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US 11,115,596 B2Granted
Full-screen display with sub-display camera
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsPing Tong Chu, Chung Chun Wan
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a camera, a primary display panel including a pixel array and an aperture adjacent the pixel array, an auxiliary display, and an optical assembly including a reflecting optical element and an actuator coupled to the reflecting optical element. The actuator is configured to switch the reflecting optical element between a first arrangement and a second arrangement. The first arrangement defines an optical path from the aperture to the camera and the second arrangement defines an optical path from the aperture to the auxiliary display.
Claims16
An apparatus, comprising:
- a camera;
- a primary display panel comprising a first pixel array and an aperture adjacent the first pixel array;
- an auxiliary display comprising a second pixel array;
- and
- an optical assembly comprising a reflecting optical element and an actuator coupled to the reflecting optical element, the actuator being configured to switch the reflecting optical element between a first arrangement and a second arrangement,
- wherein in the first arrangement defines an optical path from the aperture to the camera and the second arrangement defines an optical path from the aperture to the auxiliary display.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving light through an aperture in a primary display panel;
- directing the light, via a reflecting optical element, to a camera located behind the primary display panel;
- acquiring an image of a scene in front of the primary display using the camera;
- reorienting the reflecting optical element to receive light from an auxiliary display located behind the primary display panel;
- and
- directing light from the auxiliary display, via the reflecting optical element, through the aperture, the light from the auxiliary display and light from the primary display panel providing an imagery displayed a device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.