Patent ID: 7847877

Claim:
A design panel attached to a casing for an electronic equipment, which is constructed so that a display device whose display surface goes black at standby is placeable inside the casing, and which is formed with an opening that makes the display surface of the display device visible from an outside thereof, the design panel being attached to the casing from the outside for entirely covering the opening, the design panel comprising: a transparent support substrate which is externally attachable to the opening and has a larger area than the opening; a polarizing film provided outside or inside of the transparent support substrate to convert incident light into a linearly polarized light; a ¼ wavelength phase difference film provided on a closer side to an attachment side of the casing with respect to the polarizing film to convert the linearly polarized light into a circularly polarized light; and a black-colored section provided on the closer side to the attachment side of the casing with respect to the transparent support substrate, for blacking a portion which is able to be in contact with the casing, wherein the polarizing film and the ¼ wavelength phase difference film provide a concealing section, and wherein the display device is made visible from the outside through the concealing section at information display, whereas the display device is made invisible from the outside through the concealing section at standby.