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US 2004/0165118 A1Published application
Integrated structural screen panel for projection television
AssigneeToshiba America Consumer Products, LLC
InventorRichard E. Huber
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Abstract
A screen assembly for a television includes a front screen panel, an opaque masking layer applied to a perimeter of the front screen panel to define a masked perimeter area framing a viewable area of said screen assembly, and at least one touch control operatively coupled to the front screen panel in the masked perimeter area. Indicia identifies the location and/or function of the touch screen control.
Claims20
A television assembly comprising a housing and a screen assembly secured to said housing, said screen assembly including:
- a front screen panel having a front face and a rear face, said front face being parallel to said rear face;
- an opaque masking layer applied to a perimeter of at least one of said front and rear faces of said front screen panel so as to define a masked perimeter area framing a viewable area of said screen assembly;
- and
- at least one touch control operatively coupled to at least one of said front and rear faces of said front screen panel in said masked perimeter area.
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In a television assembly, a screen assembly comprising:
- a generally flat front screen panel having a front face and a rear face;
- an opaque masking layer applied to a perimeter of at least one of said front and rear faces of said front screen panel so as to define a masked perimeter area framing a viewable area of said screen assembly;
- and
- at least one touch control operatively coupled to at least one of said front and rear faces of said front screen panel in said masked perimeter area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.