# US 11,112,823 B2 · Display panel and display device having the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,112,823 B2 - Document ID: US11112823B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/742,157 - Filed: 2020-01-14 - Published: 2020-07-30 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-29 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Seung Il Yoon; Ho June Yoo; Eun Seok Choi; Hyun Kyu Yun; Kang Wook Chun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11112823B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1605: {Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones} - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - 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} - H04N 21/42203: {sound input device, e.g. microphone} - H04N 21/44218: {Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programme (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45)} - H04R 1/342: {for microphones} - H04R 1/406: {microphones} - H04R 3/005: {for combining the signals of two or more microphones (specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)} - H10H 20/821: of the light-emitting regions, e.g. non-planar junctions - H10W 90/00: Package configurations - G09G 2300/026: Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - H04R 2201/003: Mems transducers or their use - H04R 2499/15: Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops - 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) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - 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) - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract Provided is a display device or a display panel including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting elements are mountable, and on which at least one hole is formed to penetrate through the substrate among the plurality of light emitting elements, and at least one microphone mountable on a rear side of the substrate to collect a sound passing through the at least one hole. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel comprising: a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting elements are mountable and on which at least one hole is formed to penetrate through the substrate among the plurality of light emitting elements; at least one microphone mountable on a rear side of the substrate where the at least one microphone is mounted adjacent to the at least one hole to thereby collect a sound passing through the at least one hole to the at least one microphone: and a guide member mounted on the rear side of the substrate and forming an accommodating space by covering a portion of the rear side of the substrate adjacent to the at least one hole, and wherein the at least one microphone is disposed in the accommodating space; wherein the guide member is configured to cross over the at least one hole and the at least one microphone; and wherein the at least one hole is formed between pixels, each pixel including three of the plurality of light emitting elements. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the at least one microphone is among a plurality of microphones, and wherein the display panel further comprises a processor configured to remove noise based on a voice collected by the plurality of microphones. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the at least one microphone is among a plurality of microphones, and wherein the display panel further comprises a processor configured to determine a location of an utterer by comparing voices collected by the plurality of microphones. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the at least one microphone is among a plurality of microphones, and wherein the display panel further comprises a processor configured to determine a location of an utterer by comparing voices collected by the plurality of microphones, and control the display panel to display response information about a content of a voice from the utterer collected by a microphone among plurality of microphones that is nearest to the location from the utterer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display panel of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the location of the utterer is shifted and control the display panel to display the response information by changing a location of the response information on the display panel to follow a movement of the utterer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the guide member comprises a rubber material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the guide member is among a plurality of guide members. ### Claim 8 A display device comprising: a display panel including a substrate on which at least one hole is formed which penetrates through an image display area of the display panel; at least one microphone installed on a rear side of the display panel where the at least one microphone is installed adjacent to the at least one hole; and a guide member arranged on the rear side of the display panel to cross over the at least one hole to guide a sound passing through the at least one hole to be collected by the at least one microphone and forming an accommodating space by covering a portion of the rear side of the substrate adjacent to the at least one hole, and wherein the at least one microphone is disposed in the accommodating space; wherein the guide member is configured to cross over the at least one hole and the at least one microphone; and wherein the at least one hole is formed between pixels, each pixel including three of the plurality of light emitting elements. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the at least one microphone is among a plurality of microphones installed on the rear side of the display panel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the at least one microphone is installed on the guide member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, further comprising: a case supporting the display panel, wherein the at least one microphone is installed on the case. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the guide member is among a plurality of guide members. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of light emitting elements mountable on the substrate, and wherein the at least one hole penetrates the substrate between the plurality of light emitting elements. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the at least one microphone is among a plurality of microphones, and wherein the display panel further comprises a processor configured to remove noise based on a voice collected by the plurality of microphones. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the at least one microphone is among a plurality of microphones, and wherein the display panel further comprises a processor configured to determine a location of an utterer by comparing voices collected by the plurality of microphones. ### Claim 16 A display panel comprising: a substrate having at least one hole formed between pixels; an4 at least one microphone mountable on a rear side of the substrate where the at least one microphone is mounted adjacent to the at least one hole to thereby collect a sound passing through the at least one hole to the at least one microphone: and at least one guide member arranged over the at least one hole to guide the sound passing through the at least one hole to be collected by the at least one microphone and forming an accommodating space by covering a portion of the rear side of the substrate adjacent to the at least one hole, and wherein the at least one microphone is disposed in the accommodating space; wherein the guide member is configured to cross over the at least one hole and the at least one microphone; and wherein the at least one hole is formed between pixels, each pixel including three of the plurality of light emitting elements.