# US 2015/0144934 A1 · Electronic Devices Having Displays With Openings > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0144934 A1 - Document ID: US20150144934A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/612,222 - Filed: 2015-02-02 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-14 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Benjamin M. Rappoport; Jeremy C. Franklin; Fletcher R. Rothkopf; Scott A. Myers; Richard P. Howarth; Julian Hoenig; Christopher J. Stringer; John P. Ternus; Stephen Brian Lynch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150144934A1 ## CPC - H10K 59/60: OLEDs integrated with inorganic light-sensitive elements, e.g. with inorganic solar cells or inorganic photodiodes - G02B 5/208: {for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation} - G02B 27/01: Head-up displays - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 1/1641: {the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - G06F 1/1688: {the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers} - G06F 1/169: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes (G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033)} - G06F 1/1698: {the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone (details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266)} - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 3/042: by opto-electronic means - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - G09G 3/3208: organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] - H04R 1/028: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles} - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - H10K 77/111: {Flexible substrates} - G02B 2027/0138: {comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera} - G02B 2027/014: {comprising information/image processing systems} - G06F 2203/04101: 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup - G06F 2203/04108: Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction - G09G 2320/0626: for control of overall brightness - G09G 2360/144: the light being ambient light - H04R 2499/15: Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops - Y02E 10/549: Organic PV cells - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display, comprising: an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels; and a flexible polymer substrate having first and second opposing surfaces and at least one opening that passes from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the array of organic light-emitting diode pixels is formed on the first surface, and wherein the signals are transmitted through the opening from the first surface to the second surface towards an electronic component behind the flexible polymer substrate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 wherein the signals comprise optical signals. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 wherein the signals comprise acoustic signals. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 wherein the signals comprise radio-frequency electromagnetic signals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 wherein the at least one opening comprises an air-filled opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 further comprising a transparent polymer in the at least one opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 further comprising a color filter material in the at least one opening that blocks some wavelengths of light and transmits other wavelengths of light. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 further comprising an infrared filter in the opening that transmits infrared light and blocks visible light. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 further comprising an active area in which the array of organic light-emitting diode pixels is formed, wherein the at least one opening is formed in the active area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display defined in claim 1 wherein the at least one opening comprises a plurality of perforations in the flexible polymer substrate. ### Claim 11 An electronic device, comprising: a flexible substrate having first and second opposing surfaces and having an opening that passes from the first surface to the second surface; an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels formed on the first surface; and an electronic component mounted in alignment with the opening, wherein signals are conveyed through the opening. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device defined in claim 11 wherein the electronic component comprises a light sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electronic device defined in claim 11 wherein the electronic component comprises a speaker. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The electronic device defined in claim 11 wherein the electronic component comprises a microphone. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The electronic device defined in claim 11 wherein the electronic component comprises an antenna. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The electronic device defined in claim 11 wherein the flexible substrate is interposed between the array of organic light-emitting diode pixels and the electronic component. ### Claim 17 An electronic device, comprising: a flexible polymer substrate having an opening that transmits signals; an array of pixels formed on the flexible substrate, wherein the array of pixels emits light away from the opening; and an electronic component aligned with the opening, wherein the flexible polymer substrate is interposed between the array of pixels and the electronic component. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device defined in claim 17 wherein the signals comprise ambient light signals and wherein the electronic component comprises an ambient light sensor that receives the ambient light signals through the opening. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The electronic device defined in claim 17 wherein the signals comprise proximity sensor signals and wherein the electronic component comprises a proximity sensor that receives the proximity sensor signals through the opening. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The electronic device defined in claim 17 wherein the signals comprise optical signals and wherein the electronic component comprises a light-emitting diode that emits the optical signals through the opening. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The electronic device defined in claim 17 wherein the array of pixels and the opening are formed in an active area of a display.