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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Xiaodong Xun, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133531 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133601 (2013.01); G02F 2201/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus performed by an electronic device for operating a display assembly of the electronic device includes a display assembly having an externally-lit display with first and second polarizing layers and a backlighting source. The first polarizing layer is positioned between the backlighting source and the second polarizing layer. The display assembly also includes a self-lit display positioned between the first and second polarizing layers of the externally-lit display.