DISPLAY MODULE INCLUDING TRANSPARENT DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE DISPLAY MODULE

• US 20160202786A1
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Joo-yeon, LEE, Sang Chul, LEE, Jong Seo, KIM, Se Yong
• Granted Patent: US 10,126,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 11/06 Means for bringing about special optical effects
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/001 Devices for lighting, humidifying, heating, ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/0404 Cases or cabinets of the closed type A47F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/043 Doors, covers A47F3/0434 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/0434 Glass or transparent panels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133388 with constructional differences between the display region and the peripheral region
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/009 User recognition or proximity detection
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/0235 the arrangements being full-front touchscreens
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/105 Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage dispensers for food articles requiring a processing by temperature treatment or conditioning before they are ready for dispensing G07F17/0064
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/0413 Frames or casing structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/12 using a transparent mirror or other light reflecting surface transparent to transmitted light whereby a sign, symbol, picture or other is visible only when illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2023/0033 on refrigerated containers
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2027/001 Comprising a presence or proximity detector
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/0058 on electrical household appliances, e.g. on a dishwasher, a washing machine or a refrigerator
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/04 illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/065 : Advertising in food vending machines
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 : Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/35 : being liquid crystals G09F9/302 takes precedence; liquid crystal materials C09K19/00; liquid crystal panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell per se G02F1/13
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/06 : Remotely controlled electronic signs other than labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/16 : Digital picture frames

Abstract

Disclosed is a display module including a transparent display panel and a frame to fix a side of the transparent display panel, wherein the frame has a communication unit to receive data from the outside, a controller to process the received data and to output a drive command corresponding to the processed data and a display drive unit to drive the transparent display panel in response to the drive command from the controller. A display system includes a system body and a display module detachably mounted in the system body.

Claims

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a main body defining a storage compartment, the storage compartment being divided into a plurality of storage sections; and

a door coupled to the main body to selectively open or close the storage compartment, the door comprising;

a transparent touch display panel; and

a door frame surrounding one or more edges of transparent touch display panel and configured to protect the transparent touch display panel,

wherein the transparent touch display panel is configured to display, based on being touched by a user, information on food stored in one or more of the plurality of storage sections that corresponds to a touched transparent display area by user.