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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Inventor:
Cheol Hwan Eom, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G09G 3/3208 (2016.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3406 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G09G 3/3208 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133314 (2013.01); G02F 2201/58 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2360/145 (2013.01); G09G 2360/148 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region and a housing accommodating the display panel therein. The device also includes a light sensing unit interposed between the display panel and the housing, the light sensing unit facing the display panel in the non-display region. The light sensing unit is configured to detect light that is totally reflected from the display panel and is emitted from a side of the display panel.