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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.:

US 12150339 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2023

Electronic devices with light sensors and displays

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mountain View, CA (US);

Paul S. Drzaic, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Erik G. de Jong, San Francisco, CA (US);

Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Treyz Law Group, P.C.

Kendall P. Woodruff

Primary Examiner:

Seung C Sohn

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 50/86 (2023.01); G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H10K 50/11 (2023.01); H10K 50/818 (2023.01); H10K 50/828 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 50/856 (2023.01); H10K 59/13 (2023.01); H10K 59/60 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 50/865 (2023.02); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); H10K 50/11 (2023.02); H10K 50/818 (2023.02); H10K 50/828 (2023.02); H10K 50/844 (2023.02); H10K 50/856 (2023.02); H10K 50/86 (2023.02); H10K 59/13 (2023.02); H10K 59/60 (2023.02); G02F 1/13312 (2021.01); G02F 1/13318 (2013.01); H10K 2102/3026 (2023.02);
Abstract

An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light.

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