Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10545370-B2
Application number	US-201916393368-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2019
Priority date	Jun 2, 2017
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

According to an aspect, a display device includes: a controller; and a pixel including: first to fourth sub-pixels including respective first to fourth color filters transmitting light having respective spectrum peaks falling on a spectrum of reddish green, a spectrum of bluish green, a spectrum of red, and a spectrum of blue, respectively. The first to fourth sub-pixels each include a reflective electrode reflecting light transmitted through the color filter. The first to fourth sub-pixels are each divided into sub-divided pixels having different areas to perform multiple gradation expression through a combination of whether each of the sub-divided pixels reflects light. The controller stores patterns of combinations of whether each of the sub-divided pixels reflects light according to an input signal, and controls operations of the sub-divided pixels through use of any one of the patterns based on a predetermined condition including light intensity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a controller; and
a pixel including:
a first sub-pixel including a first color filter;
a second sub-pixel including a second color filter;
a third sub-pixel including a third color filter; and
a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth color filter, wherein

the first color filter, the second color filter, the third color filter, and the fourth color filter are configured to transmit light having respective spectrum peaks falling on respective spectra of different colors,
the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel each include a reflective electrode configured to reflect light transmitted through the corresponding color filter,
each of the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel is greater in size than the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel,
the first sub-pixel added to the second sub-pixel has a size equal to or greater than a size of the third sub-pixel,
the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel are each divided into a plurality of sub-divided pixels having different areas so as to perform multiple gradation expression through a combination of whether each of the sub-divided pixels reflects light,
the controller is configured to store a plurality of patterns of combinations of whether each of the sub-divided pixels reflects light according to an input signal, and control operations of the sub-divided pixels through use of any one of the patterns based on a predetermined condition including intensity of the light, and
the patterns stored in the controller include:
a first pattern configured to, when a pixel signal setting sub-divided pixels of a certain sub-pixel into a maximum gradation state is received, supply the certain sub-pixel with an output signal that brings all the sub-divided pixels of the certain sub-pixel to a lighting state; and
a second pattern configured to, when a pixel signal setting sub-divided pixels of a certain sub-pixel into the maximum gradation state is received, supply the certain sub-pixel with an output signal that brings all the sub-divided pixels of the certain sub-pixel to the lighting state, and supply a sub-pixel different from the certain sub-pixel with an output signal that brings any one of the sub-divided pixels of the sub-pixel different from the certain sub-pixel to the lighting state.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first color filter is configured to transmit light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of reddish green, and
the second color filter is configured to transmit light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of bluish green.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein
the third color filter is configured to transmit light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of red.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel added to the second sub-pixel has the size equal to or greater than a size of the fourth sub-pixel.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detector configured to detect the intensity of the light.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a setter configured to set the predetermined condition.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth sub-pixel is greater in size than the third sub-pixel.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second sub-pixel is greater in size than the first sub-pixel.

9. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in combination reproduce yellow.

10. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in combination reproduce green.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel is adjacent to the second sub-pixel.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first substrate provided with the reflective electrode;
a second substrate provided with the color filter and a translucent electrode; and
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the reflective electrode and the translucent electrode,
wherein each of the sub-divided pixels included in the sub-pixels has a holder configured to hold a potential variable according to the gradation expression.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-divided pixel brought to the lighting state in the sub-pixel different from the certain sub-pixel in the second pattern is smaller in size than at least a sub-divided pixel having the largest size among the sub-divided pixels that are lit up in the certain sub-pixel.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an area of a region brought to the lighting state of the sub-pixel different from the certain sub-pixel in the second pattern is smaller than at least an area of a region in a full-lighting state of the certain sub-pixel.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein in a pixel brought to the lighting state in the second pattern, at least one of centers of luminance in an X-direction and a Y-direction is inoperative, as compared with a pixel brought to the lighting state in the first pattern.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Yata Tatsuya
• Tomizawa Kazunari

Classifications

• G02F1/13624

  having more than one switching element per pixel · CPC title

• G09G3/3648

  using an active matrix (G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence) · CPC title

• G09G3/3607

  for displaying colours or for displaying grey scales with a specific pixel layout, e.g. using sub-pixels (display of colours in flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; grey scales specific for television H04N3/127) · CPC title

• G09G2320/0242

  Compensation of deficiencies in the appearance of colours · CPC title

• G02F2201/52

  RGB geometrical arrangements · CPC title