Bezelless LCD Tiled Display with Integrated Backlight
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tiled displays formed by connecting LCDs suffer from discrete areas where bezels intersect, leading to image discontinuity and installation difficulties due to the need for additional components and separate image processing.
Innovation Solution
A bezelless LCD apparatus is created using panels with exposed liquid crystal pixels on multiple sides, connected by a backlight unit with LEDs, and integrated circuits for driving the pixels, allowing seamless image display without bezels and facilitating easy installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional LCDs with bezels are connected to form a tiled display, then the display can be assembled with standard components, but discrete areas occur at bezel intersections causing image discontinuity
Solution Approach 1:
The bezel structure is completely removed from the LCD panel edges, allowing pixels to be exposed and connected directly with adjacent panels. This extraction of the bezel element eliminates the discrete areas that cause image discontinuity in traditional tiled displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The exposed pixel regions of adjacent bezelless LCD panels are merged to form a continuous display surface. The pixels from multiple panels connect seamlessly at the edges, creating an integrated wide-screen display without visible boundaries or discrete areas.
2Reliability
If optical members or sub-displays are installed in connecting portions to eliminate discrete areas, then image continuity improves, but additional components and separate image processing are required
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding optical members or sub-displays to the connecting portions, the invention removes the bezel structure entirely. This extraction approach achieves image continuity through direct pixel connection without requiring any additional components or complex image processing systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The bezelless LCD panels themselves provide the solution for image continuity through their exposed pixel edges. The panels' own pixel structures serve to create the seamless connection, eliminating the need for external optical members or separate processing systems.
3Reliability
If bezelless LCD panels with exposed pixels are used, then image continuity is achieved without discrete areas, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The bezel structure is removed from the LCD panel, exposing the pixel edges. This simple extraction creates the continuous display surface needed for seamless tiling without requiring complex structural modifications to the panels themselves.
4Ease of manufacture
If traditional LCDs with bezels are used, then manufacturing and installation follow standard procedures, but discrete areas cause installation difficulties
Solution Approach 1:
By removing the bezel structure, the invention simplifies the installation process. The exposed pixel edges of bezelless panels can be directly connected to form seamless displays, eliminating the complex alignment and assembly procedures required for traditional beveled panels.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution eliminates image discontinuity at connections and simplifies installation by using bezelless LCD panels with integrated circuits and a backlight unit, enabling a seamless wide-screen display without the need for additional components.
Implementation Method 1
at least one backlight unit disposed below the plurality of bezelless LCD panels and configured to emit light. The plurality of LEDs may be disposed at equal intervals below the plurality of bezelless LCD panels
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AI summary
A tiled display includes a plurality of bezelless liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in which pixels are exposed from at least one of a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side thereof; at least one backlight unit disposed below the plurality of bezelless LCD panels and configured to emit light. The plurality of bezelless LCD panels are disposed such that sides from which the pixels are exposed are connected to each other, the backlight unit comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to emit the light to the bezelless LCD panel, and the plurality of LEDs are disposed at equal intervals below the plurality of bezelless LCD panels including a portion where the plurality of bezelless LCD panels are connected to each other.