US 12,614,526 B2Granted

Display system with optical device

AssigneeII-Vi Delaware, Inc.

InventorsDmitri Iazikov, Anna Tatarczak, Julien Boucart, Young-Kai Chen

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Abstract

A display system includes a display screen layer, a coupling region, an upper guide, a first coupler, a second coupler, and an optical element. The coupling region may be positioned along a sidewall of the display screen layer and may route a beam between the optical element and the upper guide and may route the beam between the first coupler and the second coupler. The first coupler may be positioned along a front surface of the upper guide and may couple a beam through the front surface of the upper guide. The second coupler may be positioned between the coupling region and the upper guide and may couple the beam between the coupling region and the upper guide. The optical element may be positioned below a back surface of the upper guide. A computing device with the display system is also disclosed.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A display system, comprising:

a display screen layer comprising a display screen layer front side, a display screen layer back side, and a display screen layer sidewall between the display screen layer front side, and the display screen layer back side;
a first upper guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer front side, wherein the first upper guide comprises a first upper guide front side, a first upper guide back side over the display screen layer front side, and a first upper guide sidewall between the first upper guide front side and the first upper guide back side;
an optical element transmitter configured to transmit a beam;
a coupling region through the display screen layer, wherein the coupling region is configured to route the beam toward the first upper guide;
a first coupler between the coupling region and the first upper guide, wherein the first coupler is configured to couple the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide;
and
a second coupler along the first upper guide front side, wherein the second coupler is configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to an external environment;
and
wherein the first upper guide is configured to route the beam from the first coupler to the second coupler;
and
wherein the display screen layer is configured to emit a visual image from the display screen layer front side through the first upper guide back side and the first upper guide front side such that the beam of the optical element transmitter and the visual image of the display screen layer are both emitted from the first upper guide front side to the external environment.

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A display system, comprising:

a display screen layer comprising a display screen layer front side, a display screen layer back side, and a display screen layer sidewall between the display screen layer front side, and the display screen layer back side, wherein the display screen layer is configured to present visual output via the display screen layer front side;
a first upper guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer front side, wherein the first upper guide comprises a first upper guide front side, a first upper guide back side, and a first upper guide sidewall between the first upper guide front side and the first upper guide back side;
a second upper guide comprising a second upper guide front side, a second upper guide back side, and a second upper guide sidewall between the second upper guide front side and the second upper guide back side, wherein the second upper guide extends along at least a portion of the first upper guide front side;
an optical element transmitter configured to transmit a beam;
a coupling region through the display screen layer, wherein the coupling region is configured to route the beam toward the first upper guide;
a first coupler between the coupling region and the first upper guide, wherein the first coupler is configured to couple the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide;
a second coupler along the first upper guide front side, wherein the second coupler is configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to an external environment;
and
a third coupler over the coupling region and laterally offset from the first coupler;
wherein the first upper guide is configured to route the beam from the first coupler to the second coupler;
wherein the second coupler couples a first waveband of the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide;
and
wherein the third coupler couples a second waveband of the beam from the coupling region to the second upper guide.

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A computing device, comprising:

a display screen layer comprising a display screen layer front side, a display screen layer back side, and a display screen layer sidewall between the display screen layer front side, and the display screen layer back side;
a first upper guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer front side, wherein the first upper guide comprises a first upper guide front side, a first upper guide back side over the display screen layer front side, and a first upper guide sidewall between the first upper guide front side and the first upper guide back side;
an optical element transmitter configured to transmit a beam;
a storage device comprising instructions;
a processor configured to execute the instructions;
a coupling region through the display screen layer, wherein the coupling region is configured to route the beam toward the first upper guide;
a first coupler between the coupling region and the first upper guide, wherein the first coupler is configured to couple the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide;
and
a second coupler along the first upper guide front side, wherein the second coupler is configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to an external environment;
wherein the first upper guide is configured to route the beam from the first coupler to the second coupler;
and
wherein the processor, in response to execution of the instructions, causes the optical element transmitter to transmit the beam into the first upper guide and causes the display screen layer to emit a visual image from the display screen layer front side through the first upper guide back side and the first upper guide front side such that the beam of the optical element transmitter and the visual image of the display screen layer are both emitted from the first upper guide front side.

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A computing device, comprising:

a display screen layer comprising a display screen layer front side, a display screen layer back side, and a display screen layer sidewall between the display screen layer front side, and the display screen layer back side, wherein the display screen layer is configured to present visual output via the display screen layer front side;
a first upper guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer front side, wherein the first upper guide comprises a first upper guide front side, a first upper guide back side, and a first upper guide sidewall between the first upper guide front side and the first upper guide back side;
a second upper guide comprising a second upper guide front side, a second upper guide back side, and a second upper guide sidewall between the second upper guide front side and the second upper guide back side, wherein the second upper guide extends along at least a portion of the first upper guide front side;
an optical element transmitter;
a storage device comprising instructions;
a processor configured to execute the instructions, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processor to present visual output via the display screen layer front side and cause the optical element transmitter to transmit a beam into the first upper guide;
a coupling region through the display screen layer, wherein the coupling region is configured to route the beam toward the first upper guide;
a first coupler between the coupling region and the first upper guide, wherein the first coupler is configured to couple the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide;
and
a second coupler along the first upper guide front side, wherein the second coupler is configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to an external environment;
and
a third coupler over the coupling region and laterally offset from the first coupler;
wherein the first upper guide is configured to route the beam from the first coupler to the second coupler;
wherein the second coupler couples a first waveband of the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide;
and
wherein the third coupler couples a second waveband of the beam from the coupling region to the second upper guide.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/910,790Filed 9 Oct 2024 · continuation
Priority: 17 Aug 2022
Published: US 2025/0037675 A130 Jan 2025
Granted: 28 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G09G 3/3473
Using light modulating elements actuated by an electric field and being other than liquid crystal devices and electrochromic devices: based on…
G09G 3/3208
Semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]: organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
G09G 2300/023
Composition of display devices: display panel composed of stacked panels
G09G
Arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to

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Application63/398,639Us provisional application · filed 17 Aug 2022
Application18/097,797Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Jan 2023
Application18/113,511Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Feb 2023
US 2025/0037675 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Jan 2025
US 12,118,951 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2024/0244767 A1Published application
US 2024/0290291 A1Published application
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