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Display device having display and imaging pixels sandwiched between same substrates

US6040810A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1997
Grant dateMar 21, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10H29/142
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a picture telephone, an apparatus is provided which images the face of an operator in a natural manner for a conversation, with an eye height at which the operator looks at an image expressing a partner of the conversation. A number of photodiodes are disposed each adjacent to each pixel electrode, on surfaces facing each other of a pair of substrates between which a liquid crystal of a transmission type active matrix liquid crystal display apparatus is interposed. Outputs from the respective photodiodes are read out by a so-called inter-line transmission method which utilizes a scanning function of a CCD (charge coupled device).

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