# US 11,029,910 B2 · Terminal screen and terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,910 B2 - Document ID: US11029910B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/740,333 - Filed: 2020-01-10 - Published: 2021-01-21 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-17 - Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jian Bai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029910B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display} - G09G 3/20: for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters} - G06F 3/1407: {General aspects irrespective of display type, e.g. determination of decimal point position, display with fixed or driving decimal point, suppression of non-significant zeros} - G09G 3/2003: {Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2300/0452: Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components - G09G 2300/0465: Improved aperture ratio, e.g. by size reduction of the pixel circuit, e.g. for improving the pixel density or the maximum displayable luminance or brightness - G09G 2320/0686: with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours - G09G 2340/0407: Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas - G09G 2360/14: Detecting light within display terminals, e.g. using a single or a plurality of photosensors - 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) ## Abstract A display screen of a terminal includes a substrate, and a display layer over the substrate. The display layer includes a primary display area and a secondary display area. The secondary display area has a resolution equal to or greater than that of the primary display area. The light transmission performance of the secondary display area is superior to that of the primary display area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display screen of a terminal, comprising: a substrate; and a display layer over the substrate; wherein: the display layer comprises a primary display area and a secondary display area; the secondary display area has a resolution greater than that of the primary display area; a light transmission performance of the secondary display area is superior to that of the primary display area; and the secondary display area has a pixel size less than that of the primary display area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein: a transmittance of the secondary display area is greater than that of the primary display area; and a light transmission quality of the secondary display area is superior to that of the primary display area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein there is at least one of: a transmittance of the secondary display area being greater than that of the primary display area; or a light transmission quality of the secondary display area being superior to that of the primary display area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein a center-to-center spacing between every two adjacent pixels in the secondary display area is the same as that in the primary display area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein a pixel arrangement manner of the secondary display area is the same as that of the primary display area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein a pixel structure of the secondary display area is the same as that of the primary display area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein at least one pixel is removed from the secondary display area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display screen according to claim 7, wherein the pixels removed from the secondary display area are uniformly distributed in the secondary display area. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein an area between every two adjacent pixels in the secondary display area has been subjected to a light transmission performance optimization process. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein a pixel control circuit of the secondary display area is below the pixel in the secondary display area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein a pixel control circuit of the secondary display area is in the primary display area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein: the display layer further comprises a transition display area, the transition display area being between the primary display area and the secondary display area; and a pixel control circuit of the secondary display area is in the transition display area and the primary display area. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein: the display layer further comprises a transition display area, the transition display area being between the primary display area and the secondary display area; and a pixel control circuit of the secondary display area is in the transition display area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein: the display layer further comprises a transition display area, the transition display area being between the primary display area and the secondary display area; and a pixel control circuit of the secondary display area is in the primary display area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein the pixel control circuit of the secondary display area has a size smaller than that of the pixel control circuit of the primary display area. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display screen according to claim 1, wherein there is at least one of: the secondary display area in a notch portion formed in an edge at the top of the primary display area; the secondary display area in a notch portion formed in an edge on the left side of the primary display area; the secondary display area in a notch portion formed in an edge on the right side of the primary display area; the secondary display area in a notch portion formed in an edge at the bottom of the primary display area; or the secondary display area in a notch portion formed in the middle of the primary display area. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A terminal, comprising: the display screen according to claim 1; and optical devices including at least one of a camera, a light sensor, a proximity sensor, an optical transmitter, or an optical receiver disposed underneath the display screen in the secondary display area; wherein a plurality of pixels in the secondary display area have sizes smaller than pixels in the primary display area such that a higher transmittance is higher in the secondary display area to ensure the optical devices to properly receive light transmitted through the secondary display area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The terminal of claim 17, wherein the secondary display area further comprises pixels having sizes larger than or equal to sizes of the pixels in the primary display area to facilitate equal or similar display effects at the secondary display area compared with the primary display area. ### Claim 19 A terminal, comprising a display screen, wherein: the display screen comprises a substrate, and a display layer over the substrate; the display layer comprises a primary display area and a secondary display area; the secondary display area has a resolution greater than that of the primary display area; the light transmission performance of the secondary display area is superior to that of the primary display area; the secondary display area has a pixel size less than that of the primary display area; and an optical device underneath the display screen in the secondary display area.