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US 2023/0274689 A1Published application
Integrated display and sensor array
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsJonglee Park, Dorel M. Sala
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Abstract
A display device includes a plurality of pixel elements, each pixel comprising a display portion and a sensor portion. The display portion includes a light source embedded in a backplane layer; the light source causes an image to be rendered by the display device. The sensor portion includes a sensor embedded in the same backplane layer, the sensor detects movement within a predetermined vicinity of the display device.
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A display device comprising:
- a plurality of pixel elements, each pixel element comprising a display portion and a sensor portion to detect movement within a predetermined vicinity of the display device, wherein the detected movement is at least six inches from the display device, and wherein:
- the display portion comprises a light source embedded in a backplane layer, the light source to cause an image to be rendered by the display device;
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- the sensor portion comprises a movement sensor embedded in the backplane layer, the movement sensor to detect the movement within the predetermined vicinity of the display device;
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- a controller coupled to a light sensor that detects an amount of ambient light, wherein, in response to the light sensor measuring an amount of ambient light being below a predetermined threshold, the controller provides an electric signal to the light source to cause the light source to emit light within the predetermined vicinity to facilitate detecting the movement by the movement sensor.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, using a movement sensor of a sensor portion of a pixel element of a display panel, a movement within a predetermined vicinity at a distance from the display panel, wherein the detected movement is at least six inches from the display panel, wherein the display panel is embedded on an exterior of a vehicle, and wherein the display panel is transparent;
- based on detecting the movement, displaying a keypad by a display portion of the pixel element;
- in response to an input provided via the keypad displayed by the display portion, locking or unlocking the vehicle;
- determining, by a controller coupled to the display panel and a light sensor, that an amount of ambient light measured by the light sensor is below a predetermined threshold;
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- in response to determining the amount of the ambient light measured by the light sensor is below a predetermined threshold, providing, by the controller, an electric signal to a light source coupled to the display portion to cause the light source to emit light within the predetermined vicinity to facilitate detecting the movement by the movement sensor.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a transparent display panel embedded within glass layers of a glass panel, the display panel comprising:
- a plurality of pixel elements, each pixel element comprising a display portion and a sensor portion, wherein:
- the display portion comprises a light source to cause an image to be rendered by the display;
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- the sensor portion comprises a movement sensor, the movement sensor to detect movement within a predetermined vicinity at a distance from the vehicle wherein the detected movement is at least six inches from the vehicle;
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- a controller coupled to a light sensor that detects an amount of ambient light, wherein, in response to the light sensor measuring an amount of ambient light being below a predetermined threshold, the controller provides an electric signal to the light source to cause the light source to emit light within the predetermined vicinity to facilitate detecting the movement by the movement sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.