Patent ID: 9541964
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface; a transmissive region formed on at least one of the front surface and the rear surface; an image module mounted in the terminal body; and an optical source configured to transmit light towards the image module, wherein the image module includes: a base member including a light transmissive material; a first layer having a first protruding pattern protruding from a first surface of the base member, wherein the first protruding pattern is visually exposed to an outside; a second layer including an opaque material and covering a second surface of the base member, wherein the first and second surfaces of the base member are on opposite sides of the base member; one or more image through-holes in the second layer and configured to pass light from a light source through the one or more image through-holes to the protruding pattern to illuminate and present one or more images with the first protruding pattern; and a third layer disposed on the second layer, wherein at least a portion of the third layer overlaps the one or more image through-holes, wherein the at least the portion of the third layer is exposed toward the first layer through the one or more image through-holes and the base member, wherein the second layer is exposed toward the first layer through the base member, and wherein the one or more images are formed by a combination of the first layer, the second layer and the third layer.