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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, San Jose, CA (US);
Lun Tsai, Zhubei, TW;
Meng-Huan Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Niva A. Ran, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Akshay Bhat, Milpitas, CA (US);
Volodymyr Borshch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anand K. Chamakura, San Jose, CA (US);
Giovanni Gozzini, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G09G 3/3225 (2016.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/28 (2006.01); H01L 31/153 (2006.01); H01L 31/173 (2006.01); H01L 25/16 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06K 9/0004 (2013.01); G09G 3/3225 (2013.01); H01L 25/165 (2013.01); H01L 25/167 (2013.01); H01L 27/288 (2013.01); H01L 27/323 (2013.01); H01L 27/3234 (2013.01); H01L 27/3246 (2013.01); H01L 27/3276 (2013.01); H01L 31/153 (2013.01); H01L 31/173 (2013.01); H01L 51/524 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2360/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for detection of incident light are described. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially within an active display area of a display and is configured to detect and characterize one or more properties of light incident to the active display area of the display.