Display apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSang-Don Park, Soon-Hyung Kwon, Seung-Gyu Lee, Deog-Jin Lee
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Abstract
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a front side that is exposed the outside. A refractor or set of refractors is positioned so as to minimize the appearance of a shield member to a viewer, thus causing a non-display region of the display apparatus to appear to be smaller than its actual size, thus increasing a size of an image display region of the display apparatus.
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A display apparatus, comprising:
- a display module configured to output an image;
- a front panel provided at a front side of the display module;
- a shield layer positioned at a rear side of the front panel;
- a back cover coupled to the rear side of the front panel;
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- a first optical refractor and a second optical refractor provided on the front panel, wherein the first optical refractor overlaps at least a first edge of the shield layer and the second optical refractor overlaps at least a second edge of the shield layer.
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a display module configured to output an image;
- a front panel coupled to a front side of the display module, wherein the front panel comprises a transparent region configured to transmit an image output by the display, and an opaque region that borders an outer periphery of the transparent region;
- a back cover coupled to a rear side of the front panel;
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- first and second optical refractors provided on a front side of the front panel at positions corresponding to an outer edge region and an inner edge region of the opaque region of the front panel, respectively.
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a display module configured to output an image;
- a front panel coupled to a front side of the display module, wherein the front panel is divided into a transparent region configured to transmit an image output from the display module, and an opaque region that borders an outer periphery of the transparent region;
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- first and second optical refractors provided at a front side of the front panel, wherein the first optical refractor extends from an outer edge portion toward a central portion of the opaque region, and the second optical refractor extends an inner edge portion toward the central portion of the opaque region so as to meet the first optical refractor and cover the opaque region of the front panel.
A display apparatus having a flat panel display module, wherein the display apparatus comprises image contraction parts provided on a front layer that is positioned at a front side of the flat panel display module, wherein the image contraction parts are positioned corresponding to an opaque region of the front layer that extends along an edge portion of the front layer, wherein the image contraction parts change a path of light transmitted through the front layer such that a displayed width of the opaque region is less than an actual width thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.