Optical pen and display system including optical interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12461606-B2
Application number	US-202318528958-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2023
Priority date	May 30, 2023
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A display system includes an optical interface. The display system includes an optical pen outputting infrared light. A display device acquires information on a user input based on the infrared light provided by the optical pen. The display device includes a panel layer and a code layer disposed on the panel layer. The code layer includes an optical pattern absorbing at least a portion of the infrared light provided by the optical pen. The optical pen includes a pen body and a nib disposed in the pen body. The nib includes a nib head part including a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. A nib body part is connected to the nib head part. The first end portion forms a curved surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display system including an optical interface, the display system comprising:
an optical pen outputting infrared light; and a display device acquiring information on a user input based on the infrared light provided by the optical pen, wherein the display device includes: a panel layer; and a code layer disposed on the panel layer, the code layer including an optical pattern absorbing at least a portion of the infrared light provided by the optical pen, wherein the optical pen includes: a pen body; and a nib disposed in the pen body, wherein the nib includes: a nib head part including a first end portion and an opposite second end portion; and a nib body part connected to the nib head part, wherein the first end portion forms a curved surface, and wherein a hardness of the nib is in a range of about 50 to about 90 with respect to Shore A hardness.

2 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein the nib head part includes felt or synthetic fiber.

3 . The display system of claim 2 , wherein the curved surface of the first end portion has a curvature radius in a range of about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm.

4 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein:
the display device further includes at least one of a polarizing layer disposed on the panel layer and a window layer disposed on the code layer, wherein the window layer has a thickness in a range of about 20 μm to about 100 μm.

5 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a foldable, slidable or rollable display device.

6 . The display system of claim 5 , wherein:
the nib head part has a first width in a range of about 1.1 mm to about 1.5 mm; and the nib body part has a second width in a range of about 0.7 mm to about 1.1 mm.

7 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein the nib head part includes an elastic polymer including at least one elastomer selected from the group consisting of rubber, silicone, urethane, and urethane acrylate.

8 . The display system of claim 7 , wherein:
the display device further includes a film layer disposed on the code layer, wherein the film layer includes a protrusion part protruding from at least a portion of a first surface of the film layer.

9 . The display system of claim 8 , wherein the curved surface of the first end portion has a curvature radius in a range of about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm.

10 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein the nib head part includes plastic including at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and polyvinyl chloride.

11 . The display system of claim 10 , wherein:
the optical pen further includes a spring in contact with the nib body part disposed in the pen body, wherein the spring is at least one of a compression spring, a tension spring, and a leaf spring.

12 . The display system of claim 11 , wherein the curved surface of the first end portion has a curvature radius in a range of about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm.

13 . An optical pen comprising:
a pen body; and a nib disposed in the pen body, wherein the nib includes: a nib head part including a first end portion and an opposite second end portion; and a nib body part connected to the nib head part, wherein the first end portion forms a curved surface, wherein the second end portion has a first width and the nib body part has a second width, wherein the nib includes felt or synthetic fabric, and wherein a hardness of the nib is in a range of about 50 to about 90 with respect to Shore A hardness.

14 . The optical pen of claim 13 , wherein the curved surface of the first end portion has a curvature radius in a range of about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm.

15 . The optical pen of claim 14 , wherein:
the first width is in a range of about 1.1 mm to about 1.5 mm; and the second width is less than the first width.

16 . An optical pen comprising:
a pen body; and a nib disposed in the pen body, wherein the nib includes: a nib head part including a first end portion and an opposite second end portion; and a nib body part connected to the nib head part, wherein the first end portion includes a curved surface, wherein the nib includes a first material having a hardness in a range of about 50 with respect to Shore A hardness to a hardness of about 40 with respect to Shore D hardness at the first end portion, and wherein the nib includes a second material different from the first material at the second end portion.

17 . The optical pen of claim 16 , wherein:
the first material includes felt or synthetic fiber; and the second material includes plastic or an elastomer.

18 . The optical pen of claim 17 , wherein the curved surface of the first end portion has a curvature radius in a range of about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm.

19 . The optical pen of claim 18 , wherein:
the nib head part has a first width in a range of about 1.1 mm to about 1.5 mm; and the nib body part has a second width that is less than the first width.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Gil Yeong
• Lee Hee Young
• Gu Da Som
• Roh Ki Jun
• An Sung Guk
• Han So Yeon

Classifications

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G06F3/0321

  by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet (constructional details of pen-shaped pointing devices G06F3/03545, G06F3/03542, G06F3/037) · CPC title

• G06F3/0423

  using sweeping light beams, e.g. using rotating or vibrating mirror · CPC title

• G06F3/04162

  for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware · CPC title

• G06F3/0386

  for light pen · CPC title