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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ping Tong Chu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chung Chun Wan, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G09G 3/3208 (2016.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G09G 3/3208 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a camera, a primary display panel including a pixel array and an aperture adjacent the pixel array, an auxiliary display, and an optical assembly including a reflecting optical element and an actuator coupled to the reflecting optical element. The actuator is configured to switch the reflecting optical element between a first arrangement and a second arrangement. The first arrangement defines an optical path from the aperture to the camera and the second arrangement defines an optical path from the aperture to the auxiliary display.