Invisible light transmission via a display assembly

摘要

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).

主权项

1. An electronic device comprising:
a processor; and a display assembly comprising:
a plurality of pixels arranged in a pixel matrix; anda variable control component spanning the pixel matrix, wherein the processor is configured to control the variable control component for simultaneously varying:
a first characteristic of visible light transmitted by a first pixel of a first subplurality of pixels of the plurality of pixels; anda second characteristic of invisible light transmitted by each pixel of a second subplurality of pixels of the plurality of pixels, wherein the second subplurality of pixels only comprises each pixel of the plurality of pixels positioned in a band region along the outer perimeter of the pixel matrix.