Funai Electric Company Ltd.

U.S. Philips Corporation

Takuji Kaneko

Masaru Miyazaki

Teizo Sato

Chiaki Murata

Yoshikatsu Okamoto

Yuichi Sakagami

Toshio Asada

This thin liquid crystal television includes a thinly formed display portion displaying images and a stand member rotatably mounted on the back surface of the display portion and so formed as to support the display portion without bringing the lower surface of the display portion into contact with a receiving surface and to form a grip of the display portion by protruding upward beyond the display portion when rotated with respect to the display portion.

Thin display

Remote controller

Digital broadcast signal receiver

Combined LCD television and digital versatile disc player

Digital antenna

Blu-ray disc player

Liquid crystal television

Antenna

Collapsible digital antenna with television

Digital versatile disc player

Portable global positioning system

Air conditioner

An air conditioner system including an air conditioner unit having a first operating mode in which the air conditioner unit is operated to effect one of cooling and heating, and a second operating mode in which the air conditioner unit is operated to effect the other of cooling and heating, the air conditioner system including a main body of the air conditioner unit, the main body comprising a casing accommodating a heat exchanger, a fan, and electrical parts; and a first graphic-bearing panel detachably fitted to the front surface of the main body of the air conditioner unit, the first graphic-bearing panel comprising a plurality of ribs forming slits penetrating from an obverse surface of the first panel to a reverse surface of the first panel, and displaying a first visual cue of one of coolness and warmth on the horizontal ribs, the first visual cue of the first graphic-bearing panel matching the effect provided by the first operating mode.

Air conditioning and front panel therefor and method and apparatus for

Growing community of inventors

Daito, Japan

Takuji Kaneko