TRANSMISSIVE DISPLAY WITH EXTENDED MEMORY-IN-PIXEL (MIP) REFLECTIVE PART

• US 20150179113A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hunt, Alexander, Johansson, Magnus, Svenr, Johan
• Application Number:
  US14/364,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20150179113A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0435 Change or adaptation of the frame rate of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3406 Control of illumination source illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/36 using liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

The invention is directed to a display comprising a transmissive portion and a reflective portion. The reflective portion presents at least one icon in an active mode and at least one notification in a sleep mode. The at least one icon is used for manipulating content presented on the transmissive portion. The at least one notification comprises a message notification, a time or date indicator, a weather indicator, a calendar, a photo, a logo, an event indicator, a moving image, or text. The reflective portion may be located above, below, or adjacent to the transmissive portion.

Claims

1. A system for enabling display of an image, the system comprising:

a display comprising a transmissive portion and a reflective portion, wherein the reflective portion presents at least one icon in an active mode and at least one notification in a sleep mode, wherein the at least one icon is used for manipulating content presented on the transmissive portion, and wherein the reflective portion is configured to recognize a gesture on a surface of the reflective potion and execute a function associated with the gesture.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises a message notification.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises a time or date indicator, a weather indicator, a calendar, a photo, a logo, an event indicator, a moving image, or text.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises at least one of a mobile phone, a tablet computing device, a notebook computing device, or a watch.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the reflective portion is manufactured with color filter-less glass.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the reflective portion is manufactured with color filtered glass.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the reflective portion comprises at least one sub-pixel, wherein the at least one sub-pixel is associated with at least one bit memory.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the reflective portion is updated with a frequency less than or equal to the transmissive portion.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one icon comprises at least one soft-touch button.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a hardware interface associated with both the transmissive portion and the reflective portion.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a first hardware interface associated with the transmissive portion and a second hardware interface associated with the reflective portion.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a cover for the display, wherein the cover enables presentation of content presented on the reflective portion.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the reflective portion is not associated with a backlight.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the reflective portion is located above the transmissive portion.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the reflective portion is located below the transmissive portion.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the reflective portion is located adjacent to the transmissive portion.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the display comprises a front lens layer, which is located on top of a touch sensor layer, which is located on top of a first polarizer layer, which is located on top of a cover glass layer, which is located on top of a thin film transistor (TFT) glass layer, which is located on top of a second polarizer layer, which is located on top of a backlight layer.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising a touch panel located on top of the display.

19. A method for enabling display of an image, the system comprising:

providing a display comprising a transmissive portion and a reflective portion; and

presenting, on the reflective portion, at least one icon in an active mode and at least one notification in a sleep mode, wherein the at least one icon is used for manipulating content presented on the transmissive portion, and wherein the reflective portion is configured to recognize a gesture on a surface of the reflective potion and execute a function associated with the gesture.