US 10,375,840 B2Granted

Transparent display device

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsJaeho An, Jongmin Park

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Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a transparent display device. The transparent display device according to the present invention comprises: a frame having first and second apertures; a transparent display panel disposed on the first aperture of the frame; and a control module, disposed on the second aperture of the frame, for controlling the transparent display panel, wherein the frame is installed to cover the front surface of the door unit of a certain product or is separated from the front surface of the door unit of the certain product, and wherein an extension frame extended from an edge of the frame toward the door unit of the certain product can engage with the side of the edge of the door unit of the certain product.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A transparent display device, comprising:

a frame including a first opening and a second opening;
a transparent display panel disposed on the first opening of the frame;
and
a control module configured to control the transparent display panel and disposed on the second opening of the frame,
wherein the transparent display device is detachable from a door unit of a prescribed product,
wherein the frame comprises:
a rim frame located around the first opening and the second opening;
and
an extending frame extending from the rim frame in a rearward direction,
wherein the transparent display device further comprises a fastener configured to detachably couple the extending frame and a lateral surface of the door unit of the prescribed product, and
wherein a gap adjusting unit configured to adjust a gap between a rear surface of the transparent display panel and the front surface of the door unit of the prescribed product is disposed in the frame.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/500,015Filed 5 Feb 2015
Priority: KR 10-2014-009552528 Jul 2014
Published: US 2017/0257956 A17 Sep 2017
Granted: 6 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G09F 9/35
In which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements: being liquid crystals
A47F 3/005
Show cases or show cabinets: with glass panels
A47F 3/0434
Details: glass or transparent panels
G06F 3/0421
By opto-electronic means: by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen

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