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- Patent Title: Ultrasonic transducers embedded in organic light emitting diode panel and display devices including the same
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Application No.: US16232310Application Date: 2018-12-26
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Publication No.: US10796127B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Kyung Bae Park
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@1e46c0c2
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06F3/043 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/041 ; H01L27/32 ; H01L51/52 ; B06B1/06 ; B06B1/02

Abstract:
An ultrasonic transducer-embedded organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel having excellent sensitivity and that is capable of providing high frequency output and biometric recognition is provided. An OLED panel may include a substrate, an OLED light emitting part on the substrate, the OLED light emitting part configured to emit visible light, and an ultrasonic output part between the substrate and the OLED light emitting part, the ultrasonic output part including an ultrasonic transducer configured to generate ultrasonic waves according to an excitation voltage. The ultrasonic transducer may be a capacitive ultrasonic transducer or a piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer. An OLED panel may include multiple ultrasonic transducers, and a control system may selectively control one or more ultrasonic transducers of the plurality of ultrasonic transducers based on a determination of whether to implement recognition of a three-dimensional gesture or touch recognition of an object in contact with the OLED panel.
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