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US 9,541,964 B2Granted
Image module, mobile terminal having the same and manufacturing method of image module
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHuiseob Byun, Kyewon Chang, Minseok Kim
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Abstract
An image module including a base member including a light transmissive material; a first layer having a first protruding pattern protruding from a first surface of the base member; a second layer including an opaque material and covering a second surface of the base member; and one or more image through-holes in the second layer and configured to pass light from a light source through the image through-holes and towards the protruding pattern to form one or more images.
Claims8
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface;
- a transmissive region formed on at least one of the front surface and the rear surface;
- an image module mounted in the terminal body;
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- an optical source configured to transmit light towards the image module, wherein the image module includes:
- a base member including a light transmissive material;
- a first layer having a first protruding pattern protruding from a first surface of the base member, wherein the first protruding pattern is visually exposed to an outside;
- a second layer including an opaque material and covering a second surface of the base member, wherein the first and second surfaces of the base member are on opposite sides of the base member;
- one or more image through-holes in the second layer and configured to pass light from a light source through the one or more image through-holes to the protruding pattern to illuminate and present one or more images with the first protruding pattern;
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- a third layer disposed on the second layer, wherein at least a portion of the third layer overlaps the one or more image through-holes, wherein the at least the portion of the third layer is exposed toward the first layer through the one or more image through-holes and the base member, wherein the second layer is exposed toward the first layer through the base member, and
- wherein the one or more images are formed by a combination of the first layer, the second layer and the third layer.
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