Display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung Han Yoo, Young Chan Kim, Kyung Tea Park, Yong-Suk Yeo
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Abstract
A display device includes: a display panel including a display area for displaying an image; a window provided on an upper portion of the display panel; a protection plate provided on a lower portion of the display panel; and a photosensor provided at least one of between the display panel and the window and between the display panel and the protection plate, wherein the photosensor includes a shutter for controlling light emitted by the display panel to transmit through the window or the protection plate, and a photodetector for receiving the light reflected after transmitting through the window or the protection plate.
Claims23
A display device comprising:
- a display panel including a display area for displaying an image;
- a window provided on an upper portion of the display panel;
- a protection plate provided on a lower portion of the display panel;
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- a photosensor provided at least one of between the display panel and the window and between the display panel and the protection plate,
- wherein the photosensor includes:
- a shutter for controlling light emitted by the display panel to transmit through the window or the protection plate, and
- a photodetector for receiving the light reflected after transmitting through the window or the protection plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.