IP Library Granted Patent US 11,487,319
Granted Patent B2
US 11,487,319 · App. 16/975,849 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Image display device and manufacturing method thereof enabling easy installation of optical sensor

Inventor: Tatsuya Saito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
G06F1/1607G09G5/10G09G2360/14
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Patent No.
US 11,487,319
App. No.
16/975,849
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device has an image display unit including a display for displaying images and a backlight arranged behind the display to illuminate the display. The image display device includes an opening formed behind the image display unit, an optical sensor which detects light passing through the opening, and a sensor holder which holds the optical sensor, and the opening includes a protruding diaphragm and a passage hole.

Claims (20)

1. An image display device having an image display unit including a display for displaying images and a backlight arranged behind the display to illuminate the display, the image display device comprising:

an opening formed behind the image display unit;

an optical sensor which detects light passing through the opening; and

a sensor holder which holds the optical sensor,

wherein the opening includes a protruding diaphragm and a passage hole,

wherein a screw groove is formed at the passage hole.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the passage hole is provided at a top of the diaphragm or near the top of the diaphragm.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is disposed at approximately a center of the image display unit.

4. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor holder includes a sensor hole,

wherein the sensor hole is superposed on the passage hole in a front view.

5. A manufacturing method of an image display device,

the image display device having

an image display unit that includes a display for displaying images and a backlight arranged behind the display to illuminate the display,

an opening formed behind the image display unit,

an optical sensor which detects light passing through the opening, and

a sensor holder which holds the optical sensor,

the manufacturing method comprising:

mounting a positioning jig on the opening;

fixing the sensor holder positioned by the positioning jig to a backside of the image display unit; and

removing the positioning jig after the mounting and the fixing.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jun 26, 2026
From: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 075928/0878 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 26, 2022
From: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060919/0004 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: SAITO, TATSUYA
To: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053604/0995 →
Continuity (1)
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