Display Panel Sub-Pixel Segmentation for Irregular Boundary Rendering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Special-shaped display panels in prior art technologies experience issues with zigzag patterns, unsmooth edges, and severe color cast near their boundaries due to mismatched pixel units and irregular shapes, leading to poor display effects.
Innovation Solution
The display panel is designed with a normal display region and a special-shaped display region, where the special-shaped region is divided into sub-pixel groups with multiple sub-pixels along specific directions, increasing pixel density and aligning scan lines to match the irregular boundary, such as a circular arc, without altering the overall pixel area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If pixel units are arranged in a regular grid pattern, then manufacturing is simple and pixel area is large, but the display region cannot match special-shaped boundaries causing zigzag patterns and unsmooth edges
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is divided into a normal display region with regular pixel groups and a special-shaped display region with pixel units that are further segmented into sub-pixels. This segmentation allows the special-shaped region to have higher resolution and better boundary matching without affecting the simplicity of the normal region.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display panel have different pixel structures. The normal display region uses standard pixel groups while the special-shaped display region uses pixel units divided into sub-pixels. This local differentiation optimizes display quality at the special-shaped boundary while maintaining overall manufacturing efficiency.
2Manufacturing precision
If the display region is changed to match special-shaped boundaries, then display effects are improved, but pixel units cannot completely coincide with the boundary causing color cast
Solution Approach 1:
Pixel units in the special-shaped display region are divided into multiple sub-pixels arranged in multiple rows. This dimensional expansion from single-row to multi-row sub-pixel arrangement enables finer boundary alignment and better color rendering at irregular boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The scan line configuration is made adaptive to the special-shaped boundary. Multiple scan lines are used in the special-shaped display region, with the number of scan lines varying according to the boundary shape, allowing dynamic adjustment of pixel density and alignment at different locations.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple scan lines are used in the special-shaped display region, then pixel density increases and boundary display quality improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is segmented into normal and special-shaped regions with different scan line configurations. The special-shaped region uses multiple scan lines to achieve higher pixel density, while the normal region maintains a simpler single-scan-line-per-pixel-group configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The scan line structure is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides both scanning and data transmission functions. The first scan lines connect pixel groups in the normal region, while second scan lines connect sub-pixels in the special-shaped region, creating a universal scanning architecture that handles both regions efficiently.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a normal display region and a special-shaped display region. A plurality of second pixel groups and second scan lines are sequentially disposed in the special-shaped display region. Each of the plurality of second pixel groups includes a plurality of rows of sub-pixels disposed along a first direction. The sub-pixels in each row are connected to the second scan lines in a corresponding row. The first scan lines are connected to the second scan lines to reduce a size of sub-pixels in each of the plurality of second pixel groups, increase a pixel density, and increase a display quality.