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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin Mark Rappoport, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US);
Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jeremy C. Franklin, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Patrick Ternus, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Julian Hoenig, Lisbon, PT;
Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Andrew Myers, Saratoga, CA (US);
Stephen Brian Lynch, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for applying concealment of components of an electronic device. In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a component that is disposed behind a display (e.g., a transparent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display) that is configured to selectively become transparent at certain transparency regions. Additionally, the electronic device includes data processing circuitry configured to determine when an event requesting that the component be exposed occurs. The data processing circuitry may control portions of the display to become transparent, to expose the component upon the occurrence of the event requesting that the component be exposed.