IP Library Granted Patent US 12,468,016
Granted Patent B2
US 12,468,016 · App. 17/611,867 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Bo Shi (Beijing, CN); Weiyun Huang (Beijing, CN); Chi Yu (Beijing, CN); Yue Long (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
G01S7/4816G01S17/10G01S17/86
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Patent No.
US 12,468,016
App. No.
17/611,867
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The display device includes a display panel and a TOF sensor arranged at a side of the display panel away from a display surface. Detection light received by the TOF sensor is allowed to pass through a target light-transmitting region of the display panel. A light reflection interference layer is arranged on a surface of the target light-transmitting region facing the TOF sensor, and configured to adjust a transmission direction of reflected light between the display panel and a lens of the TOF sensor.

Claims (22)

1 . A display device, comprising a display panel and a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor arranged at a side of the display panel away from a display surface, wherein detection light received by the TOF sensor is allowed to pass through a target light-transmitting region of the display panel, wherein a light reflection interference layer is arranged on a surface of the target light-transmitting region facing the TOF sensor, and configured to adjust a transmission direction of reflected light between the display panel and a lens of the TOF sensor, and configured to ensure that reflectivity of the light reflected by the light reflection interference layer is within a preset range and ensure that the light received by the TOF sensor is not coherent light, wherein the preset range is greater than zero and less than or equal to 1%.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light reflection interference layer is configured to allow the reflected light to pass therethrough directly.

3 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein a transparent substrate is arranged at a side of the display panel away from the display surface, the light reflection interference layer is arranged on the transparent substrate, and a second refractive index n2 of the light reflection interference layer is smaller than a first refractive index n1 of the transparent substrate.

4 . The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first refractive index n1 and the second refractive index n2 meet the equation n2=(n1*n){circumflex over ( )}(½), where n is a refractive index of air.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the light reflection interference layer has a thickness equal to ⅕ to ⅖ of a wavelength of the detection light.

6 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the light reflection interference layer is made of MgF 2 or SiO 2 .

7 . The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the light reflection interference layer has a thickness equal to ⅕ to ⅖ of a wavelength of the detection light.

8 . The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the light reflection interference layer is made of MgF 2 or SiO 2 .

9 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the light reflection interference layer has a thickness equal to ⅕ to ⅖ of a wavelength of the detection light.

10 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the light reflection interference layer is made of MgF 2 or SiO 2 .

11 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light reflection interference layer is configured to scatter the reflected light.

12 . The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the light reflection interference layer is a layer having a rough surface.

13 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light reflection interference layer covers an entire surface of the display panel away from the display surface.

14 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein pixel units are arranged on the target light-transmitting region, and the pixel units arranged on the target light-transmitting region and the pixel units arranged on the other display region meet at least one of the followings: each pixel unit on other display region comprises a light-emitting unit and a driving circuitry laminated one on another, and each pixel unit on the target light-transmitting region merely comprises a light-emitting unit; or a distribution density of the pixel units on the target light-transmitting region is less than a distribution density of the pixel units on other display region; or an area occupied by each pixel unit on the target light-transmitting region is smaller than an area occupied by each pixel unit on other display region.

15 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a camera arranged at a side of the display panel away from the display surface, wherein an orthogonal projection of the camera onto the display panel is located within the target light-transmitting region.

16 . A method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 1 , comprising:

forming a display panel;

forming a light reflection interference layer on a surface of the target light-transmitting region of the display panel away from the display surface; and

forming the TOF sensor at a side of the display panel away from the display surface,

wherein detection light received by the TOF sensor is allowed to pass through the target light-transmitting region of the display panel.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein when the light reflection interference layer is made of MgF 2 or SiO 2 , the light reflection interference layer is formed through vacuum plating or plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition.

18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein when the light reflection interference layer is a layer with a rough surface, the light reflection interference layer is formed through surface atomization or the attachment of an anti-glare scattering film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072855/0052 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2021
From: SHI, BO; HUANG, WEIYUN; YU, CHI; LONG, YUE
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058162/0282 →
Continuity (1)
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