US 12,088,900 B2
Method of embedding an imaging device within a display
Carel Suat Fun Yew, Singapore (SG); Kah Soon Ang, Singapore (SG); Swee Yoong Foo, Singapore (SG); and Ma Ella Preciosa Cruz Yap, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Appl. No. 17/621,048
Filed by Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069219
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/008959, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1909999 (GB), filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0345597 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [B60K 35/60 (2024.01); G02F 1/13312 (2021.01); G02F 1/133509 (2013.01); H04N 7/144 (2013.01); B60K 2360/21 (2024.01); B60K 2360/84 (2024.01); G02F 2203/11 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display unit comprising:
a liquid crystal layer including a portion comprising an optically transparent substance injected into the liquid crystal layer;
a plurality of optical layers; and
an imaging device, wherein the imaging device is at least partially embedded within the plurality of optical layers and aligned to the portion, the portion being configured to transmit more than 10% of light rays to the imaging device, and wherein the portion does not extend through the plurality of optical layers and the optically transparent substance is different from a material of the liquid crystal layer.