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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Chi-yi Liao, Taoyuan County, TW;
Inventor:
Chi-Yi Liao, Taoyuan County, TW;
Assignee:
HTC CORPORATION, Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/133 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G02F 2001/13312 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handheld electronic device has a display side and a back side opposite to the display side. The handheld electronic device includes a case, a host system, an optical device, an opening region, and a liquid crystal light valve. The host system and the optical device are disposed in the case, and the optical device is electrically coupled to the host system. The opening region is located on the display side or the back side to expose the optical device. The liquid crystal light valve is disposed in the opening region and is electrically coupled to the host system to control the luminous flux passing through the opening region.