Display apparatus with a display panel having a flat display area and a curved display area

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10203433-B2
Application number	US-201615258944-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2016
Priority date	Jan 5, 2016
Publication date	Feb 12, 2019
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a flat display area and a curved display area; and an optical sheet on the display panel. The optical sheet includes a first optical pattern overlapping the curved display area and configured to change a traveling direction of light exiting from the display panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel configured to display an image and comprising a flat display area and a curved display area;
a window disposed over the display panel; and
an optical sheet between the display panel and the window along a light emission path of the display panel and configured to transmit light from the display panel to the window, the optical sheet comprising a first optical pattern overlapping the curved display area and configured to change a traveling direction of light exiting from the display panel and passing through the optical sheet.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first optical pattern comprises a plurality of first prisms.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the display panel comprises an organic light emitting display panel.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first prisms are on the curved display area of the display panel and are arranged along a direction, and
wherein ones of the first prisms have shapes different from each other.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first prisms are on the curved display area and are arranged along a direction, and
wherein ones of the first prisms have sizes that are different from each other.

6. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the first prisms has a right-angled triangular shape.

7. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the curved display area is at one end of the display panel,
wherein each of the first prisms has an inclination surface inclined toward the one end of the display panel, and
wherein an inclination angle between the inclination surface and a bottom surface of the first prisms increases as a distance between the one end of the display panel and the first prisms decreases.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a polarizing plate between the optical sheet and the window.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising a filling agent between the optical sheet and the polarizing plate.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of optical sheets,
wherein the display panel further comprises a plurality of curved display areas, and
wherein ones of the optical sheets overlap respective ones of the curved display areas.

11. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a plurality of curved display areas,
wherein the flat display area is between ones of the curved display areas, and
wherein the optical sheet further comprises a dummy layer on the flat display area of the display panel.

12. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel comprising a curved display area; and
a window on the display panel along a light emission path of the display panel, the window comprising a second optical pattern on an inner surface of the window, the second optical pattern receiving light from the display panel to change a traveling direction of light exiting from the display panel,
wherein the inner surface of the window is closer to the display panel than an outer surface of the window, the outer surface being opposite to the inner surface.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second optical pattern has an intaglio shape.

14. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second optical pattern comprises a plurality of second prisms.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the second prisms are on the curved display area and are arranged along a direction, and
wherein ones of the second prisms have shapes different from each other.

16. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the second prisms are on the curved display area and are arranged along a direction, and
wherein ones of the second prisms have sizes different from each other.

17. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein each of the second prisms has a right-angled triangular shape.

18. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the curved display area is at one end of the display panel,
wherein each of the second prisms has an inclination surface inclined toward the one end of the display panel, and
wherein an inclination angle between the inclination surface and a bottom surface of the second prisms increases as a distance between the one end of the display panel and the second prisms decreases.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoon Daeho
• Jung Jaehoon
• Yoon Youngsik
• Cho Jonghwan

Classifications

• G02B5/045 Primary

  Prism arrays · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• H10K59/8791

  Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light · CPC title

• H10K59/879

  comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses · CPC title