Distributed SOP display panel and display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12093596-B2
Application number	US-202117622795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2021
Priority date	Nov 29, 2021
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

The present application provides a distributed system on panel (SOP) display panel and a display system. The distributed SOP display panel includes a plurality of display modules and a plurality of functional modules. Each display module includes a plurality of display units. The functional modules include first functional modules and a second functional module. The first functional modules are electrically connected to the display units in adjacent display modules, the second functional module is electrically connected to the plurality of display modules, in order to alleviate a technical problem of improper layout of system functions of a conventional SOP display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A distributed system on panel (SOP) display panel, comprising:
a display area divided into a plurality of display modules, wherein each of the display modules comprises a plurality of display unit groups arranged at intervals in a first direction, each of the display unit groups comprises a plurality of display units arranged at intervals in a second direction, each of the display modules is configured to receive corresponding display signals, and a parameter of each of the display signals is less than or equal to a processing capability peak value of a corresponding display module; and
a plurality of functional modules, wherein each of the functional modules is configured to receive corresponding functional signals and convert the corresponding functional signals into display signals that are received by the display modules, and a parameter of each of the functional signals is less than or equal to a processing capability peak value of a corresponding functional module;
wherein the functional modules comprise first functional modules, the functional signals comprise first functional signals, the first functional modules are electrically connected to display units adjacent to the first functional modules in the display modules, and are configured to provide corresponding unique display signals for corresponding display modules according to the first functional signals,
wherein each of the display modules is provided with a plurality of first functional modules, each of the plurality of first functional modules provided in a same display module is arranged between adjacent display unit groups in the same display module and are electrically connected to display units of at least one of the display unit groups in the same display module, and
wherein the distributed SOP display panel further comprises a plurality of first signal connection lines electrically connected to the first functional modules corresponding to the display modules for providing the first functional signals to the first functional modules, and each of the display modules corresponds to one of the first signal connection lines.

2. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the functional modules further comprise a second functional module, the functional signals further comprise a second functional signal, and the second functional module is electrically connected to the plurality of display modules to provide sharing display signals for a corresponding plurality of display modules according to the second functional signal.

3. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first signal connection lines are disposed between adjacent display units.

4. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of first functional modules are arranged flush in the first direction, the first signal connection lines corresponding to the plurality of first functional modules extend in the second direction, and the first signal connection lines corresponding to different first functional modules are arranged between different display unit groups.

5. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of first functional modules are staggered in the first direction, the first signal connection lines corresponding to the plurality of first functional modules extend in the first direction, and the first signal connection lines corresponding to different first functional modules are disposed between different display units.

6. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the first functional modules corresponding to at least two of the display modules arranged at intervals along the first direction or the second direction are connected to a same first signal connection line for providing the first functional signals to the plurality of first functional modules.

7. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the first functional modules comprise source signal generators, the source signal generators between different display unit groups within a same display module are cascaded connected.

8. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the source signal generators comprise shift registers, the shift registers of the source signal generators are cascaded through second signal connection lines extending in the first direction.

9. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 7 , wherein at least two column of display unit groups within a same display module share one of the source signal generators.

10. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the first functional modules comprise gate driver on array (GOA) signal generators and GOA modules, the GOA signal generators are electrically connected to the first signal connection lines for providing the first functional signals to the GOA signal generators, and the GOA signal generators provide GOA signals to the GOA modules according to the first functional signals.

11. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the distributed SOP display panel further comprises a third signal connection line electrically connected to the second functional module for providing the second functional signals to the second functional module and disposed between adjacent display units.

12. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 11 , wherein the distributed SOP display panel further comprises a plurality of fourth signal connection lines, wherein the second functional module is connected to the plurality of display modules through the plurality of fourth signal connection lines for providing the sharing display signals to the plurality of display modules, and the plurality of fourth signal connection lines are intersected between adjacent display units.

13. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 11 , wherein the distributed SOP display panel further comprises a display area and a signal input terminal located on a side of the display area, the first signal connection lines and the third signal connection line are electrically connected to the signal input terminal, and the signal input terminal supplies the functional signals to corresponding functional modules through the first signal connection lines and the third signal connection lines, respectively.

14. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the functional modules further comprise third functional modules disposed between adjacent display units, and disposed in a region in which the first functional modules or the second functional module are not disposed.

15. The distributed SOP display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the third functional modules comprise one or more of a timing control module, a read only memory (ROM) module, a random access memory (RAM) module, a central processing unit (CPU) module, an artificial intelligence module, an antenna module, an audio module, a sensor module, or a power supply module.

16. A distributed system on panel (SOP) display system, comprising a distributed SOP display panel and at least one signal splitting module, wherein the signal splitting module is connected to the distributed SOP display panel for providing functional signals to functional modules, wherein the distributed SOP display panel comprises:
a display area divided into a plurality of display modules, wherein each of the display modules comprises a plurality of display unit groups arranged at intervals in a first direction, each of the display unit groups comprises a plurality of display units arrang

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hu Zemin
• Zha Guowei
• Liu Guanghui
• Li Zhifu
• Yan Xiaolin
• Feng Wanliang

Classifications

• G06F3/1446 Primary

  display composed of modules, e.g. video walls · CPC title

• G09G5/003

  Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092) · CPC title

• G09G5/006

  Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04) · CPC title

• G09G2300/026

  Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions · CPC title

• G06F3/1438 Primary

  using more than one graphics controller · CPC title