IP Library Granted Patent US 11,378,656
Granted Patent B2
US 11,378,656 · App. 16/876,122 · Granted Jul 5, 2022

Information processing apparatus

Inventors: Asahi Tokyo (Yokohama, JP); Kazuhiro Kosugi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
G01S7/4811G01S17/04
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Patent No.
US 11,378,656
App. No.
16/876,122
Granted
Jul 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a display panel, and a ToF sensor emitting light through the display panel, in which the display panel includes a glass, and an AF layer (a water-repellent layer) having water-repellency, formed in an area other than a certain area including a passing area of light emitted from the ToF sensor on a surface of the glass opposite to a surface facing the ToF sensor.

Claims (13)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display panel; and

a ToF sensor emitting light through the display panel,

wherein the display panel comprises:

a transparent member; and

a water-repellent layer in an area of the display panel other than a passing area of light emitted from the ToF sensor on a surface of the transparent member opposite a surface facing the ToF sensor.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ToF sensor emits infrared light.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a reflection suppressing layer suppressing reflection, in the area of the display panel other than the passing area, between the transparent member and the water-repellent layer.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a blocking layer blocking visible light, in an area of the display panel including the passing area, on a surface of the transparent member opposite to the surface where the water-repellent layer is formed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the blocking layer has a roughness equal to or less than 35 nm.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the blocking layer has a roughness equal to or less than 29 nm.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the blocking layer has a roughness equal to or less than 24 nm.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the blocking layer has a roughness equal to or less than 19 nm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0028 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: TOKYO, ASAHI; KOSUGI, KAZUHIRO
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 052681/0003 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-236566 · Dec 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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