Display device and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10359810-B2
Application number	US-201715473704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2017
Priority date	Feb 11, 2014
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size, a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed, or a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel each including a pair of substrates. The first display panel and the second display panel each include a first region which can transmit visible light, a second region which can block visible light, and a third region which can perform display. The third region of the first display panel and the first region of the second display panel overlap each other. The third region of the first display panel and the second region of the second display panel do not overlap each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a flexible printed circuit (FPC);
a first display panel; and
a second display panel overlapping with the first display panel;
wherein the first display panel and the second display panel each includes:
a display surface and a rear surface opposite to the display surface;
a display region comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix;
a light-transmitting member on two adjacent sides of the display region; and
a wiring on the other two adjacent sides of the display region,

wherein the second display panel is attached to the display surface of the first display panel so as to overlap with part of the display region of the first display panel,
wherein the FPC is attached to a first region of the first display panel,
wherein the first region of the first display panel is positioned behind the second display panel so that the rear surface of the second display panel is positioned between the first display panel and the display surface of the second display panel,
wherein the light-transmitting member of the second display panel overlaps with the display region of the first display panel in a second region of the first display panel, and
wherein a gray scale of the plurality of pixels is configured to be locally increased in the second region.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display region of the first display panel and the display region of the second display panel are placed seamlessly.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a touch panel.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is one of a television device, digital signage, and a public information display.

5. A display device comprising:
a flexible printed circuit (FPC);
a first display panel; and
a second display panel overlapping with the first display panel;
a display surface and a rear surface opposite to the display surface;
a display region comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix;
a light-transmitting member on two adjacent sides of the display region; and
a wiring on the other two adjacent sides of the display region,

wherein the second display panel is attached to the display surface of the first display panel so as to overlap with part of the display region of the first display panel,
wherein the FPC is attached to a first region of the first display panel,
wherein the first region of the first display panel is positioned behind the second display panel so that the rear surface of the second display panel is positioned between the first display panel and the display surface of the second display panel,
wherein the first display panel and the second display panel are flexible display panels,
wherein the first display panel and the second display panel are configured to curve along a curved surface of an installation surface of the display device,
wherein the light-transmitting member of the second display panel overlaps with the display region of the first display panel in a second region of the first display panel, and
wherein a gray scale of the plurality of pixels is configured to be locally increased in the second region.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the installation surface is on a wall or a column.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the display region of the first display panel and the display region of the second display panel are placed seamlessly.

8. The display device according to claim 5 , further comprising a touch panel.

9. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the display device is one of a television device, digital signage, and a public information display.

10. A display device comprising:
a flexible printed circuit (FPC);
a first display panel;
a second display panel overlapping with a first end portion of the first display panel; and
a third display panel overlapping with a second end portion of the first display panel, the second end portion being adjacent to the first end portion,
wherein the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel each includes:
a display surface and a rear surface opposite to the display surface;
a display region comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix;
a light-transmitting member on two adjacent sides of the display region; and
a wiring on the other two adjacent sides of the display region,

wherein the second display panel is attached to the display surface of the first display panel so as to overlap with part of the display region of the first display panel,
wherein the FPC is attached to a first region of the first display panel,
wherein the first region of the first display panel is positioned behind the second display panel so that the rear surface of the second display panel is positioned between the first display panel and the display surface of the second display panel,
wherein the light-transmitting member of the second display panel overlaps with the display region of the first display panel in a second region of the first display panel,
wherein the light-transmitting member of the third display panel overlaps with the display region of the first display panel in a third region of the first display panel, and
wherein a gray scale of the plurality of pixels is configured to be locally increased in the second region.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display region of the first display panel, the display region of the second display panel, and the display region of the third display panel are placed seamlessly.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , further comprising a touch panel.

13. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display device is one of a television device, digital signage, and a public information display.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Miyake Hiroyuki
• Ikeda Hisao

Classifications

• H10W72/701

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• H01K1/00

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• Y02E10/549

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• H01L51/5228

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• H01L24/50

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