Patent ID: 11945372
Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. A display panel employed in a vehicle equipped with an external situation recognizing device that is configured to receive electromagnetic waves from outside to recognize an external situation, the external situation recognizing device being located at an end in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, wherein the display panel is provided at the end of the vehicle and extends in a direction intersecting with the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the display panel comprising:
a display unit including light emitting diodes (LEDs), the display unit being configured to display an image; and
a cover unit that is closer to an outside of the vehicle than the external situation recognizing device and is located at a position that corresponds to the external situation recognizing device,
wherein the cover unit is configured to allow the external situation recognizing device to receive the electromagnetic waves from outside through the cover unit, and
wherein the display unit is located to be adjacent to the cover unit,
wherein the display unit includes:
a substrate;
the LEDs; and
a transparent layer, and

wherein the display panel includes a panel base,
wherein the substrate is fixed to the panel base,
wherein the LEDs are provided on a surface of the substrate closer to a front side of the vehicle, and
wherein the transparent layer is formed on the surface of the substrate closer to the front side of the vehicle to cover the LEDs.