Mobile device with display overlaid with at least a light sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9754526-B2
Application number	US-201615283112-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method of operating a mobile device having a light sensor underneath a display, comprising:
displaying a user interface on at least a portion of the display over the light sensor;
identifying, by a processor, a command to capture an image with the light sensor;
responsive to the command, adjusting, by the processor, opaqueness of at least a target portion of an opaqueness adjustable region of the display directly over the light sensor;
further responsive to the command, the processor capturing the image with the light sensor while the target portion of the opaqueness adjustable region is at least partially transparent; and
further responsive to the command, the processor causing the display to produce a consistent pattern, color, or shade while capturing the image to add an effect to the captured image.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising sustaining the consistent pattern, color, or shade for a duration when an aperture system or a shutter system for the light sensor is opened.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the consistent pattern, color, or shade is configured to improve gesture detection from the image.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the consistent pattern, color, or shade is configured to provide a filter gradient to the image.

5. A computer-implemented method of operating a mobile device having a first light sensor of a first camera underneath a display, comprising:
displaying a user interface on at least a portion of the display over the first light sensor;
identifying, by a processor, a command to capture a first image with the first light sensor;
responsive to the command, adjusting, by the processor, opaqueness of at least a target portion of an opaqueness adjustable region of the display directly over the first light sensor;
further responsive to the command, the processor capturing the first image with the first light sensor of the first camera while the target portion of the opaqueness adjustable region is at least partially transparent; and
capturing a second image utilizing a second light sensor of a second camera; and
utilizing the first image and the second image to determine a distance between an object, in front of the mobile device and within a field of view of the first camera and the second camera, and the display.

Assignees

• Essential Products Inc

Inventors

• Evans V David John
• Jiang Xinrui
• Rubin Andrew E
• Hershenson Matthew
• Miao Xiaoyu
• Tate Joseph Anthony
• Gagne-Keats Jason Sean
• Zavin Rebecca Schultz

Classifications

• H04N23/72 Primary

  Combination of two or more compensation controls · CPC title

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• G09G2330/027

  Arrangements or methods related to powering off a display · CPC title

• G09G2340/125

  wherein one of the images is motion video · CPC title