Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Displays with polarizer windows and opaque masking layers for electronic devices
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Application No.: US13896946Application Date: 2013-05-17
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Publication No.: US09292044B2Publication Date: 2016-03-22
- Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Keith J. Hendren , Jun Qi , Victor H. Yin , Thomas Wilson, Jr. , Adam T. Garelli
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; Zachary D. Hadd
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; G02F1/1335 ; H04M1/02 ; G02F1/133

Abstract:
An electronic device may have a display. Inactive portions of the display such as peripheral portions of the display may be masked using an opaque masking layer. An opening may be provided in the opaque masking layer to allow light to pass. For example, a logo may be viewed through an opening in the opaque masking layer and a camera may receive light through an opening in the opaque masking layer. The display may include upper and lower polarizers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The opaque masking layer may be formed on the upper polarizer, may be interposed between the upper polarizer and the color filter layer, or may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The upper polarizer may have unpolarized windows for cameras, logos, or other internal structures.
Public/Granted literature
- US09372505B2 Displays with polarizer windows and opaque masking layers for electronic devices Public/Granted day:2016-06-21
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