Control panel device and display
OwnerHideo Miyanoinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a control panel device includes: a substrate; a panel section disposed oppositely to one principal surface of the substrate, with a predetermined spacing therebetween; an operating member exposed at a panel surface, on the opposite side of the substrate, of the panel section; a detecting element provided on the substrate and operative to detect an operation on the operating member; a display configured to display information on the panel surface; and a control unit configured to control operations of the display based on a signal obtained according to detection by the detecting element; wherein the display includes a light emitting element; a shaping member; a rod lens array; and a rear screen.
Claims8
A control panel device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a panel section disposed oppositely to one principal surface of said substrate, with a predetermined spacing therebetween;
- an operating member exposed at a panel surface, on the opposite side of said substrate, of said panel section;
- a detecting element provided on said substrate and operative to detect an operation on said operating member;
- a display configured to display information on said panel surface;
- and
- a control unit configured to control operations of said display based on a signal obtained according to detection by said detecting element;
- wherein said display includes
- a light emitting element which is provided on said one principal surface of said substrate and the ON/OFF state of which is controlled by said control unit;
- a shaping member provided with a through-hole having a predetermined shape configured to permit light from said light emitting element to pass therethrough to the panel section side;
- a rod lens array having an array of a plurality of rod-formed lenses extending from the shaping member side toward the panel section side;
- and
- a rear screen which is exposed at said panel surface and on which light in said predetermined shape coming from said rod lens array is projected.
A display comprising:
- a plurality of light emitting elements provided on one principal surface of a substrate;
- a shaping member provided with a plurality of through-holes having predetermined shapes and permitting light from said plurality of light emitting elements to pass therethrough in the direction in which said one principal surface faces, said plurality of through-holes being arranged correspondingly to the positions of said plurality of light emitting elements;
- a rod lens array having an array of a plurality of rod-formed lenses extending from the shaping member side in the direction in which said one principal surface faces;
- a rear screen on which light in said predetermined shapes coming from said rod lens array is projected;
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- a display control unit configured to control independently the ON/OFF states of said plurality of light emitting elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.