above the backlight module. Lights from the backlight module pass through the color resists and out of the display panel to form an output light. A NTSC saturation of the output light may be greater or smaller than 60%, and a CIE standard illuminant C test result of the color resists may correspondingly fall into different predetermined scopes to prevent color shift and maintain brightness of the display device.

Abstract: A high color expression display device and a method for adjusting the displayed color are provided. The display device includes a backlight source, a transmittance adjusting layer, and a display panel for receiving light from the backlight source. The display panel has a color filter disposed above the backlight source. A CIE standard illuminant C test result of the color filter falls into a predetermined scope. In a transmittance spectrum of the transmittance adjusting layer, an average transmittance at wavelength shorter than 495 nm is smaller than that at wavelength greater than 570 nm.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display module device includes a lamp housing, a plurality of lamps in the lamp housing, and a scattering material formed on a surface portion of the lamps.

Abstract: A flat panel display includes a backlight with a plurality of lasing elements. A light distributor distributes light from the lasing elements across the flat panel display. In edge-lit backlights, the light distributor may be a light guide. In direct-lit backlights, the light distributor may be one or more light diffusers that randomize the polarization of light. A polarization enhancement film increases the polarization of light from the light distributor by allowing light of a first polarization to pass through the film and reflecting light that is not of the first polarization back into the backlight. The light reflected back into the backlight is randomly re-polarized within the backlight. An array of light modulators arranged across the flat panel display modulates light emitted by the backlight.

Abstract: A display device using an external light, includes: a main body including a light source; at least one auxiliary light source; and a display unit. The display unit includes a first end hinged with the main body such that the display unit can be opened and closed. The display unit also includes a transmissive display panel which forms an image. When the display unit is open, external light is incident onto the display panel and light from the at least one auxiliary light source is selectively supplied to the display panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device capable of performing image display with more adequate white level, during an operation of displaying an image which requires emphasizing white. A backlight illuminator for illuminating a liquid crystal display panel comprises a white light source adapted to generate white light, in addition to a laser source adapted to generate red light, blue light and green light. When an image to be displayed on a liquid crystal display panel requires emphasizing white, white light from the white light source is emitted to a liquid crystal display panel, in addition to red light, blue light and green light from the laser source. This makes it possible to display the image which requires emphasizing white, in the form of an image with more natural image quality.

Abstract: An illuminating device capable of being produced at low costs and irradiating rays of light uniformly to a liquid crystal panel. The illuminating device has a plurality of LED packages each having LED's and a lens, the LED packages being congregated on a plane in a large area. Each of the LED packages includes at least four LED's corresponding to LED's for emitting at least red, green and blue, and at least two of the LED's in each LED package are positioned symmetrically to the center of the lens and emit the same color.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display module in which its color shift is reduced. The liquid crystal display module comprises a liquid crystal panel having such wavelength dependency that the transmittance to incident illumination light is different depending on both the incident angle and the wavelength of the illumination light and its anisotropy is different in the lateral direction and the vertical direction, and a plurality of single color light sources having different light distribution characteristics of emission wavelength and illuminating the liquid crystal panel from the back, wherein the plurality of single color light sources emit illumination light having light distribution characteristics for relaxing the wavelength dependency and the anisotropy.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device with a simple configuration is capable of emitting light with a desired color temperature, achieving high light use efficiency, and displaying high quality images. The liquid crystal display device includes a planar lighting device and a liquid crystal display panel. The planar lighting device includes a light source having LED chips for emitting blue light, a transparent light guide plate having a light entrance plane admitting light emitted by the light source and a light exit plane emitting planar light, and a fluorescent member disposed between the light emission plane and the light entrance plane and having one or more fluorescent substance coated areas for emitting white light by converting blue light from the light source into white light and one or more blue light passing areas passing blue light as blue light. The liquid crystal display panel essentially includes red, green and blue filters.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a first backlight source, a second backlight source and a liquid crystal panel. The first backlight source provides magenta backlight and the second backlight source provides green backlight. The first and second backlight sources are alternatively driven periodically to provide backlight for illustrating images. The liquid crystal panel comprises a liquid crystal layer and a color filter. The liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are controlled for adjusting the transmittance of the backlight provided by the first and second backlight sources. The color filter includes red pixel areas, transparent pixel areas and blue pixel areas for performing color filtering operations on the backlight penetrating through the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A display system includes a building, a wall enclosed within the building, and a light guide directing light from the exterior of the building to the wall within the building. A display is supported proximate the wall where the display includes a liquid crystal layer and not including a backlight. The light guide directing the light to the liquid crystal layer is in such a manner that the combination of the light and the liquid crystal layer results in an image displayed thereon.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having a backlight module, liquid crystal layer and a color filter layer is disclosed in the invention. An ultraviolet unit for emitting ultraviolet is disposed in the backlight module. The color filter layer is composed of a purity of pixels, and at least one of the purity of pixels is filled with a wavelength-converting material. The wavelength-converting material can convert ultraviolet into green light.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided, comprising a liquid crystal display panel (LCDP) for displaying an image or a video signal. The display device furthermore comprises a double-pulse scanning backlight means (BL) having a plurality of red, green and blue colored light emitting diodes (RLED, GLED, BLED) arranged in rows for backlighting the liquid crystal display panel (LCDP) on a double-pulse scanning basis. Furthermore, a double-pulse scanning control means (CM) is provided for controlling the time sequential double-pulse scanning of the plurality of colored light emitting diodes (RLED, GLED, BLED) of the backlight means (BL) and for driving the time sequential double-pulse scanning of the plurality of colored light emitting diodes (RLED, GLED, BLED).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a first substrate; a light-blocking member disposed on the first substrate; an emission layer disposed on the first substrate; an ultraviolet-light blocking filter disposed on the emission layer; a lower polarizer disposed on the ultraviolet-light blocking filter; a gate line and a data line disposed on the lower polarizer and substantially perpendicular to each other; a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a display device according to the present invention includes; a cholesteric liquid crystal display including a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal regions, wherein each of the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal regions respectively reflect light of predetermined colors, and the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal regions are classified into two or more different types according to the predetermined color of the reflected light, and an assistance display device including a plurality of emitting regions, wherein each of the plurality of emitting regions is disposed in alignment with one of the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal regions, and each of the plurality of emitting regions respectively emits light of substantially the same color as the predetermined color of the light reflected by the cholesteric liquid crystal region with which it is aligned.

