# US 10,121,831 B2 · Electronic devices having displays with openings > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,121,831 B2 - Document ID: US10121831B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/812,884 - Filed: 2017-11-14 - Published: 2018-03-08 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-14 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Benjamin M. Rappoport; Jeremy C. Franklin; Fletcher R. Rothkopf; Scott A. Myers; Richard P. Howarth; Julian Hoenig; Christopher J. Stringer; John P. Ternus; Stephen Brian Lynch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121831B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/60: OLEDs integrated with inorganic light-sensitive elements, e.g. with inorganic solar cells or inorganic photodiodes - G02B 5/208: {for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation} - G02B 27/01: Head-up displays - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 1/1641: {the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - G06F 1/1688: {the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers} - G06F 1/169: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes (G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033)} - G06F 1/1698: {the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone (details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266)} - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 3/042: by opto-electronic means - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - G09G 3/3208: organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] - H04R 1/028: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles} - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - H10K 77/111: {Flexible substrates} - G02B 2027/0138: {comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera} - G02B 2027/014: {comprising information/image processing systems} - G06F 2203/04101: 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup - G06F 2203/04108: Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction - G09G 2320/0626: for control of overall brightness - G09G 2360/144: the light being ambient light - H04R 2499/15: Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops - Y02E 10/549: Organic PV cells - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a housing that encloses an interior cavity; an electronic component mounted in the interior cavity; and a display mounted in the housing, wherein the display comprises a pixel array that overlaps the electronic component, and wherein signals associated with the electronic component pass through the display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the display comprises a polymer substrate on which the pixel array is formed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the polymer substrate comprises first and second opposing surfaces and wherein the display has an opening that passes from the first surface to the second surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device defined in claim 3 wherein display comprises a layer of thin-film transistor circuitry, a layer of organic emissive material, and a layer of sealant. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device defined in claim 4 wherein the opening passes through the layer of thin-film transistor circuitry, the layer of organic emissive material, and the layer of sealant. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device defined in claim 5 wherein the electronic component aligns with the opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The electronic device defined in claim 3 further comprising a transparent polymer in the opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The electronic device defined in claim 3 further comprising a color filter material in the opening that blocks some wavelengths of light and transmits other wavelengths of light. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The electronic device defined in claim 3 further comprising an infrared filter in the opening that transmits infrared light and blocks visible light. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the signals comprise optical signals that are transmitted from the electronic component. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the signals comprise optical signals that are detected by the electronic component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the signals comprise acoustic signals transmitted from the electronic component. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the signals comprise radio-frequency electromagnetic signals. ### Claim 14 An electronic device, comprising: a housing that surrounds an interior cavity; an electronic component mounted in the interior cavity; and a display mounted in the housing, wherein the display has an active area with an array of pixels, wherein the active area of the display overlaps the electronic component, and wherein signals associated with the electronic component pass through the display. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device defined in claim 14 wherein the display comprises a substrate with an array of openings, and wherein the signals pass through the array of openings. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device defined in claim 15 wherein the openings pass from a first surface of the substrate to an opposing second surface of the substrate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The electronic device defined in claim 14 where the signals are emitted by the electronic component. ### Claim 18 An electronic device, comprising: a housing; an electronic component mounted in the housing; and a display having an array of pixels that overlap the electronic component, wherein the display comprises transmissive regions between the pixels, and wherein signals associated with the electronic component pass through the transmissive regions of the display. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device defined in claim 18 wherein the display comprises a polymer substrate and wherein the transmissive regions are formed from openings that pass from a first surface of the polymer substrate to an opposing second surface of the polymer substrate. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device defined in claim 19 wherein the pixels comprise organic light-emitting diode pixels that overlap the electronic component, and wherein the electronic component comprises a sensor that detects optical signals through the openings in the polymer substrate.