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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G02F 1/1368 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/045 (2013.01); G02F 1/1368 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G09G 3/2003 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/322 (2013.01); H04N 5/36961 (2018.08); H04N 9/04557 (2018.08); G02F 2201/52 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0247 (2013.01); G09G 2330/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display that includes a plurality of contiguous pixel areas. Each pixel area is divided into subpixels for displaying and a photodetector for imaging. The display can be configured into a display mode to display information using the subpixels for displaying or an imaging mode to capture image information using the photodetectors for imaging.