Display with integrated sensors and systems and methods related thereto
Assigneeams-OSRAM AG
InventorsJulius Komma, Dan Jacobs, Rainer Minixhofer
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Abstract
A system including a display having a combination of display pixels and sensors integrated in the display. The pixels of the display may be configured to produce a display image, and the integrated sensors may be configured to sense objects touching, or in proximity to, the display by detecting light emitted by the pixels and reflected to the integrated sensors. The outputs of the sensors may be provided to one or more controllers for operating a function of the system, e.g., controlling one or more features of the system.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a display, the display comprising:
- a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels being configured to emit an associated light output through a screen of the display to produce an image visible to a user, and
- a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors being configured to detect a reflected portion of the associated light output of at least one associated one of the plurality of pixels and provide an associated sensor output in response to the reflected portion, the reflected portion being reflected by an object and back into the screen of the display;
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- at least one controller configured to operate a function of the apparatus in response to the associated sensor outputs of the plurality of sensors.
A machine implemented method for operating a function of an apparatus having a display, the method comprising:
- driving pixels of the display to produce an image;
- receiving sensor outputs from sensors integrated in the display, each of the sensor outputs being representative of light emitted by one or more pixels and reflected by an object;
- determining a feature of the object in response to the sensor outputs;
- and
- operating the function of the apparatus in response to determining the feature.
A machine readable storage medium storing computer readable program instructions which when executed cause at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
- driving pixels of the display to produce an image;
- receiving sensor outputs from sensors integrated in the display, each of the sensor outputs being representative of light emitted by one or more pixels and reflected by an object;
- determining a feature of the object in response to the sensor outputs;
- and
- operating the function of the apparatus in response to determining the feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.