Abstract: In an LCD apparatus (400) having simplified structure and improved luminance, a light supplying unit (100) supplies an LCD panel (280) with red light during a time corresponding to one-third of a frame, green light during the time and blue light during the time. A light reflective-transmissive unit is disposed between the light supplying unit (100) and the LCD panel assembly (200) to transmit the red light, the green light and the blue light and to reflect an external light from exterior of the LCD panel assembly (200). The LCD apparatus displays an image by means of white light as well as red light, green light and blue light, thereby improving luminance and simplifying structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surface light source device that illuminates a transmissive liquid crystal display device having a display area formed of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix from a back side of the liquid crystal display device, the surface light source device comprising a plurality of light emitting element units, wherein each of the light emitting element units includes: at least one first light emitting element assembly; at least one second light emitting element assembly; and at least one third light emitting element assembly, and focal length and lateral magnification of each of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are adjusted based on emission intensity distribution of each of the first light emitting element, the second light emitting element, and the third light emitting element.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises first and second light emitting sections for emitting light with respective spreading angles that are different from each other and a liquid crystal display device arranged at the viewing side of the apparatus. The first light emitting section includes a first light guide plate for receiving light from a light incident end surface and diffusing it within a first angular range of spreading angle centered at the normal direction of a light emitting surface before emitting it from the light emitting surface and first light emitting elements. The second light emitting section includes a second light guide plate for receiving light from a light incident end surface and emitting it in directions within a second angular range of spreading angle smaller than the first angular range while transmitting light emitted from the first light guide plate and second light emitting elements.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal device including: a liquid crystal panel which includes first and second substrates supporting a liquid crystal layer in a sandwich manner and a sealing material disposed between the first and second substrate to seal the liquid crystal layer, and on which illumination light is irradiated from the rear side thereof; an optical plate disposed in the front side of the liquid crystal panel; and a control element that controls a display status of an image displayed on the liquid crystal panel, wherein: the liquid crystal panel includes a light receiving element that receives ambient light; and the light receiving element is disposed in a position where at least a portion of a light receiving surface thereof does not overlap the optical plate when seen from a plan view.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel and the back light device for emitting the light from a light source to the liquid crystal panel through a lens. The light source includes a first LED for emitting the light of a first color, a second LED for emitting the light of a second color, a third LED for emitting the light of a third color, a fourth LED for emitting the light of the third color, a fifth LED for emitting the light of the second color, and a sixth LED for emitting the light of the first color. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth LEDs are arranged on the wiring board in such a manner as to offset the deviation of the light distribution.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display front end component joined to a field emission device backlighting unit. The field emission device backlighting unit has a cathode and an anode. The cathode is provided with a plurality of emitter cells. The anode is provided with a screen structure having a plurality of phosphor elements that are each formed as a substantially continuous stripe. Each of the phosphor elements has a plurality of the emitter cells aligned therewith.

