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Mobile device with display overlaid with at least a light sensor

US10102789B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19References

18Claims

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Assignee

Essential Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

David John Evans, V · Palo Alto, US
Xinrui Jiang · San Jose, US
Andrew E. Rubin · Los Altos, US
Matthew Hershenson · Los Altos, US
Xiaoyu Miao · Sunnyvale, US
Joseph Anthony Tate · San Jose, US
Jason Sean Gagne-Keats · Cupertino, US
Rebecca Schultz Zavin · Portola Valley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10K2102/103
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments include a mobile device with a light sensor overlaid under a display (e.g., a touchscreen). The mobile device can identify a command to capture an image. The mobile device can adjust at least a target portion of an opaqueness adjustable region of the display directly over the light sensor. The opaqueness adjustable region is capable of transforming from substantially opaque to substantially transparent. The mobile device can capture the image utilizing at least the light sensor while the target portion of the opaqueness adjustable region is substantially transparent.

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