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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Tomtom International B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Samuel Mark Broadbent, Amsterdam, NL;
Andrew John Roy Tattersfield, Amsterdam, NL;
Nicholas Alexander Evans, Amsterdam, NL;
TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A portable information display deviceis disclosed comprising an electronic display modulecomprising a substantially rectangular display screenand an optical elementarranged in front of the electronic display module to form a non-rectangular optical frame extending outside the rectangular display screen. Illuminating meansbehind the optical frame is arranged to illuminate at least one icondefined by the optical element outside the rectangular display screen, and an electronic controllerfor the illuminating means is arranged to selectively illuminate the at least one icon outside the rectangular display screen.