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US 12,704,751 · App. 18/610,603 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Ji-Cheol Son (Gumi-si, KR); Ji-Soon Oh (Daegu, KR); Yeoun-Jei Jung (Daegu, KR); Sung-Sik Son (Gumi-si, KR); Chan-Hyeok Park (Gumi-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/133512H04M1/0264H04N23/57G02F1/13312G02F1/133311G02F1/133541G02F1/133602
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Patent No.
US 12,704,751
App. No.
18/610,603
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a backlight unit, a camera hole penetrating the backlight unit, a camera in the camera hole, a liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit, the liquid crystal panel including a transparent portion on the camera hole, and at least one light-blocking member in the camera hole, the at least one light-blocking member being configured to reduce one or more of: light leakage from the camera hole and introduction of impurities into the camera hole.

Claims (17)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a backlight unit comprising a light guide plate;

a camera hole penetrating the backlight unit;

a camera in the camera hole;

a light-blocking member in the camera hole;

a liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit, the liquid crystal panel comprising a transparent portion on the camera hole;

a polarizing plate on a lower surface of the liquid crystal panel excluding the transparent portion of the liquid crystal panel; and

a cover bottom under the backlight unit,

wherein the light-blocking member includes a light-blocking tape that is directly attached to a lower surface of the polarizing plate and a lower surface of the transparent portion of the liquid crystal panel, and an insert mold that is in direct contact with a lower surface of the light-blocking tape and a lower surface of the cover bottom.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light-blocking member covers a portion of the camera hole located between the camera and the liquid crystal panel.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the camera hole has a circular cross-section; and

the light-blocking tape is shaped as a circular ring that is concentric with a circumferential surface of the camera hole.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the insert mold comprises:

a bottom-coupling portion coupled to the lower surface of the cover bottom;

an upper support portion supporting the light-blocking tape; and

a side surface connection portion connecting the bottom-coupling portion to the upper support portion.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0100128 · Aug 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
Division 17980465 · Nov 3, 2022
Division 17133733 · Dec 24, 2020
Division 16511509 · Jul 15, 2019
Related Publication 20240255794A1 · Aug 1, 2024
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