US 11,710,338 B2
Electronic device including a sensor which is disposed below a display
Hyunwoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jihoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Jihun Heo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,149.
Application 17/676,149 is a continuation of application No. 17/029,570, filed on Sep. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,256,896.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0119275 (KR), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172507 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 40/1318 (2022.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); G06F 3/046 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a display;
a panel disposed below the display in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the display, when viewed in the first direction, where a first hole is formed at the panel, wherein the panel includes a plurality of layers, a first portion of the first hole is formed in some of the plurality of layers and a second portion of the first hole is formed in the remaining layers of the plurality of layers, the first portion is connected to the second portion, and a size of the first portion is smaller than a size of the second portion;
a support member disposed below the panel in the first direction,
wherein a second hole at least partially connected with the first hole is formed at the support member; and
wherein the second hole includes a third portion having a first width, and a fourth portion disposed below the third portion and having a second width greater than the first width;
a sensor disposed below the display in the first direction,
wherein at least a portion of the sensor is disposed in the third portion of the second hole; and
wherein the sensor is disposed to receive a portion of a light, which is reflected by an external object and then passes through the display after the light is emitted from the display; and
a substrate disposed below the sensor in the first direction,
wherein at least a portion of the substrate is disposed in the fourth portion of the second hole.