Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh

Willem Hofman

Tobias Schwab

Rüdiger Schmidt

Alberto Sanchez Castillo

Jeah-Sheng Wu

The invention relates to a display device having an integrated, optically operating proximity sensor system () for detecting an object present within an observation space in front of the display device, such as a hand or a finger of a hand of a person. The display device is provided with a display unit () which has a front side () having an information-displaying display surface () and having an edge region (), which adjoins said display surface and is not used for the display of information, and a rear side. The display device also has a proximity sensor system () having at least one transmitter () for emitting sensor radiation towards the observation space and having at least one receiver () for receiving sensor radiation reflected from the observation space. Said proximity sensor system () is arranged at least partially in the edge region () of the front side () of the display unit () in which at least one receiver of the proximity sensor system () is arranged in thin-film technology. The at least one transmitter () of the proximity sensor system () can be integrated either below the display unit () or therein.

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Lippstadt, Germany

Willem Hofman