IP Library Granted Patent US 12,228,979
Granted Patent B2
US 12,228,979 · App. 17/273,691 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Image display device

Inventors: Shuji Yamashita (Nara, JP); Ichiro Okuda (Osaka, JP); Chiharu Matsukawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G06F1/182
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Patent No.
US 12,228,979
App. No.
17/273,691
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel which displays an image on a front surface of the display panel; an antenna unit which is positioned in front of the front surface of the display panel; and a front wall which accommodates the antenna unit. For example, the antenna unit overlaps the display panel in a front-back direction. For example, the front wall is disposed along a lower edge of the display panel, and protrudes forward relative to the display panel.

Claims (27)

1. An image display device, comprising:

a display panel which displays an image on a front surface of the display panel;

an antenna unit which is positioned in front of the front surface of the display panel; and

a housing which supports the display panel and the antenna unit, wherein:

the housing includes a non-conductive component which accommodates the antenna unit,

the antenna unit is disposed along an edge of the display panel in the housing and overlaps the edge at a lower end of the display panel in a front-back direction,

the housing includes a lower plate that is disposed along the edge at the lower end of the display panel and is fixed in an orientation in which a thickness direction of the lower plate intersects the front-back direction,

the lower plate includes a plate-shaped portion that protrudes forward relative to the display panel and a portion that protrudes rearward relative to the display panel,

the antenna unit is arranged within a thickness of the plate-shaped portion of the lower plate that protrudes forward, and

a thickness direction of the plate-shaped portion intersects the front-back direction.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the non-conductive component protrudes forward relative to the display panel.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a communication board which is disposed behind the display panel, and is configured to perform communication with the antenna unit.

4. The image display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the non-conductive component includes an accommodation unit and a lid, the accommodation unit being opened downward and accommodating the antenna unit, the lid being disposed on the accommodation unit.

5. The image display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing is disposed along an edge of the display panel.

6. An image display device, comprising:

a display panel which displays an image on a front surface of the display panel;

an antenna unit which is positioned in front of the front surface of the display panel; and

a non-conductive component which accommodates the antenna unit, wherein:

the non-conductive component includes an accommodation unit and a lid,

the accommodation unit includes an opening that opens downward and accommodates the antenna unit,

the lid is disposed on the opening of the accommodation unit,

the antenna unit is supported by the lid and accommodated inside the accommodation unit, and

the lid supports the antenna unit from below the antenna unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: YAMASHITA, SHUJI; OKUDA, ICHIRO; MATSUKAWA, CHIHARU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-081220 · Apr 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210311533A1 · Oct 7, 2021
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