# US 2026/0095984 A1 · Display Device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0095984 A1 - Document ID: US20260095984A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/337,140 - Filed: 2025-09-23 - Published: 2026-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-28 - Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA; Ryo HATSUMI; Taisuke KAMADA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260095984A1 ## CPC - H05B 33/14: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material {, or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source} - G02B 6/4298: {coupling with non-coherent light sources and/or radiation detectors, e.g. lamps, incandescent bulbs, scintillation chambers} - G06F 3/042: by opto-electronic means - G06F 3/0421: {by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen} - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - H10K 39/30: Devices controlled by radiation - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - G06V 40/1318: {using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing} - G09F 9/30: in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00) - Y02E 10/549: Organic PV cells - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A display device having a photosensing function is provided. A display device having a biometric authentication function typified by fingerprint authentication is provided. A display device having both a touch panel function and a biometric authentication function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a light guide plate, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a light-receiving element. The first substrate and the light guide plate are provided to face each other. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are provided between the first substrate and the light guide plate. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting first light through the light guide plate. The second light-emitting element has a function of emitting second light to a side surface of the light guide plate. The light-receiving element has a function of receiving the second light and converting the second light into an electric signal. The first light includes visible light, and the second light includes infrared light. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 A display device comprising: a first substrate; a light guide plate; a light-emitting element; and a light-receiving element, the light-emitting element comprising: a first pixel electrode; a first common layer; a light-emitting layer; and a second common layer, the light-receiving element comprising: a second pixel electrode; the first common layer; an active layer; and the second common layer, wherein the first substrate and the light guide plate face each other, wherein the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are provided between the first substrate and the light guide plate, wherein the light-emitting layer and the active layer comprise different organic compounds, wherein the first common layer and the second common layer are shared by the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element, wherein the display device comprises a region where the first common layer and the second common layer are in contact with each other in a portion between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and wherein the first common layer and the second common layer are each configured to transport a hole or an electron. ### Claim 3 A display device comprising: a first substrate; a light guide plate; a light-emitting element; a light-receiving element; a bank; and a second substrate, the light-emitting element comprising: a first pixel electrode; a first common layer; a light-emitting layer; and a second common layer, the light-receiving element comprising: a second pixel electrode; the first common layer; an active layer; and the second common layer, wherein the first substrate and the light guide plate face each other with the second substrate therebetween, wherein the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the light-emitting layer and the active layer comprise different organic compounds, wherein the second substrate has a lower refractive index with respect to light having a wavelength of 800 nm to 1000 nm than the light guide plate has, wherein the first common layer and the second common layer are shared by the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element, wherein the display device comprises a region where the first common layer and the second common layer are in contact with each other over the bank, and wherein the first common layer and the second common layer are each configured to transport a hole or an electron. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display device according to claim 2, further comprising a common electrode, wherein the common electrode is shared by the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element, wherein the common electrode comprises a region overlapping with the first pixel electrode with the first common layer, the light-emitting layer, and the second common layer therebetween and a region overlapping with the second pixel electrode with the first common layer, the active layer, and the second common layer therebetween, and wherein the common electrode is configured to transmit visible light and infrared light. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The display device according to claim 2, further comprising: a second substrate; and a bank, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate each have flexibility, wherein the bank absorbs light emitted from the light-emitting element, and wherein the light comprises visible light. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device according to claim 5, wherein the bank absorbs at least light having a wavelength sensed by the light-receiving element, and wherein the bank is formed using a resin material or a colored insulating layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, further comprising a common electrode, wherein the common electrode is shared by the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element, wherein the common electrode comprises a region overlapping with the first pixel electrode with the first common layer, the light-emitting layer, and the second common layer therebetween and a region overlapping with the second pixel electrode with the first common layer, the active layer, and the second common layer therebetween, and wherein the common electrode is configured to transmit visible light and infrared light. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate each have flexibility, wherein the bank absorbs light emitted from the light-emitting element, and wherein the light comprises visible light. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein the bank absorbs at least light having a wavelength sensed by the light-receiving element, and wherein the bank is formed using a resin material or a colored insulating layer.