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US 12,013,604 · App. 18/335,377 · Granted Jun 18, 2024

Electro-optical device and electronic equipment

Inventors: Kaoru Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Hiromichi Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Kaneki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G02F1/133308G02F1/133512G02F1/133514G02F1/133528G02F1/1368
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Patent No.
US 12,013,604
App. No.
18/335,377
Granted
Jun 18, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device which is an electro-optical device includes a panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer and having a display region, a transparent region provided inside the display region, and a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region. A backlight unit is provided below the panel so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A bezel is provided below the backlight unit so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A cover member is provided above the second substrate so as to overlap with the transparent region. Also, a cap film made of a material different from that of the bezel covers at least a lateral side of the backlight unit in the frame region.

Claims (43)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a display panel;

a camera module; and

a cap film boned to the camera module via an adhesive layer;

wherein:

the cap film includes an upper portion, a bottom portion, and a side portion connected between the upper portion and the bottom portion,

the camera module is inserted toward a hole portion that is a space surrounded by the side portion,

the upper portion extends from the side portion toward a center of the hole portion, and

the bottom portion extends from the side portion toward an outside of the hole portion,

the adhesive layer includes a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer,

the upper portion is bonded to the camera module via the first adhesive layer,

the first adhesive layer is provided between the upper portion and the camera module,

the bottom portion is bonded to the camera module via the second adhesive layer,

the second adhesive layer is provided between the bottom portion and the camera module, and

the side portion surrounds a peripheral of the camera module.

2. The electro-optical device of claim 1 ,

wherein a width of the upper portion is larger than a width of the side portion in plan view, and

a width of the bottom portion is larger than the width of the upper portion in plan view.

3. The electro-optical device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a cover member provided above the display panel; and

a light-blocking layer printed on the cover member,

wherein the upper portion overlaps the light-blocking layer.

4. The electro-optical device of claim 3 ,

wherein the display panel includes a penetrate hole that penetrates the display panel toward the cover member, and

the side portion and the upper portion are located inside of the penetrate hole.

5. The electro-optical device of claim 2 ,

wherein the display panel includes a polarizing plate including an opening, and

the side portion of the cap film and the camera module are inserted toward the opening of the polarizing plate.

6. The electro-optical device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a backlight unit; and

a bezel that includes a bottom portion and a side portion that protrudes toward the display panel from the bottom portion of the bezel;

wherein the backlight unit is between the display panel and the bezel,

the backlight unit includes a penetrate hole that penetrates the backlight unit toward the display panel,

the side portion of the cap film and the upper portion of the cap film are located inside of the penetrate hole,

the side portion of the bezel is surrounded by the side portion of the cap film,

the side portion of the cap film is between the side portion of the bezel and the camera module and

the bottom portion of the bezel is between the bottom portion of the cap film and the backlight unit.

7. The electro-optical device of claim 2 ,

wherein a shape of the upper portion, in plan view, is a circle, and

a shape of the bottom portion, in plan view, is a circle that is bigger than the circle of the shape of the upper portion.

8. The electro-optical device of claim 2 ,

wherein the upper portion is ring-shape in plan view, and

the bottom portion is ring-shape and larger than the upper portion in plan view.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2023
From: INOUE, KAORU; TANAKA, HIROMICHI; KANEKI, TAKESHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 063961/0509 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-043335 · Mar 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17721746 · Apr 15, 2022
Continuation 17375509 · Jul 14, 2021
Continuation 16812426 · Mar 9, 2020
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