Electronic device having display

• US 10,733,931 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2017
• Issued: 08/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Jung, Songhee, Hyun, Seungjun, Kim, Minsik, Lee, Min-Sung, Kim, Mooyoung, Lee, Kihuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharifi-Tafreshi, Koosha
• Application Number:
  US16/087,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20190130822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1318 using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0426 Layout of electrodes and connections
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0439 Pixel structures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0456 with a reflective area and a transmissive area combined in one pixel, such as in transflectance pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/046 with an emissive area and a light-modulating area combined in one pixel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0686 with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/10 Mixing of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of an operation, e.g. adding, on the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2003 Display of colours specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3208 organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/311 Flexible OLED
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/841 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/121 characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/131 : Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/60 : OLEDs integrated with inorganic light-sensitive elements, e.g. with inorganic solar cells or inorganic photodiodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/65 : OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/00 : Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 77/111 : Flexible substrates
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 : Organic PV cells

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a device comprising: a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction; a transparent cover formed on at least a portion of the first surface of the housing; a display disposed between the transparent cover and the second surface; a sensor disposed between the display and the second surface; and a control circuit, electrically connected to the sensor, for controlling the sensor, wherein the display can comprise: a first region including a plurality of pixels capable of displaying color; and a second region aligned on at least a portion of the sensor such that light acquired from the outside of the electronic device passes through the sensor. The present invention can have various examples.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a transparent substrate provided in at least a portion of a first face of the electronic device;

a display disposed between the transparent substrate and a second face of the electronic device, the second face being oriented in a second direction opposite to a first direction in which the first face is oriented;

a sensor disposed between the display and the second face; and

a processor electrically connected to the display and the sensor,

wherein the display includes;

a first display area comprising a plurality of pixels with a first pixel density for displaying a portion of an image, the first display area being opaque such that light from outside the electronic device is not able to pass through the first display area of the display, and

a second display area aligned above the sensor, the second display area comprising a plurality of pixels with a second pixel density for displaying another portion of an image and wiring lines for the plurality of pixels in the second display area, the second display area having transparent first areas for the light from outside the electronic device being able to reach the sensor passing through the display of the second display area and pixel areas for emitting light by pixels, and

wherein the first areas have no pixels and the wiring lines are disposed around the first areas, and

wherein the sensor is disposed below at least some of the first areas and the pixel areas, and

wherein the first pixel density is higher than the second pixel density.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein an entirety of the sensor overlaps the display.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes any one or a combination of a camera, a proximity sensor, an illuminance sensor, a gesture sensor, a motion sensor, a fingerprint recognition sensor, and a biosensor.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least two of the wiring lines are disposed in a vertically overlapping manner with respect to the first face.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

generate a first image;

identify a portion of the first image corresponding to the first display area and another portion of the first image corresponding to the second display area;

compensate the other portion of the first image based on the identification;

generate a second image including the other portion of the first image that is compensated; and

display the second image through the first display area and the second display area.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

while the sensor is in a deactivated state;

activate the plurality of pixels in the first display area to a first degree for displaying the portion of the image; and

activate the plurality of pixels in the second display area to a second degree that is higher than the first degree for displaying the other portion of the image.

13. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the first areas and the pixels areas where the plurality of pixels in the second display area are provided are alternatively arranged in a matrix form.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wiring lines are transparent.

4. An electronic device comprising:

a transparent substrate provided in at least a portion of a first face of the electronic device;

a display disposed between the transparent substrate and a second face of the electronic device, the second face being oriented in a second direction opposite to a first direction in which the first face is oriented;

a sensor disposed between the display and the second face; and

a processor electrically connected to the display and the sensor,

wherein the display includes;

a first display area comprising a plurality of pixels with a first pixel density for displaying a portion of an image, the first display area being opaque such that light from outside the electronic device is not able to pass through the first display area of the display, and

a second display area aligned above the sensor, the second display area comprising a plurality of pixels with a second pixel density for displaying another portion of an image and transparent wiring lines for the plurality of pixels in the second display area, the second display area having transparent first areas for the light from outside the electronic device being able to reach the sensor passing through the display of the second display area and pixel areas for emitting light by pixels, and

wherein the first areas have no pixels and the transparent wiring lines are disposed across the first areas,

wherein the sensor is disposed below at least some of the first areas and the pixel areas, and

wherein the first pixel density is higher than the second pixel density.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to:

deactivate at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the second display area or activate the at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the second display area to a first degree when the sensor is activated, and

activate the at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the second display area to a second degree when the sensor is deactivated, and

wherein the second degree is higher than the first degree.

6. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the processor is set to:

activate at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the first display area and at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the second display area to be different from each other when the sensor is activated, and

activate the at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the first display area and the at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the second display area to be equal to each other when the sensor is deactivated.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the first display area is formed in a first pixel structure, and the at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the second display area is formed in a second pixel structure, and

wherein the first pixel structure is configured to pass the light from outside the electronic device to a first degree, the second pixel structure is configured to pass the light from outside the electronic device to a second degree, and the second degree is higher than the first degree.

8. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the display includes an active area, which includes an organic light-emitting diode, and an inactive area, which does not include an organic light-emitting diode, and

wherein at least a portion of the inactive area of the display is configured to be curved in the second direction.

9. The electronic device of claim 4, further comprising:

at least one of a fingerprint sensor or an antenna,

wherein at least one of the fingerprint sensor or the antenna is disposed between the transparent substrate and the display or inside the display.

15. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to:

generate a first image;

identify a portion of the first image corresponding to the first display area and another portion of the first image corresponding to the second display area;

compensate the other portion of the first image based on the identification;

generate a second image including the other portion of the first image that is compensated; and

display the second image through the first display area and the second display area.

16. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to:

while the sensor is in a deactivated state;

activate the plurality of pixels in the first display area to a first degree for displaying the portion of the image; and

activate the plurality of pixels in the second display area to a second degree that is higher than the first degree for displaying the other portion of the image.

17. The electronic device of claim 4,

wherein the first areas and the pixel areas where the plurality of pixels in the second display are provided are alternatively arranged in a matrix form.