Electronic device comprising display with an opaque portion therein and camera device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12507579-B2
Application number	US-202318155415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2023
Priority date	Jul 21, 2020
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a camera device, the camera device overlaps at least a portion of an active area in a second direction of the display. The display comprises a display panel comprising a first active area, which has a first transmittance, at least partially overlaps on the camera device, and comprises a viewing angle area corresponding to the viewing angle of the camera device, and a second active area having a second transmittance that is lower than the first transmittance, the display panel comprises a mask layer comprising an opaque mask, and the opaque mask comprises a first portion at least partially formed in the viewing angle area, and a second portion formed to have a specified width and encompass the outer boundary of the viewing angle area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a display including a first active area and a second active area surrounding the first active area; and a camera disposed under the first active area of the display, the camera configured to receive external light through at least a portion of the first active area of the display, wherein the display comprises:
a pixel layer including a plurality of pixels,
a base layer disposed under the pixel layer, and
a mask layer disposed between the pixel layer and the base layer, the mask layer including an opaque metal mask and a plurality of openings,
wherein a first portion of the opaque metal mask is disposed to overlap a first plurality of pixels in the first active area of the display, wherein at least one of the plurality of openings is disposed in the first active area of the display such that the camera receives external light through the at least one of the plurality of openings disposed in the first active area of the display, and wherein the opaque metal mask further comprises a second portion surrounding an outer boundary of a field-of-view area corresponding to a field of view of the camera with a designated width.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the opaque metal mask further comprises a third portion at least partially formed in the first active area and formed outside the second portion.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the opaque metal mask further comprises a fourth portion at least partially formed in the second active area.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 ,
wherein the first portion comprises a first pattern, wherein the third portion comprises a second pattern, and wherein the fourth portion comprises a third pattern.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the first pattern, the second pattern, and the third pattern are identical.

6 . The electronic device of claim 4 ,
wherein the second pattern is different from the first pattern, and wherein the third pattern is different from each of the first pattern and the second pattern.

7 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the fourth portion corresponds to an entirety of the second active area.

8 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the third portion corresponds to an entirety of an area outside the second portion.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the display further comprises:
a wiring layer stacked in a first direction from the base layer and having multiple wirings and multiple thin film transistors formed therein;
an intermediate layer stacked in the first direction from the wiring layer and comprising an organic layer; and
an encapsulation layer stacked in the first direction from the intermediate layer, and
wherein the mask layer is stacked between the base layer and the wiring layer.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a protective layer attached in a second direction from the display, the second direction being opposite to a first direction, wherein the protective layer is free of a metal sheet.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the opaque metal mask shields ambient noise and functions as a metal sheet attached to the display.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the mask layer includes the first portion of the opaque metal mask for reducing unintentional diffraction of light in the first active area.

13 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of openings of the masking layer are arranged to be spaced apart from each other.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of openings defines transmissive areas which are formed in a circular or elliptical shape.

15 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first active area comprises a field-of-view area corresponding to a field of view of the camera.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Uhm Minsuk
• Shin Sungyoung
• Shin Hyunchang
• Yang Byungduk

Classifications

• H10K59/65

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