US 10,374,019 B2Granted

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.

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Dependent claims

A display device comprising:

a display panel including a display area for displaying an image and emitting light;
a window provided on an upper portion of the display panel;
a protection plate provided on a lower portion of the display panel;
a photosensor provided at least one of between the display panel and the window and between the display panel and the protection plate;
and
a reflective layer disposed between the display panel and the photosensor and having an opening that controllably opens and closes to reflect or transmit the light emitted from the display panel,
wherein the photosensor receives a portion of the light reflected after transmitting through the opening of the reflective layer and the window or the protection plate.

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Facts

Application: 16/130,806Filed 13 Sep 2018 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2015-015825911 Nov 2015
Published: US 2019/0013367 A110 Jan 2019
Granted: 6 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H10K 59/60
Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00: oLEDs…
H10K 59/878
Arrangements for extracting light from the devices: comprising reflective means
H10K 59/88
Constructional details: dummy elements, i.e. elements having non-functional features
H10K 2102/3031
Direction of light emission: two-side emission, e.g. transparent OLEDs [TOLED]

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Application15/219,681Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Jul 2016
US 2019/0013367 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Jan 2019
US 10,096,661 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0133441 A1Published application
US 10,374,019 B2This patent

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