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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kirk Hargreaves, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G09G 3/3208 (2016.01); G09G 3/32 (2016.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3208 (2013.01); G06K 9/0004 (2013.01); G09G 3/32 (2013.01); G09G 2360/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Display systems, devices and methods that utilize one or more native display elements as photo-sensing elements to detect light. A display device includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) pixel elements arranged in an array having a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, and a control circuit configured to selectively activate a first LED pixel element to emit light, and simultaneously activate a second LED pixel element to detect light.