Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device including an optical sensor mounted on back surface of a display
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Application No.: US16931985Application Date: 2020-07-17
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Publication No.: US11175776B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Heewoong Yoon , Jeongho Cho , Sangjin Kim , Jongah Kim , Donghan Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2019-0086990 20190718
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G01S17/08 ; H05K5/00

Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a space between the front surface and the rear surface, a display located inside the housing and viewed through the front surface of the housing to the outside of the electronic device, a support member supporting the display by protruding from the side surface toward the inside of the housing, an optical sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit wherein the optical sensor is located on a rear surface of the display and overlaps at least one area of the display when viewed from top of the front surface; and a partition wall member formed of an elastic material wherein the partition wall member is located between the display and the optical sensor, and at least a part region of the partition wall member is located between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit to separate the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210019015A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING AN OPTICAL SENSOR MOUNTED ON BACK SURFACE OF A DISPLAY Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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