公开(公告)号：US11740723B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US16401861

申请日：2019-05-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth J. Vampola ,  Joshua A. Spechler ,  Weili Chen ,  Christopher M. Dodson ,  Mahdi Nezamabadi

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  H05B47/11 ,  G02F1/13357 ,  G09G3/34 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 ,  G02F1/133606 ,  G09G3/3406 ,  H05B47/11 ,  G02F1/133618 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2360/144

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels configured to display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. A set of the pixels may overlap the ambient light sensor so that ambient light measurements may be made on ambient light passing through the set of pixels. Control circuitry in the electronic device may control light transmission through the set of pixels so that different light transmission levels can be used in different ambient light conditions. Directional light measurements may be made by moving transparent pixels dynamically across the surface of the display overlapping the light sensor and/or by using pixelated light modulators to vary the angle of light rays measured by the ambient light sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20200348790A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16401861

申请日：2019-05-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth J. Vampola ,  Joshua A. Spechler ,  Weili Chen ,  Christopher M. Dodson ,  Mahdi Nezamabadi

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/34 ,  H05B37/02 ,  G02F1/1335

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels configured to display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. A set of the pixels may overlap the ambient light sensor so that ambient light measurements may be made on ambient light passing through the set of pixels. Control circuitry in the electronic device may control light transmission through the set of pixels so that different light transmission levels can be used in different ambient light conditions. Directional light measurements may be made by moving transparent pixels dynamically across the surface of the display overlapping the light sensor and/or by using pixelated light modulators to vary the angle of light rays measured by the ambient light sensor.