Display module and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11822167-B2
Application number	US-202117764921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2021
Priority date	Apr 23, 2020
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

A display module and a display device are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The display module includes a display panel, the display panel includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, at least one of the first surface and the second surface is a display surface, and the display module further includes an optical modulation structure arranged on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the display panel. The optical modulation structure includes: a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate arranged opposite to each other, a charged particle arranged between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, and a first transparent electrode structure arranged between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and configured to form an electric field for driving the charged particle to move.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display module, comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, at least one of the first surface and the second surface is a display surface, the display module further comprises an optical modulation structure arranged on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the display panel, and the optical modulation structure comprises:
a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate arranged opposite to each other;
a charged particle arranged between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate; and
a first transparent electrode structure arranged between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, and configured to form an electric field for driving the charged particle to move;
wherein a plurality of transparent capsule-like housings is arranged in an array form between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, and a plurality of charged particles is arranged in each transparent capsule-like housing;
wherein a side of the display panel between the first surface and the second surface is a light-entering side, and, among the plurality of the transparent capsule-like housings, a density of the charged particles in a transparent capsule-like housing close to the light-entering side is greater than a density of the charged particles in a transparent capsule-like housing away from the light-entering side.

2. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the charged particle comprises a white charged particle and/or colored charged particle.

3. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein each transparent capsule-like housing has a trapezoid shape along a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the first transparent substrate, and an upper base and a lower base of the trapezoid are arranged parallel to the display panel.

4. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the first transparent electrode structure comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrode comprises a plurality of electrode blocks, an orthogonal projection of each electrode block onto the first transparent substrate coincides with an orthogonal projection of at least one of the transparent capsule-like housings onto the first transparent substrate, and each electrode block is connected to a voltage signal line separately.

5. The display module according to claim 4 , wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.

6. The display module according to claim 5 , wherein the liquid crystal display panel comprises a common electrode, the first electrode in the optical modulation structure is a common electrode, and the common electrode of the liquid crystal display panel and the first electrode are configured to receive a same driving signal.

7. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the display module is a transparent display module.

8. The display module according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit configured to control an electrical signal applied to the first transparent electrode structure, to control the charged particles to move.

9. The display module according to claim 8 , wherein the control unit comprises:
an ambient light detector configured to detect an ambient light brightness value; and
a controller configured to stop applying an electrical signal to the first transparent electrode structure when the ambient light brightness value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, so as to enable the charged particles to be arranged in a scattered manner; and apply an electrical signal to the first transparent electrode structure when the ambient light brightness value is smaller than the predetermined value, so as to enable the charged particles to move.

10. The display module according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to control a voltage applied to the first transparent electrode structure to gradually change from a side close to a light-entering side of the display panel to a side away from the light-entering side, so as to enable distances from the charged particles in the transparent capsule-like housings to the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the first transparent substrate to gradually decrease from the side close to the light-entering side to the side away from the light-entering side.

11. A display device, comprising the display module according to claim 1 and an auxiliary light source, and the auxiliary light source being arranged at a light-entering side of the display panel in the display module.

12. The display module according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of the transparent capsule-like housings comprises a first region close to the light-entering side, the first region comprises at least two transparent capsule-like housings, and the controller is further configured to control a voltage applied to the first transparent electrode structure corresponding to each transparent capsule-like housing at least in the first region to change periodically.

13. The display module according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the first transparent electrode structure to be in a power-off state when a display image of the display panel is maintained within a predetermined period time.

14. A method for driving the display module according to claim 1 , comprising: controlling an electrical signal applied to the first transparent electrode structure, to drive the charged particles to move.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the controlling the electrical signal applied to the first transparent electrode structure, to drive the charged particles to move comprises: stopping applying the electrical signal to the first transparent electrode structure when the ambient light brightness value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, to enable the charged particles to arrange in a scattered manner; and applying the electrical signal to the first transparent electrode structure when the ambient light brightness value is smaller than the predetermined value, to enable the charged particles to move.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the applying the electrical signal to the first transparent electrode structure when the ambient light brightness value is smaller than the predetermined value, to enable the charged particles to move comprises: enabling a voltage applied to the first transparent electrode structure to gradually change from a side close to a light-entering side to a side away from the light-entering side, to enable distances from the charged particles in the transparent capsule-like housings to the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the first transparent substrate to gradually decrease from the side close to the light-entering side to the side away from the light-entering side.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the plurality of the transparent capsule-like housings comprises a first region close to the light-entering side, the first region comprises at least two transparent capsule-like housings, and the applying the electrical signal to the first transparent electrode structure when the ambient light brightness value is smaller than the predetermined value, to enable the charged particles to move comprises: enabling a voltage applied to the first transparent electrode structure corresponding to each transparent capsule-like housing at least in the first region to vary periodically.

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Xiuyun
• Sun Lingyu
• Du Jingjun
• Zhong Peng
• Hou Tingxiu
• Zhao Jian
• Wang Min
• Liang Fei

Classifications

• G02F1/13318 Primary

  Circuits comprising a photodetector · CPC title

• G02F1/13439

  characterised by their electrical, optical, physical properties; materials therefor; method of making · CPC title

• G02F1/133615

  Edge-illuminating devices, i.e. illuminating from the side · CPC title

• G02F1/167

  by electrophoresis · CPC title

• G02F1/1676

  Electrodes · CPC title