Abstract:
A head mounted display (HMD) device includes a left-eye display panel and a right-eye display panel. Each of the left-eye and right-eye display panels includes a proximate edge, a distal edge, an active display area having a proximate border and a distal border. A distance between the proximate border and the proximate edge is less than a distance between the distal border and the distal edge. For each display panel, a first border region defined by the distal edge and the distal border contains circuitry for operating pixels of the active display area, whereas a second border region defined by the proximate edge and the proximate border is devoid of circuitry.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes one or more light sources configured to provide light having at least three different colors and a backlight layer configured for diffusing the light. A MEMS-based shutter layer includes a plurality of pixel elements having shutters programmably controlled to allow light from the backlight layer to pass through the shutter layer when the MEMS-based shutter is in an open configuration and to block light from passing through the shutter layer when in a closed configuration. A processor is configured to control the provision of the different colored light from the one or more light sources to the backlight layer and configured to control the passage of light from the backlight layer through the plurality of pixel elements to provide a predetermined image on the display apparatus. A hard, scratch resistant cover glass layer is stacked above the MEMS-based shutter layer. The MEMS-based shutter layer is stacked above the backlight layer without any intermediate layer between it and the backlight layer, and the cover glass layer is stacked above the MEMS-based shutter layer without any intermediate layer between the shutter layer and the cover glass layer.
Abstract:
A computing device includes a backlight display having a plurality of light sources, each light source being associated with at least one, but not all, of a plurality of different individual regions of the backlight display. The computing device includes a display controller configured to turn on at least one of the plurality of light sources, while other ones of the light sources are not turned on, to provide backlight illumination to an individual region of the backlight display associated with the light source(s) that are turned on, while not providing backlight illumination to one or more other individual regions of the backlight display. The computing device includes an event handler configured to detect an occurrence of an event that may be handled by a program installed on the computing device. The computing device includes a notification engine configured to, in response to the event handler detecting the occurrence of the event, provide a first visual notification to a user of the detection of the event on the backlight display, wherein the first visual notification is provided within a region of the backlight display that is provided with backlight illumination while backlight illumination is not provided to the one or more other individual regions of the backlight display.
Abstract:
A touchscreen display device may include a capacitive sensor disposed adjacent to a top surface of the display device, and a resistive sensor disposed below the capacitive sensor. A backlight may selectively illuminate a pattern on an inner side of the top surface of the display device, so that the pattern is visible from outside the display device when the backlight is activated, and is not visible when the back light is not activated.
Abstract:
A touchscreen display device may include a capacitive sensor disposed adjacent to a top surface of the display device, and a resistive sensor disposed below the capacitive sensor. A backlight may selectively illuminate a pattern on an inner side of the top surface of the display device, so that the pattern is visible from outside the display device when the backlight is activated, and is not visible when the back light is not activated.