Device having a camera overlaid by display
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsJohn Weldon Nicholson, Howard Locker, Daryl C. Cromer
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Abstract
A device is provided that includes a display stack having display pixels. The device also includes a substrate including at least one camera sensor located proximate to the display stack, and one or more light elements located proximate the at least one camera sensor. The device additionally includes a processor, and a memory storing program instructions accessible by the processor. Responsive to execution of the program instructions, the processor is configured to obtain display information associated with the display pixels, and modify the one or more light elements based on the display information.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a display stack having display pixels;
- at least one camera sensor located proximate to the display stack;
- one or more light elements located proximate the at least one camera sensor;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing program instructions accessible by the processor, wherein, responsive to execution of the program instructions, the processor configured to:
- obtain display information associated with the display pixels;
- and
- modify the one or more light elements based on the display information;
- wherein the at least one camera sensor is coupled to a substrate;
- and
- wherein the display stack includes an upper layer having the display pixels and a bottom cathode layer;
- and the substrate is below the bottom cathode layer.
A method, comprising:
- under control of one or more processors including program instructions to:
- emit, with display pixels of a display stack, a display light output, wherein the display stack includes an upper layer having the display pixels and a bottom cathode layer;
- sense, with at least one camera sensor located proximate to the display stack and coupled to a substrate that is below a bottom cathode layer, image data through openings defined by camera display pixels of the display pixels, the camera display pixels located proximate the at least one camera sensor;
- obtain display information associated with the display light output;
- and
- modify one or more light elements positioned proximate the at least one camera sensor to emit an auxiliary light output through the openings defined by the camera display pixels based on the display information.
A device, comprising:
- a substrate including at least one camera sensor configured to obtain image data;
- a first light element located proximate the at least one camera sensor;
- a display stack including an upper layer having display pixels and a bottom cathode layer above the substrate;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing program instructions accessible by the processor, wherein, responsive to execution of the program instructions, the processor configured to:
- obtain display information associated with camera display pixels of a display substrate proximate to the at least one camera sensor;
- and
- modify the first light element based on the display information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.