Display device and display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12107091-B2
Application number	US-202217949582-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2022
Priority date	Mar 31, 2020
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

A display device having a display region to be viewed through a lens, the display device comprising: a substrate; and the display region in which the substrate is provided with a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction, and a plurality of signal lines extending in a second direction, wherein the first direction is non-parallel and non-orthogonal to a direction orthogonal to the second direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device having a display region to be viewed through a lens, the display device comprising:
a substrate; and
the display region in which the substrate is provided with a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction, and a plurality of signal lines extending in a second direction, wherein
the first direction is non-parallel and non-orthogonal to a direction orthogonal to the second direction,
each of the pixels comprises a first pixel to display a first color, a second pixel to display a second color that is different from the first color, and a third pixel to display a third color that is different from the first color and the second color,
each of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel has a first side and a second side along the second direction,
in the second direction,
the first pixel is disposed adjacent to the second pixel and the third pixel,
the second pixel is disposed adjacent to the first pixel and the third pixel, and
the third pixel is disposed adjacent to the second pixel and the first pixel,

the first pixels are arranged in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction, the third direction being non-parallel and non-orthogonal to the first direction and being non-parallel and non-orthogonal to the second direction,
the second pixels are arranged in the third direction,
the third pixels are arranged in the third direction, and
in a fourth direction perpendicular to the second direction,
the first pixel is disposed such that the first side of the first pixel faces part of the second side of the second pixel and part of the second side of the third pixel,
the second pixel is disposed such that the first side of the second pixel faces part of the second side of the third pixel and part of the second side of the first pixel, and
the third pixel is disposed such that the first side of the third pixel faces part of the second side of the first pixel and part of the second side of the second pixel.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a peripheral region located between ends of the substrate and the display region;
at least one scan line drive circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region and is coupled to the scan lines;
a signal line coupling circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region and is coupled to the signal lines;
a driver integrated circuit (IC) that is disposed in the peripheral region and is configured to control the scan line drive circuit and the signal line coupling circuit; and
terminals that are provided to the substrate and couple the driver IC to the substrate, wherein
the terminals are arranged in a direction parallel to the direction orthogonal to the second direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first direction is a direction connecting together first reference positions in the first pixels coupled to one of the scan lines, and
the second direction is a direction connecting together second reference positions in the first pixels coupled to one of the signal lines.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , comprising at least one scan line drive circuit that is disposed in a peripheral region located between ends of the substrate and the display region and is coupled to the scan lines, wherein the scan line drive circuit comprises a bent portion.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction forms an angle of from 10.49 degrees to 33.07 degrees with respect to the direction orthogonal to the second direction.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display region has a circular outer shape.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display region has a polygonal outer shape.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
a scan line drive circuit that is disposed in a peripheral region located between ends of the substrate and the display region and is coupled to the scan lines comprises a first scan line drive circuit and a second scan line drive circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region on an opposite side of the first scan line drive circuit with the display region interposed between the first scan line drive circuit and the second scan line drive circuit, and
the scan lines coupled to the first scan line drive circuit and the scan lines coupled to the second scan line drive circuit are alternately arranged at predetermined intervals in the second direction.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a backlight in which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged in positions overlapping the display region in a plan view, wherein
the backlight comprises:
light emission output signal lines that extend in the second direction and are coupled to the light-emitting elements; and
light-emitting element scan lines that extend in the direction orthogonal to the second direction and are coupled to the light-emitting elements.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a backlight in which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged in positions overlapping the display region in a plan view, wherein
the backlight comprises:
light-emitting element scan lines that extend in the first direction and are coupled to the light-emitting elements; and
light emission output signal lines that extend in the second direction and are coupled to the light-emitting elements.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the substrate has a side having a straight line, and
the side of the substrate is orthogonal to the second direction in which the signal lines extend.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the first pixels has two diagonal lines including a first diagonal line, and the first diagonal lines of the first pixels are along the third direction;
each of the second pixels has two diagonal lines including a first diagonal line, the first diagonal lines of the second pixels are along the third direction; and
each of the third pixels has two diagonal lines including a first diagonal line, and the first diagonal lines of the third pixels are along the third direction.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
θg is an angle formed by the first direction that is a direction of extension of the scan lines, and the fourth direction orthogonal to the second direction that is a direction of extension of the signal lines,
a pixel width is a distance of each of the pixels in the fourth direction,
a first distance is equal to the pixel width×tan (θg), and
the first pixel and the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel are arranged so as to be offset from each other by the first distance in the second direction.

14. A display device comprising:
a substrate; and
a display region in which the substrate is provided with a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction, and a plurality of signal lines extending in a second direction, wherein
the first direction is non-parallel and non-orthogonal to a direction orthogonal to the second direction,
each of the pixels comprises a first pixel to display a first color, a second pixel to display a second color that is different from the first color, and a third pixel to display a third color that is different from the first color and the second color,
each of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel has a first side and a second side along the second direction,
wherein, in the second direction,
the first pixel is dispose

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Watanabe Yoshihiro

Classifications

• H10D86/441

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• H10D86/60 Primary

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  forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor · CPC title

• G09G3/2096

  Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167) · CPC title