Display panel, display device, and electronic unit

US9106904B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9106904-B2
Application numberUS-201213449497-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 18, 2012
Priority dateApr 28, 2011
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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A display panel includes: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a gap region provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region to be around each of the transmissive regions. The transmissive regions are each configured to make entirely visible any one of the pixels therethrough when a viewer views the panel section not from a front but from a first or second direction via the barrier section, the pixels are each configured by a plurality of sub-pixels varying in type, and the sub-pixels in each of the pixels are arranged not in stripes but differently.

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What is claimed is: 1. A display panel, comprising: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a light-blocking section provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region around each of the transmissive regions, wherein, the transmissive regions are each configured to make entirely visible any one of the pixels ther…

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What does patent US9106904B2 cover?
A display panel includes: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a gap region provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region to be around each of the transmissive regions. The transmissive regions are each configured to make e…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Uehara Toshinori, Kaneko Hideki, Ikeda Kojiro, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H05B33/22. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).