Display device and display device frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9804405-B2
Application number	US-201414546434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	Nov 27, 2013
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

To provide a display device that gives a viewer a strong stereoscopic effect or sense of depth in a two-dimensional image and a display device that gives a viewer a natural stereoscopic effect or sense of depth in a two-dimensional image, a display device including a frame portion and a display portion which has a display surface on a frame portion side and is located so as to be apart from the frame portion with a distance therebetween, in which the display portion overlaps with an opening of the frame portion, and an end portion of the display portion overlaps with the frame portion, is provided. In addition, a structure in which a corner of an inner frame of the frame portion has curvature or a structure in which the size of the inner frame of the frame portion is variable is added to the display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a frame portion having an opening; and
a display portion comprising a display surface,
wherein the display portion partly overlaps with the frame portion,
wherein the display surface is flat,
wherein the frame portion is not parallel with the display surface, and
wherein the frame portion is variable in a shape.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , comprising a driver portion attached to the frame portion.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame portion is configured to have a curved shape.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the curved shape is a convex shape or a concave shape.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame portion is configured to be inclined with respect to the display surface.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a whole portion of the display portion is configured to display an image.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a structure body; and
a driver portion,
wherein the display portion is positioned between the structure body and the frame portion, and
wherein the driver portion is attached to the frame portion and the structure body.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , comprising a processing portion comprising:
a memory portion;
an arithmetic processing portion electrically connected to the memory portion; and
a drive control portion electrically connected to the arithmetic processing portion.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing portion is provided with the structure body.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing portion is provided with the frame portion.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display element is one selected from the group consisting of an EL element, a LED, a transistor, an electron emitter, a liquid crystal element, electronic ink, an electrophoretic element, a grating light valve, a plasma display panel, a display element including a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS), a digital micromirror device, a digital micro shutter, an interferometric modulator element, a MEMS shutter display element, an optical interference type MEMS display element, an electrowetting element, a piezoelectric ceramic display, and a carbon nanotube.

12. A display device comprising:
a display portion comprising a display element; and
a frame portion at least partly overlapping with the display portion and having an opening configured so that a user views a display surface of the display portion through the opening,
wherein the display portion partly overlaps with the frame portion, and
wherein the display portion remains flat while the frame portion is variable in a shape.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the frame portion is not parallel with the display surface.

14. The display device according to claim 12 , comprising a driver portion attached to the frame portion.

15. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the frame portion is configured to have a curved shape.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the curved shape is a convex shape or a concave shape.

17. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the frame portion is configured to be inclined with respect to the display surface.

18. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein a whole portion of the display portion is configured to display an image.

19. The display device according to claim 12 , comprising:
a structure body; and
a driver portion,
wherein the display portion is positioned between the structure body and the frame portion, and
wherein the driver portion is attached to the frame portion and the structure body.

20. The display device according to claim 19 , comprising a processing portion comprising:
a memory portion;
an arithmetic processing portion electrically connected to the memory portion; and
a drive control portion electrically connected to the arithmetic processing portion.

21. The display device according to claim 20 , wherein the processing portion is provided with the structure body.

22. The display device according to claim 20 , wherein the processing portion is provided with the frame portion.

23. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the display element is one selected from the group consisting of an EL element, a LED, a transistor, an electron emitter, a liquid crystal element, electronic ink, an electrophoretic element, a grating light valve, a plasma display panel, a display element including a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS), a digital micromirror device, a digital micro shutter, an interferometric modulator element, a MEMS shutter display element, an optical interference type MEMS display element, an electrowetting element, a piezoelectric ceramic display, and a carbon nanotube.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Yanagisawa Yuichi
• Ikeda Hisao

Classifications

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F1/1601

  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

• G06F2200/1612

  Flat panel monitor · CPC title

• G02B30/40 Primary

  giving the observer of a single two-dimensional [2D] image a perception of depth · CPC title

• G06F1/1607

  Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing (G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence) · CPC title