Abstract: There is provided a light-transmitting structure of a display panel for a slot machine using an electronic reel game scheme that is capable of playing other games on a reel game. The structure is located behind a touch pad. The structure allows a gamer to selectively play a typical display-based game through a separate game program while playing the reel game.

Abstract: A backlight unit which includes a structure in which the sensitivity of a light sensor for detecting color reproducibility of white light is increased, and a liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device having the same. The backlight unit includes a light source which generates light, a light guide plate which guides the light incident from the light source, a light sensor which detects the light emitted from the light guide plate and a mold frame which receives the light source, the light guide plate, and the light sensor. The mold frame includes a receiving recess which receives the light sensor, and a light sensing structure formed on a sidewall thereof being in contact with a side of the light guide plate which reflects the light emitted from the light guide plate and provides the light emitted from the light guide plate to the light sensor.

Abstract: A backlight assembly for a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of first light sources at a first distance from an optical sheet, a plurality of second light sources at a second distance from the optical sheet, and a reflecting sheet disposed behind the first and second light sources, in which the first distance and the second distance are substantially different.

Abstract: A color liquid-crystal display panel has a red filter segment in each red sub-pixel and a blue filter segment in each blue sub-pixel, but no green filter segment in green sub-pixels. The liquid-crystal display panel has a backlight source for illuminating, and the backlight source has green light producing components alternately switched on and off in consecutive frames. The backlight source also has white or red/blue, or purple light emitting components alternately switched on and off in consecutive frames in complementary phase to the green light producing components. When the liquid crystal layer segments associated with all the three color sub-pixels are operated in a light non-blocking state, only the white or red/blue light producing components are turned on, and when the liquid crystal layer segments associated with the red sub-pixels are operated in a light blocking state, only the green light producing components are turned on.

Abstract: The trans-reflective liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a plurality of data and gate lines defining a plurality of pixels, the pixels having a reflection region and a transmission region; a timing controller that receives, converts, and outputs image data; a switching unit that determines the output signal of the timing controller according to a transmission mode or reflection mode; a gate driver that receives a gate signal from the timing controller; a data driver that receives a data signal from the timing controller; a liquid crystal display panel with a TFT array substrate and a color filter substrate, the liquid crystal display panel displaying the image according to a gate pulse and a data voltage applied by the gate driver and the data driver; a sequential backlight including red, green, and blue lamps wherein, the backlight is turned on in a transmission mode to sequentially transmit the light into the transmission region and is turned off in a reflection mode.

Abstract: A backlit flat panel display includes a fluorescent tube positioned for illuminating the display, and a plurality of display illuminating LEDs on the periphery of the display. The fluorescent tube illuminates the display through a first range of brightness above a predetermined transition level and the LEDs illuminate the display through a second range of brightness below the transition level. When the illumination of the display is adjusted through the transition level to account for changes in ambient light, the LEDs and the fluorescent tube are operated together, so that the combined brightness of the illumination provided by the LEDs and the fluorescent tube will provide the desired display brightness; this advantageously compensates for delayed illumination of the fluorescent tube at start up and for persistence in the tube after shutdown.

Abstract: An exemplary backlight module (200) includes a light emitting unit (220). The light emitting unit includes a plurality of light sources (227, 228, 229) configured for providing color light beams respectively, and a mixer (222) configured for mixing the color light beams into white color beams. The mixer includes a plurality of light guide structures (223) respectively corresponding to the light sources and a mixing body (226) connected to the light guide structures. The light guide structures are configured for guiding color light beams emitted from the light sources to the mixing body. The color light beams emitted from all the light sources being partially mixed into white light beams in the mixing body.

Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes a bounding frame, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a first reflecting sheet. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are disposed in the bounding frame, and emit light in different directions. The first reflecting sheet is disposed on the bounding frame, and has a reflecting surface on one side away from the bounding frame.

Abstract: To attain a high color reproducibility as a whole image without impairing the brightness of the entire image. A color image display device comprising a combination of light shutters, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination, wherein a light source to be used for the backlight comprises a combination of a blue or deep blue LED and a phosphor, and the relationship between the NTSC ratio W as a color reproduction range of the color image display element and the light use efficiency Y is represented Y?0.38W+51 (wherein W?87).