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CAMERA INTEGRATED INTO A DISPLAY

  • US 20170123454A1
  • Filed: 08/08/2016
  • Published: 05/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display including a camera integrated into the display, the camera configured to record an image, and the camera configured to represent a camera icon associated with the display, the display comprising:

  • a substantially transparent cover layer defining an outside surface associated with the display;

    a color filter (CF) layer disposed beneath the substantially transparent cover layer, the CF layer comprising a CF substrate and a plurality of color regions disposed on the CF substrate, wherein each of the plurality of color regions corresponds to one of red, green, and blue;

    a liquid crystal display (LCD) layer disposed beneath the CF layer, the LCD layer comprising an LCD substrate and a plurality of liquid crystals disposed on the LCD substrate, the plurality of liquid crystals configured to assume a first arrangement and a second arrangement, wherein the first arrangement transmits light, and wherein the second arrangement blocks light;

    a thin film transistor (TFT) layer disposed beneath the LCD layer, the TFT layer comprising a TFT substrate and a plurality of TFTs disposed on the TFT substrate; and

    the camera disposed beneath the CF layer, and proximate to the LCD layer, and the TFT layer, the camera comprising a plurality of pixels corresponding to the plurality of color regions associated with the CF layer, wherein each pixel in the plurality of pixels is optimized to record a colored light beam passing through a color region associated with the CF layer, wherein each pixel in the plurality of pixels comprises a lens and a photodetector, wherein the lens associated with the pixel is optimized to focus the colored light beam;

    a back light source configured to emit light; and

    wherein, when the plurality of pixels are recording the colored light beam, the back light source configured to stop emitting light for a period of time, and the plurality of liquid crystals configured to assume the first arrangement, wherein the period of time comprises less than 1/60 of a second.

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