US 12,141,402 B2
Display device and input apparatus
Masanori Yabuki, Miyagi-ken (JP)
Assigned to Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., (JP)
Filed by Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,106.
Application 18/299,106 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/031773, filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-194704 (JP), filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244348 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01)
CPC G06F 3/044 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1434 (2024.01); B60K 2360/332 (2024.01); B60K 2360/77 (2024.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a cushion having a light-transmissive property;
a plurality of first light sources disposed on a side of a first surface of the cushion, the first light sources outputting light toward the cushion;
a skin disposed on a side of a second surface of the cushion opposite from the first surface to cover the cushion, the skin being on an outer surface of the display device, the skin including a plurality of first transmission areas that transmit the light output from the plurality of first light sources and passing through the cushion as light representing shapes of a plurality of first symbols in a plan view;
a first light-shielding wall at least part of which is disposed in the cushion, the first light-shielding wall separating a plurality of first optical paths extending from the plurality of first light sources to the plurality of first transmission areas; and
a transparent plate-like member having a light-transmissive property, the transparent plate-like member being disposed between the cushion and the first light source to hold the first surface of the cushion.