# US 10,311,802 B2 · Information processing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,311,802 B2 - Document ID: US10311802B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/231,965 - Filed: 2016-08-09 - Published: 2017-02-23 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-19 - Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311802B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3406: {Control of illumination source (illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336)} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface} - G09G 3/2092: {Details of a display terminals using a flat panel, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a CRT G09G1/165)} - G09G 3/32: semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - G09G 3/3648: {using an active matrix (G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence)} - 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 - G09G 2300/046: with an emissive area and a light-modulating area combined in one pixel - G09G 2320/0626: for control of overall brightness - G09G 2320/0686: with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - 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) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A novel information processing device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The inventor has thought of a structure including an input portion configured to supply the positional information of a pointer, an arithmetic device configured to determine a first region based on the positional information of a pointer and generate the image information so that the luminance of an image displayed in the first region is increased, and a display portion for displaying the image information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device comprising an arithmetic device and an input/output device, wherein the input/output device includes a display portion and an input portion, wherein the input portion is configured to sense a position of a pointer that approaches a region overlapping with the display portion, wherein the input portion is configured to determine positional information based on the position of the pointer, wherein the input portion is configured to supply the positional information to the arithmetic device, wherein the arithmetic device is configured to determine a first region of the display portion based on the positional information, wherein the arithmetic device is configured to generate image information so that a luminance of the first region is higher than a luminance of another region of the display portion, wherein the display portion comprises a pixel including a first display element and a second display element, wherein the second display element provided in the first region is configured to receive the image information generated by the arithmetic device so that the luminance of the first region is higher than that of the another region, and wherein the information processing device is configured to strengthen light emitted by the second display element provided in the first region to prevent a drop in the luminance of the first region due to a shadow projected on the first region of the display portion by the pointer or a user of the pointer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first display element is a reflective liquid crystal display element, and wherein the second display element is a light-emitting display element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, the pixel comprising: a first pixel circuit electrically connected to the first display element; and a second pixel circuit electrically connected to the second display element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information processing device according to claim 3, the display panel comprising: a first scan line electrically connected to a group of pixels arranged in a row direction; and a second scan line electrically connected to the group of pixels arranged in the row direction, wherein the first scan line is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit, and wherein the second scan line is electrically connected to the second pixel circuit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the first display element includes a reflective film configured to reflect incident light and configured to adjust an intensity of reflected light, and wherein the second display element includes a light-emitting diode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein the reflective film has an opening, and wherein the second display element is configured to emit light to the opening and a region overlapping with the opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the input/output device further includes a sensor portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the input portion includes at least one of a keyboard, a hardware button, a pointing device, a touch sensor, an illuminance sensor, an imaging device, an audio input device, a viewpoint input device, and a pose detection device. ### Claim 9 An information processing device comprising an arithmetic device and an input/output device, wherein the input/output device includes a display portion, an input portion, and a sensor portion, wherein the input portion is configured to generate positional information based on a position of a pointer that approaches a region overlapping with the display portion, wherein the input portion is configured to supply the positional information to the arithmetic device, wherein the arithmetic device is configured to determine a first region of the display portion based on the positional information, wherein the sensor portion comprises an illuminance sensor configured to generate information based on ambient brightness, wherein the sensor portion is configured to supply the information based on the ambient brightness to the arithmetic device, wherein the arithmetic device is configured to generate image information so that a luminance of the first region is higher than a luminance of another region of the display portion, wherein the display portion comprises a pixel including a first display element and a second display element, and wherein the information processing device is configured to strengthen light emitted by at least one of the first display element and the second display element provided in the first region to prevent a drop in the luminance of the first region due to a shadow projected on the first region of the display portion by the pointer or a user of the pointer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein when the arithmetic device determines that the information based on the ambient brightness is dark, the light emitted by the second display element is strengthened. ### Claim 11 An information processing device comprising an arithmetic device and an input/output device, wherein the input/output device includes a display portion, an input portion, and a sensor portion, wherein the input portion is configured to generate positional information based on a position of a pointer that approaches a region overlapping with the display portion, wherein the input portion is configured to supply the positional information to the arithmetic device, wherein the arithmetic device is configured to determine a first region of the display portion based on the positional information, wherein the sensor portion comprises an illuminance sensor configured to generate information based on ambient brightness, wherein the sensor portion is configured to supply the information based on the ambient brightness to the arithmetic device, wherein the arithmetic device is configured to generate image information so that a luminance of the first region is higher than a luminance of another region of the display portion, wherein the display portion has a pixel including a reflective display element and a light-emitting display element, and wherein the information processing device is configured to strengthen light emitted by at least one of the reflective display element and the light-emitting display element provided in the first region to prevent a drop in the luminance of the first region due to a shadow projected on the first region of the display portion by the pointer or a user of the pointer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the reflective display element is a reflective liquid crystal display element, and wherein the light-emitting display element is an organic electroluminescence element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein when the arithmetic device determines that the information based on the ambient brightness is dark, the light emitted by the light-emitting display element is strengthened.