Patent ID: 8345415

Claim:
A display apparatus, comprising: a front panel that defines a front of the display apparatus, wherein an entire front surface of the front panel is made of a transparent material, and side edge portions of the front panel are externally exposed; at least one frame attached to a rear surface of the front panel so as to support the front panel, wherein the frame includes a hole of a predetermined size; a display module attached to the frame to output an image; a control panel provided in the hole of the frame to control the display module based on a touch input received on the front surface of the front panel; and a rear housing to accommodate the display module and the frame such that a portion of the display module and a portion of the frame are shielded from view from outside of the display apparatus, wherein the rear housing is close to a rear surface of the front panel without covering the side edge portions of the front panel, and wherein the front panel covers whole of the front surface of the display module and includes the transparent material that covers whole of the front surface of the front panel to enable the image output by the display module to be viewed from outside of the display apparatus.