Display Panel Aperture Sizing for Fingerprint Sensor Brightness Uniformity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices with integrated fingerprint in display (FID) technology suffer from uneven brightness and inconsistent visual perception due to size differences in pixel aperture regions, which affect the brightness of pixels corresponding to the FID sensor element.

Innovation Solution

A display device with a light-shielding layer featuring aperture regions of varying sizes, where the second aperture regions are larger than the first and smaller than the third, reducing visual differences and improving brightness uniformity by adjusting the backlight module's brightness distribution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If FID sensing element is disposed in some pixels, then fingerprint sensing function is achieved, but aperture region size difference increases causing uneven brightness

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefingerprint sensing functionVSAvoidbrightness uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating aperture region sizes based on their functional requirements. First aperture regions (with FID sensors) have smaller areas, while third aperture regions (without FID sensors) have larger areas. Second aperture regions serve as transition zones with intermediate sizes. This localized differentiation allows the display to maintain both fingerprint sensing capability and brightness uniformity by compensating for the light-blocking effect of FID sensors through strategic aperture size variation in adjacent regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of manufacture

If aperture region sizes are made uniform, then manufacturing is simplified, but visual perception consistency deteriorates when FID is integrated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaperture fabrication simplicityVSAvoidvisual perception consistency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the aperture regions into three distinct types based on their functional requirements: first aperture regions (smaller, with FID sensors), second aperture regions (intermediate size, transition zones), and third aperture regions (larger, without FID sensors). This segmentation allows each region to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall visual consistency. The gradual size progression from first to third aperture regions creates a transition that prevents abrupt visual changes, thereby achieving visual perception consistency without requiring all apertures to be identical.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Illumination intensity

If aperture regions are gradually changed in size, then brightness uniformity is improved, but device structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrightness uniformityVSAvoidaperture structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements parameter changes by systematically varying the aperture region size parameter across different zones of the display. Specifically, the aperture areas progress from smaller first aperture regions (with FID sensors) to intermediate second aperture regions, and finally to larger third aperture regions (without FID sensors). This gradual parameter change compensates for the light-blocking effect of FID sensors and creates a more uniform brightness distribution across the display. The structured approach to parameter variation, organized in distinct zones, manages complexity by providing clear design guidelines for implementation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11333921B2Display device
Publication Date: 2022.05.17 INNOLUX CORP
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AI summary

A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a substrate, a light-shielding layer, and a plurality of optical sensors. The light-shielding layer has a plurality of first aperture regions, a plurality of second aperture regions, and a plurality of third aperture regions. The second aperture regions are located between the first aperture regions and the third aperture regions. At least a portion of at least one of the optical sensors overlaps with at least one of the first aperture regions in a normal direction of the substrate. An area of at least one of the second aperture regions is greater than an area of at least one of the first aperture regions, and the area of the at least one of the second aperture regions is smaller than an area of at least one of the third aperture regions.