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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Mui Lab, Inc., Kyoto, JP;
Kazunori Oki, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyasu Hirobe, Kyoto, JP;
Fumiaki Shibayama, Kyoto, JP;
Shinji Horii, Kyoto, JP;
Takanori Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Makoto Nomura, Kyoto, JP;
MUI LAB, INC., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a product with an operation display panel incorporated therein, which naturally harmonizes with the environment to not create visual noise for a user and allow the user to operate the operation display panel intuitively while feeling a natural material. A thin layer, made of a natural wood, natural fiber, natural leather, or natural stone, or a resin, synthetic fiber, synthetic leather or artificial stone created by imitating the appearance and touch of a natural material, is provided on the peripheral surface of a housing so that the thin layer covers at least the entire front surface of a display panel. A touch sensor incorporated comes in contact with the front surface of the panel. The thickness of the thin layer and the luminance of the panel are designed to allow the user to view the content displayed on the panel.