Display Stack with Integrated Photodetectors

    公开(公告)号:US20240284752A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18653007

    申请日:2024-05-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H10K59/60 H10K39/32 H10K59/32 H10K59/40

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a frame and a display stack. The frame defines a first part of an interior volume. The display stack includes a cover attached to the frame. The cover may define a second part of the interior volume. The display stack also includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) including an array of emissive electroluminescent (EL) regions, and at least one organic photodetector (OPD) disposed between the cover and at least one emissive EL region in the array of emissive electroluminescent regions. The at least one emissive EL region emits light through the at least one OPD. In alternative embodiments, the OLEDs may be stacked on the OPDs, or the OLEDs and OPDs may be interspersed with each other instead of stacked.

    Display stack with integrated photodetectors

    公开(公告)号:US12016237B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-18

    申请号:US18079702

    申请日:2022-12-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H10K59/60 H10K39/32 H10K59/32 H10K59/40

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a frame and a display stack. The frame defines a first part of an interior volume. The display stack includes a cover attached to the frame. The cover may define a second part of the interior volume. The display stack also includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) including an array of emissive electroluminescent (EL) regions, and at least one organic photodetector (OPD) disposed between the cover and at least one emissive EL region in the array of emissive electroluminescent regions. The at least one emissive EL region emits light through the at least one OPD. In alternative embodiments, the OLEDs may be stacked on the OPDs, or the OLEDs and OPDs may be interspersed with each other instead of stacked.

    Electronic Devices Having Moisture-Insensitive Optical Touch Sensors

    公开(公告)号:US20240036682A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18484320

    申请日:2023-10-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 G06F3/04182 G06F2203/04109

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a touch sensitive display that is insensitive to the presence of moisture. An array of pixels in the display may be used to display images. A display cover layer may overlap the array of pixels. A light source may illuminate an external object such as a finger of a user when the object contacts a surface of the display cover layer. This creates scattered light that may be detected by an array of light sensors. The light source may supply light to an edge of the display cover layer at an angle that ensures total internal reflection within the display cover layer is sustained across the display cover layer even when the display cover layer is immersed in water or otherwise exposed to moisture.

    Electronic devices having moisture-insensitive optical touch sensors

    公开(公告)号:US11816295B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17738912

    申请日:2022-05-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 G06F3/04182 G06F2203/04109

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a touch sensitive display that is insensitive to the presence of moisture. An array of pixels in the display may be used to display images. A display cover layer may overlap the array of pixels. A light source may illuminate an external object such as a finger of a user when the object contacts a surface of the display cover layer. This creates scattered light that may be detected by an array of light sensors. The light source may supply light to an edge of the display cover layer at an angle that ensures total internal reflection within the display cover layer is sustained across the display cover layer even when the display cover layer is immersed in water or otherwise exposed to moisture.

    Display Stack with Integrated Photodetectors

    公开(公告)号:US20230111407A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US18079702

    申请日:2022-12-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a frame and a display stack. The frame defines a first part of an interior volume. The display stack includes a cover attached to the frame. The cover may define a second part of the interior volume. The display stack also includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) including an array of emissive electroluminescent (EL) regions, and at least one organic photodetector (OPD) disposed between the cover and at least one emissive EL region in the array of emissive electroluminescent regions. The at least one emissive EL region emits light through the at least one OPD. In alternative embodiments, the OLEDs may be stacked on the OPDs, or the OLEDs and OPDs may be interspersed with each other instead of stacked.

    Electronic device including a camera disposed behind a display

    公开(公告)号:US11592864B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-28

    申请号:US17682173

    申请日:2022-02-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display having a front surface and a back surface. The display includes a plurality of pixel regions that emit light from the front surface to display a displayed image and a plurality of apertures that transmit light from the front surface to the back surface. The apparatus includes a camera disposed on a side of the back surface of the display. The camera is configured to capture a captured image. The apparatus includes a processor coupled to the display and the camera. The processor is configured to receive the captured image and apply a first digital filter to a first portion of the captured image and a second digital filter, different than the first digital filter, to a second portion of the captured image to reduce image distortion caused by the display.

    Electronic Devices Having Moisture-Insensitive Optical Touch Sensors

    公开(公告)号:US20220276739A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17738915

    申请日:2022-05-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a touch sensitive display that is insensitive to the presence of moisture. An array of pixels in the display may be used to display images. A display cover layer may overlap the array of pixels. A light source may illuminate an external object such as a finger of a user when the object contacts a surface of the display cover layer. This creates scattered light that may be detected by an array of light sensors. The light source may supply light to an edge of the display cover layer at an angle that ensures total internal reflection within the display cover layer is sustained across the display cover layer even when the display cover layer is immersed in water or otherwise exposed to moisture.

    Electronic device including a camera disposed behind a display

    公开(公告)号:US11294422B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16580477

    申请日:2019-09-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display having a front surface and a back surface. The display includes a plurality of pixel regions that emit light from the front surface to display a displayed image and a plurality of apertures that transmit light from the front surface to the back surface. The apparatus includes a camera disposed on a side of the back surface of the display. The camera is configured to capture a captured image. The apparatus includes a processor coupled to the display and the camera. The processor is configured to receive the captured image and apply a first digital filter to a first portion of the captured image and a second digital filter, different than the first digital filter, to a second portion of the captured image to reduce image distortion caused by the display.

    Acoustic Imaging System Architecture

    公开(公告)号:US20210271843A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17326202

    申请日:2021-05-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An acoustic imaging system includes multiple transducers disposed to circumscribe a portion of substrate. An acoustic imaging system also includes a controller and an image resolver. The transducers convert electrical signals into mechanical energy and/or mechanical energy into electrical signals. The controller is adapted to apply an electrical signal to the transducers which, in response, induce a mechanical wave, such as a surface wave, into the circumscribed portion. The controller is also adapted to receive electrical signals from the transducers. The image resolver uses the electrical signals received by the controller in order to construct an image of an object in physical contact with the substrate.

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