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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian Shadle, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ehsan Farkhondeh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Shin John Choi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G09G 3/3406 (2013.01); G09G 2370/16 (2013.01); G09G 2370/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for transmitting data using invisible light via a display assembly of an electronic device are provided. This may enable more data to be transmitted simultaneously via a single display assembly of a limited size. For example, a single display assembly may simultaneously transmit a first type of data using visible light that may be comprehensible to a user (e.g., textual information that may be legible to a human) as well as a second type of data using invisible light that may be machine-readable (e.g., a barcode that may be detected by a scanner device but that may not be seen by a human).


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