CAMERA INTEGRATED INTO A DISPLAY

摘要

Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein integrate a camera with an electronic display. An electronic display includes several layers, such as a cover layer, a color filter layer, a display layer including light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes, a thin film transistor layer, etc. In one embodiment, the layers include a substantially transparent region disposed above the camera. The substantially transparent region allows light from outside to reach the camera, enabling the camera to record an image. In another embodiment, the color filter layer does not include a substantially transparent region, and the camera records the light from the outside colored by the color filter layer. According to another embodiment, while none of the layers include a substantially transparent region, the layers are all substantially transparent, and the camera disposed beneath the layers records light reaching the camera from outside.

主权项

1. A display including a camera integrated into the display, the camera configured to record an image, and the camera configured to represent a camera icon associated with the display, the display comprising:
a substantially transparent cover layer defining an outside surface associated with the display; a color filter (CF) layer disposed beneath the substantially transparent cover layer, the CF layer comprising a CF substrate and a plurality of color regions disposed on the CF substrate, wherein each of the plurality of color regions corresponds to one of red, green, and blue; a liquid crystal display (LCD) layer disposed beneath the CF layer, the LCD layer comprising an LCD substrate and a plurality of liquid crystals disposed on the LCD substrate, wherein the LCD layer is formed with an LCD layer via suitable for exposing the camera; a thin film transistor (TFT) layer disposed beneath the LCD layer, the TFT layer comprising a TFT substrate and a plurality of TFTs disposed on the TFT substrate, wherein the TFT layer is formed with a TFT layer via suitable for exposing the camera; the camera disposed beneath the CF layer, and proximate to the LCD layer, and the TFT layer, the camera comprising a plurality of pixels corresponding to the plurality of color regions associated with the CF layer, wherein each pixel in the plurality of pixels is optimized to record a colored light beam passing through a color region associated with the CF layer, wherein each pixel in the plurality of pixels comprises a lens and a photodetector, wherein the lens associated with the pixel is optimized to focus the colored light beam; and wherein the layers with vias are arranged and coupled such that a hole extends through the LCD layer, and the TFT layer, wherein the hole faces the camera and exposes the camera.