US 12,142,074 B2
Light recognition module for determining a user of a computing device
Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Keith J. Hendren, San Francisco, CA (US); Adam T. Garelli, Santa Clara, CA (US); Antonio Clarke, Cupertino, CA (US); Joshua L. Daigle, San Francisco, CA (US); and Dinesh C. Mathew, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,333.
Application 18/449,333 is a continuation of application No. 16/583,072, filed on Sep. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,727,718, issued on Aug. 15, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,021, filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037984 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/145 (2022.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/166 (2022.01) [G06F 3/005 (2013.01); G06V 10/145 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laptop computer having a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion, the laptop computer comprising:
a display assembly carried by the lid portion, the display assembly comprising:
a display layer defining an active area; and
a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, the display stack comprising a backlight layer defining a notch including an inactive area extending into the active area; and
a camera module positioned in the notch adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer.