Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10210833-B2
Application number	US-201715475178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2017
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

A display device includes a primary display area which comprises a first display area and a second display area which is unique from the first display area, a control unit configured to display an image in the primary display area, an image signal generating unit configured to generate display data based on externally input image data for a single image. The image signal generating unit comprises a memory which stores display-position information indicating a display location of a first image displayed in the primary display area. The display data comprises first and second display data to be displayed in the first display area and the second display area, respectively. The first display data is generated based on the externally input single image data and the display-position information. The control unit is configured to cause a first image to be displayed in the first display area based on the first display data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device includes at least a first display panel and a second display panel stacked on each other, wherein the first display panel and the second display panel each comprises:
a primary display area which comprises a first display area and a second display area which is unique from the first display area and which surrounds the first display area,
and wherein the first display panel further comprises:
a control circuit configured to display an image in the primary display area of the first display panel;
an image signal generating circuit configured to generate display data based on an externally input image data for a single image;
wherein the image signal generating circuit comprises a memory which stores display-position information indicating a display location of a first image displayed in the primary display area of the first display panel,
wherein the display data comprises first and second display data to be displayed in the first display area and the second display area of the first display panel, respectively, the first display data being generated based on the externally input image data and the display-position information, and
wherein the control circuit is configured to cause the first image to be displayed in the first display area of the first display panel based on the first display data,
wherein the second display panel includes a display portion, the display portion being configured to display an image based on the externally input image data, the primary display area of the first display panel being larger than the display portion, and
wherein outermost pixels of the first display area of the first display panel overlap outermost pixels of the display portion in a plan view.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the image signal generating circuit is configured to generate the second display data, the second display data configured to cause a second image to be displayed in the second display area, irrespective of the externally input image data.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second image is a gray scale image.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the gray scale image is substantially black.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the image signal generating circuit is configured to generate the second display data based on a part of the first display data, which corresponds to the outermost pixels of the first display area of the first display panel.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the second display data is generated by copying the part of the first display data corresponding to the outermost pixels of the first display area of the first display panel.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second display area of the first display panel extends from the first display area of the first display panel and extends in at least one of a first and second direction, the first and second direction crossing each other.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display-position information includes off-set information from a normal area, wherein the normal area is a central area in the primary display area of the first display panel.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the display-position information includes at least a position of one corner of the first display area of the first display panel.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the first display panel displays in monotone, and
the second display panel displays in color.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein
the image signal generating circuit is configured to generate the second display data based on at least a part of the first display data corresponding to the outermost pixels of the first display area of the first display panel.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the first display panel displays in color, and
the second display panel displays in monotone.

13. The display device of claim 1 further includes a positional change circuit, wherein the positional change circuit is configured to rewrite the display-position information stored in the memory.

14. A display device includes at least a first display panel and a second display panel stacked on each other, wherein
each of the first display panel and the second display panel comprises:
a primary display area which comprises a first display area and a second display area which is unique from the first display area and which surrounds the first display area;
a control circuit configured to display an image in the primary display area of the first display panel; and
an image signal generating circuit configured to generate display data based on externally input image data, wherein
the image signal generating circuit comprises a memory which stores display-position information indicating a display location of a first image displayed in the primary display area of the first display panel,
the display data comprises first and second display data to be displayed in the first display area and the second display area of the first display panel, respectively, the first display data being generated based on the externally input image data and the display-position information, and
the control circuit is configured to cause the first image to be displayed in the first display area of the first display panel based on the first display data, wherein
outermost pixels of the first display area in the first display panel overlap outermost pixels of the first display area in the second display panel in a plan view.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein
the first display area in the first display panel is a same area as the first display area in the second display panel.

16. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the image signal generating circuit is configured to:
generate the second display data for the first display panel so as to display a substantially black image in the second display area of the first display panel, and
generate the second display data for the second display panel based on at least a part of the first display data corresponding to the outermost pixels of the first display area of the first display panel.

Assignees

• Panasonic Liquid Crystal Displ

Inventors

• Koudo Toshikazu
• Tanaka Katsuji
• Arita Makoto
• Miyaji Kazusa
• Mori Ikuko

Classifications

• G09G2340/0464

  Positioning · CPC title

• G09G2300/023

  Display panel composed of stacked panels · CPC title

• G09G2310/08

  Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery · CPC title

• G09G2300/0452

  Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components · CPC title

• G09G3/3677 Primary

  suitable for active matrices only · CPC title