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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Masamichi Kotera, Saitama, JP;
Kouichiro Takashima, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Minoru Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Kotera, Saitama, JP;
Kouichiro Takashima, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Minoru Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A display device equipped with a touch panel may include a device chassis provided with an opening section, a display panel having a display surface disposed accessible through the opening section, a touch panel disposed on the display surface of the display panel and capable at least of selecting a function displayed on the display surface in response to a pressing operation on the touch panel, and a surface sheet for covering the touch panel on the opposite side to the display panel, and closing the opening section to form a substantially the same surface with the device chassis, wherein a reinforcing area for improving resistivity against pressing force applied from the outside may be provided in a predetermined range of the surface sheet.