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US 11,112,901 B2Granted
Displays and information input devices
AssigneePower2B, Inc.
InventorsEran Kali, Sarah Michelle Lipman, Boris Gutin, Moti Margalit
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Abstract
An integrated display and input device includes a first pixel array operative to provide a visually sensible output, a second pixel array operative to sense at least a position of an object with respect to the first pixel array, and circuitry receiving an output from the second pixel array and providing a non-imagewise input to utilization circuitry.
Claims17
A device comprising:
- a display panel having a pixel array that configured to display digital content and emit light toward an object in proximity to the device;
- a cover layer positioned proximate to the display panel, the cover layer including a mask having one or more apertures;
- a position sensing array positioned proximate to the cover layer and having a plurality of photodiode detector elements, the position sensing array is configured to receive light that propagates through the one or more apertures of the mask and generates an output signal based on at least a portion of light reflected by the object;
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- processing circuitry configured to:
- receive the output signal from the position sensing array;
- calculate a position and an angular orientation of the object relative to the device based on the output signal from the position sensing array;
- determine at least one of the position or the angular orientation of the object corresponds to a portion of the digital content;
- execute an input function corresponding to the portion of the digital content.
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A method comprising:
- emitting, via a display panel, light toward an object, the display panel including a pixel array configured to display digital content, the display panel including a cover layer having a mask with one or more apertures;
- receiving, via a position sensing array, light via the one or more apertures of the mask, the positioning sensing array positioned proximate to the cover layer, the positioning sensing array including a plurality of photodiode detector elements;
- generating, via the position sensing array, an output signal based on at least a portion of light reflected by the object;
- receiving the output signal from the position sensing array;
- calculating a position and an angular orientation of the object based on the output signal from the position sensing array;
- determining at least one of the position or the angular orientation corresponds to a portion of the digital content;
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- executing an input function corresponding to the portion of the digital content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.