US 12,266,207 B2
Display device
Seung Lyong Bok, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,056.
Application 17/391,056 is a continuation of application No. 16/983,981, filed on Aug. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,232,275.
Application 16/983,981 is a continuation of application No. 15/495,983, filed on Apr. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,733,408, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0122363 (KR), filed on Sep. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0357605 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/1306 (2022.01) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06V 40/1318 (2022.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
5. A display device comprising:
a display panel including a substrate supporting pixels to display an image, the pixels comprising transistors, the display panel including a first area and a second area;
a fingerprint sensor disposed on a rear surface of the substrate in the first area and in a different layer than the transistors;
a touch sensor to sense a touch position according to a touch of a user on the display panel in the first area and the second area; and
a control circuit to control an operation of the fingerprint sensor by sensing light variation or ultrasonic wave variation, the touch sensor by sensing capacitance, and the display panel by generating an image data signal;
wherein the control circuit is configured to drive the touch sensor, the fingerprint sensor, and the display panel sequentially or simultaneously, and
wherein the first area is enclosed by the second area in a plan view.