Electronic devices having displays with openings
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display mounted in the housing, wherein the display has an active area, an inactive area, an array of pixels in the active area, and a region in the active area; and
a light sensor located behind the display, wherein the light sensor detects light through the region in the active area.
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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.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a housing; a display mounted in the housing, wherein the display has an active area, an inactive area, an array of pixels in the active area, and a region in the active area; and a light sensor located behind the display, wherein the light sensor detects light through the region in the active area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic device, comprising:
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a polymer substrate; an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels on the polymer substrate; a transparent region interposed between a pair of the organic light-emitting diode pixels; and an image sensor behind the polymer substrate, wherein the image sensor is aligned with the transparent region. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic device, comprising:
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a housing that at least partially encloses an interior cavity; a light sensor in the interior cavity; and a display overlapping the light sensor, wherein the display comprises pixels and a light-transmitting window interposed between a pair of the pixels, wherein the light sensor detects reflected light that reflects off of a user'"'"'s finger on the display, and wherein the light sensor detects the reflected light through the light-transmitting window. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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