ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISPLAY PANEL

• US 20180196475A1
• Filed: 12/13/2017
• Published: 07/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Bao, Xiaoming, Huang, Maozhao
• Granted Patent: US 10,627,864 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133514 Colour filters
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/134309 characterised by their geometrical arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3208 organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/36 using liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/50 OLEDs integrated with light modulating elements, e.g. with electrochromic elements, photochromic elements or liquid crystal elements

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The display panel includes a display area. The display area includes a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface. The display panel defines a slot extending through the display surface and the back surface. The display surface includes a display area. The slot is located in the display area. The display area includes a plurality of image pixels. The touch panel is coupled to the display panel.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area, the display area comprising a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface, the display panel defining a slot extending through the display surface and the back surface, the slot located in the display area, the display area comprising a plurality of image pixels; and

a touch panel coupled to the display panel.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel, the OLED display panel comprises a cathode plate, an organic light emitting layer, an anode plate, and a polarizer sequentially stacked, the display surface is a surface of the polarizer remote from the cathode plate, and the back surface is a surface of the cathode plate remote from the polarizer.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel, and the liquid crystal display panel comprises a bottom polarizer, a bottom electrode, a liquid crystal layer, a top electrode, a color filter, and a top polarizer sequentially stacked, the display is a surface of the top polarizer remote from the bottom polarizer, and the back surface is a surface of the bottom polarizer remote from the top polarizer.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises a first edge and a main body, the slot comprises a notch concaved from the first edge toward the main body of the display panel.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the notch is concaved from a middle position of the first edge.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises a first edge, the slot comprises a first notch and a second notch concaved from the first edge toward the main body of the display panel.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises a first edge, and the slot comprises a hole located adjacent to a middle position of the first edge.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one camera received in the slot.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the touch panel defines a second slot corresponding to the slot.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a cover plate, wherein the cover plate defines a third slot corresponding to the slot.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the at least one camera is at least partially received in at least one of the slot, the second slot, and the third slot, or the at least one camera is located outside at least one of the slot, the second slot, and the third slot.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a cover plate, a body, and a receiver, the cover plate located on the body and cooperating with the body to form an accommodation space, the body comprising a top part, a bottom part, and a side part connecting the top part and the bottom part, the receiver located in the accommodation space, and the receiver comprising a sound outlet located in the top part or the side part.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a cover plate and a body, the cover plate located on the body and cooperating with the body to form an accommodation space, the at least one camera and the display panel located in the accommodation space.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising at least one component selected from the group including the at least one camera, a receiver, a light sensor, a projector, a microphone, a speaker, a distance sensor, an illuminator, and a combination thereof.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the receiver is located in the accommodation space, and the receiver comprises a sound outlet facing a wall of the display panel surrounding the slot.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the light sensor is located on an inner wall of the display panel surrounding the sound outlet, centers of the at least one camera, the receiver, and the light sensor on a same line.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein a number of the at least one camera is two, the at least one camera comprises a lens holder and a lens barrel coupled to the lens holder, the light sensor is on a top surface of the lens holder, the receiver is located on a plane of the top surface of the lens holder.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein a projection profile of the sound outlet is approximately the same as a projection profile of an inner wall of the display panel surrounding the slot in a direction perpendicular to the cover plate.

19. The electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the at least one camera comprises a lens holder and a lens barrel coupled to the lens holder, the light sensor and the receiver are located on a top surface of the lens holder.

20. The electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the electronic device comprises an input/output module, the at least one camera, the light sensor, and the receiver are integrated in the input/output module.

21. An electronic device, comprising a display assembly, the display assembly comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area, the display area comprising a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface, the display panel comprising at least a void extending through the display surface and the back surface, the at least a void located in the display area and configured for exposure of at least one component of the electronic device, the display area, except the at least a void, comprising a plurality of image pixels; and

a touch panel coupled to the display panel.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the at least one component is selected from the group including at least one camera, a receiver, a light sensor, a projector, a microphone, a speaker, a distance sensor, an illuminator, and a combination thereof.

23. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the at least a void is at least a notch recessed from an edge of the display panel.

24. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the at least a void is at least a hole defined in the display panel.

25. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the at least a hole is located adjacent to an edge of the display panel and spaced from the edge.

26. The electronic device of claim 24, further comprising at least one camera facing the at least a hole.

27. The electronic device as claimed in claim 26, wherein the at least one camera is at least partially received in the at least a hole.

28. The electronic device as claimed in claim 24, further comprising a receiver, the receiver comprising a sound outlet, and the sound outlet located around the at least a hole or arranged inside the at least a hole or arranged outside the at least a hole in a manner other than around the at least a hole.

29. The electronic device as claimed in claim 28, wherein a projection profile of the sound outlet is approximately the same as a projection profile of an inner wall of the display panel surrounding the at least a hole.

30. An electronic device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area, the display area comprising a plurality of image pixels, the display area defining a slot extending therethrough in a thickness direction of the display panel; and

a camera received in the slot and configured to obtain images from objects outside the electronic device.

31. The electronic device as claimed in claim 30, wherein the camera is partially received in the slot of the display panel.

32. The electronic device as claimed in claim 30, wherein the camera is surrounded by the display area.