# US 9,436,302 B2 · Display device including touch emitting key unit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,302 B2 - Document ID: US9436302B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/691,473 - Filed: 2012-11-30 - Published: 2014-01-30 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-07-25 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dai-Han Cho - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436302B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 3/0202: {Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device} - H03K 17/9631: {using a light source as part of the switch} - H03K 2217/96015: Constructional details for touch switches - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) ## Abstract A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a touch emitting key unit, wherein the display device has a structure that a display module and a part of the touch emitting key unit substantially vertically overlap as the touch emitting key unit is affixed to a window. According to the structure, a dead space outside a screen may be effectively reduced. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a display module comprising a screen, wherein the screen is configured to display an image, wherein the display module further comprises at least one driving chip; a window covering the display module so as to show the screen; and a touch emitting key unit configured to emit marks for a touch operation through one surface of the window, wherein the touch emitting key unit is affixed to the window, wherein at least a portion of the touch emitting key unit is interposed between the display module and the window, and wherein the portion of the touch emitting key unit and the driving chip do not overlap each other in the depth dimension of the display device, wherein the touch emitting key unit comprises a light source, a reflection plate configured to reflect the light from the light source and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) attached to the window, wherein the light source is disposed on the FPCB, wherein the reflection plate is inclined with respect to the window and contacts the light source, wherein the reflection plate includes first and second ends opposing each other, wherein the FPCB includes first and second surfaces opposing each other, wherein the first surface of the FPCB faces the window, and wherein the second surface of the FPCB is in direct physical contact with both the light source and the first end of the reflection plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the portion of the touch emitting key unit and the FPCB overlap each other in the depth dimension of the display device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the touch emitting key unit further comprises a mark pattern part marked with marks configured to pass the light reflected from reflection plate therethrough. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, further comprising a light guide plate disposed between the mark pattern part and the reflection plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein the light source comprises a light-emitting diode (LED). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the reflection plate has two opposing ends, wherein one end of the reflection plate is affixed to the light source, and wherein the other end is affixed to the FPCB. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising a shading layer formed on an area of the window where the touch emitting key unit is installed, wherein the shading layer is configured to shade an area except for an image display area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, further comprising a protective film formed on the shading layer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein an accommodating groove is formed in the window and accommodates the touch emitting key unit therein. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the display module further comprises a second flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) attached to the screen, wherein the portion of the touch emitting key unit and the FPCB overlap each other in the depth dimension of the display device, and wherein the portion of the touch emitting key unit and the screen do not overlap each other in the depth dimension of the display device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the reflection plate includes first and second terminals substantially parallel to the window and an inclined portion interconnecting the first and second terminals, wherein the first terminal of the reflection plate contacts the FPCB and wherein the second terminal of the reflection plate contacts the light source. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, further comprising an adhesive layer attaching the FPCB to the window. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, further comprising a shading layer formed between the adhesive layer and the window and configured to shade an area except for an image display area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the second end of the reflection plate is in direct physical contact with the light source.