IP Library Granted Patent US 9,013,613
Granted Patent B2
US 9,013,613 · App. 13/114,277 · Granted Apr 21, 2015

Sensor-equipped display apparatus and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,013,613
App. No.
13/114,277
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor-equipped display apparatus including a light-transmissive display screen, a sensor that detects light passing through the light-transmissive display screen, and a material that visually obscures the sensor when viewed through the light-transmissive display screen.

Claims (32)

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a light-transmissive substrate;

a sensor configured to detect light passing through the light-transmissive substrate;

a material configured to visually obscure the sensor when viewed through the light-transmissive substrate, wherein the material has optical reflection properties similar to a top surface of the sensor opposing the light-transmissive substrate; and

circuitry configured to control a communication function of the mobile communication terminal via a wireless network.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:

a bonding sheet attached to an upper surface of the light-transmissive substrate.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 2 , wherein the bonding sheet is a transparent tape or transparent resin cured by ultraviolet rays.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 2 , wherein the bonding sheet has a refractive index that is approximately the same as a refractive index of the light-transmissive substrate.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:

a substrate on which the sensor and electronic components configured to operate the light-transmissive substrate are mounted.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 5 , wherein the material is provided on top surface of the substrate opposing a bottom surface of the light-transmissive substrate.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 6 , wherein the material is configured to have an optical transmittance of 40% to 60%.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive substrate is a transparent organic electroluminescence panel.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive substrate is a single-sided emission type transparent organic electroluminescence panel.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive substrate is a dual-sided emission type transparent organic electroluminescence panel.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the material is provided on a bottom surface of the light-transmissive substrate except for on a portion of the light light-transmissive substrate opposing the sensor.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a camera element configured to capture an image.

13. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to perform image correction processing on data output from the sensor based on image data displayed on a position of the light-transmissive substrate opposing the sensor.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine that a fingerprint authentication function has been activated based on a user input received at a user interface of the mobile communication terminal;

acquire image data corresponding to the user's fingerprint detected by the sensor; and

perform fingerprint authentication based on the acquired image data.

15. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a light-transmissive substrate;

a sensor configured to detect light passing through the light-transmissive substrate;

a material configured to visually obscure the sensor when viewed through the light-transmissive substrate, wherein the material has optical reflection properties similar to a top surface of the sensor opposing the light-transmissive substrate; and

circuitry configured to control a communication function of the electronic apparatus via a wireless network.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine that a fingerprint authentication function has been activated based on a user input received at a user interface of the electronic apparatus;

acquire image data corresponding to the user's fingerprint detected by the sensor; and

perform fingerprint authentication based on the acquired image data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
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