Display panel, operating method thereof and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10409106-B2
Application number	US-201615512427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2016
Priority date	Jan 25, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display panel, an operating method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes first substrate and second substrate disposed opposite to each other, liquid crystal layer disposed between first substrate and second substrate, orthogonal polarization layer disposed on a side of first substrate facing towards liquid crystal layer, and first absorbent layer disposed on a side of first substrate facing away from liquid crystal layer. When no electric field is loaded, both liquid crystal layer and orthogonal polarization layer transmit light with first polarization direction. When electric field is loaded, liquid crystal layer converts incident light with first polarization direction into emergent light with second polarization direction which is orthogonal to first polarization direction, and the orthogonal polarization layer reflects the light with the second polarization direction. The first absorbent layer absorbs the light incident thereon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an orthogonal polarization layer provided on a side of the first substrate facing towards the liquid crystal layer;
a backlight module disposed on a side of the second substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer and configured to provide backlight when an ambient light intensity is lower than a predefined light intensity; and
a cover plate rotatably connected to the display panel through a first rotary shaft, the cover plate comprising a first face and a second face disposed opposite each other,
wherein a first absorbent layer configured to absorb light incident on the first absorbent layer is disposed on the first face of the cover plate, and a second absorbent layer configured to absorb light incident on the second absorbent layer is disposed on the second face of the cover plate;
wherein the liquid crystal layer is configured to transmit light with a first polarization direction when no electric field is loaded and to convert incident light with the first polarization direction into emergent light with a second polarization direction which is orthogonal to the first polarization direction when an electric field is loaded,
wherein the orthogonal polarization layer is configured to transmit the light with the first polarization direction and reflect the light with the second polarization direction, and the first absorbent layer is configured to absorb light incident on the first absorbent layer, and
wherein the cover plate is configured to switch between a first position where the cover plate is on a side of the first substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer and parallel to the first substrate and a second position where the cover plate is on a side of the second substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer and parallel to the second substrate, the display device is in a normal display mode in response to the cover plate being in the first position and is in a mirror display mode in response to the cover plate being in the second position.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, the backlight module comprises a light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate being disposed at the side of the second substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer, and the light source being disposed at a light incident side of the light guide plate.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, the second absorbent layer is formed from black ink.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, the cover plate comprises a first cover sub-plate and a second cover sub-plate disposed opposite to each other, and
wherein, a control circuit board is provided between the first cover sub-plate and the second cover sub-plate and connected to the display panel through a binding member.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein, a surface of the first cover sub-plate facing away from the control circuit board is the first face of the cover plate and a surface of the second cover sub-plate facing away from the control circuit board is the second face of the cover plate.

6. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a polarizer disposed on the side of the second substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer and disposed between the second substrate and the light guide plate, wherein the polarizer is configured to convert light transmitted thought it into the light with the first polarization direction.

7. An operating method of the display device according to claim 6 , comprising:
when no electric field is loaded, transmitting ambient light and/or light emitted from the light source through the light guide plate and the polarizer to form light with a first polarization direction, transmitting the light with the first polarization direction by both the liquid crystal layer and the orthogonal polarization layer, and absorbing the light with the first polarization direction by the first absorbent layer when the light with the first polarization direction is incident on the first absorbent layer so as to present a normally black state; and
when an electric field is loaded, transmitting ambient light and/or light emitted from the light source through the light guide plate and the polarizer to form the light with the first polarization direction, converting an incident light with the first polarization direction into an emergent light with a second polarization direction by the liquid crystal layer, reflecting the light with the second polarization direction by the orthogonal polarization layer, then converting an incident light with the second polarization direction into an emergent light with the first polarization direction by the liquid crystal layer, and transmitting the light with the first polarization direction through the light guide plate and the polarizer so as to realize a display function.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, the cover plate is rotatable about the first rotary shaft to the side of the first substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer such that the first face of the cover plate is opposite to the first substrate and the first face of the cover plate is closer to the liquid crystal layer than the second face of the cover plate, and
wherein, the cove plate is also rotatable about the first rotary shaft to the side of the second substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer such that the second face of the cover plate is opposite to the second substrate and the second face of the cover plate is closer to the liquid crystal layer than the first face of the cover plate.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, the orthogonal polarization layer comprises a plurality of grating elements which are disposed parallel to each other to form a grating element ar.ray.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, the first absorbent layer is formed from black ink.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Xinxing
• Yao Jikai
• Huang Hua

Classifications

• G02F2203/64

  Normally black display, i.e. the off state being black · CPC title

• G02F1/133512

  Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix (G02F1/136209 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/0095

  Light guides as housings, housing portions, shelves, doors, tiles, windows, or the like · CPC title

• G02B6/0055

  Reflecting element, sheet or layer · CPC title

• G02B6/0091

  of the light source relative to the light guide (G02B6/0021 takes precedence) · CPC title