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US 8,022,977 B2Granted
Camera placed behind a display with a transparent backlight
AssigneeI2iC Corporation
InventorsUdayan Kanade, Balaji Ganapathy
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Abstract
A method and combined video display and camera system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first sheet and a second sheet oriented parallel to the first sheet, the second sheet including a light diffuser. A light source is placed along an edge of the second sheet, wherein the second sheet diffuses light generated by the light source. One or more cameras are placed behind the second sheet to capture an image through the second sheet and the first sheet.
Claims15
A video display and camera system, comprising:
- a first sheet;
- a second sheet oriented parallel to the first sheet, the second sheet including a light diffuser;
- a light source placed along a first face of the second sheet, the first face not being a large face of the second sheet, such that light from the light source primarily enters the second sheet through the first face and the light from the light source that is not diffused by the light diffuser suffers total internal reflection within the second sheet;
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- one or more cameras placed behind the second sheet to capture an image through the second sheet and the first sheet.
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