IP Library Granted Patent US 7,821,561
Granted Patent B2
US 7,821,561 · App. 10/995,853 · Granted Oct 26, 2010

Display apparatus with camera and communication apparatus

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,821,561
App. No.
10/995,853
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

It discloses a display apparatus with a camera capable of taking an almost full-face image of a person seeing a display. The display apparatus with the camera includes a display element in which display pixels are arranged, and an image-taking module which forms a plurality of object images through a plurality of aperture areas formed among the display pixels of the display element and photoelectrically converts the plurality of object images. Furthermore, the display apparatus includes an image combining section which combines image information on the plurality of object images obtained by using the image-taking module.

Claims (16)

1. A display apparatus with a camera, comprising:

a display element in which a plurality of display pixels are arranged on a transparent substrate;

a plurality of image-taking lenses which are arranged on the transparent substrate;

a plurality of display lenses which emits light from the display pixels to an object side and are arranged on the transparent substrate;

a photoelectric conversion element which photoelectrically converts object images into image data, wherein the same object images are formed on different areas of the photoelectric conversion element by each of the plurality of image-taking lenses; and

an image combining section which combines the plural image data, which are output from the photoelectric conversion element by photoelectrically converting the same object images which are formed on the different areas, to generate one image data

wherein the display pixel includes a black matrix section, and the black matrix section of the display pixel adjacent to the image-taking lens has a knife-edge form to prevent occurrence of a ghost.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the image-taking lens is equal to or less than a size of the display pixel.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image-taking lenses are provided at positions away from a center of a display surface on the display element.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus comprises a plurality of image-taking modules and image taking modules are provided at a plurality of locations of the display elements.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display element is an organic electroluminescence element.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a controller which drives the display element and the photoelectric conversion element in different timing.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

the display apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a communication section which performs communication with image information by using the display apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2004
From: TSUBOI, TAKAYUKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 016028/0850 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-415820 · Dec 12, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050128332A1 · Jun 16, 2005