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US 11,770,962 B2Granted
Display configuration for mobile computing devices
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsSangmoo Choi, Sun-il Chang, Jyothi Karri, Ion Bita
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Abstract
A display configuration to extend the light emitting and touch sensitive portion of a display panel into areas normally reserved for other light devices is disclosed. In the configuration, light devices and the display panel are configured to operate together. The display panel may include an aperture through the display panel to provide an unobstructed light path to a light device. The display panel may also include a routing area to provide space for data lines feeding pixels to be rerouted around the aperture. The routing area is partially obstructed by data lines but otherwise transparent. Accordingly, some display devices may be positioned behind the routing area and still operate.
Claims19
A display panel including:
- an emissive portion configured to emit light, and
- a non-emissive portion configured to carry signals to the emissive portion;
- wherein the non-emissive portion of the display panel is configured to permit light transmitted or received by at least one light device positioned behind the display panel to pass through the non-emissive portion of the display panel,
- wherein the non-emissive portion includes an aperture through the display panel that is adapted to be positioned over a light device operable with unobstructed light, and
- wherein the non-emissive portion includes a routing area that surrounds the aperture and includes control lines for the emissive portion, the routing area configured to be positioned over a light device operable with partially obstructed light.
2 more elements
A display panel including:
- an emissive portion configured to emit light, and
- a non-emissive portion configured to carry signals to the emissive portion;
- wherein the non-emissive portion of the display panel is configured to permit light transmitted or received by at least one light device positioned behind the display panel to pass through the non-emissive portion of the display panel,
- wherein the non-emissive portion includes a first aperture through the display panel and a second aperture through the display panel and a routing area that surrounds the first aperture and the second aperture and that extends between the first aperture and the second aperture, and
- wherein the routing area between the first aperture and the second aperture includes control lines for the emissive portion of the display panel routed around the first aperture or the second aperture.
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A display panel including:
- an emissive portion configured to emit light;
- a non-emissive portion configured to carry signals to the emissive portion, wherein the non-emissive portion of the display panel is configured to permit light transmitted or received by at least one light device positioned behind the display panel to pass through the non-emissive portion of the display panel;
- a plurality of apertures, each of the plurality of apertures configured to be positioned over a light device operable with unobstructed light;
- and
- a touch sensor including electrodes arranged in a pattern of unit cells, each unit cell larger than any of the plurality of apertures so no electrode enters an area defined by an aperture.
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A mobile computing device comprising:
- a display panel that includes:
- an emissive portion configured to emit light;
- a non-emissive portion configured to carry signals to the emissive portion,
- wherein the non-emissive portion of the display panel is configured to permit light transmitted or received by at least one light device positioned behind the display panel to pass through the non-emissive portion of the display panel,
- wherein the non-emissive portion includes a first aperture through the display panel and a second aperture through the display panel and a routing area that surrounds the first aperture and the second aperture and that extends between the first aperture and the second aperture, and
- wherein the routing area between the first aperture and the second aperture includes control lines for the emissive portion of the display panel routed around the first aperture or the second aperture;
- and
- at least one light device positioned behind the display panel and configured to transmit or receive light through the non-emissive portion of the display panel,
- wherein one of the at least one light device is configured to transmit or receive light through the routing area between the first aperture and the second aperture, and
- wherein the light transmitted or received is partially obstructed by the control lines between the first aperture and the second aperture.
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A method for providing light to a plurality of light devices in a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
- arranging the plurality of light devices so that light devices that are operable with partially obstructed light are positioned relative to light devices that require unobstructed light;
- positioning a display panel in front of the light devices so that the light devices that require unobstructed light are aligned with apertures in the display panel and so that the light devices that are operable with partially obstructed light are aligned with routing areas of the display panel;
- and
- providing partially obstructed light through routing areas of the display panel to the devices that are operable with partially obstructed light, wherein the routing areas of the display panel include control lines that are routed around the apertures, the partially obstructed light provided through the routing areas being partially obstructed by the control lines.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.