US 12,130,660 B2
Display device
Kiho Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Seong-nyeon Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); Jun-woo Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Keehyun Nam, Seoul (KR); and Hyesuk An, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,320.
Application 17/874,320 is a continuation of application No. 17/242,485, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,422,587.
Application 17/242,485 is a continuation of application No. 16/455,614, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,023,001, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0090012 (KR), filed on Aug. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357767 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 1/1605 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising:
a first area defined by an area corresponding to an opening in the display panel, the first area configured not to display an image; and
a display area surrounding the first area, the display area configured to display an image; and
a boundary between the first area and the display area,
wherein the display area includes a first boundary area surrounding the boundary and adjacent to the boundary and the display panel is configured to display a first boundary image in the first boundary area,
wherein the display device is configured to provide an information to a user through a combination of the first boundary image and at least one of the first area and the boundary.