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US 11,138,927 · App. 16/983,986 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Electronic device having display

Inventors: Songhee Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Seungjun Hyun (Seoul, KR); Minsik Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Min-Sung Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Mooyoung Kim (Seoul, KR); Kihuk Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G09G3/3208G09G3/2003G09G5/377H01L27/32H01L27/3225H01L27/3276H01L51/0097H01L51/524H01L51/56G06F3/017G06F3/041G06F2203/04108G06K9/0004G09G2300/046G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0439G09G2300/0456G09G2320/0686G09G2340/10G09G2360/144G09G2380/02H01L2251/5338
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,138,927
App. No.
16/983,986
Filed
Aug 3, 2020
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2623
USPC
345/694
Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a device comprising: a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction; a transparent cover formed on at least a portion of the first surface of the housing; a display disposed between the transparent cover and the second surface; a sensor disposed between the display and the second surface; and a control circuit, electrically connected to the sensor, for controlling the sensor, wherein the display can comprise: a first region including a plurality of pixels capable of displaying color; and a second region aligned on at least a portion of the sensor such that light acquired from the outside of the electronic device passes through the sensor. The present invention can have various examples.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a display;

an image sensor disposed under the display; and

a control circuit electrically connected to the image sensor and the display;

wherein the display includes:

a first display area having a first pixel density, and

a second display area having a second pixel density being less than the first pixel density, and including a first area with a pixel and a second area without a pixel,

wherein a transparent wiring line is formed in the second area of the second display area to connect with the pixel in the first area of the second display area, and

wherein the image sensor is disposed under at least a portion of pixels included in the second display area so as to obtain light through the second area of the second display area.

2. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the first display area includes a plurality of pixels with the first pixel density, and one of the plurality of pixels is constituted with a translucent electrode in the first display area.

3. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to control the display to display an image, representing a function state of the image sensor, in the first display area around the second display area.

4. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the pixel of the second display area is deactivated when the image sensor is activated.

5. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the image sensor is included in a front camera of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the first display area occupies a larger area than the second display area in the display.

7. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a board disposed under the display, and wherein the image sensor is disposed between the board and the display.

8. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the first pixel density is a first pixel per inch, PPI, of the first display area and the second pixel density is a second PPI of the second display area, and the second PPI of the second display area being less than the first PPI of the first display area.

9. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein a form of wiring lines across the second display area is different from a form of wiring lines across the first display area.

10. The electronic device of the claim 9 , wherein a spacing between the wiring lines in the second display area is wider than a spacing between the wiring lines in the first display area.

11. The electronic device of the claim 1 ,

wherein the electronic device further comprises a protective layer disposed on a bottom side of the display,

wherein the protective layer includes an area where the protective layer is partially removed, and

wherein the image sensor is disposed in the area.

12. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the second area is disposed between adjacent first areas.

13. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to control the display to display an image by controlling brightness of the image corresponding to the first area of the second display area to be higher than the first display area.

14. The electronic device of the claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to control the display to display an image, representing a function state of the image sensor, in a portion of the second display area at a time of the image sensor driving.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0035280 · Mar 24, 2016 · national
KR 10-2017-0024685 · Feb 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16087309
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