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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Takeyuki Amari, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Furuya, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display screen switch is disposed above a liquid-crystal display ( ) that includes a display screen ( ) and is capable of displaying on the display screen ( ) an image that indicates various information comprising switch information. The switch includes a casing ( ) disposed above the display screen ( ) and having a circuit. The casing ( ) includes a plate-like casing body ( ) disposed on the display screen ( ), and a transparent window portion ( ) formed to penetrate the casing body ( ) from a surface side to a reverse side thereof. The switch further includes a switch body ( ) disposed on the casing body ( ), the switch body ( ) being connected to the circuit, and a transparent operation plate ( ) disposed above the surface side of the casing body ( ), the transparent operation plate ( ) being depressed so as to operate the switch body ( ). In the above switch, an image of switch information displayed on the display screen ( ) is transmitted to the transparent operation plate ( ) through the transparent window portion ( ) of the casing ( ).