Display device having display panel with integrated logo

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9218763-B2
Application number	US-201313899308-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2013
Priority date	Feb 7, 2013
Publication date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015

Abstract

A display device including a display panel having an image display area and a non-display area, a driver circuit unit to feed an image formation driving signal to the display panel and a controller is provided. The display panel includes a transparent board including a light shielding portion formed along an edge thereof to define the non-display area and a light transmitting portion formed at a part of the light shielding portion, a rear board placed to face the transparent board and a logo module placed on a rear surface of the transparent board to overlap the light transmitting portion to outwardly display a logo through the light transmitting portion. At least a part of the driver circuit unit is formed on one of the transparent board and the rear board so as to overlap the light shielding portion. The display device may minimize a lower bezel region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display panel including an image display area for formation of an image and a non-display area formed around the image display area, the display panel including:
a transparent board including a light shielding portion formed along an edge thereof to define the non-display area by blocking light and a light transmitting portion formed at a part of the light shielding portion, wherein colored light-transmitting ink is applied to the light transmitting portion;
a rear board placed to face the transparent board; and
a logo module placed at a rear surface of the transparent board so as to overlap the light transmitting portion, the logo module outwardly displaying a logo through the light transmitting portion,
wherein the logo module includes:
a light-transmitting diffusion sheet at a rear side of the light transmitting portion and the light shielding portion;
a semi-transparent reflective sheet at a rear side of the diffusion sheet; and
a light source at a rear side of the semi-transparent reflective sheet to introduce light into the semi-transparent reflective sheet,
wherein the semi-transparent reflective sheet is located between the light-transmitting diffusion sheet and the light source such that the light-transmitting diffusion sheet uniformly diffuses light reflected from the semi-transparent reflective sheet to a region of the light-transmitting diffusion sheet,
wherein the light-transmitting diffusion sheet, the semi-transparent reflective sheet and the light source have substantially the same size, and
wherein the light-transmitting diffusion sheet contacts the light transmitting portion and the light shielding portion;

a driver circuit unit configured to feed a driving signal for forming the image at the image display area, at least a part of the driver circuit unit being formed on one of the transparent board and the rear board so as to overlap the light shielding portion; and
a controller configured to control the display panel and the driver circuit unit,
wherein the controller is configured to control the logo module for displaying the logo with a first brightness and a first color when power is not applied to the display panel and for flickering the logo a preset number of times with a second brightness or a second color upon change to apply power to the display panel for display of the image, and
wherein the second brightness is different from the first brightness and the second color is different from the first color.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further includes an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) layer provided between the transparent board and the rear board in the image display area, the OLED layer serving to emit light,
wherein the rear board is bonded to the transparent board so as to seal the OLED layer to the transparent board, the rear board being an encapsulation board having an inwardly indented recess part corresponding to the light transmitting portion, and
wherein the logo module is located in the recess part.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further includes a sealing portion to seal a space between the transparent board and the rear board,
wherein a liquid crystal layer is provided between the transparent board and the rear board such that the sealing portion surrounds a perimeter of the liquid crystal layer, and
wherein the light transmitting portion of the transparent board and the logo module are arranged at an outside of the sealing portion.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further includes a light-leakage prevention structure configured to surround at least a part of a periphery of the logo module and to block light emitted from the logo module for display of the logo.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit unit includes:
a driver Integrated Chip (IC) located at one of the transparent board and the rear board so as to overlap the light shielding portion, the driver IC configured to generate the driving signal as an electric signal; and
a conductive line diagonally extending from the driver IC to transmit the electric signal.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a printed circuit board provided with the controller; and
a flexible board having one end connected to the printed circuit board and the other end connected to the driver circuit unit so as to electrically connect the printed circuit board to the driver circuit unit.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the flexible board is one of a tape carrier package and a flexible printed circuit board.

8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the printed circuit board is located at a rear surface of the rear board.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the driver circuit unit includes a driver integrated chip (IC) to generate the driving signal as an electric signal and a conductive line to transmit the electric signal,
wherein the driver IC is mounted on the flexible board, and
wherein the conductive line is formed on one of the transparent board and the rear board so as to overlap the light shielding portion.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, while the display panel displays the image, the controller is configured to control the logo module to display the logo while the light source of the logo module is turned off such that either the logo has a third brightness different from the first brightness or the logo has a third color different from the first color.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, when a control signal is input from an external controller, the controller of the display device is configured to control the logo module to display the logo while the light source of the logo module is turned off such that either the logo has a fourth brightness different from the first brightness or the logo has a fourth color different from the first color.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light transmitting portion is formed by removing the part of the light shielding portion.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light transmitting portion is formed separately from the image display area.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Hwangbo Deung
• Kim Junki

Classifications

• G09F13/06

  using individual cut-out symbols or cut-out silhouettes, e.g. perforated signs · CPC title

• G09G3/3208 Primary

  organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title

• G09F13/005

  Illumination controller or illuminated signs including an illumination control system · CPC title

• G06F1/1601 Primary

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• H10K59/122

  Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks · CPC title