Display device including lighting bezel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10310313-B2
Application number	US-201715829448-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2017
Priority date	Dec 2, 2016
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display including an active area on which an image is displayed and a bezel covering edges of the display so that the bezel covers a part of the active area of the display. The bezel includes a transparent part that covers the part of the active area of the display and internally transports light emitted from the covered part of the active area of the display by reflecting the light, emitted from the covered part of the active area of the display, inside the transparent part and a reflection part including a reflection surface disposed parallel to one surface of the transparent part and reflecting light transmitted from the transparent part back into the transparent part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display including an active area on which an image is displayed; and
a bezel configured to cover edges of the display so that the bezel covers a part of the active area of the display,
wherein the bezel includes:
a transparent part configured to cover the part of the active area of the display and to internally transport light emitted from the covered part of the active area of the display by reflecting the light, emitted from the covered part of the active area of the display, inside the transparent part; and
a reflection part including a reflection surface disposed parallel to one surface of the transparent part and configured to reflect light transmitted from the transparent part back into the transparent part,

wherein the display device is configured to receive information about the image to be displayed on the display and about a specified period of time during which the image is to be displayed from an electronic device, and
wherein the display is configured to display the image on the covered part of the active area of the display for the specified period of time based on the received information.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent part includes a first surface disposed at one end of the transparent part and facing the covered part of the active area of the display so that the light emitted from the covered part of the active area of the display is transmitted into the transparent part through the first surface, and a second surface disposed at an other end of the transparent part so that the light transported internally through the transparent part is transmitted outside the transparent part through the second surface.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the transparent part further includes a third surface facing a different direction from the first surface and the second surface and,
wherein the reflection surface of the reflection part is disposed parallel to the third surface and the reflection surface is configured to reflect the light transmitted from the transparent part through the third surface back into the transparent part.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the transparent part further includes a fourth surface facing the third surface, and wherein an angle between the fourth surface and the active area of the display is greater than or equal to 90° and less than 180°.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display further includes
a non-active area on which no image is displayed, and
wherein the reflection part is disposed to cover the non-active area.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent part is formed of any one of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polycarbonate (PC), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a high-reflectivity material is coated on the reflection surface of the reflection part that faces the transparent part or a reflective sheet is attached to the reflection surface of the reflection part that faces the transparent part.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the transparent part and the reflection part includes a pattern, and
wherein the pattern is configured to change a path of the light transported to the transparent part so that the light transported to the pattern is transmitted outside the transparent part from a position of the pattern through a surface opposite to the one surface of the transparent part.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the pattern is formed on a surface where the transparent part and the reflection part face each other.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the pattern formed on the transparent part is a recessed pattern, and
wherein the pattern formed on the reflection part is an embossed or recessed pattern.

11. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the pattern formed on the reflection part is a recessed pattern, and
wherein the pattern formed on the transparent part is an embossed or recessed pattern.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the covered part of the active area of the display is controlled independently of the part not covered by the transparent part of the active area.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the display is configured to display the image on only the covered part of the active area of the display in a standby state.

14. A method of controlling a display device,
the method comprising:
receiving information about an image from an electronic device operating in conjunction with the display device;
displaying the image on a part of display areas of a display of the display device that is covered by a transparent part of a bezel based on the received information about the image; and
lighting the bezel by using light emitted from the covered part of the display areas on which the image is displayed,
wherein the received information about the image includes information about the image to be displayed on the display and information about a specified period of time during which the image is to be displayed, and
wherein the displaying of the image includes displaying the image on the covered part of the display areas for the specified period of time based on the received information about the image.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the information about the image includes information about a color selected through the electronic device, and
wherein the displaying of the image on the display includes
displaying the image including the selected color on the covered part of the display areas.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the displaying of the image on the display includes
displaying the image on the covered part of the display areas and a display area of the display areas that is not covered by the transparent part of the bezel based on the received information about the image.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the displaying of the image on the display includes
displaying the image on the covered part of the display areas based on the received information about the image and not displaying the image on a display area of the display areas that is not covered by the transparent part of the bezel.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the information about the image includes information about the image to be displayed on the display and information about sound output when the image is displayed, and
wherein the displaying of the image on the display includes
displaying the image on the covered part of the display areas and outputting sound.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a program for performing a method is recorded, the method comprising:
receiving information about an image from an electronic device operating in conjunction with a display device;
displaying the image on a part of display areas of a display of the display device that is covered by a transparent part of a bezel based on the received information about the image; and
lighting the bezel by using light emitted from the covered part of the display areas on which the image is displayed,
wherein the received information about the image includes information about the image to be displayed on the display and information about a specified period of time during which the image is to be displayed, and
wherein the displaying of the image on the part of display areas of the display includes displaying the image on the covered part of the display areas for the specified period of time based on the received

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Min Hee
• Kim Eun Ah
• Kim Eui Seok
• Ahn Joon Seok

Classifications

• H01J17/49

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