Electronic Devices With Light Sensors And Displays
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- an enhanced translucency display having at least one translucency enhancement feature that allows light to pass through the enhanced translucency display, wherein the display has an outer surface and an opposing inner surface; and
a light sensor adjacent to the opposing inner surface, wherein the light sensor is configured to receive the light that passes through the translucency enhancement feature.
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light.
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22 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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an enhanced translucency display having at least one translucency enhancement feature that allows light to pass through the enhanced translucency display, wherein the display has an outer surface and an opposing inner surface; and a light sensor adjacent to the opposing inner surface, wherein the light sensor is configured to receive the light that passes through the translucency enhancement feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display having a light-guiding layer; and a light sensor adjacent to an edge of the display, wherein the light sensor receives light that passes through at least a portion of the light-guiding layer onto the light sensor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display that generates display images to be displayed to a user of the electronic device, wherein the display includes an outer surface, an inner surface, and an edge; a first light sensor mounted adjacent to the inner surface of the display that receives light that passes through the outer surface and the inner surface of the display; and a second light sensor mounted adjacent to the edge of the display that receives light that passes through the outer surface and edge of the display. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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